Tarot Card Meanings - The Ten Planetary Trumps
There are ten major cards in the Tarot that correspond with the ten astrological planets.The seven inner planets are ascribed as follows...
Sun = Sun
Moon = Moon
Mercury = Magician
Venus = Empress
Mars = Tower
Jupiter = Wheel of Fortune
Saturn = World
A variant occurs in the traditional Order of the Golden Dawn assignments. Decks that are derived from the Golden Dawn tarot attributions usually have the astrological Moon assigned to the High Priestess major card, and the sign Pisces assigned to the Moon card. I believe that this is an unfortunate error.
It makes more sense to me to assign Pisces to the High Priestess, and the astrological Moon to the Moon card. After all, the astrological Sun is assigned to the Sun tarot card. Why wouldn't the astrological Moon be assigned to the Moon card?
The sign Pisces also fits very nicely with the symbolism of the High Priestess - the 'Revealer of Mysteries'.
The three outer planets are assigned as follows...
Uranus = Fool
Neptune = Hanged Man
Pluto = Judgment
Originally, these cards were given the three elemental attributions: Air, Water, and Fire. And these attributions are still relevant and appropriate, but when the three elements were originally assigned to the tarot trumps the three outer planets were not yet discovered.
Cheers,
Patrick.
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