Fwd: {Open Tarot Nexus} Sources of the Waite Smith Tarot Symbols - The World

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Subject: {Open Tarot Nexus} Sources of the Waite Smith Tarot Symbols - The World
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[image: Sources of the Waite/Smith Tarot Symbols by Robert V. O'Neill]
[image: The World]

The World
DETAIL
OCCULT
TRADITIONAL
15th CENTURY
Four beasts
Westcott
T de Marseille

Only Heads
Wirth
Minchiate

No Wings
Falconnier

Lower animals face viewer
Wirth
T de Marseille

Upper animals face each other
Etteilla III
Vieville

Clouds

T de Marseille
Charles VI
Wreathe
Wirth
T de Marseille
Rothschild
Oval
Wirth
T de Marseille

Ribbons
Wirth
T de Marseille
Rothschild
Two Ribbons
Wirth
T de Marseille

Red Ribbons

T de Marseille

Lemniscus
Wirth
T de Marseille
Rothschild
Female
Wirth
T de Marseille
Charles VI
Mature
Wirth
T de Marseille
Charles VI
Purple Drape
Etteilla
Piedmontese

Dancing
Wirth
T de Marseille

On Right Foot
Wirth
T de Marseille

Left Foot Behind
Wirth
T de Marseille

Two Wands
Westcott

Notes

The wreath forms the number "0," thus balancing the Fool "0" at the
beginning of the trumps. The shape also may refer to the Tattwa for
Spirit. On the other hand, the cross made with the legs and the
triangle made with the arms inverts the image on the Hanged Man,
symbolizing that the mystical journey is completed.

Purple drape - This card is assigned to Saturn in the Golden Dawn
system, and the color of Saturn is indigo (Regardie, p 241).

The figure's arms form a triangle, and the legs form a cross. The
triangle and cross combine to make an important symbol in the GD
initiation rituals. The triangle and cross also form a septernary and
the World card completes the third septernary of the Trumps.

Based on original research by Robert V. O'Neill. To add to this
collection of information, please email Robert V. O'Neill.

http://www.tarotpassages.com/old_moonstruck/oneill/21.htm

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