The Majikian’s Tarot by Todd Pendu Brooks / Drawn by Jesse Gelaznik
I’m very excited to be working with comrade artist and board member of the Pendu Organization, Jesse Gelaznik. We are working together to create a new 22-card Major Trumps Divinatory Tarot deck with a 23rd Card known as The Darkness. Each card will be added here as they are finished. Details to be unveiled soon along with explanations and notes. -Todd Pendu Brooks
The 22 Trumps + The Darkness
XII. The Hanged-Man |
I – The Majikian
Divinatory Meanings: Ritual. Connection with Aethyr. Seeker of True Will.
Symbols include: Hermaphrodite. 7 Alchemical Beakers. 5 candles. Mask of the Horned Mother. Tarot Deck. Chalk in Left Hand. Standing inside Diamond drawing. Two double-lined circles, representing the Black Sun (first stage of Alchemy). The circle is divided with 12 lines creating a Zodiac Wheel. A 12-pointed star made of 4 overlapping triangles (Earth (N), Water (S), Air (E), Fire (W)) intersected by the lines of the Zodiac Wheel. A Pentagram is drawn using existing lines, 2 points facing up (Horns of Heresy). An Inverted Symbol of Sulphur (Final Stage, Great Work of the Alchemist) is drawn out of the base of the Pentagram.
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II – The High Priestess
Divinatory Meanings: Guardian of Occult Secrets. Vagina.
Symbols include: Crescent Moon. Tree of Life. Water. Clouds. Mandorla. Cloaked High Priestess sits in the Middle Pillar and she holds a Disc of Tiphareth.
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III – The Empress
Divinatory Meanings: Sensuality. Creativity. Menstruation. Fertility and Fecundity. Sexual Desire. Nurturing. Beauty.
Symbols include: 12 Stars. 12 Pomegranates. 12 Roses. Horns of Hathor. White Dress.
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V – The High Priest
Divinatory Meanings: The Great Teacher.
Symbols include: Elemental symbols: Mercury-Sulphur-Salt. Clouds. Mountain Peak as Upright Triangle. Dagger. Mandorla. 3 Candles. 2 Hooded Students. Goat. Blood.
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VI – The Lovers
Divinatory Meanings: Desire for Union. Strained Relations. Oneness. Alchemical Hermaphrodite.
Symbols include: Hermaphrodite removing the Mask of the Horned Mother. Male figure. Female figure. 2 rivers converged as one. Auras touching river then surrounding figures before conjoining as one around Hermaphrodite. 6 candles.
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IX – The Hermit
Divinatory Meanings: Inner Wisdom. Pineal Imagination. Withdrawal.
Symbols include: Hermaphrodite. Pineal Eye Open. Burning Sigil. Night Sky. 2 windows: Tower Burns in one, Moon shines in the other. Black Cat. Book shelf. Globe aka The World.
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X – The Wheel
Divinatory Meanings: Cycles. Chance. Fate. New Beginnings. Stuck in a Rut. Out of Control.
Symbols include: Ouroboros, 12-pointed star made from 4 interlocking triangles and the 12 spokes of the Zodiac Wheel. Inverted symbol of Sulphur. Ten Stars forming Tree of Life Constellation. River. Dry Ground. Dead Tree. Fertile Ground. Tree in Bloom. Element Symbols of Earth, Air, Fire, Water.
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XI – Fortitude
Divinatory Meanings: Self-Discipline. Self-Control. Will. Lust.
Symbols include: Hermaphrodite. Fire. Wolf. Ouroboros. Mountain Peak as Upright Triangle.
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XII – The Hanged Man
Divinatory Meanings: Inverted Birthing. Suspension. Mysticism. Libido over Reason.
Symbols include: Horned Mother. Child-Man. Umbilical cord wrapped around the ankle. Inverted symbol of Sulphur on child-man’s hand.
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XIV – Coniunctio
Divinatory Meanings: Hieros Gamos. Consummation of THE LOVERS (VI). Marriage of the Opposites.
Symbols include: Man and Woman Consummating Marriage. Lifting of the Veil. Man wears Upright Triangle. Woman wears Inverted Triangle. Tetraktys. Aura in shape of Mandorla. Fire and Water find equilibrium in alchemical Harmony.
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XV – Chaos (traditionally titled The Devil)
Divinatory Meanings: Raw Energy. Undisciplined Force. Source of all creative action.
Symbols include: Red Curtains. 3 sets of Candles, 5 in each set symbolizing the 5 elements. Pentagram, Horns of Heresy pointing up. Pineal Eye as Chaos Star. Hermaphrodite. Black Cat sucking breast. Inverted Symbol of Sulphur on Palm.
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XVI – The Tower
Divinatory Meanings: Ejaculation. Moment of Orgasm. Disruption in Continuity. Charging a Sigil. Major Changes Ahead. Cataclysm.
Symbols include: Black. Stormclouds. Upright Triangle. Lightning Bolt taking the shape of the Flaming Sword. Sigil on Tower. Fire. 22 Candles. Cliff. Two Dead Trees.
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XVII – The Star
Divinatory Meanings: Seeking Balance. Futility. Hopes and Dreams. Reflection or Nostalgia.
Symbols include: Night Sky. Chaos Star outlined Symbol of Akasha. Eight 8-pointed Stars. Mountain Peak as Upright Triangle. Reflecting Pool of Water. Hermaphrodite.
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XVIII – The Moon
Divinatory Meanings: Feminine Energies. Subconscious. Dreams and Nightmares. Heavy Emotions. Vagina. Secrets Revealed by the Light.
Symbols include: Horned Mother. Cat. Wolves. Moon. Downward-pointed Triangle. Water. Reflected Light. Burning Tower in Background. Clouds. Night Sky. Stars.
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XXI – The World
Divinatory Meanings: Reversal of the Hanged-Man. Protection. Centered. Enveloped by Cosmic Revelations. Transcendence. Completion. Eternal. Cosmic Egg.
Symbols include: Ouroboros. Hanged-Man Upright and Floating. Night Sky in Clouds turned to Day with 12 Shining Stars. Moon. Horned Mother. Wolf. Tower. Cliff.
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darkness: a vespertine card.
will this be a visual manifestation of Erebus?
will it show the indiscernible flux of avesperation?
will it invoke apricity?
“…something he carries on his back,
Which I am forbidden to see. I do not find
The Hanged Man….”
I. THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD
The Waste Land
-t.s. eliot
I came here tickling links from WFMU’s page on the Hex Breaker Quartet, who are playing the pendu fest.
Everything i’m finding here is leaving a distinct impression on me, reflecting alot of past thoughts and adding to them in some cases.
In the case of this page, the 23rd card blinks at me – why ‘the darkness’?
I’m very interested in the symbolism used in the design of these cards in general, and though it doesn’t serve me to be a fundie in terms of a ‘one true way’ to the orthodoxy of tarot, it strikes peculiar and am now wondering if this adheres to a different set of correspondences than say, the rider/waite.
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