Few tarot students have ever studied Liber 777, a massive resource of information and attributes of the tarot. I suspect the reason is that the original book was set up in a way that makes it very difficult to study. I have re-organised the tables to make them easier to read and apply to the tarot.
This section was inspired after some concentrated magical and spiritual work within a small group of magicians. We extended a traditional shamanic purification technique beyond healing people to healing spirits. I then continued this technique to purify my Thoth Tarot deck. I was surprised by the amount of dirty energy the cards had accumulated - and it was not just my deck - it was our perceptions of the Tarot. Pursuing this method created a definite change of awareness, which suggested that my perceptions of the Tarot itself would be changed. Within a few days, inspiration struck. I looked again at Liber 777, and I realised that there was no reason why the columns could not be turned through 90 degrees to become rows, with the individual tarot cards as the subject.
Working with these tables in the new form changes your perception of what the Tarot is about. Here, we have the big picture - and what a picture! Now we see the glorious connections to the Gods of the major religions around the world, not to mention a number of spirits, and astrology. In contrast, the divinatory meanings we all know and love are seen as micocosmic, man's petty concerns with every day life.
The Tree of Life is seen in its context. It's anthropomorphic characteristic more clearly defined.
Now we have the opportunity to see The Tarot as truly greater than the sum of its parts. When we need solutions that go beyond the personal, these tables give you the solutions.
To help you, each Tarot table has a link to the divinatory meanings to the tarot card for comparison.
Now the Tarot has its own Macrocosm and Microcosm, we can really use the
The Tables are particularly useful for Magicians and healers, as the Tarot is placed in its proper context. The unaspected cards found in the counting technique for the Opening of the Key Spread indicate the hidden spiritual forces affecting the querent or the subject of the reading. Now, you can turn the relevant page, and see what remedy can be applied, or which spirit/s may be contacted to change the situation.
Looking for inspiration? These tables give a cohesive picture for creating and designing Tarot sets.
Add extra columns and colours to identify areas more easily, and re-order the rows by Deity, Spirit, alphabet, etc.