Symetry in the Thoth Tarot Minor Arcana.

[Jafite]

I have become aware recently of how symetrical, left to right, all the minor arcana cards are in this deck. This is nagging at me. Is this incidental?

Does this say something?

 Ps. The symetry seems at odds, as well ,with card meanings as ofton as not; for example the 7 of Cups, but not the 4 of Wands.

 

 

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Edited May 9, 2020 by Jafite
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[Flaxen]

The design of the cards is absolutely intentional. Crowley and Harris had a lot of discussions back and forth regarding how the cards should look to express the energies behind them. 
Do you have a copy of The Book of Thoth or Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot? 
These books will give you a thorough explanation of why the cards look the way they do. The arrangement on the 7 of Cups represents the lower section of the Tree of Life and you’ll see this in other cards too. 
 

Edited May 9, 2020 by Flaxen

[gregory]

Could it have something to do with the projective geometry of the whole deck.

 

http://www.the-book-of-thoth.com/content-111.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20171103210500/http://newsletter.tarotstudies.org/2004/03/projective-synthetic-geometry/

 

I cant't see any issue with the meanings though - I assume you aren't trying to project Waite meanings on to it ?

 

Crossposted - yes, as Flaxen says. It's a part of the whole thing.

Edited May 9, 2020 by gregory

[Jafite]

Thanks for the links. I'll have a read.

No confusion with the Waite Smith.

 

I appreciate that everything in the cards plays a part in what the cards are saying, (Which is why the cards are endlessly interesting, as I regularly notice something I haven’t seen before) but in this instance, staring at the cards isn’t making the symmetry speak, and I can’t find a reference in anything I have.

 

Thanks anyway, and to Flaxen

 

 

[gregory]

I can't see why symmetry is a problem for you. Can you explain ?