The Tarot of Eli, LLC: The Erotic Tarot- Knight of Air & The Thoth Tarot- Prince of Swords.

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The Erotic Tarot- Knight of Air, is the comparable card to the Thoth Prince of Swords, as air is the element of swords, and the knights of traditional tarot, are the Princes of Thoth Tarot. What is interesting here, is that Crowley made the traditional Tarot knights the Princes of Thoth Tarot, and Milo Manara made his knight of Swords, a female rather than a masculine form. Proving once again, that this Erotic Tarot Deck is all about the Power of the Divine Feminine. She can be Maid, the virgin, Mother, the life giver and Crone, the destroyer. The ability to give birth to life, and the fact that feminine wealth is Life itself, has made the Patriarch jealous for eons. To control Life, the Patriarch, needed to take land, agriculture, and birth rite away from women, which was done by "might is right" and genocide, in other words, War. Now, he decides when, and where women are "allowed" to have children, and when and if, women can vote, hold land, or even enter the political scene. But for the valor and courage of many females, they are reclaiming their rights/rites, which gives us hope that the world can be healed from the devastation of greed, and ambition.

Milo Manara has depicted a "barbarian" or Celtic woman on a stout knight's charger. Bare backed and chained, the horse is not charging anywhere. The implication here is that the power of woman has been chained to the land. Implying my previous paragraphs of rant and rave about woman's wealth. Her weapon is her sex (hence nudity). Males, no matter how ignorant of the truth, need to breed, and women are the birthers of life. Even propaganda can't make an illusion out of that paradigm. This goes along with the Prince of Swords, who is all about bombasts, and the illusion of his visions.

Male wealth is a stamped metal coin, or his Patriarchal face printed on paper. Giving the illusion of wealth, rather than true prosperity which is water, food, shelter, and life, which is woman's wealth. Try buying water by offering the desert a coin. Try eating by offering the land a dollar.

In Mesopotamia, according to the Sumerian Clay tablets, at one time this earth prospered, and no one knew hunger as this planet belonged to the Matriarch. The idea of lack, of not enough to go around, is a male construct, to control and dominate the masses. Woman's idea was to feed all. That is why the Anglo Saxons called their ruling women, Lady which means, "Doler of Bread", for women were the inventors of agriculture and owned the land. The Male Lord, meant, "Guardian of Bread". Hence, his job was to protect the grain harvest from thieves. Now the male who was meant to protect the women and children, is now protecting the fat, old patriarchs of society by killing someone else's women and children and even those in his own country. This done by taking the "love of woman" and profaning it, saying that Love of State, must replace it. Somehow, the State has become "mother". Propaganda marches on, destroying reality to fit the illusion of rule.

The meaning of this card according to Milo Manara, is:

• Warrior. 
• Courage.
• Valor.
• Authority.
• Strength.

The Astrological meaning is Gemini. Implying:

• Affection.
• Kindness. 
• A good heart.

The Thoth Prince of Swords is also called the Chariot of the Winds, Prince, and emperor of the Sylphs and Sylphides. He represents the mental element of ideas that can be constructive or destructive.

Zodiacally, he is the last Decan of Capricorn and the first two Decans of Aquarius.

He is Specific Air of Primal Air. The Element Air is Mind, so this one is like the mind itself, which can love thought/idea alone, and not care what it produces.

The Golden dawn card had two fairies pulling the chariot but in the Thoth Tarot card of the Prince of Swords, these fairies are shown as spheres of light in front of the Chariot, accompanied by three winged children who are pulling it. Implying that, this chariot may be pulled capriciously and/or mischievously in any direction, imitating the Mind itself. Also, there is significant Yesod-Moon symbolism in fairies, to suggest this is a card of mental illusions.

In the right hand, the prince is swinging the Sword of invocation and creation and in his left is a sickle which immediately destroys that which is created. With childlike innocence, the Prince of Swords wields his Sword of Geburah/Severity. The logical mental processes of the prince have reduced the Air (mind) into geometric symbols that represent no real plan but are demonstrative power of undefined purpose.

This is pure intellect without direction supplied by the Will/Spirit. Nevertheless, the Prince of Swords is crown by a Child's Head, for there is a secret Divinity here that is linked up to Tiphareth (the Son/Sun of God), but usually, if this personality thinks in terms of the divine, one believes they are above all others and suffers from the righteousness of an fanatic.

