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As we leave the first decan of Virgo, let's look at the Tree of Life colors for the Eight of Disks.

All Minor Arcana are mapped to the TOL based on their number. So, the Eights are all mapped to the Eighth Sphere, Hod.

The Disks or Pentacles, being of the Element Earth, are all expressed in the World of Earth, Assiah. In Assiah, the Scale of Color is known as the EMPRESS SCALE.

So we say: Assiah of Hod. In simple terms, this means the Element of Earth in Sphere 8 or The Eight of Disks. The eighth color of the Empress Scale is listed as YELLOW BROWN FLECKED WHITE. You can easily find this in all three cards.

In the tarot, it is often a practice to bring the pure colors from the PRIMARY or first of the Four Worlds (Fire, Spirit) into the art of a card. The KING SCALE or PRIMARY COLOR for the 8 is VOILET.

As the tree's forces move downward, it is common practice to include the influencing color from above in the same color scale. The FIVES are situated directly above the EIGHTS on the Pillar of Severity. This color is listed as RED FLECKED BLACK in the GDCS, which is potentially why we see the use of RED in the RWS and Thoth cards.

Another technique is to use the color of the Court Card Element from the same Pillar on the TOL. This is BLUE, as the Queens of the Tarot are of the Element of Water and mapped at the head of The Pillar of Severity. The BLUE water is a prominent feature of The Jungian Card and a signifier of its position under the sphere of water.

💫 ASTROLOGY 💫
DATES: August 24 - Sept 3
DEGREE: 0˚ - 10˚ Virgo
RULING PLANET: Sun In Virgo
ELEMENT: Earth
MODALITY: Mutable

ASTROLOGY COLORS
ELEMENT: Earth = Green or Brown, sometimes Indigo or Black
ZODIAC: Virgo = Yellow-green
ZODIAC PLANET: Mercury = Yellow
DECAN PLANET: Sun = Orange

QABALAH
SEPHIRA: 8 Hod (Glory)
4 WORLDS: Assiah • Material • Earth
YETZIRATIC TEXT: Absolute or Perfect Intelligence

TREE OF LIFE COLORS
DECAN SEPHIRAH: Empress Scale, Hod in Assiah = Yellow Brown, Flecked White
PRIMARY SEPHIRAH: (same Sephirah as Decan, but in King Scale) = Violet Purple
ABOVE SEPHIRAH: Empress Scale, Assiah of Geburah = Red, Flecked Black
COURT SEPHIRAH ELEMENT: Binah/Queens/Water = Blue

BIRTH CARDS
Did you know that there are a total of five cards in a tarot deck that are connected to your birthday? By mapping the tarot to minute subsections of each Zodiac sign as well as larger seasonal cycles, these five cards present a unique tarot narrative for each person. This narrative can provide insights into your personality, life path, and potential challenges, making it a valuable tool for self-discovery and personal growth.

Want to learn how to find these five cards for yourself or others?

The Great Work Book’s Astrology & Tarot section walks you through fill-in activities that begin with simple Astrology concepts and, by layering correspondences, conclude with mapping all cards to an Astrology Wheel. Once your wheel is completed, you have a powerful and practical reference sheet for looking up the five tarot cards related to any day of the year.

Slide 4 shows a completed Astrology Wheel from TGWB with the current decan’s cards highlighted. Slides 1, 2, and 3 show this decan's cards from the Jungian Tarot, Thoth Tarot, and Rider-Waite Tarot.

Below are the current Decan's cards. If your birthday falls between August 24 and September 3, these are your birth cards.

8 OF DISKS, PRUDENCE:
Rules the 1st Decan of Virgo, August 24 and September 3

IX. THE HERMIT:
Rules the whole sign of Virgo, August 24 - September 22

KNIGHT OF DISKS (King in Jungian Tarot):
Rules from August 13 - September 13

PAGE/PRINCESS WANDS and ACE OF WANDS:
Rule the Zodiac together during Summer from June 22 - Sept 22

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VIRGO - DECAN 1
THE EIGHT OF DISKS

The first decan of Virgo is represented by the Eight of Disks, which is also known as the Lord of Prudence. This title signifies the card's association with careful planning, foresight, and the wise use of resources. The Eight of Disks is the 16th decan of the solar year, marking a period of practicality and diligence.

