Golden Dawn TTarot Deck

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It is much more flexible and, I would argue, realistic, to see the youthful and energetic approach of a Knight in my querent, or in a relevant colleague. In October 1887, Westcott claimed to have written to a German countess and prominent Rosicrucian named Anna Sprengel, whose address was said to have been found in the decoded Cipher Manuscripts. While valuable, that kind of regular inner temperature check can lead to over-consideration and unnecessary extra inputs. Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Anthony Louis, author of several books, including Horary Astrology and the new Secrets of Predictive Astrology. Because the GD is a secret society, there are no real Golden Dawn tarot decks, but that did not stop students publishing their own.

The Tarot is a system of enlightenment, a system whose ultimate aim is assisting the individual in understanding his relationship to the cosmos. The images here are intended to illustrate the energies of the Qabalah, “that body of sacred knowledge which originated with esoteric Judaism” but today, is “viewed in Christian terms. Listings or claims may not offer medical advice, and may not be intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Symbols for the Decans are not shown, as neither is the Hebrew or astrological symbols for the Majors, but most who would be drawn to this deck will already have this recorded in mind. There is a companion book for this deck, written by Robert Wang ("An Introduction To the Golden Dawn Tarot") that is very helpful in working with this deck.Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions.

That makes it a beautifully flexible deck, and in my own daily readings it has been clear and decisive. The deck’s adherence to the principles set by Mathers ensures authenticity and a strong connection to traditional esoteric knowledge.

For the most part, the symbols and figures used in this deck will be familiar to those readers using traditional decks. A fun exercise, based on what we’re learning from Wang and his discourse on the Golden Dawn Tarot: From your favorite or your workhorse deck, or whatever tarot deck you’re focused on right now, take out and line up Key 1: The Magician, Key 5: The Hierophant, Key 6: The Lovers, and Key 9: The Hermit cards. e., the historical Marseilles pack), per Levi, where here, it’s to depict a king (Higher Self) in a chariot with a canopy of stars, pulled by two sphinxes, one black (Body) and one white (Mind).