Tarot Journey with Leisa ReFalo

In the Hebrew Alphabet there are three types of letters:

3 Mother Letters
7 Double Letters
12 Simple Letters

In the Golden Dawn Tradition there are three types of astrological attributions for the trumps associated with the three types of letters:

3 Elemental Trumps
7 Planetary Trumps
12 Zodiacal Trumps

 
7 Double Letters

Tarot Key
Secret Symbols [...]

There are three hebrew letters and therefore three Major Arcana cards that correspond with elements.

 
3 Mother Letters
 

Tarot Keys
 

Aleph
Ox
Air
0. The Fool

Mem
Water
Water
12. The Hanged Man

Shin
Tooth
Fire
20. Judgment

The order of the 3 Elemental trumps is in the same order as described in [...]

12 Simple Letters
Common Astrological Attributions
Elemental
Modality
Major Arcana
Dates
Colors

He
Aries
Fire
Cardinal
4.Emperor

3/21 - 4/20

 Scarlet

Vau
Taurus
Earth
Fixed
5. Hierophant

[...]

Trumps & The Hebrew Letters   
In the Hebrew Alphabet there are three types of letters:

3 Mother Letters
7 Double Letters
12 Simple Letters

In the Golden Dawn Tradition there are three types of astrological attributions for the trumps associated with the three types of letters:

3 Elemental Trumps
7 Planetary Trumps
12 Zodiacal Trumps

 
3 Mother Letters

  [...]

Common Astrological Attributions
Elemental
#
Major Arcana
Dates
Colors
Planet
#
Planet
Colors

Aries
Fire
4
Emperor

3/21 - 4/20

 Scarlet

[...]

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Fire
Sulpher
Fire
Red
Red
Red
Red
Red
Red
Red
Red

Water
Mercury
Air
Orange
Orange
Orange
Orange
Orange
Orange
Coral
Coral

 
Salt
Earth
Yellow
Yellow
Yellow
Yellow
Yellow
Gold
Orange
Orange

 
 
Water
Green
Green
Green
Olive
Olive
Yellow
Gold
Gold

 
 
 
Blue
Blue
Blue
Green
Green
Olive
Yellow
Yellow

 
 
 
 
Violet
Indigo
Blue
Turqouise
Green
Olive
Olive

 
 
 
 
 
Violet
Indigo
Blue
Turqouise
Green
Green

 
 
 
 
 
 
Violet
Indigo
Blue
Turqouise
Turqouise

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Violet
Indigo
Blue
Blue

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Violet
Indigo
Indigo

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Violet
Violet

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Magenta

 
7 Double Letters
 
Planetary Trumps
Sphere
Orbit
Tarot Key
Metal
Body Part

Peh
House
Mars
5. Geburah (Strength)
730 days (2 years)
16. The Tower
iron
prostatic

Resh
Camel
Sun
6. Tiferet (Beauty)
365 days
19. The Sun
gold    
cardiac plexus

Beth
Door
Mercury
8. Hod (Awe)
88 days
[...]

Color Correspondences in the Major Arcana

Color Scales
Colors & Hebrew Letters

#
Hebrew Letter
Key
Color - Golden Dawn
Color - BOTA

 0
 Aleph
 The Fool
 Bright Pale Yellow
 Yellow

 1
 Beth
 The Magician
 Yellow
 Yellow

 2
 Gimel
The High Priestess
 Blue
 Blue

 3
 Daleth
The Empress
 Emerald Green
 Green

 4
 Heh
 The Emperor
 Scarlet
 Red

 5
 Vau
 The Hierophant
 Red-Orange
 Red-Orange

 6
 Zain
 The Lovers
 Orange
 Orange

 7
 Cheth
 The Chariot
 Amber
 Orange-Yellow

 8
 Teth
 Strength
 Yellow, Greenish
 Yellow

 9
 Yod
The Hermit
 Green, Yellowish
 Yellow-Green

 10
 Kaph
 The Wheel of Fortune
 Violet
 Violet

 11
 Lamed
 Justice
 Emerald Green
 Green

 12
 Mem
 The Hanged Man
 Deep Blue
 Blue

 13
 Nun
 Death
 Green Blue
 Blue Green

 14
 Samekh
 Temperance
 Blue
 Blue

 15
 Ayin
 The Devil
 Indigo
 Blue-Violet

 16
 Peh
 The Tower
 Scarlet
 Red

 17
 Tzaddi
 The Star
 Violet
 Violet

 18
 Qoph
 The Moon
 Crimson
 Violet-Red

 19
 Resh
 The Sun
 Orange
 Orange

 20
 Shin
 Judgment
 Glowing Orange-Scarlet
 Red

 21
 Tau
 The World
 Indigo
 Blue-Violet

Color Scales
The Golden Dawn
 

#
Sphere
Description
King Scale
Queen Scale
Prince Scale
Princess Scale

1
Kether
Crown
Brilliance
White Brilliance
White Brilliance
White (flecked gold)

2
Chokmah
Wisdom
Pure Soft Blue
Grey
Blue Pearl Grey
(mother of pearl)
White (flecked red,
blue, and yellow)

3
Binah
Understanding
Crimson
Black
Dark brown
Grey [...]

Color in the Tarot
Color is one of the most interesting and universal symbols in tarot. Colors have a life of their own and inherent meanings. In Tarot a reader can look at the general meanings of color as well as the specific meanings of color based on many systems of attribution. A color might jump [...]