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The Rider-Waite-Smith-Key 10-Wheel of Fortune

The Archeon Tarot - Key 10- Wheel of Fortune.

RWS Tarot- Key 10-Wheel of Fortune
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.

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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, rather it is more like a spinning wheel as each person oversees and weaves their own destiny on the spiraling path of time. Wealth and poverty are the extremes of identity and property created by the Oligarchs so that people are easy to control. The poor must bow to the rich so they can have bread and shelter but "money is evil" so they mustn't try to become wealthy. The Oligarchs of the Military Industrial Complex hide this true contest of Monetary Wealth controls all, as racial bigotry and human strata, such as the poor and "their betters" who are wealthy and must dictate their lives for their own good. These foolish paradoxes are the external signs of a social egregore that is not life, but controlled indoctrination and dogmatic grasp of self-awareness and circumstances.

I Am Wealth, Health, and well-being!
However, by focusing only on what you want to happen as "you", you create a ternary wealth and harmony for yourself that is Spirit-Mind-Body. But if you focus you thought on fear, worry, and/or impoverished thoughts you begin weaving a pattern of poverty. Remember "All is Mind", it all begins there and ends in the body.

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.

B.O.T.A. Tarot-Key 10-Wheel of Fortune
Hermetic frame:
Paul Foster Case and the Wheel of Fortune: The Rewarding Intelligence
Paul Foster Case, one of the foremost Hermetic scholars of the early 20th century, assigned to Key 10—the Wheel of Fortune—the Qabalistic title The Rewarding Intelligence. His Builders of the Adytum (B.O.T.A.) Tarot cards, much like the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, reflect the structure of Golden Dawn symbolism while emphasizing a deeply internalized, psychological process of initiation.

The Wheel of Fortune is traditionally ruled by Jupiter (Tzedeq in Hebrew), the Greater Benefic in astrology. Jupiter symbolizes expansion, abundance, and beneficence, carrying a profound influence for prosperity, good fortune, and all manner of beneficent unfoldings when favorably placed in the horoscope.

Thus, Case’s attribution of Rewarding Intelligence is perfectly aligned with the Hermetic understanding of the Jupiterian current: it is a field of consciousness that, through right alignment with the higher laws of the cosmos, bestows the fruits of inner and outer work. The "rewards" indicated by this Intelligence are not merely material, but spiritual—moments of expansion where soul and destiny align, and the Higher Will (Kether) pours its abundance into the manifesting structures of the Adept's life.

Hermetic Elucidation:
From a Western Hermetic Qabalistic view, Key 10 resides between Chesed (Mercy) and Netzach (Victory) through the turning of the Great Cosmic Cycle. It is the whirling of existence itself, a reminder that the forces of Fortune are not arbitrary, but are the result of cosmic law in action—karma seen through the lens of Jupiter's grace rather than Saturn’s judgment.

The Wheel, crowned by the alchemical symbols of Mercury, Sulphur, Salt, and the elements, suggests that the reward is alchemical in nature: the Philosopher’s Stone is not obtained through stasis, but through continual circulation—the wheel must turn.
The Sphinx atop the wheel, sword in paw, embodies the mastery of riddles and paradoxes of existence: true fortune belongs to the one who can consciously ride the waves of inevitable change with wisdom and strength. In the deeper mysteries, this represents the Initiate's ability to consciously participate in the cycles of evolution and devolution without being trapped by them.
Forward-Thinking Hermetic View:
In our evolving era, the Wheel of Fortune asks the Hermetic aspirant to engage in conscious evolution, recognizing that reward is not an external lottery, but an alchemical inevitability: the cause and effect of right intention, right imagination, and right action. In this sense, the "Rewarding Intelligence" is intimately linked to the Law of Attraction—not in its watered-down popular sense—but as a profound metaphysical principle: like attracts like on the vibrational plane of Yetzirah and manifests through Assiah.
The Jupiterian energy grants expansion to whatever we have placed in motion. If one sows in ignorance, the reward is chaos; if one sows in wisdom, the reward is the flowering of the Solar Self.
Thus, the Wheel of Fortune calls the Adept to remember: Fortune favors not the passive, but the conscious co-creator who aligns with the rhythm of the Cosmos.

