Note concerning Tarot and selected alphabets.

Sometimes Tarotists relate the cards to alphabets, especially the Hebrew one, and, to a lesser extent, the so-called Alphabet of the Magi (see table, below).  Paul Christian may have invented the latter; the earliest example known to the author appears in Christian’s The History and Practice of Magic (originally published in 1870 as Histoire de la magie, du monde surnaturel et de la fatalité à travers les temps et les peuples).

The table below summarizes the Hebrew alphabet and its correspondences to the Alphabet of the Magi.

Hebrew
Alphabet
Alphabet of
the Magi
Aleph       Althoïm
Beth Beïnthin
Gimel Gomor
Daleth Dinaïn
He Eni
Vav Ur
Zayin Zaïn
Cheth Heletha
Theth Théla
Yod Ioïthi
Kaph Caïtha
Lamed Luzain
Mem Mataloth
Nun Naïn
Samekh Xirön
Ayin Oléath
Pe Pilôn
Tzaddi Tsadi
Qoph Quitolah
Resh Rasith
Shin Sichen
Tau Thoth