Guest Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 According to the hermetic sciences, everything has a vibrational signature that is in harmony or sympathetic with something else usually using a planet, a metal, a zodiac, a rune, Hebrew letter, etc. By taking the phonetic structures of the sounds we can find the correspondences from the Hebrew letter to the English letters. This allows us to easily apply the English language to the alchemic mix used in the past. Each letter having a basic tone means that the combinations of letters into words gives us a more complicated tone. A nice metaphor would be a single letter is much like a tuning fork whereas a word is like recreating that note on a violin with all of the timbre and resonance of the mixture of tones. Sentences and larger structures in their turn would have a Key, etc. Studying gamatriot in Hebrew school used this system, and it was really cool, I thought, to find it here in tarot. So if I may let me show you an example of what I am doing… So here I have laid my name out from right to left. My name is Kenneth, ;) , the card on top is the tone of my name. To find this I add together 11+5+14+14+5+9=58 Since 58 is greater than 22 I use Theosophical addition to reduce 5+8=13 13 is the tone of the name Kenneth. The meaning of that card is the feeling one experiences when they are addressed by this name. Ever notice how all the Bob’s you know or all the Sue-B’s you know have something indescribably alike? It is part of their makeup from being addressed in the same way. In the past it was rather common for a man of wealth to adjust his name accordingly, depending upon the suggestions of his astrologer. For instance as we can see the 13th card is sympathetic to Aries and ruled by Mars. If I were to need to augment my chart by adding a different influence I would adjust my name. This is very very powerful. We do the same thing when we add a crystal or talisman to our body as we go through the day, but by adjusting the tonal value of your name you are forcing the world around you to create that frequency you want rather than attempting it alone. There are almost endless uses for this technique.
Albadawn Posted January 10, 2018 Posted January 10, 2018 This is super interesting and a technique I'd love to know more about - how are values assigned to letters?
EmpyreanKnight Posted January 10, 2018 Posted January 10, 2018 I think the numerical equivalents of the letters is their order in the alphabet. Like A = 1, B = 2, and so on. So for Dawn, it's 4 + 1 + 23 + 14 = 42 -> 4 + 2 = 6 So 6 is the tone of the name Dawn
EmpyreanKnight Posted January 10, 2018 Posted January 10, 2018 Just a question, whatsawhosit. KENNETH = 11 + 5 + 14 + 14 + 5 + 20 + 8 = 77 => 7 + 7 = 14 So the tone of the name Kenneth must be 14?
Albadawn Posted January 10, 2018 Posted January 10, 2018 Thanks Empyrean. I wonder if "th" has its own letter in Hebrew, hence its own value?
Guest Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 yeah that is a trick the specific English letters assigned to each Hebrew letter. There are a few different correspondences I have come across for this. I never really agree with the Hebrew to English associations of any of them. Usually, way the shin and tet handled since these require two letters in English at times. this is the way my deck handles all of the letters I hope I didn't miss any it's a long list A 1 B 2 C 11 D 4 E 5 F 17 G 3 H 8 I 10 J 10 K 11 L 12 M 13 N 14 O 16 P 17 Q 19 R 20 S 21 T 22 U 6 V 6 W 6 X 15 Y 10 Z 7 TH 9 SH TS TZ 18 CH 8 PH 17 as to my own name, I have that "th" in there so I take the liberty with those names of laying the name out both ways and looking to see if the cards read more or less likely. try adding people together, add their two cards together what do you get? The History and Practice of Magic by Paul Christian has a really deep article on this, a tale of Cagliastro ....good stuff The Sacred Tarot by CC Zain handles it just the way I did it above for the most part The Ritual of Transcendental Magic by Levi has it's own variation. I am sure the Golden Dawn has an order I am not aware of yet.
EmpyreanKnight Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 Oh now I see what it's all about! Thanks for clarifying that, whatsawhosit. :) When I read DuQuette's Chicken Qabalah, I remember another numerical system that assigns numbers to each Hebrew letter. I also recall that the numbers for some of those letters reach the lower hundreds. So I guess this is like that, but using Zain's numerical system?
