This idea came from a book I'm reading, Lon Milo DuQuette's Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot.
DuQuette describes how each trump card, (major arcana), is a world unto itself. And each trump card rules over each the 56-cards of the minor arcana.
When a trump card is next to a minor, it exudes an influence over that card which you can learn to recognise and interpret in readings.
Crowley gave this example of how the 3 of disks (Work) can be read when it lays next to:
- 3 of Disks
- The High Priestess or Lovers cards : The establishment of an oracle like that of delphi
- The Hierophant: it might point to the construction of a cathedral
- The Tower: the massing of a standing army
You see how he looks at what each individual trump card might want to "work" on.
Okay, Crowley tended a bit toward drama. We don't run into many Cathedral building projects or much standing army organising in our personal lives, but you could easily bring these concepts into something relevant for your reading.
For example, someone is feeling spiritually low, the Hierophant and 3 of disks might be saying the person should set up a little alter or create some kind of sacred space for themselves to re-charge.
Or someone has a project that is becoming too big and you draw the Tower and 3 of disks. Maybe it's time to build a team to tackle it.
In this exercise, you will see (or you can start a new post of) a card from the Thoth Minor Arcana along with up to 3 Trumps. Do your interpretations and share your results.
In the original post, We paired the 3 of disks with the following Majors:
- The Magus
- The Star
- The Emperor
We got some brilliant responses and good discussion that you can see here.
Have a look and then just jump in! It's excellent practice with the cards and reading pairs like this is a very helpful skill to have in readings.
