The Tarot of Eli-2-LLC: The Gold Foil-Key 10- Wheel of Fortune & The Tarot of the Old Path-Key 10- Wheel of Fortune.

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Sylvia Gainsford.

Jupiter. Fire and Water.

In Western Hermetic Qabalah, the Key 10- Wheel of Fortune card is assigned the Hebrew Letter -Kaph, which means "a curve" or "Fist", and represents the hand of man grasping to hold, to comprehend, and to master. Hence, what can be grasped mentally is clear, intelligible, explicate, positive, and precise. Quite different than the ineffability and abstractness of those ideas that relate to Yod and the Hermit.

Wealth and Poverty are the pair of opposites (light and shadow-Fire and Water) that relate to the letter Kaph. Hence, it is the Wheel of Most Fortunate or the Most Unfortunate. This is not a roulette wheel, for it isn't a gamble, as each person oversees their own fate. Wealth and poverty are the extremes of identity and property, the external signs of one's grasp of self-awareness and circumstances.

The title of the Rewarding Intelligence is attributed to the Wheel of Fortune that is ruled by Jupiter, the benevolent planet, which in astrology is called the Greater Fortune, and is stated to have tremendous influence for prosperity and all benefits when well placed in a horoscope. For those who don't "believe" in astrology, they should understand that the ancients lacked a psychological descriptive vocabulary, and therefore, assigned planets to represent types of behavior and personalities.

The Kerubic/Cherubic emblems of Bull, Lion, Eagle, Man, are the Cherubs mentioned in Ezekiel and Revelation and is depicted on the Gold Foil card as the 4 fixed signs of the zodiac.

The four fixed signs of the Zodiac are:

• Taurus (Bull): Spring in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern hemisphere.
• Leo (Lion): Summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern hemisphere.
• Scorpio (Eagle): Autumn in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern hemisphere.
• Aquarius (Man): Winter in the northern hemisphere and summer in the southern hemisphere.

Gold Foil- Key 10- Wheel of Fortune.

The Wheel of Fortune combines the ideas of rotation, cyclicity, sequence, whirling motion, simultaneous accent and decent etc. All with the ideas of fortune, destiny, chance, fate, necessity, probability, and the like. The Qabalistic teaching emphatically states that chance-whether absence of purpose or absence of design- is really the work of unalterable law. Hence the law of cause and effect, as every effect is the product of preceding causes. Therefore, the better we grasp this law of sequence and cyclicity, the greater our command over subsequent events. There is periodicity in everything.

The wheel shows the zodiac as 12 divisions representing discrete and different forms of transformative experiences. Hence, the Sphinx (represents the Soul) determines the trials, pain, and pleasures of the person by the turning of the Solar colored Wheel.

The Tarot of the Old path- Key 10-The Wheel of Fortune has eliminated the Sphinx and placed an angel in its place. The Latin inscription displayed on banners around the wheel state, I reign; I am without reign; I shall reign. Also, the 4 elements are represented in their magic symbols, the leafy stick is a wand that represents fire (willed energy), the golden cup represents water (intuition-emotion), the sword represents air (Intellect), and the pentagram represents earth (Body). The man represents the magician that commands these elements reminding us that how one uses or misuses these tools determines our place on the wheel.

The Tarot of the Old Path, Key 10, has used the Ouroboros, the ancient symbol of the Serpent eating its own tail, as the symbol of the Karmic Wheel of Fortune. This image is the symbol of continuity and Wholeness of Spiral Energy and for the Organic Organism of Earth, which eats itself to stay alive.

The Thoth Tarot- Key 10-Wheel of Fortune illustrates a traditional 10, spoke wheel surround by tradition Egyptian mythology. Both cards are attributed to Jupiter, water, and air.

What many of us know is that life is made of contrary forces, and it is the equilibrium of these forces that make wholeness. Hence, illustrated in the Tarot of the Old Path Wheel of Fortune, are scenes of a contrary nature. In the top day scene, we see sunlight, a free soul flying as a white bird and crops are being gathered after the yearly cycle of planting, growth and harvest, the acquisition of power and wealth is shown as a castle. There is a hunter shown in hot pursuit of his prey, and a lush forest displaying the fertility of Mother Earth.

The Lower Night portion of the inner Wheel shows the opposite region of darkness, and death, which completes the cycle of Life. Here Erda (German Earth Mother) is shown resting on the waters of the deep that flows from her hair. Her fertility is represented by the two sprigs of corn that she holds in her hand, while her arm supports her head. These sprigs break through the barrier of night and day towards the sheaves of corn above. This implies good psychic forces in the upper section of the circle.

In Earth Mothers right hand can be seen an animal skull, implying she is the understanding of the Mortality of all things. Hence, showing the contrary nature of the Great Mother, who is both giver and taker of life.

In the language of animals, the owl has often been perceived as a harbinger of death, or the ever-watchful vigilance of Mother Earth. A fish is swimming in the water representing all animal life on earth that is essential to mankind and the balance of earth ecology.

