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The Tarot of Eli, LLC-Minor Arcana: Thoth- 2 of Swords-Peace & The Baroque Tarot-Two of Swords

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:22:46 -0700

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Thoth- 2 of Swords-Peace

Through me its unfailing wisdom takes form in thought and word.

The Tarot of Eli, LLC — Minor Arcana

Thoth 2 of Swords — Peace & Baroque Tarot Two of Swords

Thoth Title: Peace — Lord of Peace Restored
Astrological Attribution: Moon in Libra
Qabalistic Attribution: Chokmah in Yetzirah
Element: Air
World: Yetzirah — the World of Formation

Primary Theme: Peace through equilibrium, reconciliation, discernment, and balanced thought

The Two of Swords teaches a deceptively simple mystery:

Peace is not the absence of opposing forces. Peace is opposing forces brought into intelligent relationship.

That makes this card considerably more interesting than merely declaring, “Well, everyone has stopped shouting.”

Sometimes silence means enlightenment.

Sometimes it just means everybody is tired.

The Two of Swords asks us to discover which one we are dealing with.

🜁 The Qabalistic Root — Chokmah in Yetzirah

In Western Hermetic Qabalah, the 2 of Swords corresponds to Chokmah in Yetzirah, the World of Formation.

Chokmah, the second Sephirah, is the primordial Will-to-Force: dynamic Wisdom pouring forth after the incomprehensible unity of Kether.

The number 2 therefore introduces...Read More

The Tarot of Eli, LLC-Minor Arcana: Thoth- Ace of Swords & The Baroque Tarot - Ace of Swords

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 07:51:02 -0700

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The Baroque Tarot- Ace of Swords

Thoth- ace of swords

Ace of Swords — Thoth Tarot & Baroque Tarot

The Crown of Mental Clarity, the Root Powers of Air, and the Sword of the Magus

The Ace of Swords is not merely a card of clever ideas. In Western Hermetic Qabalah, it represents the seed of Mind itself—the Root of the Powers of Air, the first concentrated potential of thought, language, discrimination, reason, and conscious direction.

Qabalistically, every Ace belongs to Kether, the Crown. Therefore, the Ace of Swords may be understood as Kether in Yetzirah, the Crown expressing itself through the formative World traditionally associated with Air. This attribution is explicitly preserved in Golden Dawn-derived Tarot teaching.

Here Mind has not yet become argument, philosophy, anxiety, calculation, or opinion.

It is simply potential intelligence.

Before the thought comes the capacity to think.

And before the word comes the mysterious possibility of the Word.

Kether — The Point Before the Line

Kether, the first Sephirah of the Tree of Life, means Crown.

Its traditional Hermetic symbols include the Point, the Crown, the Diamond, and the ancient whirling swastika or fylfot. In 777 Revised, Crowley explains the latter as a symbol of whirling energy and the initiation of...Read More

The Tarot of Eli, LLC-Court Cards: Thoth Tarot-Knight of Wands & The Baroque Tarot -King of Coins

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:31:26 -0700

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Thoth- Knight of Wands

Lord of the Flame and the Lightning; The King of the Spirits of Fire; King of the Salamanders.

The Baroque Tarot-King of Coins

Thoth Knight of Wands & Baroque King of Coins

Lightning and the Throne — When Fire Learns to Build

At first glance, the Thoth Knight of Wands and the Baroque King of Coins appear to inhabit entirely different universes. One comes charging through flames on a black horse as though someone has just lit the fuse; the other sits securely upon a granite throne surrounded by vegetation, gold, and butterflies.

Yet Hermetically, these two Court Cards share an important principle: the active masculine power of manifestation.

The difference is where that power operates.

The Knight of Wands is Fire of Fire—Will in its most explosive, primal condition. The King of Coins, when interpreted through the traditional Hermetic correspondence of King/Knight, is Fire of Earth—the active force that organizes, fertilizes, protects, and develops material existence.

One is the lightning bolt.

The other owns the power station.

Tarot Core-Personality birth wheel

🜂 Thoth Knight of Wands — Fire of Fire

Crowley calls the Knight of Wands the fiery part of Fire. He rules approximately 20° Scorpio...Read More

The Tarot of Eli, LLC-Court Cards: Thoth Tarot-Queen of Disks & The Baroque Tarot- Queen of Coins