Jupiter.
In astrology, Jupiter is associated with several positive character traits and influences. It is often considered the planet of expansion, growth, and abundance. Here are some key character traits attributed to Jupiter in astrological interpretations:
Expansion: Jupiter is associated with broadening horizons, both mentally and experientially. It encourages an expansive and optimistic outlook on life.
Optimism: Jupiter is linked to a positive and optimistic attitude. It instills a sense of hope, faith, and a belief that things will work out for the best.
Abundance: Jupiter is often connected to prosperity, abundance, and good fortune. It is seen as a benefic planet that brings blessings and opportunities.
Philosophy and Wisdom: Jupiter is associated with higher learning, philosophy, and wisdom. It encourages a quest for knowledge and a deep understanding of life's meaning.
Generosity: Jupiter is linked to generosity and a willingness to share one's resources. It promotes a sense of giving and helping others.
Expansive Vision: This planet encourages individuals to have a broad and far-reaching vision for their lives. It supports the pursuit of goals on a grand scale.
Leadership: Jupiter is sometimes associated with leadership qualities, as it inspires confidence, enthusiasm, and a natural ability to guide others.
Travel and Exploration: Jupiter is related to travel, exploration, and a desire for new experiences. It signifies a love for adventure and a curiosity about the world.
It's important to note that the interpretation of planetary influences can vary among astrologers, and individual birth charts provide a more personalized understanding of how Jupiter's energy may manifest in a person's life.

The Kerubic/Cherubic emblems of Bull, Lion, Eagle, Man, are the Cherubs mentioned in Ezekiel and Revelation and is depicted on the Rider-Waite-Smith 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.

RWS Tarot- 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 change-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. Hence, the rituals and invocations of Western Hermetic Magick.
The wheel shows the zodiac as Twelve 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 Archeon Tarot - Key 10-The Wheel of Fortune focuses on the spinning wheel of fate concept where no one can predict whether they will be the benefactors of fortune, be it good or ill. The Wheel of Fortune reminds us that nothing remains the same, what goes around comes around, but never exactly the same. Therefore, the best outcome is to accept opportunity with grace, and calamity with composure.
The speed of the Wheel's turn is either slow or accelerated thereby dictating that only preparation can maximize potential rewards and minimize the unexpected loss. The caveat here is to not deny the inevitability of change, take charge of your life-motion and become the axle that the Wheel of Fortune spins on. This every Magus knows and will cast forth invocations and rituals while also supplying the action necessary to get it done.


The Moiria-the 3 fates.
In Greek mythology, the Three Fates, also known as the Moirai, were powerful and enigmatic goddesses who controlled human destiny and fate. These three sisters were responsible for weaving, measuring, and cutting the threads of life for every mortal being. The names of the three Fates were Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos.
Clotho: She was the spinner of the thread of life. Clotho's name means "spinner," and she was responsible for beginning the life of an individual by spinning the thread at the moment of their birth. She was often depicted with a spindle.
Lachesis: After Clotho spun the thread, Lachesis measured it. Lachesis determined the length of each person's life and the events that would occur throughout it. Her name means "apportioner" or "allotter."
Atropos: Atropos was the one who cut the thread, signifying the end of a person's life. Her name means "inflexible" or "inevitable." Atropos held the shears that severed the thread, symbolizing the inevitability of death.
The Fates were considered impartial and implacable, and their decisions were final. They were often depicted as stern, stern-faced women, emphasizing the inexorable nature of fate. Even the gods themselves were subject to the decisions of the Fates.
The concept of the Moirai was pervasive in Greek mythology and philosophy, highlighting the inevitability and predetermined nature of human destiny. The idea of these three sisters weaving the tapestry of life has left a lasting impression on Western literature and thought.