Guest Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 I actually spent a good deal of time doing this process in Hebrew to see if I liked the results better. I never really came to any concrete decision. The list I gave above, I feel like it is really close to making it very useful kabbalah as magic I have not studied. The numbering of the biblical Hebrew letters, as I was taught it the first ten letters are values of 1-10 the next ten letters are by tens so these are 20,30,40, etc up to 100 the remaining letters are worth hundreds, they are 200,300,400,500 each these are the values used study the Torah. So the numerical values of the Hebrew letters function much akin to the roman numerals
EmpyreanKnight Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 Using the numerical assignations in the system you used, my name gets a sum of 78, which I'm so thrilled about since it's also the number of cards in most Tarot decks. :D But here's where it becomes very interesting. If I add 7 + 8, it becomes 15, so I my very name answers to The Devil card. This is just mind-blowing in so many respects. As I've said in some threads prior to this one, The Devil is my absolute favorite Tarot card after The Emperor. I'm due to dedicate The Tarot of Shadows by Sklyarova, a very dark Russian deck which mirrors the Devil card in all of its 78 cards, tomorrow. I have chosen the date even before I made this comment in this very thread, as can be attested to my comments in my other threads. Tomorrow is a Friday in my timezone, which is the sixth day (15 -> 1 + 5 = 6) of the week. The Sabbath (Friday sundown to Saturday sundown) is the seventh day, the day before it is the sixth. This Friday is January 12 2018. 0 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 0 + 1 + 8 = 15 Whew, it's so easy (and frankly, a bit scary) to find all these synchronistic patterns in numbers. I may have to try my hand at numerology. :D Some more interesting trivia. My name answers to the Devil card. They say that the best way to exorcise demons is by making their very name known. Somehow I fail to connect these two ideas lol.
EmpyreanKnight Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 This is the way my deck handles all of the letters I hope I didn't miss any it's a long list A 1 B 2 C 11 D 4 E 5 F 17 G 3 H 8 I 10 J 10 K 11 L 12 M 13 N 14 O 16 P 17 Q 19 R 20 S 21 T 22 U 6 V 6 W 6 X 15 Y 10 Z 7 TH 9 SH TS TZ 18 I just checked my copy of Zain's The Sacred Tarot and yup, the correspondences you listed are correct. At first I was at a loss as to where to find them since there was no chart at all and I only relied on the examples in Chapters 7 and 8. And then it hit me, of course I can check each major arcanum and then note the Hebrew letter, English letter, and number attributed to each one of them. Just to add tho: CH 8 PH 17
Albadawn Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 Well this is most interesting - I did the numbers for my first name, which is Biblical, and it answers to the Hierophant. Not my favourite card in the deck, I'll admit, but it's interesting in that I tend to resist authority in all areas... even my name, which I insist people shorten to something different ;)
Guest Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 if your name is biblical, or a name that is a Hebraic name at all, I would suggest using the Hebrew letters. David, for instance, has no aleph, yod, or iyin and I would say 99% of the time it is spelled with three letters dalet vav dalet david 4+1+6+10+4=29=11 dvd 4+6+4=14 the name you use is very important in other ways. for instance, nobody calls me Kenneth. that is my legal name that card 13 represents a very different me. So if I am doing a reading of any sort for things that are associated with my legal status that would involve legal documents where i am being referred to as Kenneth I would use this frequency in my calculations. on the other hand, if this was about my wife or co workers I would use Kenney for this is the frequency they project at me when thinking my name Ford and Ferrari both have the same value but they are balanced very differently when you look at the cards spread out. The same sort of people would own the various vehicles, it is a wonderfully intriguing tool. I worked at an auto shop for a when I learned this technique and I spent days at work laying out the names of peopel and their relationships. I almost five decks so I could do all the double letters. After a couple weeks of that I memorized them.
Albadawn Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 Hm, that's really interesting. The name I generally go by comes out at Temperance, which is not something I'm known for I don't think - unless people think I've got it all together more than I really do, in which case, good ;) That said I'm not much of a drinker, and drinking is a big part of the culture where I live, so there's that...