Every card in a tarot deck corresponds uniquely to astrology and the Tree of Life. The Great Work Book offers two journal pages with a sidebar for every card in the deck. These simple fill-in sidebars have space for the most common associations, but so many more can be explored. We like to use the bullet journal section to make our own grid for connections that resonate with us while using the lined journal page for divinatory meanings, card descriptions, and personal thoughts.

Below are the correspondences for the sidebar. In the image of TGWB, you can see some of the others that are meaningful to us. These and many more correspondences can be found in Aleister Crowley's 777 from Weiser Books.

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💫✨ ASTROLOGY ✨💫
DATES: August 24 - Sept 3
DEGREE: 0˚ - 10˚ Virgo
RULING PLANET: Sun In Virgo
ELEMENT: Earth
MODALITY: Mutable
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⚡️ QABALAH ⚡️
SEPHIRA: 8 Hod (Glory)
4 WORLDS: Assiah • Material • Earth
YETZIRATIC TEXT: Absolute or Perfect Intelligence
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🌈 COLORS 🌈
ELEMENT: Earth = Green or Brown, sometimes Indigo or Black
ZODIAC: Virgo = Yellow-green
ZODIAC PLANET: Mercury = Yellow
DECAN PLANET: Sun = Orange
QABALAH: Empress Scale, Hod in Assiah = Yellow Brown, Flecked White
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IMAGES:
✴️ The Great Work Book's Minor Arcana Journal: Eight of Disks: Prudence
✴️ The Eight of Disks from the Rider-Waite, Thoth, and Jungian Tarot Decks

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VIRGO'S TAROT COLOR CORRESPONDENCES

Some of history's most beloved tarot decks derive their color from a system developed in the 1800s by the Golden Dawn. This intricate system of 128 different colors can be challenging to learn and tricky to find.

One of the most practical features of The Great Work Book is its comprehensive reference section. There, you will find the Golden Dawn Color Scales reprinted in full, along with charts for symbols, Hebrew letters, tarot comparison, and more. Its Qabalistic Color Chart is a reproduction of the Golden Dawn Color Scales with the added bonus of associations like element, tarot suit, Hebrew, and qabalistic position to help you pinpoint the color(s) for any card in the deck.

On the Tree of Life, Trump cards are seen as existing in all four elemental worlds simultaneously and, therefore, have a palette of four colors. Combined with the astrological colors, these colors make a unique palette of seven colors for each trump card.

Below are some of the correspondences for Virgo, IX. The Hermit, along with its unique color palette (seen in the images). See if you can find how each tarot artist uses these colors in The Hermit. This card is mapped to Path 20 and the letter Yod on The Tree of Life.

CORRESPONDENCES
DATES: August 24 - September 22
RULING PLANET: Mercury
ELEMENT: Earth
MODALITY: Mutable
TAROT: IX. The Hermit
QABALAH: Path 20, Yod
YETZIRATIC TEXT: Intelligence of will

COLORS
ELEMENT: Earth = Green or Brown, sometimes Indigo or Black
ZODIAC: Virgo = Yellow-green
PLANET: Mercury = Yellow
QABALAH: Green, Yellowish, Slate Grey, Green Grey, Plum Color

IMAGES:
✴️ The Hermit Cards: Golden Dawn, Thoth, Rider-Waite Tarot Decks with their color palette
✴️ The Great Work Book's Qabalistic Journal: Path 20. Yod
✴️ Diagram of the color palette of Virgo, The Hermit
✴️ Qabalistic Color Scales reference chart from The Great Work Book

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VIRGO AND ITS DECANS
The twelve signs of the Zodiac are divided into three sections known as Decans. When paired with the Minor Arcana cards of the tarot, these Decans create a fascinating connection that enhances our understanding of astrology and tarot. The Great Work Book's Astrology Activity #2 and Astrology Journal are two exercises that delve into this intriguing relationship, offering a unique perspective on the Zodiac Decans and the tarot.