On the Tarot of the Old path card, surrounding the Wheel of Fortune, are those who are affected by the Wheel of Fortune; the peasant looking towards a King who is trying to hold on to the Wheel and stop its rotation of change. This seems foolish as the joker supporting the Wheel on his knees may imply. History has proven that those who resist change bring much suffering to the world and themselves. However, there is a contrary nature to this Joker as well, for he could be a wise man in a fool's harlequin clothing or a foolish man trying to control the wheel's rotation. Nothing in Nature is constant, and all is Nature, even what many call the Supernatural, is Natural. The only real difference is that the word Supernatural seems to denote what is unseen. Since 99.6% of our own bodies is space and thus, invisible, we are all "mostly Supernatural", that is if being invisible implies such an exalted state. Truth being, the invisible forces, are all Natural, and trying to impede the Nature of things, brings harsh penalties. Change is the Universal constant in this Universe.

The Key 10- The Wheel of Fortune, may be seen as a card of fate, the cyclic changing of plenty and loss, good or bad, etc. What many of us fail to see is that we decide our fate by our perspective. So, we may experience loss, as well as gain, but this being understood as cycles, such as night and day, and should help us understand that "this too shall pass", as we cycle onward through the Mysteries of Life. Life is inhale-gain- and exhale-loss.

The Wheel is symbolic of the whole cosmic expression and is an emblem of any series of events. The Archetypical World of the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot and its Gold Foil copy is represented as the pivot-center. The Creative world is seen as the inner circle, with symbols of alchemy. The middle circle is the Formative World, and the outer circle is the Material World. The Eight-pointed star in Key 17 is represented as the eight spokes, symbolizing Radiant Energy. This central circle is also represented as Pranayama and/or Life-Breath, ten times on the-0- the Fool's tunic. In the Formative World middle circle, are the symbols of Mercury (above), Sulfur (to the right), and Salt -to the left. Here are represented the corresponding concepts of the 3 gunas of Yoga philosophy: sattva (Mercury-Consciousness), rajas (Sulfur-activity & passion), and tamas (Salt-ignorance & inertia). At the bottom of the Formative circle is the alchemical sign of dissolution, identical to the astrological sign of Aquarius. It is said in Alchemical circles that Dissolution is the Fundamental Process of the Great Work.

The Jackal-headed Hermanubis represents the evolution of consciousness from the lower forms to the higher. His jackal head represents intellectuality, while the red color symbolizes passion and activity. Beyond him is the position of the Intellect that most people have not yet traversed. In his position on the wheel, he symbolizes the mundane person's level of intellectual activity.

The Sphinx represents the Real Self of the human, behind the veil of personality. When the inner senses develop and/or unfold (Divya Siddhis/Magic Abilities), corresponding to the outer senses, we become aware of One Thing, which transcends personality. The "One Thing" is the spokesman of the riddles of existence. It remains motionless while the wheel turns. The blue color relates the Sphinx to Memory, the basic function of the subconscious, as if to emphasize the idea that the highest self-knowledge is self-recollection. (Man know thyself).

The Wheel itself is the whole whirling cycle of cosmic expression. The involution of Cosmic Radiant Energy into matter (FOHAT), is represented by the yellow serpent on the Rider-Waite-Smith/Gold Foil card.

On the outer wheel dedicated to the material world are the letter TARO, counter changed with the Hebrew letter IHVH (YHVH). Since Hebrew Letter represent numbers, the numerical value of TARO is 671, important in Qabalah as several certain titles of Malkuth-The Kingdom. The value of IHVH (YHVH) is 26, hence the total numeration of the eight letters on the wheel is 697, and by adding the digits of 6+9+7 we get 22- a number associated with the wheel since time immemorial, and the numbers in the Hebrew Alphabet, symbolized by the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot.

Transposition of the letters TARO as seen on both cards, may make the following five words: ROTA-TARO-ORAT-TORA-ATOR. "Ator" is the old Latin form of the Egyptian Goddess Hathor (Mother God). Therefore, this grammatical error of a Latin sentence is often translated as, " The Wheel of Tarot speaks the Laws of Hathor (Laws of Nature)." Physiologically, the Wheel represents the law of periodicity in mental activity, whereby, mental states tend to reoccur in definite rhythms, as well as the law of the involution of the undifferentiated conscious energy, and its evolution through a series of personalized forms of itself. It is the Law of Cause and Effect, making sure that we "reap what we sow'".

When the Wheel of Fortune Card is thrown in a divination it implies:

• Continual growth and decay.
• Eternal change.
• Alteration. 
• New beginnings.
• Acceptance of destiny.
• Understanding the purpose in life.
• The transformation of the lower into the higher.
• Unexpected turn of events (good fortune).
• Perception of Karma.
• Composure and high spirits through deep self-knowledge and acceptance of purpose in life.

If reversed:

• Turn for the worst.
• Fatalism.
• Not taking responsibility for your own thinking.

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