Part 1 – Predictive Associations with the Major Arcana
Arcanum 1 in Samael Aun Weor’s Gnostic Egyptian Tarot
ARCANUM 1 – THE MAGICIAN, MAN: “Sword. Will. Power.”
“ARCANUM № 1 means that which initiates, that which begins, that which is sown , that which commences. Every beginning is difficult, one must work hard to sow in order to be able to reap.
It gives aptitude for resolving problems. It confers power both in order to awaken and in order to dominate the passions in the Physical World. It tends towards the organization of natural elements and the dominion of forces in movement. It gives the aptitude to acquire, arrange , to model, to apply.
Arcanum № 1 is Unity, the Principle of Light, the Father, the World as manifestation, Man as a living unity, complete in himself, the Foundation of Reason of all actions, the Synthesis of all, the Initiation in the Mysteries and the power to decipher and make use of them, Volitive Power.
Arcanum 1 gives Triumph, but with a struggle due to Karma.
HEBRAIC LETTER: ALEPH [ א ].
TRANSCENDENTAL AXIOM: BE IN YOUR WORKS AS YOU ARE IN YOUR THOUGHTS.
ELEMENT OF PREDICTION: Promises dominion of material obstacles, new social relationships, happy initiatives, the cooperation of faithful friends who help in the development of projects, and jealous friends who obstruct them.”
Arcanum 1 in Huiracocha’s Nordic Rose-Cross Tarot
Card 1: the Magician
Rune: Fa, that is to say the creator, the factor, the father, the divine essence as the impulse of life.
Significance: fire or “Light”, because in the beginning was the Light of the Spirit.
Correspondence: [Fire].
Arcanum 1 in Eliphas Levi’s Esoteric Tarot
Arcanum 1: the Juggler; Father
Association: Being
Symbolism: the juggler [or magician]; man with universal knowledge
Hieroglyphic Representation: The figure of this juggler [or magician] is that of the letter Aleph itself; he is crowned with a nimbus in the form of an over-turned 8 like the wings of a great hat; the nimbus which crowns him is the light of life, balanced (like the serpents of Hermes) by the harmonious antagonism of movement; he has before him, upon the table, the cup, the coins, and the swords, while he holds the wand in his hand. This is the first understanding of the symbols and of the numbers.
Aleph [ א ] represents Kether, father, crown; the balance [or scales] of universal equilibrium
Arcanum 2 in Samael Aun Weor’s Gnostic Egyptian Tarot
ARCANUM 2 – THE PRIESTESS, WIFE of the MAGICIAN: “Occult Science. Favorable”.
“Arcanum № 2 is the Thesis proposing the Antithesis.
By means of this Arcanum the Womb is shaped and is made, where images take form. It is the Fountain that accumulates the Waters of the Source. It is the Dual manifestation of Unity. The Unity unfolds itself giving [origin] to the Receptive, Productive Femininity in all of Nature.
HEBRAIC LETTER: BETH [ ב ]
TRANSCENDENTAL AXIOM: WIND AND WAVES ALWAYS GO IN FAVOR OF THE ONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO SAIL.
ELEMENT OF PREDICTION: Attractions and repulsions, losses and gains, ascents and descents. Inspiration favorable to initiative and the secret opposition of secondary persons so as to lead what has been begun to a good end.”
Arcanum 2 in Huiracocha’s Nordic Rose-Cross Tarot
Card 2: Popess, Priestess
Rune: [Ur].
Significance: fame, reward, intelligence, the people, the masses and consultation.
Correspondence: [Moon].
Arcanum 2 in Eliphas Levi’s Esoteric Tarot
Arcanum 2: the great priestess, the popess; Mother
Association: signifies that life and matter are reproduced through movment
Symbolism: formed by the reunion of two lines representing movement and life; the heavens and the earth; the unity manifested through number, and the simultaneous action of the Elohim; the Being manifesting in expansion and in stability and life manifesting through movement; the spirit of God carried upon the waters and the fecundation of matter by the spirit
Hieroglyphic Representation: a great priestess, or the Divinity itself under the feminine form; it is the divinity made in the image of our love, it is the human conception of Providence, it is the divine Gnosis, it is the mysterious Isis of the Egyptians.
Beth [ ב ] represents Chokmah, mother, divine Wisdom;
…More to come…