The three decans of Virgo are paired with the cards listed below...
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VIRGO ZODIAC: IX. The Hermit
VIRGO DECAN 1: The 8 of Disks, Prudence
VIRGO DECAN 2: The 9 of Disks, Material Gain
VIRGO DECAN 3: The 10 of Disks, Wealth
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IMAGES:
✴️ The Great Work Book's Astrology & The Tarot Jornal: 6. Virgo
✴️ The Great Work Book's Activity #2: Minor Arcana and the Decans highlighting the three decans of Virgo
✴️ Virgo Zodiac and Decan Cards (Thoth Tarot): The Hermit + The 8, 9, 10 of Disks
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VIRGO: THE HERMIT
The Magus of Power, The Prophet of the Eternal

Mastering the Tarot requires juggling numerous correspondences. The Great Work Book is a valuable resource designed to simplify this process. Its Major Arcana Journal features a convenient sidebar that neatly organizes all the Astrological and Qabalistic references, allowing you to focus on your own insights and connections in the journal pages.

Let's delve into some of the correspondences for Virgo...
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CORRESPONDENCES
DATES: August 24 - September 22
RULING PLANET: Mercury
ELEMENT: Earth
MODALITY: Mutable
TAROT: IX. The Hermit
QABALAH: Path 20, Yod
YETZIRATIC TEXT: Intelligence of will
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COLORS
ELEMENT: Earth = Green or Brown, sometimes Indigo or Black
ZODIAC: Virgo = Yellow-green
PLANET: Mercury = Yellow
QABALAH: Green, Yellowish, Slate Grey, Green Grey, Plum Color
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IMAGES:
✴️ The Great Work Book's Major Arcana Journal: IX. The Hermit
✴️ The Hermit: Golden Dawn, Thoth, Rider-Waite Tarot Decks
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THE SEVEN OF WANDS ON THE COLOR WHEEL

As we leave the sign of Leo, we'll take one last look at the Astrology color of its last decan.

Mars is the ruling planet of the third decan of Leo. On the Color Wheel of the Golden Dawn, Mars is paired with the color RED. The combination of RED from the Element of Fire, the YELLOW of Leo, the ORANGE of the Sun, and the RED of Mars creates a very confident palette of colors that can visually define the word VALOR, the title of Seven of Wands.

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💫✨ ASTROLOGY ✨💫
DATES: August 13 - 23
DEGREE: 20˚ - 30˚ Leo
RULING PLANET: Mars In Leo
ELEMENT: Fire
MODALITY: Fixed
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🌈 COLORS 🌈
ELEMENT: Fire = Red
ZODIAC: Leo = Yellow
ZODIAC PLANET: Sun = Orange
DECAN PLANET: Mars = Red
QABALAH: King Scale, Netzach in Atziluth = Amber
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IMAGES:
✴️ Astrology Color Palette of the Seven of Wands from the Thoth Tarot.
✴️ Astrology Color Palette of the Seven of Wands from the Rider Waite Tarot.
✴️ Minor Arcana And The Decans from The Great Work Book showing the 3rd Decan of Leo.
✴️ Astrology Color Wheel featuring the colors of the Seven of Wands.
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3RD DECAN LEO BIRTH CARDS REPOST
Reposting this one. I added the wrong images.🤦🏻‍♀️

Most of us are familiar with the Zodiac Sun signs and their connection to birthdays. Those who study tarot also know that there is a Major Arcana card that corresponds with each Sun Sign. What most don’t know is that there are actually five tarot cards that correspond to every birthday. By mapping the tarot to minute subsections of each Zodiac sign as well as larger seasonal cycles, the combination of Major Arcana, Minor Arcana, and Court Cards presents a unique tarot narrative for each person.

Want to learn how to find these five cards for yourself or others?

The Great Work Book’s Astrology & Tarot section walks you through fill-in activities that begin with simple Astrology concepts and, by layering correspondences, conclude with mapping all cards to an Astrology Wheel. Once your wheel is completed, you have a permanent reference sheet for looking up the five tarot cards related to any day of the year.

Slide 1 shows a completed Astrology Wheel from TGWB with the current decan’s cards highlighted, and Slides 2 and 3 show the cards themselves from the Thoth and Rider-Waite Tarot.

Below are the current Decan's cards. If your birthday falls between August 13 - August 23, these are your birth cards.

7 OF WANDS, VALOR:
Rules the 2nd Decan of Leo, August 13 - 23

XI. STRENGTH OR VIII. LUST:
Rules the whole sign of Leo, July 23 - August 23

KNIGHT OF DISKS:
Rules from Aug 13 - Sept 13

PAGE/PRINCESS WANDS and ACE OF WANDS:
Rule the Zodiac together during the season of Summer from June 22 - Sept 22

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LEO - DECAN 3
THE SEVEN OF WANDS

The third decan of Leo is represented by the Seven of Wands, Lord of Valor. This is the 15th decan of the solar year.

