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-'''Cups''' are one of the suits in the [[Thoth Tarot]] deck. +'''Disks''' are one of the suits in the [[Thoth Tarot]] deck.
'''The four suits of the Tarot are:''' [[Wands (tarot)|Wands]], [[Cups (tarot)|Cups]], [[Swords (tarot)|Swords]], [[Disks (tarot)|Disks]] '''The four suits of the Tarot are:''' [[Wands (tarot)|Wands]], [[Cups (tarot)|Cups]], [[Swords (tarot)|Swords]], [[Disks (tarot)|Disks]]
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 +In ''The Book of Thoth'', Crowley explains his theory behind the new attributions of the suit of Disks:
 +:...all previous [tarot] packs are of little more than archaeological interest; for the New Aeon demanded a new system of symbolism. Thus, in particular, the old conception of the Earth as a passive, immobile, even dead, even "evil" element, had to go. It was imperative to restore the King Scale colour attribution to that of the Aeon of Isis, Emerald Green, as was understood by the Egyptian Hierophants. This green is, however, not the original vegetable green of Isis, but the new green of spring following the resurrection of Osiris as Horus. Nor are the Disks any more to be considered as Coins; the Disk is a whirling emblem. Naturally so; since it is now known that every Star, every true Planet, is a whirling sphere. The Atom, again, is no more the hard, intractable, dead Particle of Dalton, but a system of whirling forces, comparable to the Solar hierarchy itself.
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 +:This thesis dovetails perfectly with the new Doctrine of Tetragrammaton, where the Earthy component, He final, the Daughter, is set upon the Throne of the Mother, to awaken the Eld of the All-Father. The NAME itself, accordingly, is no longer a fixed symbol, emblem of extension and limit, but a continuously revolving sphere; in the words of Zoroaster, "rebounding, whirling forth, crying aloud".
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*'''Tree of Life:''' The [[Path_32-bis|Path of 32-bis]] *'''Tree of Life:''' The [[Path_32-bis|Path of 32-bis]]
*'''Description:''' "Her crest is the head of the ram, and her sceptre descends into the earth. There its head becomes a diamond, the precious stone of Kether, thus symbolizing the birth of the highest and purest light in the deepest and darkest of the Elements. She stands within a grove of sacred trees before an altar suggesting a wheatsheaf, for she is a priestess of Demeter. She bears within her body the secret of the future. Her sublimity is further emphasized by the disk which she bears; for in the centre thereof is the Chinese ideogram denoting the twin spiral force of Creation in perfect equilibrium; from this is born the rose of Isis, the great fertile Mother." *'''Description:''' "Her crest is the head of the ram, and her sceptre descends into the earth. There its head becomes a diamond, the precious stone of Kether, thus symbolizing the birth of the highest and purest light in the deepest and darkest of the Elements. She stands within a grove of sacred trees before an altar suggesting a wheatsheaf, for she is a priestess of Demeter. She bears within her body the secret of the future. Her sublimity is further emphasized by the disk which she bears; for in the centre thereof is the Chinese ideogram denoting the twin spiral force of Creation in perfect equilibrium; from this is born the rose of Isis, the great fertile Mother."
-*'''Interpretation:''' "The characteristics of an individual signified by this card are too various to enumerate; one must summarize by saying that she is Womanhood in its ultimate projection. She contains all the characteristics of woman, and it would depend entirely upon the influences to which she is subjected whether one or another becomes manifest. But in every case her attributes will be pure in themselves, and not necessarily connected with any other attributes which in the normal way one regards as symbolic. In one sense, then, her general reputa tion will be of bewildering inconsistency. It is rather like a lottery wheel from which the extraction of any number does not predict or influence the result of any subsequent operation. The fruit of the Philosophy of Thelema is enjoyed, rare, ripe, nourishing and vitalizing at its highest and fullest in this meditation; for to the adept every turn of the wheel is equally probable, and equally a prize; for every Event is "a play of Nuit"."+*'''Interpretation:''' "The characteristics of an individual signified by this card are too various to enumerate; one must summarize by saying that she is Womanhood in its ultimate projection. She contains all the characteristics of woman, and it would depend entirely upon the influences to which she is subjected whether one or another becomes manifest. But in every case her attributes will be pure in themselves, and not necessarily connected with any other attributes which in the normal way one regards as symbolic. In one sense, then, her general reputation will be of bewildering inconsistency."
==The Small Cards== ==The Small Cards==
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*'''Title:''' The Root of the Powers of Earth *'''Title:''' The Root of the Powers of Earth
-*'''Tree of Life:'''  +*'''Tree of Life:''' [[Kether]] 
-*'''Description:''' +*'''Description:''' "It has been the custom of publishers or designers of packs to set their personal seal upon the Ace of Disks...The central symbol of the Ace of Disks is consequently the personal Hieroglyph of 'the chosen priest and apostle of infinite space', 'the prince-priest the Beast'... In the centre of all is yet another form of Tetragrammaton, the Phallus, showing Sol and Luna, with the number 666 duly inscribed, as if to equilibrate, to fit into the Vesica, with the seven sevens adding to 156... Should one choose to interpret the vertical line above 666 as 1, and add it, the number of the Scarlet Woman, 667, appears...This cipher is enclosed in a Heptagram, as manifestly needful; and this figure again in interlaced Pentagons whose sides are extended, so forming a Wheel of 10 spokes whose boundary is a Decagon; and this again within a circular band, upon which is inscribed in full the name, of 12 (6 x 2) letters. About this whirling Disk are its six Wings; the entire symbol is not only a glyph of Earth as understood in this New Aeon of Horus, but of the number 6, the number of the Sun."
*'''Interpretation:''' *'''Interpretation:'''
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*'''Title:''' Change *'''Title:''' Change
*'''Astrology:''' [[Jupiter (astrology)|Jupiter]] in [[Capricorn]] *'''Astrology:''' [[Jupiter (astrology)|Jupiter]] in [[Capricorn]]
-*'''Tree of Life:'''  +*'''Tree of Life:''' [[Chokmah]] 
-*'''Description:'''  +*'''Description:''' "[T]wo Pantacles, one above the other; they are the Chinese symbols of the Yang and Yin duplicated as in the Hsiang. One wheel is dextro- and the other laevo-rotatory... About them is entwined a green Serpent {see Liber 65, chapter iii, verses 17-20}. His tail is in his mouth. He forms the figure Eight, the symbol of the Infinite, the equation 0=2." 
-*'''Interpretation:'''+*'''Interpretation:''' This card represents "the harmonious interplay of the Four Elements in constant movement. One may in fact consider the card as the picture of the complete manifested Universe, in respect of its dynamics."<BR/><BR/>From Liber 65 ("Cordis Cincti Serpente"), ch.III, verses 17-20: 
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 +::17. Then I beheld myself compassed about with the Infinite Circle of Emerald that encloseth the Universe.<BR/> 
 +::18. O Snake of Emerald, Thou hast no time Past, no time To Come. Verily Thou art not.<BR/> 
 +::19. Thou art delicious beyond all taste and touch, Thou art not-to-be-beheld for glory, Thy voice is beyond the Speech and the Silence and the Speech therein, and Thy perfume is of pure ambergris, that is not weighed against the finest gold of the fine gold.<BR/> 
 +::20. Also Thy coils are of infinite range; the Heart that Thou dost encircle is an Universal Heart.
===Three of Disks=== ===Three of Disks===
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*'''Title:''' Works *'''Title:''' Works
*'''Astrology:''' [[Mars (astrology)|Mars]] in [[Capricorn]] *'''Astrology:''' [[Mars (astrology)|Mars]] in [[Capricorn]]
-*'''Tree of Life:''' +*'''Tree of Life:''' [[Binah]]
*'''Description:''' *'''Description:'''
*'''Interpretation:''' *'''Interpretation:'''

