Tarot Articles
The following tarot articles have previously appeared in astrological magazines or websites. Please note all articles are copyrighted. If you wish to use any information published in any of these articles, please contact Astro*Synthesis for permission.
The Element of Earth
The Tarot Guild of Australia (https://www.tarotguild.org.au/) has dedicated their last four editions of their innovative and inspiring publication The Magician to the elements. This is the final article in the four-part series on the four astrological elements and their corresponding suits in the Minor Arcana.
The suit of Pentacles resonates with many Earth and Sensate images sharing the concerns of the literal world and its systems such as skills, talents, trade, apprenticeship, money, wealth and wellbeing. To read the full article click below:
The Element of Fire
The Tarot Guild of Australia dedicated an edition of their publication to Fire and asked if I would contribute; hence a review of the element mythically, astrologically and in the Tarot.
Prometheus Theft of Fire by Peter Paul Rubens, 1636
The Element of Water
This is the second of four articles focusing on the elements and the Minor Arcana of the Tarot. These articles appear in The Magician, published by the Tarot Guild of Australia (https://www.tarotguild.org.au/). This article spotlights the element of Water mythically, astrologically and in the Tarot.
A Nereid riding a dolphin
(4th C BCE red-figure plate)
The Element of Air
This is the third of four articles focusing on the astrological elements and suits of the Minor Arcana. These articles appear in The Magician, published by the Tarot Guild of Australia (https://www.tarotguild.org.au/).
This article spotlights the element of Air mythologically, astrologically and in the Tarot.
Image: Chloris and Zephyrus – Botticelli
The Major Arcana – The Fool with a Thousand Faces
The Major Arcana of the Tarot includes 22 cards, the number of paths on the Tree of Life, the number of zodiacal signs and contemporary planets, as well as the number of stages described by Lord Raglan in the archetypal quest of the hero. The Major Arcana describes this heroic archetypal journey through the trials and tribulation of the Fool.
In this article Brian Clark explores the sequence of the 22 cards in terms of Joseph Campbell’s monomyth.
This article appeared in the electronic newsletter of the Tarot Association of the British Isles: http://www.tabi.org.uk
An Astrological Journey through the Major Arcana
The twenty two cards of the Major Arcana are akin to the twenty-two astrological archetypes of the twelve signs and the ten planets including the Sun and the Moon.
In this article Brian Clark looks at the twenty two cards and how they correspond to an astrological journey.
This article was published in Dell Horoscope Magazine: http://www.dellhoroscope.com
The Celestial Tarot and the Minor Arcana
Celestial Tarot was released in 2005 and the comprehensive book and book/deck set were released in 2007. In the FAA journal – www.faainc.org.au – Brian Clark introduced some of the Tarot cards from the minor arcana of Celestial Tarot.
For astrologers, the minor arcana of this deck are particularly important as they utilise the extra zodiacal constellations recorded by Ptolemy.
This article was published in Dell Horoscope Magazine: http://www.dellhoroscope.com
