hmm,
bare in mind that i know nothing but the barest knowledge of astrology :O)
I think that if one looks to combine tarot with astrology on a whole, there should be a few options.
1. start scratch from astrology, using new astrology aspects like the now accepted new planets, and karmic astrology, while making it clear that you sticking to one known astrology, which if you going by north american standards be western.
i sincerly believe that working out from scratch using all one knowledge of astrology one will end up with similarties between the established systems of astrology and tarot , but come up with some new yet perfectly workable forms.
2. if one is looking at the tarot system and establised system of associations, one will have to look at kabbalah astrology as well, and all the forms like greek,
i dont' think , one wants to go down this route when trying to make a new astrological tarot that redefines the genre.
3. if it is going to be a standard system, among many possibilities , the person creating such an astrological tarot would have to make decisions, like we do in tarot itself, i use reversals , others don't , yet we accept this,
so the astrology tarot , would redefine it for other, get highly critized by other astrologers, and other will just say bah, hehe
numbers and planets are easier for me to understand , for i see it this way
1. sun
2. mercy
3. venus,
4. moon
5. mars,
6. jupiter,
7. saturn
8.neptune
9.uranus,
10. pluto
i am not going by speed, but if i went by greatest influence of the planet for then it would be
sun
Illuminator, source of life, the personality. "The Star".
THE MOON
Mirror, moods, reflection, instinct. Often a child or mother.
MERCURY
Messenger, message, thoughts, letter. The chatty one.
VENUS
Love, affection, aesthetics, a woman, a love interest.
MARS
Action, anger, drive, energy, a man, a decision.
JUPITER
Growth, abundance, expansion. Freedom. Good or ill fortune.
SATURN
Fulfillment, restriction, structure. Truth organized. Lessons.
URANUS
Change beyond your control, awakening. The unexpected.
NEPTUNE
The invisable, imagination, intuition. Conscience, inspiration.
PLUTO
Transformation, endings. That which you face alone. Rebirth
(by the way i copied this from some website like 6 months ago when i was doing a big collectiong of astrology information (basics ) from many websites )
who to say which makes more logic, :O)
that is the point of number four three :O)
but how does ten planets get the same in four elemental suits ?i get lost if if i dont' use the gd systme of cardinal, fixed and mutals signs and decadents.
for myself i think there isn't no reason for a tarot not to have precise system, (one can say there is no reason for a tarot to have timing systems set for it, or reversals, or elemental dignities or court cards, or kabalistic associations for it ,but they all work)
lunafey , if works, makes sense, (all i know is i am a virgo sun sign so that is what i look for too :O) ) and is consistent, so be it , WHOO HOO
aye for we are the west, so we can change the tarot like to work with our math system(numerology, our astrology system,our qabala system, for me as long as it is 78 cards, 22 arcana, ten minors suits, and 16 court cards, any system we come up if it makes sense, works, is consistent , the skys the limit :O)
question is the enchanted astrologer deck just an advanced version of the karma cards, or a new version ?