Tarot

Consider a deck of cards wherein a Lion was purposely missing or out of place. Those with knowledge of astrology would recognize their deck of cards was missing a Leo! But Leo wasn't missing, he was in fact hiding in the number zero. The process of putting Leo in his zodiacal pack produced a game board, which is the zodiac cross, on which Leo would “fall” and enter the underworld. Of course, the game today is no longer a story on the fall of the age of Leo, but on the fall of our current age Pisces, and the rise of Aquarius.

What I’m saying is: tarot is host to an ancient esoteric game opened by way of an astrological puzzle.

The Hierophant to the Devil are eleven cards corresponding to the signs of the zodiac, missing one from their group: Pisces -- our current age. Pisces rules the feet, and the Fool -- that absent minded boy, better watch his feet. Now arrange these cards into the zodiac to put the Fool in his correct place.

The first game (solitary) is divided into two ‘worlds’ -- the over world or equinox line of the zodiac cross, and the underworld or solstice line of the zodiac cross.

In the first world, Pisces (The Fool) falls on the equinox line of the zodiac cross. In the 2nd world, the Sun card (air element - Aquarius) rises on the solstice line of the zodiac cross. When the Fool falls and the Sun rises, you will have witnessed the fall of one astrological age and the rise of another. Although, having mastered this game I am quite certain the player witnesses the rising of the Nile river, or even something like the science of antigravity, and that astrological revolution is not meant to be the lesson in the game -- as the game requires fluency in astrology to begin play.

Do consider that Pisces plays the game to show you how to play. There is another card which can enter the zodiac: a solitary. 

Just like the Fool, the solitary will “fall” on the cross of the zodiac, then enter the underworld where the elements are entering into one another. The underworld board (solstice line) is complete when your element card (Tower, Star, Moon, or Sun) rises on the cross of the zodiac. The board ends in one of four patterns, in accordance with your element. These four decks (astrological polarities) will come together to play 2nd level four player tarot.

Libra, Gemini, Aquarius Sun

Aries, Sagittarius, Leo, Moon

Cancer, Pisces, Scorpio Star

Capricorn, Virgo, Taurus Tower

As the 1st circle gave you a deck with one of four cards on top (Tower, Star, Moon, or Sun), so also the 2nd level game will give you a deck with one of these four cards on top: Magician, High Priestess, Empress, or Emperor. The High Priestess (fire element) is the one who leads the 2nd level initiations. 

If ever 2nd levels end up with an ace on the top of their stacked decks, this is a 3rd level deck, obtained by twelve packs of cards (players) - four circles of four, each circle becoming a suit (element).  

Now, the most interesting card in the game is neither the Fool nor the Solitary, but the Hanged Man.

When 2nd levels gather, they draw a circle around them oriented to magnetic north. Each player represents an element and they sit accordingly to orient the circle. I have written the correspondences below:

DIRECTION                ELEMENT                  SUIT                       EXAMPLE OF A CIRCLE

Southwest                Air               Swords                 Aquarius

Southeast                Fire               Wands                 Leo

Northeast                Water             Cups                     Scorpio

Northwest                Earth             Pentacles                 Taurus

In the last part of the 2nd level game, the elements orbit the Moon card. On their final pass, the Hanged Man card will “fall” from the Moon card, and he will land in the south (pole) of the circle. The Hanged Man, as I see it, is a game piece. I DO NOT own a lunar meteorite. I am only saying, the Hanged Man card falls from the Moon card in the 2nd level game. 

If a tradition where people orbit a fallen star sounds new to you, consider the ceremony at Mecca (for example). And if you think you’ve seen everything in tarot, look in an RWS deck, have you seen that the 3 of Wands wears the armor of a Knight? Or the 7 of pentacles wearing 2 different colored shoes? Or the 7 of wands wearing two different shoes altogether? Or who is shrouded in the 7 of cups? Have you seen that the 3 of pentacles is the interior of the Tower before the Tower's demise? Or that the 2 of cups changed the game from Leo to Pisces? That the Queen of Cups is wearing wet clothes? And that an alien creature targets a ship behind the King of Cups? That a flood is receding in the Death card? LET THE ZODIAC OPEN THE STORY IN THESE CARDS. 

I do not write this for use of the (potential) game pieces or what may or may not have been in a meteorite, my interest is the circle, as it has been put forth that astrology can align one sign to another, and it is an arcane astrological puzzle that stands between the solitary and a circle of zodiac roles in play. I do believe these four people will be far more magical than any group of stones. 

I have given what necessary discretion will permit, as the solitary plays for a reason -- each must come of their own accord. Look into your tarot cards, and discover an ancient game of mystery and magic.

Many Blessings.

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