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We entered the astrological month of Capricorn on December 22 of this week.

The bottom row, representing the Jewish calendar according to the Tarot Netivot system has already been featuring Major Arcana card XI Doreshet ‘The Seeker’ since December 21; and the Matriarch of Wands for the beginning of the week of the Full Moon December 31.

The Major Arcana card XV Babylon ‘The Devil’ represented the December Solstice in the Tarot Netivot system.  It now continues as the card that represents the entire month of Capricorn.  Cards which represented animal, plant, gemstone/metal correspondences for the Solstice — Dog and Birch; and Dolphin and Willow remain on the board.

The top line features Tarot cards as they relate to today’s Western Hermetic Astrology using primarily the Tabula Mundi Tarot Silver Edition by M.M. Melleen.  This works with the Solar Calendar.  These are the correspondences that Benebell uses when working with the SKT and astrology.

The bottom line features Tarot cards as they relate to the Hebrew calendar according to Tarot Netivot.  I am using the Lurianic Tarot by Basilikon — one of the few truly Jewish Tarot decks out there and certainly one of the most beautiful; and the hand painted Illuminated Tarot Starlight Rainbows edition by Carol Herzer.  These work with the Lunar Calendar.

The middle cards are animal, crystal, and plant correspondences according to T. Susan Chang in the book ‘Tarot Correspondences’.  These are tied to the Major Arcana cards as they appear in Tarot Netivot representing each Jewish month,  Jewish holidays, and major lunar and solar events as well as to the Western Hermetic Major Arcana in the top rows.  These are taken from various decks in my collection.  New additions:  Elephant, Mountain Goat, Scorpion, Eagle, Snake and Dolphin.  We have black Onyx, Turquoise, Obsidian, Silver, Pear, Aquamarine, and Peridot. Plant representatives are  Poppy, Thistle, Water Hibiscus, and Lotus.

We have two cards that overlap the two systems here:  Dolphin and Willow.

Benebell Wen, in the Book of Maps notes that in Biblical symbolism, the willow tree represents a perpetual source of nourishment and resource.  She writes, ‘Willows are also sacred in Tibetan mysticism, believed to hold powerfully magical properties and can be used in divination.’  Dowsing rods — used to locate water sources, are commonly made from willow branches.  The willow is also paired with Kuan Yin as a symbol of truth.

Existing cards will be exchanged with new incoming cards as the wheel of the year turns.  Lunar phases change every 3 - 4 days; decans change every 10 days.  Months change every 28 - 31 days.  Note:  I am working with 2 different systems to mark the months, one solar and the other lunar.