Tarot Correspondences: Ancient Secrets for Everyday Readers

Tarot Correspondences: Ancient Secrets for Everyday Readers

by T. Susan Chang
Tarot Correspondences: Ancient Secrets for Everyday Readers

Tarot Correspondences: Ancient Secrets for Everyday Readers

by T. Susan Chang

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Overview

Use the Power of Correspondences to Breathe New Life and Magic into Your Tarot Practice

Correspondences are woven into the structure of every modern deck. Focusing on four main systems of correspondences—the elements, astrology, numbers, and Kabbalah—this remarkable book helps you integrate the images, associations, and myths that have allowed the tarot to resonate across many centuries and cultures.

Author T. Susan Chang provides comprehensive correspondence tables for court cards, majors, minors, and the four suits, making this book your must-have resource whether you're a student, professional reader, spiritual seeker, or magical practitioner. Tarot Correspondences also shares methods for working with correspondences in readings, focusing on elements, astrology, numbers, or Kabbalah separately or in combination. You'll also discover meditation and visualization exercises, creative interpretation techniques, and tips for using correspondences to enhance spells and magical rituals. With this book, you'll create a powerful system that helps you journey deep into the cards and strengthen your practice.

Praise:

"Tarot Correspondences is a great investment in your tarot journey whether you're a new or seasoned reader."—New Spirit Journal


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780738755120
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Publication date: 10/08/2018
Pages: 408
Sales rank: 287,781
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.97(d)

About the Author

T. Susan Chang is the author of Tarot Correspondences and 36 Secrets as well as the co-author of Tarot Deciphered. A tarot reader for nearly thirty years, Chang has taught Atlas Obscura's Secrets of Tarot online class and the Masters of the Tarot workshop at the Omega Institute. She also co-hosted and produced the Fortune's Wheelhouse podcast, and she offers an ongoing online course called the Living Tarot. Visit her at www.tsusanchang.com.

Table of Contents

Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

Part One: Correspondence Tables
Correspondences for the 22 Major Arcana 9

  • Table 1—Conventional, Historical, and Hermetic Titles 10
  • Table 2—Astrological Correspondences 15
  • Table 3—Tree of Life Correspondences 18
  • Table 4—Alternate Astro-Alpha-Numeric Correspondences 32
  • Table 5—Color Scales of the Golden Dawn 37
  • Table 6—Natural, Magical, Mythical Correspondences 40
  • Table 7—Numerological Reduction 57

Correspondences for the 4 Suits 59

  • Table 1—Nomenclature and Physical Correspondences 60
  • Table 2—Astrological, Spatiotemporal, and Mythical Correspondences 61
  • Table 3—Natural Correspondences 63

Correspondences for the 40 Numeric Minor Arcana (Ace–10) 65

  • Table 1—Nomenclature, Astrology, and Decans 66
  • Table 2—Associated Major Arcana by Planet and Sign 91
  • Table 3—Combined Aces 93
  • Table 4—Sabian Symbols 94
  • Table 5—Geometry, Kabbalah, and Symbolism of 1 through 10 122
  • Table 6—Color Scales of the Golden Dawn 127

Correspondences for the 16 Court Cards 129

  • Table 1—Nomenclature, Astrology, and Corresponding Minors 130
  • Table 2—Astrological Correspondences in Chronological Order 140

Part Two: The Reader’s Guide to Using Correspondences
One—Using Elemental Correspondences: Head in the Clouds, Mud on Your Boots! 147
Two—Using Astrological Correspondences: “The sign of life eternal is writ on earth and sky.” 167
Three—Using Numeric Correspondences: A Tale of Ten Great Mysteries 199
Four—Using Kabbalistic Correspondeces: Climbing the Tree of Unknowable Fruit 215
Five—Putting It All Together: Interpretation, Creation, Magic 229
Six—Creative Techniques: The Power of the Pen 239
Seven—Magical Techniques: So Mote It Be! 253

Part Three: Individual Card Tables

The Hermit’s Epilogue 369

Bibliography 373

Books 373

Art Credit List 376

About the Author 384

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