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Thoth- atu 7-the chariot
Motion or change and identity or rest are the first and second secrets of Nature: Motion and Rest. The whole code of her laws may be written on the thumbnail.
-Emerson
The Thoth Chariot represents the Universal Key of change/movement combination of stillness-activity: of movement and repose.
Every individual is touched by change, often multi-dimensionally in their areas of Earth, Air, Water and Fire, as symbolized by the four pillars, the four wheels, and the four animals. These four elemental aspects of ourselves combine to create who we are, mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually.
The spinning disc in the hands of the charioteer, symbolizes the wheel of fortune (esoterically the Grail) that we have free-choice and can choose fortunate, positive, and abundant changes for ourselves.
The 10 crystals on the golden armor represent the 10 powerful positive choices of the 10 Sephiroth on the Qabalist-Tree of Life; The crown, which is "the crowning achievement", wisdom, understanding, mercy, severity, beauty, splendor, victory, foundation and kingdom, in that order. These 10 states of conscious energy are multidimensional movements and repose that are known as "Our Greater Self" and/or Horus, in Egyptian Tarot, or Adam Khadmon in Qabalistic Philosophy.
THE CHARIOT- ATU/Key 7:
Is also the Path of Cheth on the Tree of Life, and runs between #3 Binah and #5 Geburah. The word Cheth means enclosure, or fence and therefore, that enclosure which the Chariot provides for the Charioteer.
In the THIRTY TWO PATHS OF WISDOM, Paul Foster Case stated:
The Eighteenth Path is called the House of Influence (by greatness of whose abundance the influx of good things upon created beings is increased) and from the midst of the investigation the arcana and hidden senses are drawn forth, which dwell in its shade and which cling to it, form the cause of all causes.
This is the highest and most profound Path on the Pillar of Severity and introduces the Personality to the Supreme Spiritual Self that wraps our Soul in the Golden Armor of Protection so that the Psyche can be carried through the unmanifested Universe, and/or Dark Matter and Dark Energy of the Universal Collective Unconscious. The Chariot is the enclosure that holds the Soul in a state of peace, as it moves through all planes of the One Mind.
In his BOOK OF TOKENS, Paul Foster Cases, the founder of B.T.O. stated this about the Chariot:
I am the hedge of protection
Enclosing the field of existence in this field thou dwellest,
And I am thy defense,
Against the darkness which is without.
Yet is this hedge of safety
Alas a wall of limitation,
And the darkness against which it defends thee
Is the radiant Darkness of the Limitless Light, too brilliant for thine eyes.
The Darkness that Case, refers to is that of the Limitless Light of Kether, the very pinnacle of the Supreme Spiritual Self; Limitless can't be seen. Pictured in the Chariot, the experience of the Spiritual Self is known in Alchemy as the "Exhalation", a process where the Alchemist's body becomes the Philosopher's Stone*. In truth, the laboratory alchemical/ chemical- Lapis Philosophorum, is a toxic and/or poisonous substance. In the case of the Western Hermetic Qabalah, it is about the chemical changes that happen within the philosopher's form when one is connected directly to their Central Sun/Son/Golden Psyche, that is known as the Soul, The Buddha or The Cristos. Therefore, not something from outside in, but rather an inner elixir that changes the flow of energy throughout the body.
The philosopher's stone, more properly philosophers' stone or stone of the philosophers (Latin: lapis philosophorum) is a legendary alchemical substance capable of turning base metals such as mercury into gold (chrysopoeia, from the Greek χρυσός khrusos, "gold", and ποιεῖν poiēin, "to make") or silver. It is also called the elixir of life, useful for rejuvenation and for achieving immortality; for many centuries, it was the most sought goal in alchemy. The philosophers' stone was the central symbol of the mystical terminology of alchemy, symbolizing perfection at its finest, enlightenment, and heavenly bliss. Efforts to discover the philosophers' stone were known as the Magnum Opus ("Great Work").
The Thoth Chariot, shows the influences of both the Hindu Tattvas and the biblical text of Ezekiel with its "living creatures" being represented as 4 Sphinxes pulling the Chariot. These Four Kerubim (angelic beings) represent not only the four Tarot Elements of Fire, Water, Air and Earth, but also each has four sub-elements, as do the Tattvas, and are represented as the four faces of the creatures.
Geburah, is often symbolized with a Pentagram, or five pointed star, that has the Four Elements crowned by the Spirit. Thus, making 5 the number of Geburah on the Tree of Life, Geburah is a Red Force, and is symbolized on the Thoth card as Red Wheels, meaning that the force of Geburah (Severity) is the motive force of the Chariot.
