What is the Charioteer of the Tarot

It is strange, Crowley did not pay that much attention from Arkan, indicating only its core values and attributes. Chariot is a cardinal sign of water, which connects the upper and lower waters. Usually static and calm element is presented here in its dynamic aspect complementing the Hierophant. On the one hand - the first impulse of thought, on the other - the first ipuls feelings. Interested in the symbolism of four sphinxes, harnessed to the chariot - as in the Hierophant, here are symbols of the four cherubim: Bull, Lion, Eagle and Man, and they are mixed together representing all possible combinations. As the home of the moon, Cancer is associated with high priestess, while Jupiter is in exaltation binds chariot wheel of fortune. The central image maps - the holy grail of Babalon, and the center of the bowl is visible shining blood - the spiritual life - the light in the darkness.

More Crowley says nothing about this card, which makes its further comprehension task very difficult. The main difficulty is that the central image of the card - a knight in a chariot, partly due to the warring king - a magical way of Gevurah, but the sign of cancer and its attendant moon should have been, to identify the card with the feminine. If we interpret this card as an image of a warrior, its symbolism is largely dissolved merged with the Emperor, and is known as Arkan, each has its own unique identity. I must confess that for me this card is one of the greatest mysteries of the Tarot, which I very long could not open it. When I asked the foreman, who has a very high degree of dedication, he replied with the following words - "This is a very special card - it - your way of Thelema." These words have become for me, thus saving the key that allowed me to hack your way to understanding the existential core of the Arch.

The central image of this map, as has been said, is the Holy Grail - a cherished goal of the journey of the pilgrims, while the chariot is a tool for travel. It is very important to understand - the holy grail of 11 Arkan differs from what is holding charioteer - the first is already manifested a perfect womanhood, the second - a cherished goal of the journey. Knight holding the holy grail - it's as if the result, the ideal outcome arhitepicheskogo journey, which in reality can not be achieved, because each new step of expanding abroad, but does not give absolute perfection. The card itself - What is an archetype of the way that were obsessed with the Pilgrims, pilgrims, pilgrims of all time. Having an active, masculine nature, (the image of a knight in armor), they nevertheless all its essence directed towards its goal, the Holy Grail, the divine love, which should be on the last turn of the road. Recall the words from the novel by Damian Hess: "knows I would not dare call itself, I was going and left them" ... Spontaneous burst of upper waters of Binah in Gevurah, the expansion of the flow, e is the same path of water.

What does the archetype of the way, is one of the major archetypes psihoidnogo What does the space - I recall that in the Taoist tradition, one of the translations of the untranslatable definition of "Tao" is precisely the path. All the romance of the journey, from the romances of the Middle Ages to the Jules Verne and Jack London, may be related to What does the archetype of the Chariot. But it is external, exoteric manifestation of this is that the means of an archetype, in that condition when he was still projected to the outside world, he is charming, but this charm is only a deceptive sheen when reaching the top of the regular traveler understands that sought was not found. One of the strongest images related What does the archetype in its purity - is the image of the white road, with Gustav Meyrink, in his novel "The White Dominican." This image is stunningly accurate and that he convey the gravity experienced by everyone who turned out on this path. It is no coincidence - in fact on the tree path Hat comes directly from a third sphere - Binah, the sphere of the great sea, Saturn and Mrs Babalon, and descends to the fifth sphere Gevurah and Mars, which in Kabbalah is called "the first cruelty." Bean - is Sefira Babalon, but also Saturn, which is somewhat explained in the paradoxical unity of 11 and 13 Arch.