Since the logical process of the Prince of Swords has reduced the Air to many diverse geometric patterns, they reduce the power of creative mind, as they have no definite purpose. This power of creative mind is symbolized by the Sword in his right hand (willingness to create) and in his left hand a sickle, which destroys what he immediately creates. Being that his thoughts require no practical effort, he is purely intellectual, full of ideas that tumble over one another in a mass of ideas unrelated to each other. He has all the apparatus of the Mind, intensely clever, admirably rational, thought in its highest degree, but unstable of purpose as even his own ideas are approached with his indifference. He knows that any idea is as good as another and can rationally persuade an Eskimo into buying a “walk in freezer” even though nature has already provided one! By removing the substance of an idea, he can place every idea into an ideal world of ratiocination....it always looks good on paper no matter how impractical it is to build!

Being that ratiocination is purely formal, even the very facts that promote his ideas are ignored so that his ideas become baseless and unreal.

This person is immensely powerful because of their unsettled principles which enable them to put forth any argument without regret or remorse...like an insane-used-car salesman from hell. The Prince of Swords personality is glib to quote scripture, cunningly supporting any thesis without because he supported an opposite thesis earlier in his bombast. He is impossible to defeat because any position is as good as another and ready to enter combination with the nearest element available. He really doesn't care if his or her ideas are detrimental to life, the idea is its own purpose! His/her momentary Vision is more than anything else!

These elusive and elastic people are only of use, if mastered by the Greater Will and Intellect of Spirit...as in the 6th Sephiroth on the Tree of Life known as Tiphareth-Beauty, which is the Divine Child in manifestation. The Chaotic nature of Pure Mind must be controlled by the Understanding Mother of All form--- as Force for its own sake is utter destruction of all life. Without the Understanding of Spirit and its purpose for life, these personalities become faddists, fundamentalists, fanatics, devotees of drink and drugs, humanists (those who believe that mankind is the center of the universe----all else can cease to exist.) and bible thumping theologians. But even in such directions there is no stability, and they wander from cult to cult, vice to vice, supporting fanatical convictions for the sake of whim. It is easy to be deceived by such people as they manifest great potency of thought and are often described as having great depth and breadth of mind. As in all readings, the surrounding cards will show the dignity of this card.

There is, however, a bright light here when Pure Mind aligned with the Soul, ideas can become living image. Pure Spirit nor its child the Soul, does not reside in religion...that chaos of ideas belongs to the idiots that praise God for creating life while their fanatical ideas destroy it all around them. The Purity of Spirit that is Life itself, that resides as the Great Ocean of Mother all around, in and through us....AS US! So once again, "above all things know thyself", is necessary here. I Am Love and all around me Love is expressing itself as another way of being. We belong to each other, and not to ideas that separate us from each other. Ideas have no purpose unless applied to the unification of Life---for that is the Great Work of Spirit. Ideas of the small ego make God in their own image, while God-makes us into its image! Thus, it is obvious, that to know God is to know thyself!

As a person, The Prince of Swords or Knight of Air personality is purely intellectual:

• Overflowing with ideas that tumble over each other in a mass unrelated to practical effort.
•  This is a brain that won't quiet itself down long enough to focus well on one thing.
•  Intensely clever, admirably rational, with high degrees of thought, yet unstable of purpose.
• There is in this Prince of mind, and indifference to their own thought, as any idea is worth exploring, but not for too long.
• By reducing every thought to ratiocination, this personality has removed all substance from thoughts, making them formal and fantastical, as they no longer relate to any facts; even those upon which the thoughts are individually based.
• Thus, this person is completely free from settled principles and is capable of conceiving and putting out any conceivable argument without the clutter of remorse or regret.
• This is a mind so glib, that it can forget the contrary argument it produced minutes before and go sallying forth with a new argument.
• These people often become faddists, cultists and devotees of drink, drugs, theologies, humanitarianism or music and religion, but without stability.
• The querent feels the need to release creative and intuitive thought while cutting through any barrier to this release.
• There is a tendency to think too fast so slowing down the thought process is advised if success is to be achieved.
•  The querent is showing the tendency to be overly rational, missing the subtle emotional points that would heed success in communication.

If the querent is able or has achieved the ability to focus their thought, they are committed to acting out their ideals and philosophy in their own lives; not really caring about how others do it, as they put incredible energy into supporting or examining particular beliefs.

• They often present a magnetic personality that is extravagant, careless and excessive.
• Ruthlessly brilliant, they can have good business judgment. 
• There is a combative nature here that is courageous, turbulent and skilled in the war of wits.

If ill defined:

• Hastiness. 
• Shortsightedness.
• Destructiveness.

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