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      <title>The Tarot of Eli-LLC, Major Arcana: Thoth Tarot-ATU- X-Fortune &amp; The Baroque Tarot - Key 10- Wheel of Fortune</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:10:45 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;elitarotstrickingly.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center; font-size: 160%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;i&gt;Above all things, know thyself!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Thoth- ATU X-Fortune&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;The Baroque Tarot- Key 10- Wheel of Fortune&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h1 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thoth Tarot ATU X–Fortune&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: center; font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Path of Caph, the Turning Wheel, and the Conscious Mastery of Fate&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the Thoth Tarot, &lt;strong&gt;ATU X–Fortune&lt;/strong&gt; is not merely a card of luck, chance, or random events. It is the Tarot glyph of &lt;strong&gt;cyclic law&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;karma&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;cause and effect&lt;/strong&gt;, and the conscious turning of destiny through awakened Will.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In Western Hermetic Qabalah, this card is attributed to the &lt;strong&gt;Path of Caph&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;Kaph&lt;/strong&gt;, the Hebrew letter כ, meaning &lt;strong&gt;palm of the hand&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;fist&lt;/strong&gt;, or &lt;strong&gt;grasp&lt;/strong&gt;. This Path runs from &lt;strong&gt;Chesed&lt;/strong&gt;, the fourth Sephirah of Mercy, to &lt;strong&gt;Netzach&lt;/strong&gt;, the seventh Sephirah of Victory. It is positioned on the &lt;strong&gt;Pillar of Mercy&lt;/strong&gt;, the right side of the Tree of Life, and carries the expansive planetary force of &lt;strong&gt;Jupiter&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Caph is the hand that grasps the Wheel. It represents the power to contain, shape, direct, and comprehend force. An open hand receives; a fist grasps. Therefore, Caph implies completion, control, and the closing of a cycle. It is the hand of the Magus learning to grasp the axle of the Wheel rather than being blindly spun by it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Path of Caph: From Chesed to Netzach&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chesed&lt;/strong&gt; is the sphere of divine order, mercy, expansion, cosmic law, and benevolent authority. It is the great Jupiterian principle of structure through...&lt;a href=https://www.elitarotstrickingly.com/blog/the-tarot-of-eli-llc-major-arcana-thoth-tarot-atu-x-fortune-the-baroque&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>The Tarot of Eli, LLC- Major Arcana: Thoth Tarot-ATU IX-The Hermit &amp; The Baroque Tarot - Key 9- The Hermit</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:20:41 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;elitarotstrickingly.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center; font-size: 160%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;i&gt;Above all things, know thyself!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Thoth- ATU ​IX- The Hermit&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;The Baroque Tarot-key 9- Hermit.&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thoth Tarot ATU IX — The Hermit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3 style="text-align: center;"&gt;Yod, Virgo, the Secret Fire, and the Lamp of Inner Gnosis&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the &lt;strong&gt;Thoth Tarot&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;ATU IX — The Hermit&lt;/strong&gt; is not merely an old wise man withdrawing from society. He is the &lt;strong&gt;initiated consciousness that has turned inward to discover the hidden Light of the Divine Self&lt;/strong&gt;. In Western Hermetic Qabalah, the Hermit is attributed to the Hebrew letter &lt;strong&gt;Yod&lt;/strong&gt;, the zodiacal sign &lt;strong&gt;Virgo&lt;/strong&gt;, and the Path that joins &lt;strong&gt;Chesed&lt;/strong&gt; to &lt;strong&gt;Tiphareth&lt;/strong&gt; on the Tree of Life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yod is the smallest Hebrew letter, yet it is the seed-form from which all the other letters arise. Therefore, it represents the &lt;strong&gt;divine spark&lt;/strong&gt;, the primal point, the secret seed of creation. In the Hermit card, this means that the true Light is not found in the outer world of noise, opinion, and social masks. It is found in the inner point of consciousness, the silent flame of the &lt;strong&gt;I AM&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Hermit is the seeker who has stopped asking the world to define him. He has withdrawn from false appearances so that he may discover the original Divine Image within.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Qabalistic Meaning: Yod and the Hidden Seed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Hebrew letter &lt;strong&gt;Yod&lt;/strong&gt; means “hand.” Symbolically, this is the &lt;strong&gt;hand of Divine action&lt;/strong&gt;, the creative touch that shapes the universe from within. It is not the heavy hand of force, but the subtle hand of spiritual intelligence. Yod is the seed of will before it becomes visible...