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A while back, we started looking at the pips of the Marseille deck.
Unlike looking at the Major Arcana, in which description of the images made discussion and comment easy to maintain, the pips especially require of us developed will-force to maintain.
Looking at the fours, a number of initial aspects are worth commenting on. Firstly, irrespective of the suit, the Ace through to four add to that important number ten - the completion of the pips (Ace + two + three + four = ten). This of course is the way those with interests in triangular numbers or pythagorean numerology would look at the cards. 'Four', like any number, is viewed on this line of thought to include any number preceding it. Hence its 'theosophic' extension to ten.
Of the images, the first three cards seem to have some vitality and individuality which seems to give way to a different quality from the four onwards. From the four, a patterned replication seems to be of greater pictorial importance...
Ohhhh... am I making any sense to any but myself!?! I'll leave it here until others contribute their thoughts .
Unlike looking at the Major Arcana, in which description of the images made discussion and comment easy to maintain, the pips especially require of us developed will-force to maintain.
Looking at the fours, a number of initial aspects are worth commenting on. Firstly, irrespective of the suit, the Ace through to four add to that important number ten - the completion of the pips (Ace + two + three + four = ten). This of course is the way those with interests in triangular numbers or pythagorean numerology would look at the cards. 'Four', like any number, is viewed on this line of thought to include any number preceding it. Hence its 'theosophic' extension to ten.
Of the images, the first three cards seem to have some vitality and individuality which seems to give way to a different quality from the four onwards. From the four, a patterned replication seems to be of greater pictorial importance...
Ohhhh... am I making any sense to any but myself!?! I'll leave it here until others contribute their thoughts .