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Part of the Thoth Tarot series.

Disks are one of the suits in the Thoth Tarot deck.

The four suits of the Tarot are: Wands, Cups, Swords, Disks

In The Book of Thoth, Crowley explains his theory behind the new attributions of the suit of Disks:

...all previous [tarot] packs are of little more than archaeological interest; for the New Aeon demanded a new system of symbolism. Thus, in particular, the old conception of the Earth as a passive, immobile, even dead, even "evil" element, had to go. It was imperative to restore the King Scale colour attribution to that of the Aeon of Isis, Emerald Green, as was understood by the Egyptian Hierophants. This green is, however, not the original vegetable green of Isis, but the new green of spring following the resurrection of Osiris as Horus. Nor are the Disks any more to be considered as Coins; the Disk is a whirling emblem. Naturally so; since it is now known that every Star, every true Planet, is a whirling sphere. The Atom, again, is no more the hard, intractable, dead Particle of Dalton, but a system of whirling forces, comparable to the Solar hierarchy itself.
This thesis dovetails perfectly with the new Doctrine of Tetragrammaton, where the Earthy component, He final, the Daughter, is set upon the Throne of the Mother, to awaken the Eld of the All-Father. The NAME itself, accordingly, is no longer a fixed symbol, emblem of extension and limit, but a continuously revolving sphere; in the words of Zoroaster, "rebounding, whirling forth, crying aloud".


Table of contents

The Court Cards

Knight of Disks

Queen of Disks

Prince of Disks

Princess of Disks

The Small Cards

Ace of Disks

Two of Disks

17. Then I beheld myself compassed about with the Infinite Circle of Emerald that encloseth the Universe.
18. O Snake of Emerald, Thou hast no time Past, no time To Come. Verily Thou art not.
19. Thou art delicious beyond all taste and touch, Thou art not-to-be-beheld for glory, Thy voice is beyond the Speech and the Silence and the Speech therein, and Thy perfume is of pure ambergris, that is not weighed against the finest gold of the fine gold.
20. Also Thy coils are of infinite range; the Heart that Thou dost encircle is an Universal Heart.

Three of Disks

Four of Disks

Five of Disks

Six of Disks

Seven of Disks

Eight of Disks

Nine of Disks

Ten of Disks

Image:Template_tarot2.jpgTarot | Thoth Tarot | Tarot & the Tree of Life
Major Arcana: The Fool - The Magus - The Priestess - The Empress - The Emperor - The Hierophant - The Lovers - The Chariot - Adjustment - The Hermit - Fortune - Lust - The Hanged Man - Death - Art - The Devil - The Tower - The Star - The Moon - The Sun - The Aeon - The Universe
Minor Arcana: Wands | Cups | Swords | Disks