IE: The Queen of Swords. - I have already posted. but if you look closely to the symbols you will not only see that she is Air, but Fire, then Water, and earth. my method of dealing with this was to incorpated just the qualities to enhance this queen personality. But your method could be different.
To view the Queen of Swords go to This Post.
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Minor Arcan Suits:
Art and Arcana - by Ronald Decker - Quote -
Art and Arcana
by Ronald Decker The Magicians altar was furnished with more than four items. The lamp, container of salt, incense, and various aromatic plants. All of these include the cup, disk, and blades, can be explained a talismans, for general protects with no specific reference to elements. So wands, cups, swords, and disks certainly are found in a magical context yet their symbolism need not necessarily involve the elements. And when the elements are involved, their symbols need not necessarily be wand, cups,swords, and disks. |
here is a combination of Levi - was more interested in joining the suit signs to th the tetragrammation, rather that the elements. A.E Waite, De Gebelin's sources, papus and Etteilla. are all combined below.
please add if I have missed any thing. you input is valuable.
Basically you can do what ever elemental system you choose to with this deck or not, Scapini left that choice up to you.
Swords = Sylphs - cloud (supernatural intervention) Flames, Swords cross in mid air. (watery)Eagle - bifurcated rod or magic trident. Earth spirits with swords.
Wands = Salamanders - mountains - scepters - Lion
Cups = Undines (water creatures) - stand before an alchemical pool - (Airy)water carriers/bearer - cup of libations - Aquarius
Coins = Gnomes (bull) - vegetation, creatures, wall of fire - holy pentacles. and Air spirits with pentacles.
So my interpretation of an Elemental system is this:
Swords = Earth
Cups = Fire
Wands = Water
Coins = Air
What do you think of this suit assigment with the elements? sorry trying not to laugh...ok laughing lol.
In The Queen of Swords the Swan links her to Venus, then venus is linked to the empress, and the empress is linked to the earth.
here is a clue scapini gives you of this:
Hands = indicate characteristics and abilities of the person.
Hands - Holds Sword - Look at the symbol sword and Hilt (swan) 3 crests, and the 3 worlds at top of hilt.
- Rests hand on Raven head - Look at the symbol of the Raven.
or
Wands = earth
Swords = Water
Cups = Fire
Coins = Air
Scapini's Aces
Scapini's Aces give preview of the whole tree of Life.
Scapini includes serpents in all his Aces.
The Tree as a scaffold by which the human spirit can ascend to God.
Kether - images - stand above images, for Malkith - kingdom - the lowest sphere.
In the suit of Cup's Scapini's oplulent fountain for his Ace of cups, his fountain stands on the qlippoth, the "shells" or "Cortices" of evil. Qlippoth are marine shells, crab, scallop, and nautilus.
In the suit of Wands - the wand emblem has "the primordial circle" of kether above "the root" of Malkuth.
In the Suit of Swords - Scapini's Ace of Swords, is especially interesting for its abundance of symmetrical opposites. The contrasts of White and Black, good and evil, sweet and bitter. Kether - cannot be known by the sense of sight. The Sword emblem has "the Crown" of Kether above the "Diadem" of Malkuth.
The Aces too, about their having the modern suits included in the design; clubs, diamonds, spades, and hearts.
Ace of Wands - TThe handle of his saw is a wooden FISH = The fish symbolizes the imagination and Christianity.
Scapini includes serpents in all his Aces.
The Tree as a scaffold by which the human spirit can ascend to God.
Kether - images - stand above images, for Malkith - kingdom - the lowest sphere.
In the suit of Cup's Scapini's oplulent fountain for his Ace of cups, his fountain stands on the qlippoth, the "shells" or "Cortices" of evil. Qlippoth are marine shells, crab, scallop, and nautilus.
In the suit of Wands - the wand emblem has "the primordial circle" of kether above "the root" of Malkuth.
In the Suit of Swords - Scapini's Ace of Swords, is especially interesting for its abundance of symmetrical opposites. The contrasts of White and Black, good and evil, sweet and bitter. Kether - cannot be known by the sense of sight. The Sword emblem has "the Crown" of Kether above the "Diadem" of Malkuth.
The Aces too, about their having the modern suits included in the design; clubs, diamonds, spades, and hearts.
Ace of Wands - TThe handle of his saw is a wooden FISH = The fish symbolizes the imagination and Christianity.
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