I'm referring to the tripartite construct of medieval European society - orare, pugnare, laborare , those who pray - clergy , those who make war - nobility , and those who work - commoner , which seems to be reflected in the first six trumps. That is what I thought you meant. So my puzzlement remai...

The 'social hierarchy' of the first section doesn't apply so much to our current social paradigm, Could you explain better what you mean here? My first reaction to this statement was one of great puzzlement, as I find this social hierarchy to apply very precisely to our current social paradigm. My ...

This figure need not necessarily depict someone, but could depict an idea. I am thinking in particular here of the Divine Feminine, or the Sacred Feminine (whichever term you prefer). Gnostics would have accepted the idea of a Divine Feminine, and it seems likely that Gnosticism permeates the Tarot ...

Perhaps a better question is why, in some cases, actually bother to add a (Roman) numeral on the pips given that this is already clearly displayed!? I throw in my contribution and my guess. Which is that Tarot cards, regardless of whether they were originally intended as such or not, were seen reco...

Who turns the wheel? Fortune. Is this a good card? I doubt it; it is, I think, a warning. I would see this not so much as a warning, but as a reminder that certainty is not part of the human condition. That there are things beyond our control. You say "Is this a good card?" What exactly d...

In the Middle Ages... in fact up to only a couple of centuries ago, death was not feared, but accepted. It is only recently that death has become something which is "forbidden". People in those days may have been scared of damnation thanks to the scaremongering of the church authorities, b...