Geburah is complimented by Chesed (Mercy) on the Tree of Life, and this compliment is seen in the constant usage of the number 4, Chesed . In the Thoth Chariot card there are 4 Sphinx, and 4 columns (4 Universal Elements) holding up the starry canopy or heavens of Binah (The Great Mother- Empress Card ATU/Key 3). These four elemental columns are called the “4 columns of the Tree of Life in a Solid Sphere", adding a little more of the arcane to this card. I suggest the curious student gets the book, THE QABALISTIC TAROT by Robert Wang, as it is a fine text for understanding the Arcane.
Above the Golden Armored figure on the Thoth Card is a crab, symbolizing the sign of Cancer Woven into the canopy is the word "ABRACADABRA", which Robert Wang thinks is an apparent pun on "ABRAHADABRA", a word that Crowley called, “one of the most important key numbers of the Liber Al...The word of the Aeon...".The cypher of the Great Work which when using Qabalistic Geomatria (numerology), (Book 777 of Crowley) adds up to 418. Using the math of numerology, we do the sum, 4+1+8= 13, the Key 13 of the Death Card of great spiritual change.
Crowley understood that something martial is going on in the Psyche of the Seeker themselves. Much like the Bhagavad Gita, where the pursuit of enlivenment is symbolized by warring factions. On this highest Path of Severity, the Soul Warrior of Geburah has reached a pinnacle, as shown by the 10 stars on his golden chest that represent Assiah or Matter. Seated in meditation, with the Red and Blue Holy Grail in his hands: The Red Grail of Mother's blood and the Blue Grail of Water/intuition.
The movement of the Chariot conceals a mystery (arcana) of great significance. The Chariot is reminiscent of the Greek Chariot of the Sun, Helios, as the 4 horses of the Sun pulled the Chariot of the Sun across the sky. It is the Golden Warrior Soul and/or considered to be our "Holy Guardian" Angel in Western Magic. This is significant as a representation, since the Chariot moves between the Light, centered in Tiphareth (Beauty) and the Supreme Darkness of the Limitless Light (Dark Energy) at the hidden side of Kether (Crown). Yet, there is even a more complex meaning suggested here, as the Sun is guided by the Moon! And in Egyptian, Greek Mythology and the Qabalistic Tree of Life, the sun is subordinate to the moon. Since the Chariot is of the sign of Cancer, that is ruled by the Moon (and in which Jupiter is exalted), the Charioteer follows this philosophy of subordination to the Great Mother. The cardinal Path of the Moon, leads from Tiphareth (Beauty-Solar Logos) to Kether (Crown) as the Path of the Priestess. Water (Pure Intuitional Consciousness) takes precedence here and is represented by the Moon.
This is a Higher Path card, and requires much skrying, meditation, and arcane study, so this author recommends that you devote more time to this card than a brief lesson. At least, get the books I have recommended in this treatise and read them liberally! What is also noted here, is that the Male-Female relationship, is represented backwards here in our reflected world. The Male Force (Will to Force-Electric) of the Universe is Subservient to the Female Force (Will to Form-Magnetic) in order for "Will" to become Form. Therefore, the Ideas of Chokmah are subservient to Understanding which is information; information becomes in-form-action . As always, there is much to consider here, if one wishes to "Know thyself!"
the tarot of druids-key 7-nuadu
The Tarot of Druids-Key VII-Nuadu, represents the Celtic warlike god who lost sovereignty when he lost an arm. However, the thaumaturgic god Dian Cecht gave him a silver arm. Making this a card that implies discoveries, reward, after difficult tests and personal errors. (1)
Including results for who was the celtic god nuada.
- Celtic mythology
Celtic mythology is the mythology of Celtic polytheism, the religion of the Iron Age Celts. Like other Iron Age Europeans, the early Celts maintained a polytheistic mythology and religious structure. For Celts in close contact with Ancient Rome, such as the Gauls and Celtiberians, their mythology did not survive the Roman Empire, their subsequent conversion to Christianity and the loss of their Celtic languages.
Nuadu, in Celtic mythology, king of the Tuatha Dé Danann, who lost his hand in the battle of Mag Tuired and with it his right to govern. Dian Cécht replaced the hand with a hand made of silver; he later received a functional human hand from Dian Cécht’s son Miach and was thereupon able to overthrow his successor, Bres.
Nuadu | Celtic mythology | Britannica- When this card is thrown during a reading, the querent is reminded:
- That a new force is dissolving old forms.
- This is a time for clearing out, moving beyond the past, beginning with new energy and taking full responsibility for the past.
- This is a time of supreme magical power and self-mastery.
- To devote themselves to the combination of activity and quietude so that they may have the drive to attain goals.
- It is a time of clearing out the past, moving beyond and beginning with new energy while taking responsibility for one's present condition.
- There is a need for victory here, by combining the images or content of the unconscious with the consciousness for the purpose of achievement.
- The Chariot also signifies that the querent has begun controlling a situation by the force of their personality....a focus of Will.
- The goal will need fighting for, but you have been granted the energy to win it!
If ill defined by surrounding cards:
- High handedness.
- Megalomania.
- Ultimate failure because of obstacles.
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