The Tarot of Eli, LLC-Court Cards: Thoth- Prince of Swords & Gothic Tarot- Knight of Swords

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The Prince of The Chariot of The Winds, Prince and Emperor of Sylphs and Sylphides.

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The Prince of Swords is also called the Chariot of the Winds, Prince and emperor of the Sylphs and Sylphides.

Zodiacally, he is the last Decan of Capricorn and the first two Decans of Aquarius.

He is Specific Air of Primal Air. The Element Air, is Mind, so this one is like the mind itself, which can love thought alone, and not care what it does. Therefore he Is the mental element of ideas that can be constructive or destructive

The Golden dawn card, had two fairies pulling the chariot but in the, Thoth Tarot card of the Prince of Swords. These fairies are shown as spheres of light in front of the Chariot, accompanied by three winged children who are pulling it. Implying that, this chariot may be pulled capriciously and/or mischievously in any direction, imitating the Mind itself. Also there is significant 9th Sephiroth-Yesod-Moon symbolism here, as the Faerie Kingdom is ruled by the Moon, to suggest this is a card of the Unconscious Mind.

In the right hand, the Prince is swinging the Sword of invocation and creation and in his left is a sickle which immediately destroys that which is created. With childlike innocence, the Prince of Swords wields his Sword of Geburah/Severity. The logical mental processes of the Prince have reduced the Air (mind) into geometric symbols that represent no real plan, but are demonstrative power of undefined purpose. Here seems to be an image of a madman, as he has a sword in one hand and a sickle in the other. This suggests that he creates with the sharp wit of the Mind and then destroys what he creates with the sickle of death. Utterly mad! But this is not necessarily so, as the astrological sign Aquarius assigned to this card implies, affection, kindness. And a good heart, as well as, a mind divided. The Two halves of one mind are shown as Sword and Sickle.

Once again, the Prince of Swords represents the airy part of Air which as air is directed by "outside influences" such as the heat of passion and the coolness of pure coldness. Edgar Allen Poe, who was born on January 19th, was a Prince of Swords core personality. Hence, this tarot birth sign points to madness. However, there is a very fine line dividing madness and pure genius, for Mozart, born January 27th, was also a Prince of Swords personality.

The Thoth Prince of Swords, is the Archetypical personality of the intellectual, pure mind, as such. The Prince of Swords is dressed in woven-full armor of definite device. His chariot is composed of geometric ideas. This chariot is drawn by unharnessed wing children "who are flights of fancy" and may go any-which way they like, as the reins are attached to passing and disconnected geometric ideas. This is like the knowledge of Euclid expounded upon by an idiot, whose argument takes any twist and turn it wants to, and yet be totally "rational". Thus the chariot is easily moved but unable to go into any definite direction---except by accident.

This is intellect without direction supplied by the Will/Spirit and loves argument for argument's sake. Never the less, the Prince of Swords is crown by a Child's Head, for there is a secret Divinity here that is linked up to the 6th Sephiroth-Tiphareth (the Son of God) the ruling Sepiroth of the Princes, but often, if this personality thinks in terms of the divine, one believes they are above all others and suffers from the righteousness of a fanatic.

Since the logical process of the Prince of Swords has reduced the Air to many diverse geometric patterns, they reduce the power of creative mind, as they have no definite purpose. This is symbolized by the Sword in his right hand (willingness to create) and in his left hand a sickle, which destroys what he immediately creates. Being that his thoughts require no practical effort, he is purely intellectual, full of ideas that tumble over one-another in a mass of ideas unrelated to each other. He has all the apparatus of the Mind, intensely clever, admirably rational, thought in its highest degree, but unstable of purpose as even his own ideas are approached with his indifference. He knows that any idea is as good as another and can rationally persuade an Eskimo into buying a “walk in freezer” even though nature has already provided one! By removing the substance of an idea, he can place every idea into an ideal world of ratiocination....it always looks good on paper no matter how impractical it is to build!

Being that ratiocination is purely formal, even the very facts that promote his ideas are ignored so that his ideas become baseless and unreal.

This person is immensely powerful because of their unsettled principles which enable them to put forth any argument without regret or remorse...kind of like an insane-used-car salesman from hell. The Prince of Swords personality is glib to quote scripture, cunningly supporting any thesis without considering the fact that he supported an opposite thesis earlier in his bombast. He is impossible to defeat because any position is as good as another and ready to enter into combination with the nearest element available. He really doesn't care if his or her ideas are contradictory, the idea is its own purpose! His/her momentary Vision is above all else!