&lt;a href=https://www.elitarotstrickingly.com/blog/the-tarot-of-eli-llc-major-arcana-thoth-tarot-atu-ix-the-hermit-the-90397022-2a27-43d0-a1c3-331cfc68f8a1&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>The Tarot of Eli, LLC: The Thoth Tarot-Key/ATU 11-Lust &amp; The Baroque Tarot-Key 8-Strength</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 08:23:56 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;elitarotstrickingly.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Above all things know thyself.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;The Baroque Tarot-Key 8-Strength&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Thoth-ATU 11-Lust&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h1 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Path of Teth: Lust, Strength, Kundalini, and the Solar Serpent&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p&gt;Paul Foster Case describes the &lt;strong&gt;Nineteenth Path&lt;/strong&gt; as:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;“The Intelligence of all the activities and spiritual beings, and is so called because of the affluence diffused by it from the highest blessing and most exalted sublime glory.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the Western Hermetic Qabalah, this is the &lt;strong&gt;Path of Teth&lt;/strong&gt;, the path attributed to the Tarot card known traditionally as &lt;strong&gt;Strength&lt;/strong&gt; and, in the Thoth Tarot, as &lt;strong&gt;Lust&lt;/strong&gt;. This path connects &lt;strong&gt;Chesed&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Geburah&lt;/strong&gt;—Mercy and Severity, expansion and restriction, benevolence and discipline.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here the great outpouring of creative force flows from Chesed into Geburah. Mercy becomes power. Expansion becomes directed force. Love becomes the sword of spiritual will.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is why Crowley named the card &lt;strong&gt;Lust&lt;/strong&gt; rather than Strength. He was not speaking of ordinary appetite or uncontrolled desire. He was speaking of &lt;strong&gt;divine frenzy&lt;/strong&gt;—the ecstatic force of the Soul when it is inflamed by the Will to Be.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Inflame Thyself with Prayer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Crowley’s repeated magical instruction, &lt;strong&gt;“Inflame thyself with prayer,”&lt;/strong&gt; belongs directly to this mystery. It corresponds to the alchemical phrase: &lt;strong&gt;“The heat of the furnace makes the Stone.”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In alchemy, the Philosopher’s Stone is not produced by casual interest. It is produced by heat, pressure, purification, and repeated transformation. Likewise, the initiate is transformed by sustained spiritual fire. Great...&lt;a href=https://www.elitarotstrickingly.com/blog/the-tarot-of-eli-llc-the-thoth-tarot-key-atu-11-lust-the-baroque&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>The Tarot of Eli, LLC-Major Arcana: Thoth Tarot- ATU VII-The Chariot &amp; The Baroque Tarot-Key 7-Chariot</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 07:20:17 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;elitarotstrickingly.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center; font-size: 160%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Above all things, know thyself!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Baroque Tarot- Key 7-The Chariot&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Thoth- ATU VII-The Chariot&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Motion or change or rest are the first and second secrets of Nature: Motion and Rest. The whole code of her laws may be written on the thumbnail.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;-&lt;/em&gt;Emerson&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thoth Tarot—ATU VII, The Chariot &amp; The Baroque Tarot—Key 7, The Chariot&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Thoth Tarot ATU VII—The Chariot&lt;/strong&gt; is the Universal Key of directed movement, disciplined change, and sacred enclosure. It is the mystery of motion held within stillness, and stillness carried through motion. The Charioteer does not rush blindly forward. He moves because he is centered. He conquers because he is contained.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the Western Hermetic Qabalah, The Chariot is attributed to the Hebrew letter &lt;strong&gt;Cheth&lt;/strong&gt;, meaning “fence,” “field,” or “enclosure.” This is not a prison, but a magical boundary. It is the sacred vessel that holds force until force becomes direction. Without Cheth, energy scatters. With Cheth, energy becomes Will.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On the Qabalistic Tree of Life, The Chariot corresponds to the &lt;strong&gt;Eighteenth Path&lt;/strong&gt;, traditionally placed between &lt;strong&gt;Binah&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Geburah&lt;/strong&gt;. This is a profound path on the Pillar of Severity. Binah is the Great Mother, the Supernal Womb of Understanding, Form, and cosmic limitation. Geburah is Severity, Strength, Mars, discipline, courage, and cutting power. Therefore, The Chariot is not merely a card of travel or victory. It is the movement of the soul through the womb of cosmic law, armored by discipline and driven by Divine Will.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Charioteer as the Solar Warrior&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;The golden-armored Charioteer in...