Every card in a tarot deck corresponds uniquely to astrology and the Tree of Life. The Great Work Book offers two journal pages with a sidebar for every card in the deck. These simple fill-in sidebars have space for the most common associations, but there are so many more that can be explored. We like to use the bullet journal section to make our own grid for connections that resonate with us while using the lined journal page for divinatory meanings, card descriptions, and personal thoughts.

Below are the correspondences for the sidebar. In the image of TGWB, you can see some of the others that are meaningful to us. These and many more correspondences can be found in Aleister Crowley's 777 from Weiser Books.

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💫✨ ASTROLOGY ✨💫
DATES: August 13 - 23
DEGREE: 20˚ - 30˚ Leo
RULING PLANET: Mars In Leo
ELEMENT: Fire
MODALITY: Fixed
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⚡️ QABALAH ⚡️
SEPHIRA: 7 Netzach (Victory)
4 WORLDS: Atziluth • Archetypal • Fire
YETZIRATIC TEXT: Occult Intelligence
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🌈 COLORS 🌈
ELEMENT: Fire = Red
ZODIAC: Leo = Yellow
ZODIAC PLANET: Sun = Orange
DECAN PLANET: Mars = Red
QABALAH: King Scale, Netzach in Atziluth = Amber
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IMAGES:
✴️ The Great Work Book's Minor Arcana Journal: Seven of Wands: Valor
✴️ The Seven of Wands from the Rider-Waite, Thoth, and Golden Dawn Tarot Decks
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NEW COLOUR WORKSHOP TOMORROW!

In this fun colour workshop, I'll explain the colour system behind the Court Cards of the Tarot. Find out how the Court Cards connect the Elemental Trumps to the Minor Arcana and how to read this relationship by colour.

Colour Scales and the Court Cards, with Heather McCabe-Jones

17 August 2-4pm BST / 9-11am EST

Please remit payment via PayPal of £5 for members and £8 for non-members to [email protected] with the reference: HEATHER.

PayPal will calculate the currency conversion if you are outside of the UK.

The workshop will be recorded and the link sent to all registered participants.

Keep up with the latest events on the TABI website. Follow us below for videos, interviews and more fun content and collaborations.

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In this fun color workshop, I'll explain the color system behind the Court Cards of the Tarot. Find out how the Court Cards connect the Elemental Trumps to the Minor Arcana and how to read this relationship by color.

Colour Scales and the Court Cards, with Heather McCabe-Jones

17 August 2-4pm BST / 9-11am EST

Please remit payment via PayPal of £5 for members and £8 for non-members to [email protected] with the reference: HEATHER.

PayPal will calculate the currency conversion if you are outside of the UK.

The workshop will be recorded and the link sent to all registered participants.

Keep up with the latest events on the TABI website. Follow us below for videos, interviews and more fun content and collaborations.

https://tabi.org.uk/events/
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TT: tabi_tarot
LinkedIn: tabi-tarot

2ND DECAN LEO BIRTH CARDS

Most of us are familiar with the Zodiac Sun signs and their connection to birthdays. Those who study tarot also know that there is a Major Arcana card that corresponds with each Sun Sign. What most don’t know is that there are actually five tarot cards that correspond to every birthday. By mapping the tarot to minute subsections of each Zodiac sign as well as larger seasonal cycles, the combination of Major Arcana, Minor Arcana, and Court Cards presents a unique tarot narrative for each person.

Want to learn how to find these five cards for yourself or others?

The Great Work Book’s Astrology & Tarot section walks you through fill-in activities that begin with simple Astrology concepts and, by layering correspondences, conclude with mapping all cards to an Astrology Wheel. Once your wheel is completed, you have a permanent reference sheet for looking up the five tarot cards related to any day of the year.

Slide #1 shows a completed Astrology Wheel from TGWB with the current decan’s cards highlighted, and Slides #2 and #3 show the cards themselves from the Thoth and Rider-Waite Tarot.

Below are the current Decan's cards. If your birthday falls between August 2 - August 12, these are your birth cards.