✨ Fate and Destiny in Western Hermeticism
Destiny and Fate are not synonyms in the Hermetic worldview. They are distinct forces, each describing a different layer of existence and selfhood.
DESTINY:
Fixed Pattern.
Pre-ordained structure.
Macrocosmic imprint.
In Hermetic thought, destiny (destinare: "to make firm, establish") refers to the greater patterns that have already been woven into the fabric of one's being — the orbital courses that have been set at birth, or even before incarnation. It is likened to the orbital path of a planet: once set into motion, the momentum is largely irreversible without an external upheaval.
Destiny is expressed in things such as:
Your natal astrological chart (the cosmic map at the moment of birth).
Your soul contract (agreements or missions before incarnation).
Your genetic and karmic inheritance (the body and ancestral legacy you carry).
Destiny is the architecture. It is.
It is not dependent on choice. It is the environmental field and deep-seeded narrative of a soul's existence across time.
Hermetic corollary: Destiny belongs to the Sephiroth of Binah (Understanding) — the Great Architect of form, restriction, and manifestation.
FATE:
Mutable unfolding.
Self-directed modulation.
Microcosmic will in action.
Fate (from Latin fatum: "that which has been spoken") in Hermeticism refers to the potential outcomes determined by personal choice, will, vibration, and consciousness. It is the "law of attraction" in its truest, metaphysical sense: the principle that energy follows thought, and that aligned or misaligned thoughts create corresponding realities.
Thus, fate is an open book, a sea of possibilities shaped by:
How you respond to your destiny.
How you think, speak, act, and resonate.
How you apply conscious Hermetic laws (e.g., vibration, polarity, cause and effect).
Fate can bend, elevate, or devolve the experience of destiny.
Hermetic corollary: Fate belongs to Chesed (Mercy) and Tiphareth (Beauty) — the spheres of personal mastery and solar kingship, where free will asserts its rulership within a greater divine order.
🜏 An Example:
Imagine destiny as the type of terrain you are born into:
A mountain, a desert, a river valley.
Your fate is how you choose to journey across it:
Build bridges, climb peaks, carve new paths—or sit and make no movement at all.
The terrain is destiny (fixed).
Your navigation across it is fate (choice).
🜔 Hermetic Conclusion:
Destiny is the original Word spoken by the Divine. Fate is how you respond with your own voice.
A Master in the Hermetic tradition does not try to escape destiny, nor curse it.
Instead, the Adept acknowledges the terrain and then actively shapes fate with skillful Will (Thelemic intention), mastering the law of attraction through focused thought, word, and deed.
Thus, while Destiny happens, Fate is happening — ever mutable, ever within the sphere of conscious creation.

The Tarot- Key 10- The Wheel of Fortune, may be seen as a card of destiny and 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 manifesting as our perspective of Self. Destiny is not fate, although they are often confused. How we identify ourselves, is directly associated with our destiny. 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. Hence, every adept knows the power of invocation and ritual to design fate.

🜍 Casting Fate Through Speech, Invocation, and Ritual in Hermeticism
In the Western Hermetic tradition, "what is spoken" is a profound metaphysical act — not merely language, but creative vibration that alters fate itself.
1. The Magical Power of Speech
In Hermetic doctrine, speech is not just communication.
It is causation.
The moment a Word (Logos) is uttered with Will behind it, it becomes a shaping force in the Astral Light (Yetzirah), where all forms begin before they manifest in the material plane (Assiah).
This is rooted in the ancient principle:
"As above, so below; as within, so without."
Thus:
To speak consciously is to create.
To invoke consciously is to alter fate.
To perform ritual is to inscribe intention onto the very fabric of existence.
In a real sense, fate is cast like a spell through the vibration of thought-empowered word.
2. Invocation as a Mechanism of Fate-Casting
Invocation — calling in a higher force, archetype, or aspect of self — is one of the purest forms of fate-casting.
When the Adept invokes a divine name, an angelic intelligence, a planetary force, or even an aspect of the Higher Self:
They are bridging their microcosm with a macrocosmic principle.
They are re-aligning their personal vibration to a new geometric pattern.
They are choosing a new stream of potential to flow through them.
In Hermetic Ritual:
Every Divine Name vibrated (e.g., YHVH, Elohim, Adonai) shifts the Adept’s resonance.
Every Enochian Call, every planetary hymn, every Qabalistic invocation, carves new channels through which fate flows.
Therefore, invocation is self-determined evolution:
You become what you invoke.
You walk the stream you summon.
In this way, the Adept consciously casts their fate, not merely waiting for destiny’s tides.
3. Ritual as the Formal Casting of Fate
Ritual formalizes the act of fate-casting through sacred structure:
Circle = microcosm claiming its boundary.
Elemental Evocations = balancing the primal forces of inner reality.
Planetary/Sephirothic Invocations = invoking specific universal intelligences to seed the field of probability.
Offerings/Declarations = energetic exchanges sealing the operation.
Each ritual action — physical, vocal, mental — ripples across the subtle planes.
Thus, ritual is not superstition; it is direct causality.
It is engineering fate, consciously and intentionally, using the sacred laws of correspondence, vibration, and polarity.
🜄 Hermetic Key:
Thought is seed. Word is vibration. Ritual is harvest.
Thought alone stirs probability.
Speech crystallizes it into vibratory pattern.
Ritual grounds it through directed symbolic action — shifting Fate.
The unconscious masses cast their fate by unconscious repetition of thoughts and emotions.
The Adept casts fate by willful thought, sacred speech, and magickal action.
🜂 Summary for Clarity:
Term | Action | Fate Impact |
---|---|---|
Thought | Conception | Seeds possibilities |
Speech (Invocation) | Vibration/Alignment | Draws new patterns |
Ritual | Manifestation through Action | Anchors the new fate |
In short:
When you invoke with focused Will and ritualize that invocation with sacred action, you are casting your fate forward into the river of becoming, steering its course with the Word made manifest.
🜍 Closing Thought:
The fate you cast with sacred speech becomes the river you sail with sacred action.
For Western Hermetic Ritual ---🜃 Hermetic Pathworking and Invocation for the Wheel of Fortune (Rewarding Intelligence) ... click on button below.