&lt;a href=https://www.elitarotstrickingly.com/blog/the-tarot-of-eli-llc-major-arcana-thoth-tarot-atu-vii-the-chariot-the-7d4d827f-080d-4639-b520-27980212284d&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>The Tarot of Eli, LLC-Major Arcana: Thoth-ATU VI-The Lovers &amp; The Baroque Tarot-Key 6- The Lovers</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 07:24:05 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;elitarotstrickingly.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center; font-size: 160%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;i&gt;Above all things, know thyself!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Baroque Tarot-Key 6-The Lovers&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Thoth Tarot- ATU VI-The Lovers&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Oracle of the Gods is the Child-Voice of Love in Thine Own Soul; hear thou it.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;Heed not the Siren-Voice of Sense, or the Phantom-Voice of Reason: rest in Simplicity and listen to the Silence.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: right;"&gt;-Crowley&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;The Lovers, Gemini, and the Marriage of the Inner Twins&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;The title &lt;strong&gt;The Lovers&lt;/strong&gt; seems simple enough, yet this is one of the most complex cards in the Major Arcana. It is not only about the love of two human beings. More profoundly, it is about the &lt;strong&gt;Twins within the individual&lt;/strong&gt;: the duality of consciousness united in pursuit of Divine Love.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is why the card is attributed to &lt;strong&gt;Gemini&lt;/strong&gt;, the sign of the Twins. Gemini is ruled by &lt;strong&gt;Mercury&lt;/strong&gt;, the messenger, translator, communicator, and magical mediator. In the Hermetic sense, Mercury is the intelligence that brings opposites into dialogue. It allows the two sides of the Self to recognize one another and become one living current of awareness.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Lovers proposes the union of the dual intelligent forces: &lt;strong&gt;male and female, electric force and magnetic reception, Sun and Moon, reason and imagination, conscious and subconscious mind&lt;/strong&gt;. These are not enemies. They are equal and opposite powers that must be brought into holy communion.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The human brain reflects this same mystery. The left side is associated with logic, sequence, language, and analytical structure. The right side is associated with image, intuition, symbol, creativity, and emotional perception. When these become antagonistic, the personality becomes divided. When they become lovers, intelligence becomes whole.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The divided mind is...&lt;a href=https://www.elitarotstrickingly.com/blog/the-tarot-of-eli-llc-major-arcana-thoth-atu-vi-the-lovers-the-baroque&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>The Tarot of Eli, LLC-Major Arcana: Thoth-ATU V-The Hierophant &amp; The Baroque Tarot -Key 5- the Hierophant.</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 08:04:07 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;elitarotstrickingly.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center; font-size: 160%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Above all things, know thyself!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Hierophant- Key 5-The Baroque Tarot&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Thoth- ATU V-The Hierophant&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;y&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h1 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Tarot Hierophant: ATU V, Vav, and the Eternal Intelligence&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Magus of the Eternal. The Oracle of the Gods is the Child-Voice of Love in Thine Own Soul; hear thou it.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;Heed not the Siren-Voice of Sense, or the Phantom-Voice of Reason: rest in Simplicity and listen to the Silence.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-Crowle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the Thoth Tarot, &lt;strong&gt;ATU V–The Hierophant&lt;/strong&gt; is called by Aleister Crowley &lt;strong&gt;“The Magus of the Eternal.”&lt;/strong&gt; In Western Hermetic Qabalah, this card is attributed to the Hebrew letter &lt;strong&gt;Vav&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;Vau&lt;/strong&gt;, meaning &lt;strong&gt;nail, hook, or connector&lt;/strong&gt;. Vav is the sacred link that fastens one thing to another. It joins the Above to the Below, Spirit to matter, and the Greater Self to the embodied human personality.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On the Qabalistic Tree of Life, the Hierophant is the &lt;strong&gt;16th Path&lt;/strong&gt;, leading from &lt;strong&gt;Chokmah&lt;/strong&gt;, the 2nd Sephiroth of Wisdom, to &lt;strong&gt;Chesed&lt;/strong&gt;, the 4th Sephiroth of Mercy. Dr. Paul Foster Case called this path the &lt;strong&gt;Eternal Intelligence&lt;/strong&gt;, for it represents the timeless current of Divine Wisdom transmitted into ordered, merciful, and teachable form.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Hierophant is not merely a priest, preacher, or religious authority. In the deeper Hermetic sense, he is the &lt;strong&gt;living bridge of initiation&lt;/strong&gt;. He is the force that hooks eternal truth into human consciousness so that the Soul may remember what the personality has forgotten.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vav: The Nail...