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:24:26 -0700

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Thoth-Queen of Disks
The Baroque Tarot-The Queen of Coins
In Western Hermetic Magic, the Tarot Queen of Disks/Pentacles/Coins/Crystals is known as The Queen of the Thrones of Earth, Queen of the Gnomes.
Dear Reader: Before settling in for this rather substantial journey through the Queen of Disks, you may wish to acquire your favorite beverage, pastry, sandwich—or whatever form of earthly nourishment keeps your consciousness happily anchored in Malkuth.
The Queen of Disks is a many-layered Tarot card, and she is not particularly interested in being rushed. So get comfortable, take your time, and focus on whatever part of her wisdom feels most relevant to your life today.
After all, enlightenment is important—but there is no Hermetic law requiring you to achieve it on an empty stomach.
Thoth Tarot — Queen of Disks & Baroque Tarot — Queen of Coins
The Great Mother of Manifestation: When Spirit Learns to Grow Roots
The Thoth Queen of Disks and the Baroque Tarot Queen of Coins are manifestations of one of Tarot’s oldest mysteries: the Divine Feminine as the power that gives form, nourishment, continuity, and sensual reality to Spirit.
Both Queens belong to the realm of Earth, yet neither represents dead or static matter. This is living Earth—soil that germinates, flesh that heals, forests that breathe, bodies that remember, mothers that nurture, and...Read More

The Tarot of Eli, LLC-Court Cards-Thoth Tarot- Prince of Disks & The Baroque Tarot-Knight of Coins

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:06:39 -0700

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Thoth-Prince of Disks
The Baroque Tarot - Knight of Coins
Thoth Tarot Prince of Disks & Baroque Tarot Knight of Coins
The Intelligence of Primal Earth — When Spirit Learns to Build
The Thoth Tarot Prince of Disks and the Baroque Tarot Knight of Coins embody one of Tarot’s most grounded mysteries: consciousness becoming competent in matter.
This is not Earth lying around waiting for something interesting to happen. This is Earth thinking, planning, cultivating, engineering, reproducing, building, repairing, and harvesting.
In the Thoth system, the Prince of Disks is Air of Earth—the intellectual, organizing, communicative principle of Air operating through the dense, fertile matrix of Earth. Crowley describes him as Earth becoming intelligible: practical intelligence applied to cultivation, structure, growth, and material affairs.
He rules approximately 20° Aries through 20° Taurus, encompassing the final decan of Aries and the first two decans of Taurus.
The Baroque Knight of Coins translates this archetype into a more familiar earthly figure: the patient horseman, worker, builder, craftsman, financier, steward, or practical seeker who knows that dreams become useful only after somebody picks up a hammer.
Both cards therefore proclaim a very earthy Hermetic truth:
Spirit may provide the inspiration—but somebody still has to build the temple.
Tiphareth:...Read More

The Tarot of Eli, LLC-Court Cards: Thoth Tarot-Princess of Disks & The Baroque Tarot-Page of Coins

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:54:43 -0700

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Thoth-Princess of Disks
The Baroque Tarot- Page of Coins
The Princess of the Echoing Hills; The Rose of the Palace of Earth; Princess and Empress of the Gnomes; Throne of the Ace of Disks
Thoth Tarot — Princess of Disks & Baroque Tarot — Page of Coins
The Womb of Becoming and the First Crystallization of Form
The Thoth Princess of Disks represents the Mastery of Creativity and the Birth of New Forms. She is pregnant not merely in appearance, but in function, archetype, and Mystery. She is the womb of becoming, the Earth of Earth, and the dense, fertile matrix through which invisible potential becomes visible form.
In Hermetic Qabalah, she corresponds to the final Heh (ה) of Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh, the Daughter of the Tetragrammaton and the material culmination of the creative formula. She may therefore be understood as the Malkuth of Malkuth: manifestation brought to its greatest degree of condensation.
Yet “lowest” does not mean inferior. Malkuth is the Kingdom because it is here that everything above becomes actual.
Spirit may have wonderful ideas, but eventually somebody has to build the house.
Earth of Earth — Intelligent Matter
The Thoth Court Cards are more than portraits of people. They depict modes of active consciousness, elemental personalities that may manifest as individuals,...Read More

The Tarot of Eli, LLC, Minor Arcana: Thoth Tarot- 10 of Disks-Wealth & The Baroque Tarot- Ten of Coins

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:09:56 -0700

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Thoth-10 of Disks-Wealth
# 10. The Kingdom of Spirit is Embodied in my Flesh.
The Baroque Tarot-Ten of Coins
Thoth- 10 of disks-wealth
Thoth Tarot — 10 of Disks: Wealth
The Lord of Wealth — When the Invisible Becomes Visible
Astrology: Mercury in Virgo
Qabalah: Malkuth in Assiah
Element: Earth
Decan: 20°–30° Virgo
Angelic Rulers: Lauviah and Hahaiah
Golden Dawn Title: Lord of Wealth
The Thoth Tarot 10 of Disks—Wealth represents the culmination of material manifestation. What began as invisible potential in the higher reaches of the Tree has descended through increasingly structured levels of consciousness until, at last, it becomes something you can touch, taste, build, spend, inherit, plant, heal, and hopefully pay the electric bill with.
This is Malkuth in Assiah: the Kingdom expressed through the elemental world of Earth.
The card therefore concerns far more than money. It represents embodied wealth—health, knowledge, skill, family, property, community, experience, reputation, inheritance, and the accumulated results of intelligent action.
In short:
Spirit has finally produced receipts.
Malkuth: The Kingdom Made Manifest
In Western Hermetic Qabalah,...Read More

