Summaries and Comparisons
of Selected Tarot
Correspondences
By James W. Revak
 
 
 

Source

Trumps and Fool (Major Arcana)

Suited Cards (Minor Arcana)

Source

Tarot de Marseille (15th or 16th century [?])

Tarot de Marseille  (15th or 16th century [?])

Number/Title

1

Mountebank [Magician]

2

Papess [High Priestess]

3

Empress

4

Emperor

5

Pope [Hierophant]

6

Lovers

7

Chariot

8

Justice

9

Hermit

10

Wheel of Fortune

11

Strength

12

Hanged Man

13

Death

14

Temperance

15

Devil

16

House of God [Tower]

17

Star

18

Moon

19

Sun

20

Judgment

21

World

No #

Fool

Number/Title

C.C. Zain The Sacred Tarot (1936)

C.C. Zain The Sacred Tarot (1936)

Number/Title

1

Magus

2

Veiled Isis

3

Isis Unveiled

4

Sovereign

5

Hierophant

6

Two Paths

7

Conqueror

8

Balance

9

Sage

10

Wheel

11

Enchantress

12

Martyr

13

Reaper

14

Alchemist

15

Black Magician

16

Lightning

17

Star

18

Moon

19

Sun

20

Sarcophagus

21

Adept

0 or 22 (last)

Materialist

Number/Title

Alphabet

Alphabet

Alphabet of the Magi

Athoïm

Beïnthim

Gomor

Dinaïn

Eni

Ur

Zaïn

Heletha

Théla

Ioïthi

Caïtha

Luzain

Mataloth

Naïn

Xirön

Olélath

Pilôn

Tsadi

Quitolath

Rasith

Sichen

Thoth

Alphabet of the Magi

Hebrew

Aleph

Beth

Gimel

Daleth

He

Vau

Zayin

Cheth

Teth

Yod

Kaph

Lamed

Mem

Nun

Samekh

Ayin

Pe

Tzaddi

Qoph

Resh

Shin

Tau

Hebrew

Astrology

Astrology

Zodiacal sign

Virgo

Libra

Scorpio

Sagittarius

Capricorn

Aquarius

Pisces

Aries

Taurus

Gemini

Cancer

Leo

Nines Aquarius Eights Capricorn Sevens   Sagittarius Fours Scorpio Threes Libra Twos Virgo Each numeric card, Ace through Nine, corresponds to an additional Zodiacal sign, e.g., the Two of Scepters corresponds to Leo.  Each numeric card, Ace through Ten, also corresponds to selected decantes of a Zodiacal triplicity, e.g., the Ace of Wands corresponds to the first decantes of Sagittarius. Each King, Queen, and Youth (Page) corresponds to a Zodiacal sign, e.g., the King of Scepters corresponds to Aires.

Zodiacal sign

Planet

Mercury

Jupiter

Venus

Uranus

Neptune

Saturn

Mars

Moon

Sun

Earth, Pluto

Tens Uranus Sixes   Venus Fives Jupiter Aces Mercury Each numeric card, Ace through Nine, also corresponds to a planet in a zodiacal sign, e.g., the Two of Scepters corresponds to the Sun in Aries (second decantes).

Planet

Element

Spirit

Scepters   Fire Swords Earth Cups Water Coins Air

Element

 
Notes.
• Sources explicitly and systematically state all correspondences, except those in red, which they imply only.
• Correspondences are of a primary nature, except those in blue, which are of a secondary, or less important, nature.
• When a source numbers a Major Arcanum differently compared to the Tarot de Marseilles, the number appears in bold.
• Items which appear in brackets [like this] are editorial insertions.
• [sic] indicates that, although it may appear incorrect, an item is correct.
 

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