&lt;a href=https://www.elitarotstrickingly.com/blog/the-tarot-of-eli-llc-major-arcana-thoth-atu-v-the-hierophant-the-baroque&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>The Tarot of Eli, LLC. -Major Arcana: Thoth Tarot-ATU IV- The Emperor &amp; The Baroque Tarot-Key 4-Emperor</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 07:30:03 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;elitarotstrickingly.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center; font-size: 160%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;i&gt;Above all things, know thyself!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Thoth-ATU IV-The Emperor&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;The Baroque Tarot- Key 4- Emperor.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Setting your own rules and boundaries.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h1 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Thoth Emperor, Heh, and the Constituting Intelligence&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: center; font-size: 130%;"&gt;ATU IV — The Fiery Window of Divine Authority&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Thoth Tarot Emperor, ATU IV, is one of the most controversial cards in the Crowley-Harris deck because the Hebrew letter printed on the card is &lt;strong&gt;Tzaddi&lt;/strong&gt; rather than the traditional Hebrew letter &lt;strong&gt;Heh&lt;/strong&gt;. Crowley’s famous statement, “Tzaddi is not the Star,” has caused decades of debate among Tarot students, Thelemites, Golden Dawn initiates, and Western Hermetic Qabalists.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yet in the traditional Hermetic Qabalah system, the Emperor is assigned to the Hebrew letter &lt;strong&gt;Heh&lt;/strong&gt;, meaning &lt;strong&gt;window&lt;/strong&gt;, and to the &lt;strong&gt;15th Path&lt;/strong&gt; on the Tree of Life, running from &lt;strong&gt;Chokmah&lt;/strong&gt;, Wisdom, to &lt;strong&gt;Tiphareth&lt;/strong&gt;, Beauty. This is the path that Dr. Paul Foster Case called the &lt;strong&gt;Constituting Intelligence&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For this reason, I follow the traditional attribution: &lt;strong&gt;The Emperor is Heh, not Tzaddi.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Heh&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Controversy of Tzaddi and Heh&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Crowley printed &lt;strong&gt;Tzaddi&lt;/strong&gt; on the Thoth Emperor and placed &lt;strong&gt;Heh&lt;/strong&gt; on the Star. Some believe this was a correction of what he saw as an error in the Golden Dawn system. Others believe it was an initiatory blind, a deliberate puzzle designed to force deeper contemplation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;However, Crowley himself gives a powerful clue in...&lt;a href=https://www.elitarotstrickingly.com/blog/the-tarot-of-eli-llc-major-arcana-thoth-tarot-atu-iv-the-emperor-the-4c1f8457-d07f-4022-9ebe-34deebb6510a&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>The Tarot of Eli, LLC: The Thoth Tarot- Key/ATU 3-The Empress &amp; The Baroque Tarot-Key 3 the Empress</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 06:55:24 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;elitarotstrickingly.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Above all things, know thyself.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;The Baroque Tarot- Key 3- The Empress&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h1 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Thoth Tarot — ATU 3: The Empress&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;The Baroque Tarot — Key 3: The Empress&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“I am the love of Being, that creates being, so I can be intimate with the dream as ‘other’ and/or lover.”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;—Eli&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Empress of Tarot is the &lt;strong&gt;Universal Womb&lt;/strong&gt; in which all manifestation is conceived, gestated, nourished, and brought into visible form. In the Western Hermetic Qabalah, she is the &lt;strong&gt;Path of Daleth&lt;/strong&gt;, meaning &lt;strong&gt;Door&lt;/strong&gt;, and she spans the Supernal path between &lt;strong&gt;Chokmah&lt;/strong&gt;, Wisdom, the All-Father current, and &lt;strong&gt;Binah&lt;/strong&gt;, Understanding, the All-Mother current.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Daleth is the &lt;strong&gt;Gate of Heaven&lt;/strong&gt;, the sacred threshold through which the One becomes the Many. She is the door by which the invisible becomes visible, the unspoken becomes image, and the dream of Spirit becomes the living body of Nature.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is why I call the Empress &lt;strong&gt;“the Womb with a View.”&lt;/strong&gt; She is the power of Imagination and Intuition: the Universal Mother who takes thought, feeling, desire, and wisdom and gestates them into worlds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Empress as Love with Wisdom&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the Thoth Tarot, &lt;strong&gt;ATU 3 — The Empress&lt;/strong&gt; is the universal principle of &lt;strong&gt;Love with Wisdom&lt;/strong&gt;. She is our ability to extend love and receive love. She is not sentimental affection alone, but the great cosmic law of attraction by which all forms are drawn into relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Love is not merely a human emotion. Human emotion is a small wave rising from the infinite Ocean of the Universal Collective Unconscious. Love is the formative power of existence itself....