The Tarot of Eli, LLC-Minor Arcana: Thoth Tarot- 9 of Disks-Gain & The Baroque Tarot-Nine of Coins

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:42:22 -0700

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Thoth- 9 of Disks-Gain
The Truth about Self- the Trestle Board.
#9-In thought, word, and deed, I rest my life from day to day, upon the sure foundation of Eternal Being.
The Baroque Tarot- Nine of Coins
Thoth Tarot 9 of Disks — Gain & Baroque Tarot Nine of Coins
The Harvest of Intelligent Manifestation
The Thoth Tarot 9 of Disks, titled Gain, carries the traditional Golden Dawn title Lord of Material Gain. Its Qabalistic attribution is Yesod in Assiah, the Foundation operating in the Material World, while astrologically it corresponds to Venus in Virgo, 10°–20° Virgo. The traditional Angels of the Decan are Hazayel and Aldiah.
This is the card of the harvest after intelligent cultivation. Something has been planted, protected, tended, corrected, fertilized—and perhaps sworn at occasionally—and now it bears fruit.
Money does not normally fall from the sky, unless perhaps you are D. B. Cooper. For the rest of us, Gain generally requires the marriage of opportunity and intelligent management.
Crowley summarizes this principle as the mingling of “good luck and management.”
And that little phrase contains most of the card.
Yesod in Assiah — The Foundation Becomes Physical
In Western Hermetic Qabalah, the Nine belongs to Yesod, the ninth Sephirah on the...Read More

The Tarot of Eli, LLC-Minor Arcana: Thoth Tarot- 8 of Disks-Prudence & The Baroque Tarot- Eight of Coins

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:09:57 -0700

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#8. I look forward with confidence to the perfect realization of the Eternal Splendor of the Limitless Light.
Thoth- 8 of Disks-Prudence
The Baroque Tarot-Eight of Coins
Thoth Tarot 8 of Disks—Prudence & Baroque Tarot Eight of Coins
The Master Craftsman, the Harvest of Skill, and Intelligence Made Material
The 8 of Disks and Eight of Coins represent talent, skill, craftsmanship, learning, disciplined work, and practical ideas transformed into a profitable profession. These are cards of the artisan—the person who has practiced long enough that knowledge has migrated from the head into the hands.
This is not merely having talent. Talent is the seed. Craftsmanship is what happens after the seed has been watered several thousand times.
The Thoth 8 of Disks—Prudence presents this principle as a fertile harvest tree. The work has been performed, the roots are strong, and the fruit is developing. One does not pull on the branches to make fruit ripen faster. The prudent Magus tends the tree, protects the crop, and allows natural law to finish the operation.
The Baroque Tarot Eight of Coins expresses the same mystery through the image of the dedicated craftsman. Here, concentration, practice, tools, study, and physical skill combine to produce something valuable.
Both cards therefore proclaim:
Mastery is accumulated intelligence made visible.
The Master Craftsman's...Read More

The Tarot of Eli, LLC-Minor Arcana: Thoth Tarot- 7 of Disks-Failure & The Baroque Tarot-7 of Coins

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:29:13 -0700

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Thoth- 7 of Disks-Failure
#7. Living from that Will, supported by its unfailing Wisdom and Understanding, mine is the Victorious Life.
The Baroque Tarot- 7 of Coins
Thoth Tarot- 7 of Disks-Failure.
Thoth Tarot 7 of Disks — Failure & Baroque Tarot 7 of Coins
Saturn in Taurus: When the Harvest Refuses to Hurry
The Thoth Tarot 7 of Disks, titled Failure, represents the difficult meeting of Saturn and Taurus: limitation confronting matter, time testing fertility, and patience being demanded where the personality would much prefer immediate results.
In Western Hermetic Qabalah, the card corresponds to Netzach, the Seventh Sephirah, operating in Assiah, the material world. Netzach is associated with Venus, desire, attraction, instinct, pleasure, and the emotional force that urges life toward fulfillment. Yet here that Venusian current is obstructed by Saturnian restriction.
In other words, Venus wants the garden party; Saturn arrives carrying an audit.
The result is not necessarily permanent failure. More often, the card represents frustrated growth, delayed manifestation, exhausted resources, poor returns, or the sobering realization that desire alone cannot produce material success.
Netzach in Assiah — Desire Meets Matter
Netzach means Victory, but its victory is usually achieved through persistence, attraction, emotional momentum, and instinctive commitment.
Placed within...Read More