fractalgranny
any of you thoth experts - most of the cards in those decks are lords - all of the minors, all the knights, and some majors. others aren't. does anyone know the story behind this?
The impetus for the extensive use of the word 'lord' in esoteric tarot card descriptions may have been due to the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (HOGD), whose tarot 'bible' is Book T, which was privately circulated among certain HOGD initiates in the late 19th century.any of you thoth experts - most of the cards in those decks are lords - all of the minors, all the knights, and some majors. others aren't. does anyone know the story behind this?
Courts ; We have a Queen ... so we dont need a King
The Queen needs a Knight to go and actively pursue her commands in the Kingdom ... he isnt a King as he is following her commands so he is a Lord ... a very high level but not equal in the same 'world'.
Minors; Are Lords as they are describing an energy that is the ruler of the decan - they are the Lord of that segment.
Majors; Lord is a descriptive of the way they function ... different cards and groups of cards function in ways similar and different to each other eg. I woluld hardly see the function of the Star's energy as 'Lord' , The Chariot is a Child relating to its function in the Power of Water but a Lord relating to its function in regard to the Triumph of Light, Devil is Lord over the gates of Matter but Child of the Forces of Time .
Spirits, daughters, sons, lords, dwellers, rulers, leaders, bringers-forth ... all keys for interpretation.