These elusive and elastic personalities are only of use, if mastered by the Greater Will and Intellect of Spiritual Soul rather than the Rauch of pure intellect. Both of these aspects of the Solar Psyche/Soul reside in  the 6th Sephiroth on the Tree of Life known as Tiphareth-Beauty, which is the Divine Child in manifestation. The Chaotic nature of Pure Mental Rational must be controlled by the Understanding Mother of All form--- as Mental Force for its own sake is utter destruction of all life. Without the Understanding of Spirit and its purpose for life, these personalities become faddists, fundamentalists, fanatics, devotees of drink and drugs, humanists (those who believe that mankind is the center of the universe----all else can cease to exist.) and bible thumping theologians. But even in such directions there is not stability, and they wander from cult to cult, vice to vice, supporting fanatical convictions for the sake of whim. It is easy to be deceived by such people as they manifest great potency of thought and are often describe as having great depth and breadth of mind. As in all readings, the surrounding cards will show the dignity of this card.

There is however, a bright light here when Pure Ratioation is aligned with Pure Spirit, ideas can become living image. Pure Spirit does not reside in religion...that chaos of ideas belongs to the idiots that praise god for creating life while their fanatical ideas destroy it all around them because its a "nonbeliever". Rather the Purity of Spirit that is the Life itself, that resides as the Great Ocean of Mother all around, in and through us....AS US! So once again, "above all things know thyself", is necessary here. I Am Love and all around me Love is expressing itself as another way of being. We belong to each other, and not to ideas that separate us from each other, for such divisionism belongs to the "divide and conquer" paradigm of the Patriarchy. Ideas, have no purpose unless applied to the function of Life---for that is the Great Work of I AM. Ideas make I AM in their own image, while The Divine Creative-makes us into its image! Thus it is obvious, that to know Love is to know thyself!

The Gothic Tarot-Knight of Swords, is as Traditional Tarot, using Knights instead of Princes. The Thoth Tarot reveals the YHVH name of the Divine Creative, where the Hebrew letter Vau,(V), represents the Son of the King and Queen. That is explained very well in the Qabalistic Tarot- by Robert Wang on page 50. The Court Cards represent the Elemental powers of the Tetragrammaton (YHVH) in the Four Worlds. Hence, the Princes personify the attributes of the Specific Element of their suit. The Prince of Swords personifies the attributes of Specific Air. Generally the Princes represent real people when they appear in a divination. Where this is not the case, they represent a situation having a certain personality.

The personality that seems to be represented by the Gothic Knight of Swords, seems to be that of someone looking over their shoulder at those "behind" them. She is holding a key, as if suggesting she has the key to unlock the secrets of the universe. This is an attitude that the Prince of Swords would be comfortable with.

As a person, The Prince of Swords or Knight of Swords personality is purely intellectual:

• Overflowing with ideas that tumble over each other in a mass unrelated to practical effort.
• This is a brain that won't quiet itself down long enough to focus well on one thing.
• Intensely clever, admirably rational, with high degrees of thought, yet unstable of purpose.
• There is in this Prince of mind, and indifference to their own thought, as any idea is worth exploring, but not for too long.
• By reducing every thought to ratiocination, this personality has removed all substance from thoughts, making them formal and fantastical, as they no longer relate to any facts; even those upon which the thoughts are individually based.
• Thus, this person is completely free from settled principles and is capable of conceiving and putting out any conceivable argument without the clutter of remorse or regret.
• This is a mind so glib, that it is able to forget the contrary argument it produced minutes before and go sallying forth with a new argument.
• These people often become faddists, cultists and devotees of drink, drugs, theologies, humanitarianism or music and religion, but without stability.
• The querent feels the need to release creative and intuitive thought while cutting through any barrier to this release.
• There is a tendency to think too fast so slowing down the thought process is advised if success is to be achieved.
• The querent is showing the tendency to be overly rational, missing the subtle emotional points that would heed success in communication.

If the querent is able or has achieved the ability to focus their thought, they are committed to acting out their ideals and philosophy in their own lives; not really caring about how others do it, as they put incredible energy into supporting or examining particular beliefs.

• They often present a magnetic personality that is extravagant, careless and excessive.
• Ruthlessly brilliant, they can have good business judgment. There is a combative nature here that is courageous, turbulent and skilled in the war of wits.

If ill defined by the surrounding cards:

• Hastiness.
• Short sightedness. 
• Destructiveness. 
• Erratic changes.

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