kwaw said:
In renaisannce art the lamp was used as an emlem of Diogenes the Cynic, nicknamed 'The Dog'. If we associate the Hermit with Diogenes 'the dog' then we have a tryptich of dog cards:
The Lunatic - aleph = 1
The Hermit - yod = 10
The Moon - qoph = 100
Kwaw
The letter Aleph is also attributed to the constellation Orion, hunter of the Bull [taurus] and Hare [Lupus], lover of the moon goddess Artemis/Diana, accompanied by hunting dogs [canis major and minor]. In the
Book of Job and Amos the Hebrew word Kesil [KSYL] is used for the constellation Orion. Kesil [KSYL] also means
Fool.
KSYL –
Orion, Fool
Job 9:9 - Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
Job 38:31 - canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
Am 5:8 - Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name
The word KSYL
Orion also means
fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one. And is used 70 times elsewhere in the bible [psalms, proverbs and ecclesiastes] to mean such:
KJV (70) - fool, 61; foolish, 9;
NAS (70) - fool, 35; fool's, 2; foolish, 6; foolish man's, 1; fools, 23; stupid, 1; stupid man, 1; stupid ones, 1;
KJV = King James Version
NAS = New American Standard
Kwaw