EmpyreanKnight Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 I'm so glad you introduced this topic, whatsawhosit. It rekindled my interest in the Brotherhood of Light Egyptian Tarot. I have had it since I began studying the Tarot in earnest, but it's still sealed since I only wanted to open it if I truly felt that it's time to use it. Once I start studying it, I hope it's OK if I'd sometimes consult you regarding the stickier points of the book. :)
Guest Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 I'm so glad you introduced this topic, whatsawhosit. It rekindled my interest in the Brotherhood of Light Egyptian Tarot. I have had it since I began studying the Tarot in earnest, but it's still sealed since I only wanted to open it if I truly felt that it's time to use it. Once I start studying it, I hope it's OK if I'd sometimes consult you regarding the stickier points of the book. :) Sure it would be my pleasure. I found that to be a rather fun book it covers a little of everything. Hm, that's really interesting. The name I generally go by comes out at Temperance, which is not something I'm known for I don't think - unless people think I've got it all together more than I really do, in which case, good ;) That said I'm not much of a drinker, and drinking is a big part of the culture where I live, so there's that... If card 14 seems out of place to you. lets looks to the octave of fourteen by adding 9. 14+9=23 2+3=5 Depending upon how a thing is perceived it may harmonize better with an octave of its root frequency.
Chiska Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 Interesting! My name is Rebecca. And that is a Hebrew name, so I looked it up. רבֿקה, he-qoph-beth-resh. 5+ 100 + 2 + 200 = 307 = 10. Which, interestingly enough is the same as using the chart you shared and R+E+B+E+C+C+A. So. Cool.
Guest Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 Interesting! My name is Rebecca. And that is a Hebrew name, so I looked it up. רבֿקה, he-qoph-beth-resh. 5+ 100 + 2 + 200 = 307 = 10. Which, interestingly enough is the same as using the chart you shared and R+E+B+E+C+C+A. So. Cool. did you ever notice if "Beckys" were a little different than you? If i meet a Kenneth they seem really uptight, when i meet a Ken i just don't connect with them, and a Kenny seems a little scattered... I am a Kenney 14 to those who know me.
Page of Ghosts Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 This is a really interesting method! According to your list my name (which is both my legal name and the one I'm most often called by) adds up to 32, which I guess is reduced further down to 5... meaning the tone of my name is still the good old Hierophant, who is already my Birth Card.
Chiska Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 Interesting! My name is Rebecca. And that is a Hebrew name, so I looked it up. רבֿקה, he-qoph-beth-resh. 5+ 100 + 2 + 200 = 307 = 10. Which, interestingly enough is the same as using the chart you shared and R+E+B+E+C+C+A. So. Cool. did you ever notice if "Beckys" were a little different than you? If i meet a Kenneth they seem really uptight, when i meet a Ken i just don't connect with them, and a Kenny seems a little scattered... I am a Kenney 14 to those who know me. Yes!! I am NOT a Becky. My family tends to call me that, but it has never fit me at all. I insist on Rebecca. And "Becca" will result in a temper tantrum!
Guest Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 :) do you use a nickname or pet name for someone that others do not? how does that compare with their more common name? I think of words like mom dad mr mrs mother father doctor professor. we create new frequencies and sub frequencies. or perhaps you may notice that when you are fifty you say "dad" to your dad with more emphasis in the middle to the end of the word than the beginning in my case or some other way, might this give more weight to those specific cards? In hebrew it does.
Albadawn Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 If card 14 seems out of place to you. lets looks to the octave of fourteen by adding 9. 14+9=23 2+3=5 Depending upon how a thing is perceived it may harmonize better with an octave of its root frequency. I'm a little bit lost in the science of this now ;D But it's very interesting that by doing this, my full name and nickname end up having the same frequency!
Guest Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 anytime we add 9 to something we begin a new cycle. the first of this new cycle will harmonize with the first of the last cycle. so if you pull a 2 in your spread and it makes no sense and you need to see more about it keep in mind that an 11 and 20 may be extremely sympathetic or be having difficulty harmonizing with that card at that time. ( I guess they are really are called decaves since they are cycles of ten)
Albadawn Posted January 12, 2018 Posted January 12, 2018 anytime we add 9 to something we begin a new cycle. the first of this new cycle will harmonize with the first of the last cycle. so if you pull a 2 in your spread and it makes no sense and you need to see more about it keep in mind that an 11 and 20 may be extremely sympathetic or be having difficulty harmonizing with that card at that time. ( I guess they are really are called decaves since they are cycles of ten) Ahh I see. Thanks for clearing that up, I understand now :)
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