6 OF WANDS, VICTORY:
Rules the 2nd Decan of Leo, August 2 - 12

XI. STRENGTH OR VIII. LUST:
Rules the whole sign of Leo, July 23 - August 23

PRINCE OF WANDS:
Rules from July 13 - Aug 12

PAGE/PRINCESS WANDS and ACE OF WANDS:
Rule the Zodiac together during the season of Summer from June 22 - Sept 22

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LEO - DECAN 2
THE Six OF WANDS

The second decan of Leo is represented by the Six of Wands, Lord of Victory. This is the 14th decan of the solar year.

Every card in a tarot deck corresponds uniquely to astrology and the Tree of Life. The Great Work Book offers two journal pages with a sidebar for every card in the deck. These simple fill-in sidebars have space for the most common associations, but there are so many more that can be explored. We like to use the bullet journal section to make our own grid for connections that resonate with us while using the lined journal page for divinatory meanings, card descriptions, and personal thoughts.

Below are the correspondences for the sidebar. In the image of TGWB, you can see some of the others that are meaningful to us. These and many more correspondences can be found in Aleister Crowley's 777 from Weiser Books.

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💫✨ ASTROLOGY ✨💫
DATES: August 2 - 12
DEGREE: 10˚ - 20˚ Leo
RULING PLANET: Jupiter In Leo
ELEMENT: Fire
MODALITY: Fixed
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⚡️ QABALAH ⚡️
SEPHIRA: 6 Tiphareth (Beauty)
4 WORLDS: Atziluth • Archetypal • Fire
YETZIRATIC TEXT: Meditating Intelligence
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ELEMENT: Fire = Red
ZODIAC: Leo = Yellow
ZODIAC PLANET: Sun = Orange
DECAN PLANET: Jupiter = Violet
QABALAH: King Scale, Tiphareth in Atziluth = Clear Rose Pink
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✴️ The Great Work Book's Minor Arcana Journal: Six of Wands: Victory
✴️ The Six of Wands from the Rider-Waite, Thoth, and Golden Dawn Tarot Decks
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As we leave the first decan of Leo, we will take a last look at the Tree of Life colors for the Five of Wands.

All Minor Arcana are mapped to the TOL based on their number. So, the Fives are all mapped to the Fifth Sphere, Geburah.

The Wands, being of the Element Fire, are all expressed in the World of Fire, Atziluth. In Atziluth, the Scale of Color is known as the KING SCALE.

So we say: Atziluth of Geburah. In simple terms, this means the Element of Fire in Sphere 5 or The Five of Wands. The fifth color of the King Scale is listed as ORANGE. You can easily find ORANGE mixed with the RED of fire in all three cards.

In the tarot, it is often a practice to bring the pure colors from the PRIMARY or first of the Four Worlds (Fire, Spirit) into the art of a card. Since we are already in the KING SCALE of COLOR, the PRIMARY COLOR is the same, ORANGE.

Since the tree's forces move downward, it is also common practice to include the influencing color from above in the same color scale. The Threes are situated directly above the Fives on the Pillar of Severity. This color is listed as CRIMSON in the GDCS.
CRIMSON and RED are often indistinguishable from one another in the same palette.

Another technique is to use the color of the Court Card Element from the same Pillar on the TOL. This color is BLUE, as the Queens of the Tarot are connected to the Element of Water and mapped at the head of The Pillar of Severity. Blue is found in all three cards.

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💫✨ ASTROLOGY ✨💫
DATES: July 23 - August 1
DEGREE: 0˚ - 10˚ Leo
RULING PLANET: Saturn In Leo
ELEMENT: Fire
MODALITY: Fixed
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🌈 ASTROLOGY COLORS 🌈
ELEMENT: Fire = Red
ZODIAC: Leo = Yellow
ZODIAC PLANET: Sun = Orange
DECAN PLANET: Saturn = Indigo
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⚡️ QABALAH ⚡️
SEPHIRA: 5 Geburah (Strength/Severity)
4 WORLDS: Atziluth • Archetypal • Fire
YETZIRATIC TEXT: Radical Intelligence
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🌈 TREE OF LIFE COLORS 🌈
DECAN SEPHIRAH: King Scale, Geburah in Atziluth = Orange
PRIMARY SEPHIRAH: (same Sephirah as Decan, but in King Scale) = Orange
ABOVE SEPHIRAH: King Scale, Binah in Atziluth = Crimson
COURT SEPHIRAH ELEMENT: Binah/Queens/Water = Blue
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THE FIVE OF WANDS ON THE COLOR WHEEL

Saturn is the ruling planet of the first decan of Leo. On the Color Wheel of the Golden Dawn, Saturn is paired with the color INDIGO. The combination of RED from the Element of Fire, the YELLOW of Leo, the ORANGE of the Sun, and the INDIGO of Saturn creates a palette of very bold colors that can be seen in both the Thoth and Rider-Waite Tarot.

