A symbol of tarot cards.

Tarot cards are tools to show profound philosophy and significance with a series of symbols and pictures. These symbols, pictures and images handed down for thousands of years can be collectively referred to as one word: symbol.

We have also read many card books, which say why this card is designed and why it has such a meaning, and some of them come from symbols. For example, why do magicians have the meanings of "deception", "deception" and "rhetoric"? Because in the earliest days, the magician was a street magician who cheated everyone of their money. At the same time, the magician also has the meaning of "communication" and "language". Why? Because Hermes, the mythical prototype of the magician, is a god who sends messages to the gods. Therefore, if you don't understand the symbols, you will be confused about the meaning of many words written on the card. Even if you recite them, you can't understand them. Deciphering cards will also be taken out of context, resulting in many misunderstandings. Here are some classic symbols in tarot cards.

There are two angels in the traditional Masai Tarot card, which appear in the prohibition card and the trial card respectively, and an angel is added after the Witt card. In the lover's card, the angel replaced Cupid. They are all archangels, the great commanders of angels, and the names of archangels all end with el, the meaning of God in ancient Hebrew.

The archangel in the valentine's card is Raphael, who is committed to pursuing higher wisdom about the wind element. The Hebrew name Raphael means: God heals.

The angel in the prohibition card is Michael. In Christian mythology, he led the heavenly soldiers to defeat Lucifer and threw him into hell to become Satan. Michael is a fire elephant and the master of the sun. The virtue of self-denial in Temperance Card does not mean weakness or boredom, but a powerful life force.

During the trial, we saw Gabriel on the card. He is the most recognizable archangel, blowing his horn to wake the dead from the grave. Gabriel is in charge of water element. In the trial, we rose from the deepest experience, and his horn reform promoted us. Like angels, all mythical characters in tarot cards have specific meanings.

The early power card depicts a scene in Greek mythology: Hercules Hercules killed the lion of Nimia. During the Renaissance, the protagonist and his great stick showed perseverance, and later the card was changed to a woman stroking the lion's mouth easily.

There is also a crutch with wings and two snakes intertwined. The Greek god Hermes created this powerful object as a tool for peace and healing, and later it was passed on to the ancestors of Greek medicine. Doctors still use this symbol as a symbol of their profession.

The Sphinx symbolizes the mystery and danger of life. They once appeared in Waite Brand's chariot and wheel of fortune.

Hades kidnapped Persephone, the daughter of Dimitri, the god of harvest, and brought her back to Hades to be his wife. Dimitri made the land desolate until Zeus ordered Hades to return her daughter. However, before returning to the ground, Poseidon ate pomegranate seeds given to her by Hades, so she went back to the ground for a period of time every year. Pomegranate here symbolizes the meaning of life and death, and it is also the origin of seasonal changes.

In the queen's card, the rice around the throne is reminiscent of Dimitri, the mother of grains. The Venus symbol on the card symbolizes Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, that is, Venus. These two goddesses aroused the passion of motherhood and sexual desire. Why does God's love mean sex? This is a fairy tale from Aphrodite, so why does the queen's card mean pregnancy, childbirth, passion, motherhood, beauty and sex at the same time?

Among the priestesses, we see Poseidon-pomegranate, and the girl in the stars is also reminiscent of her, because Poseidon's original name means-a woman who shines in the dark. After Jebel Berlin, Tarot designers began to integrate into the image of Egypt, and the female pope took off her Catholic robe and appeared as the image of the Egyptian goddess Isis (or her sacrifice).

The figure with the sword and balance in Justice Cary is the Roman goddess born from this guardian court, but the Tarot version of the Goddess of Justice is not blindfolded.

The wheel of destiny originally refers to fate and the changes brought about by the cycle of time and years. Later, the image of Egypt began to join Waite's business card. The snake swimming downstream on the left is Seth, the Egyptian god of death and destruction, and the wolf-headed humanoid born on the right is the guide of the undead and the symbol of rebirth Anubis. The figure of the four corners comes from the four fixed constellations in Babylon, and also represents the four apostles who wrote the four gospels. They all have wings, follow the medieval image tradition and hold books in their hands.

There are all kinds of other symbols that need to be collected and standardized slowly, just waiting for everyone to continue to explore together.