&lt;a href=https://www.elitarotstrickingly.com/blog/the-tarot-of-eli-llc-the-thoth-tarot-key-atu-3-the-empress-the-baroque&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;#tarotqabalahthothmagickelitarotstrickingly.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center; font-size: 160%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Above all things, know thyself!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thoth-ATU 2-The Priestess&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center; font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;For self is a sea boundless and measureless.&lt;/em&gt; -K. Gibran, &lt;em&gt;The Prophet&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;[The Supernal Womb with a view}&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Baroque Tarot- Key 2-The High Priestess&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center; font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;"Secrets, Mystery, the future as yet unrevealed".&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: right;"&gt;-A.E. Waite- 1909&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Tarot of Eli, LLC — Major Arcana: Thoth Tarot ATU 2-The Priestess &amp; The Baroque Tarot Key 2-The High Priestess&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ATU 2-The Priestess&lt;/strong&gt;, also known in older Tarot symbolism as &lt;strong&gt;Key 2-The Popess&lt;/strong&gt;, represents the androgynous mystery of intuition, inner authority, self-trust, silence, and hidden knowledge. She is not merely “the feminine” in a sentimental sense. She is the &lt;strong&gt;lunar intelligence of the Greater Self&lt;/strong&gt;, the veiled current of consciousness that carries the Soul across the Abyss between the unknowable Crown of Spirit and the awakened Solar Self of Tiphareth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the &lt;strong&gt;Thoth Tarot&lt;/strong&gt;, the Priestess is assigned to the Hebrew letter &lt;strong&gt;Gimel&lt;/strong&gt;, meaning &lt;strong&gt;camel&lt;/strong&gt;. This is a perfect symbol, for the camel crosses the desert where ordinary life cannot survive. Esoterically, she carries the aspirant across the dry and terrifying expanse of the Abyss, from &lt;strong&gt;Kether&lt;/strong&gt;, the Crown of pure “I Will Be,” toward &lt;strong&gt;Tiphareth&lt;/strong&gt;, the Solar center of the Soul. She is the secret bridge between the Supernal Light and the incarnate Self.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Priestess is often described as feminine, yet in the Thoth image...&lt;a href=https://www.elitarotstrickingly.com/blog/the-tarot-of-eli-llc-major-arcana-thoth-tarot-atu-2-the-priestess-the-1aeefa1f-779c-434f-9ca9-36a5c3a7dc8d&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>The Tarot of Eli, LLC-Major Arcana: Thoth Tarot- ATU 1-The Magus &amp; The Baroque Tarot-The Magician</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;elitarotstrickingly.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center; font-size: 160%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;i&gt;Above all things, know thyself!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Thoth- ATU 1-The Magus&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;The Baroque Tarot- Key 1- Magician.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thoth Tarot ATU I — The Magus &amp; Baroque Tarot Key 1 — The Magician&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3 style="text-align: center;"&gt;The Will That Becomes Life&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Thoth Tarot ATU I—The Magus&lt;/strong&gt; and the &lt;strong&gt;Baroque Tarot Key 1—The Magician&lt;/strong&gt; both express the first directed motion of consciousness. They are not merely cards of skill, cleverness, or magical performance. They are images of &lt;strong&gt;Will becoming Life&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In Western Hermetic Qabalah, the Magus/Magician is associated with the Hebrew letter &lt;strong&gt;Beth&lt;/strong&gt;, meaning &lt;strong&gt;House&lt;/strong&gt;. Beth is the path between &lt;strong&gt;Kether&lt;/strong&gt;, the Crown, and &lt;strong&gt;Binah&lt;/strong&gt;, Understanding, on the Tree of Life. This is the &lt;strong&gt;Path of Beth&lt;/strong&gt;, the path by which the One Undefined Energy of Kether begins to become organized, enclosed, and made intelligible through the Great Mother, Binah.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kether is the pure spiritual impulse: &lt;strong&gt;Eheieh—“I Will Be.”&lt;/strong&gt; Binah is the womb of understanding that gives this Will a field in which to become form. Therefore, Beth as “House” means more than a building. It is the metaphysical womb, the dwelling place, the first enclosure of Spirit before Spirit descends into manifestation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Magus builds the House.&lt;br&gt;The Magician directs the current.&lt;br&gt;Binah encloses the Will.&lt;br&gt;Together, they begin creation.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Path of Experimental Learning&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Magus/Magician is the first Trump after the Fool. The Fool, assigned to Aleph, is the zero-point of limitless Spirit: the breath before definition, the...&lt;a href=https://www.elitarotstrickingly.com/blog/the-tarot-of-eli-llc-major-arcana-thoth-tarot-atu-1-the-magus-the-801c6a50-2b5c-4096-9fc0-c37c5ab7a768&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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