RWS Tarot- Wheel of Fortune
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 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.

RWS Tarot Wheel

Archeon Tarot Wheel
The Eight-pointed star in Key 17-The Star Card is represented as the eight spokes on the RWS Wheel of Fortune Card, symbolizing Radiant Energy. This central circle is also represented as Pranayama and/or Life-Breath, ten times on the RWS-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-Key 10 card or by the coins on the Archeon card. Interestingly, there are two peacock feathers displayed on the Archeon Tarot-Key 10-The Wheel of Fortune card. Let me explain the esoteric meaning of peacock feathers.

🜍 The Esoteric Meaning of the Peacock Feather with Tarot Cards
In Western Hermeticism, the peacock feather is not mere ornament — it is a profound symbol of cosmic vision, spiritual iridescence, and the resurrection of the soul into its fully realized form.
When paired with the Tarot, especially in reading or ritual, the feather magnifies and deepens the underlying energies at work.
1. Peacock as the Symbol of the Opus Magnum
In alchemy, the "Peacock’s Tail" (Cauda Pavonis) is a phase of the Magnum Opus — the Great Work.
It appears during the alchemical process when all colors flash at once on the surface of the substance being transmuted, signaling that dissolution and putrefaction have succeeded and that the rebirth of purified being is imminent.
The Tarot itself is a visual Great Work — a complete symbolic map from base consciousness (The Fool) to spiritual coronation (The World/Universe).
Displaying a peacock feather reminds the practitioner or reader that each card is not isolated meaning, but a facet of an unfolding alchemical process toward ultimate illumination.
Thus, the feather says:
"You are witnessing a moment within a greater transfiguration."
2. The Peacock Eye as the Eye of Spirit
The eye-shaped markings on the peacock’s feathers have long been associated with divine watchfulness and inner vision:
The Eye of Horus (Egyptian)
The All-Seeing Eye (Masonic/Hermetic)
Argus in Greek mythology, whose many eyes were set into the peacock’s tail after his death.
In a Tarot reading, this connects to:
Heightened intuition.
Seeing beyond the veils of appearances.
Recognizing the hidden workings behind the querent's situation.
Thus: Placing a peacock feather with a Tarot card signals that the Spirit is observing, revealing, and guiding — that something beyond the superficial interpretation is active.
3. The Peacock and Resurrection of the Self
The peacock has long been a symbol of:
Immortality (because its flesh was believed not to decay quickly after death in medieval symbolism).
Glory (it renews its feathers each year more brilliantly).
Transcendence (it lives on earth but displays colors of the heavens).
In the Tarot context:
It signals the soul’s power to renew itself beyond any ruin or circumstance.
Especially potent when drawn alongside cards of death, rebirth, towers falling, or wheels turning (e.g., Death, The Tower, Wheel of Fortune).
Thus, displaying the feather acts as a silent benediction over the reading:
"No matter what the cycle displayed — transformation, resurrection, or rebirth is promised."
🜂 Hermetic Summary:
Peacock Feather Symbolism | Tarot Amplification |
---|---|
Cauda Pavonis — Alchemical Transmutation | Reading as a stage of soul refinement |
Eye of Spirit — Vision Beyond | Heightened intuitive perception |
Resurrection — Renewal of Being | Assurance of spiritual rebirth and empowerment |
🜃 Closing Insight:
In the hands of a Hermetic Adept, the peacock feather is more than beautiful — it is a living glyph:
A witness that the Tarot reading is not just fortune-telling, but an alchemical unveiling.
A seal that Spirit oversees the dance of images and that the soul, through whatever passage it faces, is destined for glorious renewal.
Or as the Hermetic axiom might state:
“In the splendor of the Peacock's Eye, the Soul remembers its own infinite light.”

On the outer wheel of the RWS card and the Animal Totem card is dedicated to the material world. Shown are the letters 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 may make the following five words: ROTA-TARO-ORAT-TORA-ATOR. "Ator" is the old Latin form of the Egyptian Goddess Hathor (Mother God-often shown as a Cow because of the crescent shape of the cow horns and the milk of life.). 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'".

