thatnarrowfellow
Hello All,
I just posted an introduction in the new members forum, but, to reiterate a little I'm a long-time (often befuddled)m student of occult philosophy, but new to using the tarot as a divinatory tool. To educate myself I'm re-reading Crowley's "Book of Thoth," and reading for the first time DuQuette's "Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot." So far the divinatory meanings have made sense to me based on the Qabbalistic/Astrological attributions, but I am confused by DuQuette's discussion of the 10 of cups, which is very positive, "Matter settled; complete good fortune." This seems to fly in the face of Crowley's interpretation, "The work proper to water is complete, and disturbance is due." He attributes this, sensibly, to the influence of Mars in Pisces, besides which, we're still talking about Malkuth, here. So why is DuQuette so cheery?
Thanks in advance!
- C
I just posted an introduction in the new members forum, but, to reiterate a little I'm a long-time (often befuddled)m student of occult philosophy, but new to using the tarot as a divinatory tool. To educate myself I'm re-reading Crowley's "Book of Thoth," and reading for the first time DuQuette's "Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot." So far the divinatory meanings have made sense to me based on the Qabbalistic/Astrological attributions, but I am confused by DuQuette's discussion of the 10 of cups, which is very positive, "Matter settled; complete good fortune." This seems to fly in the face of Crowley's interpretation, "The work proper to water is complete, and disturbance is due." He attributes this, sensibly, to the influence of Mars in Pisces, besides which, we're still talking about Malkuth, here. So why is DuQuette so cheery?
Thanks in advance!
- C