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💫✨ ASTROLOGY ✨💫
DATES: July 23 - August 1
DEGREE: 0˚ - 10˚ Leo
RULING PLANET: Saturn In Leo
ELEMENT: Fire
MODALITY: Fixed
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🌈 COLORS 🌈
ELEMENT: Fire = Red
ZODIAC: Leo = Yellow
ZODIAC PLANET: Sun = Orange
DECAN PLANET: Saturn = Indigo
QABALAH: King Scale, Geburah in Atziluth = Orange
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IMAGES:
✴️ Astrology Color Palette of the Five of Wands from the Thoth Tarot.
✴️ Astrology Color Palette of the Five of Wands from the Rider Waite Tarot.
✴️ Minor Arcana And The Decans from The Great Work Book showing the 1st Decan of Leo.
✴️ Astrology Color Wheel featuring the colors of the Five of Wands.
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BIRTH CARDS: Most of us are familiar with the Zodiac Sun signs and their connection to birthdays. Those who study tarot also know that there is a Major Arcana card that corresponds with each Sun Sign. What most don’t know is that there are actually five tarot cards that correspond to every birthday. By mapping the tarot to minute subsections of each Zodiac sign as well as larger seasonal cycles, the combination of Major Arcana, Minor Arcana, and Court Cards presents a unique tarot narrative for each person.

Want to learn how to find these five cards for yourself or others?

The Great Work Book’s Astrology & Tarot section walks you through fill-in activities that begin with simple Astrology concepts and, by layering correspondences, conclude with mapping all cards to an Astrology Wheel. Once your wheel is completed, you have a permanent reference sheet for looking up the five tarot cards related to any day of the year.

Slide #1 shows a completed Astrology Wheel from TGWB with the current decan’s cards highlighted, and Slides #2 and #3 show the cards themselves from the Thoth and Rider-Waite Tarot.

Below are the current Decan's cards. If your birthday falls between July 23 and August 1, these are your birth cards.

5 of WANDS, STRIFE:
Rules the 1st Decan of Leo, July 23 - August 1

XI. STRENGTH OR VIII. LUST:
Rules the whole sign of Leo, July 23 - August 23

PRINCE OF WANDS:
Rules from July 13 - Aug 12

PAGE/PRINCESS WANDS and ACE OF WANDS:
Rule the Zodiac together during the season of Summer from June 22 - Sept 22

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LEO - DECAN 1
THE FIVE OF WANDS

The first decan of Leo is represented by the Five of Wands, Lord of Strife. This is the 13th decan of the solar year.

Every card in a tarot deck corresponds uniquely to astrology and the Tree of Life. The Great Work Book offers two journal pages with a sidebar for every card in the deck. These simple fill-in sidebars have space for the most common associations, but there are so many more that can be explored. We like to use the bullet journal section to make our own grid for connections that resonate with us while using the lined journal page for divinatory meanings, card descriptions, and personal thoughts.

Below are the correspondences for the sidebar. In the image of TGWB, you can see some of the others that are meaningful to us. These and many more correspondences can be found in Aleister Crowley's 777 from Weiser Books.

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💫✨ ASTROLOGY ✨💫
DATES: July 23 - August 23
DEGREE: 0˚ - 10˚ Leo
RULING PLANET: Saturn In Leo
ELEMENT: Fire
MODALITY: Fixed
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⚡️ QABALAH ⚡️
SEPHIRA: 5 Geburah (Strength/Severity)
4 WORLDS: Atziluth • Archetypal • Fire
YETZIRATIC TEXT: Radical Intelligence
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🌈 COLORS 🌈
ELEMENT: Fire = Red
ZODIAC: Leo = Yellow
ZODIAC PLANET: Sun = Orange
DECAN PLANET: Saturn = Indigo
QABALAH: King Scale, Geburah in Atziluth = Orange
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IMAGES:
✴️ The Great Work Book's Minor Arcana Journal: Five of Wands: Strife
✴️ The Five of Wands from the Rider-Waite, Thoth, and Golden Dawn Tarot Decks
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