Hathor
The five words: ROTA-TARO-ORAT-TORA-ATOR. "Ator" are an extremely rich ground for Hermetic exploration.
Let’s go deeply into it, clean up the idea, expand its Hermetic context, and explore the grammatical dimension you asked about.
🜏 The Transpositions of TARO: ROTA, TARO, ORAT, TORA, ATOR
The Hermetic tradition (especially the Continental Tarot streams and the Golden Dawn) loved to encode deeper mysteries into simple glyphs — and TARO is one of the finest examples.
By transposing the letters of TARO, five sacred words emerge:
Transposition | Meaning |
---|---|
ROTA | Latin for "Wheel" (The Wheel of Fortune) |
TARO | Tarot itself (the Book of Thoth) |
ORAT | Latin "speaks" or "prays" (third person singular of orare) |
TORA | The Hebrew Torah ("Law", "Instruction") |
ATOR | Variant of Hathor (Ator being a Latinized form used by early Hermeticists) |
Thus, the Tarot is a Wheel (ROTA) that speaks (ORAT) the Law (TORA) of Hathor (ATOR).
🜃 Hermetic Elucidation
1. The Wheel (ROTA)
The Tarot is itself the wheel of life, an alchemical spiral through which consciousness ascends and descends — mirroring the rotation of the heavens, the cycles of fortune, death, rebirth, and spiritual initiation.
Thus, "ROTA" implies that the Tarot is not static — it is a living, spinning mandala of cosmic forces.
2. The Tarot (TARO)
The TARO is the Book of Thoth, a codex of glyphs encoding the esoteric laws of consciousness. It is simultaneously:
A Mirror of Self.
A Map of Initiation.
A Tool of Prophecy.
3. Speaking (ORAT)
ORAT — meaning speaks or prays — suggests that the Tarot is not mute:
It speaks a living Word.
Each card is a vibration, a frequency of law and archetype that speaks into the astral and mental worlds.
In a reading, the cards speak to the soul; in ritual, they pray through the operator.
4. The Law (TORA)
TORA — the Torah — is the archetype of Law and Instruction.
Thus, the Tarot speaks the laws of soul evolution, natural principle, and Divine Will.
It suggests that to work with the Tarot is to study the hidden Torah behind appearances — the divine blueprint of becoming.
5. Hathor (ATOR)
ATOR, the Latinized form of Hathor (Het-Heru in Egyptian), is the Great Mother of Stars and Milk —
Nourisher of souls.
Keeper of the rhythms of nature.
Goddess of joy, music, dance, intoxication, and beauty.
A symbol of Divine Nature itself — abundant, cyclic, generous.
Thus, the deeper Hermetic truth implied is:
The Tarot speaks not only the Law of Reason (Binah) but the Law of the Mother — the nourishing, spiraling, ecstatic Law of Nature and Love.
It reminds us that behind the strict appearance of “law” (TORA) is the Living Womb of Ator — Hathor — Life as a song of becoming.
🜔 Grammatical Structure: Can it be Properly Ordered?
In classical Latin, the words ROTA TARO ORAT TORA ATOR do not form a standard sentence — it’s more of a ciphered mystery phrase, typical of Hermetic writing.
A proper classical Latin ordering might attempt something more like:
"Rota Taroti orat legem Atoris."
("The Wheel of the Tarot speaks the Law of Hathor.")
Where:
Rota = the Wheel
Taroti = of the Tarot (genitive)
Orat = speaks
Legem = the Law (accusative)
Atoris = of Hathor (genitive)
But this correction sacrifices the elegance of the cipher.
The original mystery form preserves the five-stage transposition.
Thus, in true Hermetic style, the structure is deliberately imperfect to invite the Initiate to seek the hidden harmony beyond the literal form.
"The Wheel (ROTA) of Tarot (TARO) speaks (ORAT) the Law (TORA) of Hathor (ATOR)."
Each stage of reading the words unveils another layer of Hermetic meaning.
🜍 Deep Hermetic Conclusion:
TARO: The full codex of soul and cosmos.
ROTA: The turning spiral of destiny and evolution.
ORAT: The living speech of archetypal laws.
TORA: The divine blueprint of existence.
ATOR: The Great Womb of Nature from which all things are born.
Thus, the Tarot is simultaneously a Wheel, a Book, a Voice, a Law, and a Song of Life — the Mother’s Voice echoing through the Cosmos.
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When the Wheel of Fortune 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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