She shows you that the answers to all your questions also reside within you. As the Maiden, she is unable to express herself out loud or experience motherhood. The High Priestess holds her secrets within. This doesn’t mean that two is negative, it simply means that the energy it holds is, as yet, unfertilized. The Two of Pentacles is unable to create, and remains teetering in the unmanifest. The Two of Swords holds thoughts and words which cannot be acknowledged or spoken. The Two of Cups is attraction that cannot yet be expressed as physical bonding. The Two of Wands expresses the need to create, but by itself, it cannot. Two represents the absolute (pure, unadulterated) and non-absolute (conditional, relative). Therefore to make anything become ‘real’, both numbers have to be added together to create Three. One cannot manifest without the addition of Two. Two cannot manifest without the addition of One. How can a number be the opposite of another number? She also describes it as the complement to One. Toni Allen states that Two is opposite to One. Anyone can use that power to create whatever they wish. But try to imagine it as the energy of the universe the spark of creation. The image of the Magician is simply inherited from the idea of the archetype, passed down from early decks onward. Although we view him as a person, this is simply our human need to assign individuality to a force. The Magician is all those things and more. It is the realm of human beings, where we live, work, love and die. The Ace of Pentacles is pure earth energy. This is the bed of thought, communication, technology, etc. ![]() The Ace of Cups is pure emotion, untainted by negativity or positivity. So the Ace of Wands is pure inspiration, with the potential to transform into anything you would associate with Wands and fire ideas, call to action, passion, etc. Think of the Aces as holding the whole of the energy available in that suit. He has complete trust that the Universe/God/Source will take care of him and facilitate his onward travels. He leaps off the cliff in a moment of pure joy in the heady pleasure of feeling alive. The Fool is pure, untainted, a blank page. It is the infinite universe contained in a circle or sphere, or maybe an egg-shape. Yet it is unmanifest, nothing can come from it without the energy of One and Two. Zero is pure potential, it is all and nothing. Spirals and board games – I’ve already confused you, haven’t I? Let’s take a look at tarot numerology number, by number. Yet, there will be times when we are required to retrace our steps – a little like a game of snakes/chutes and ladders. So as we go round and back to the beginning, we have, hopefully, assimilated some lessons and understanding in order to move up to the next level of the spiral. It helps to see the tarot and our spiritual progression through life (lives?) as a spiral. She continues this with all the numbers above 11. ![]() This puts Justice at 11, connecting it with the High Priestess, whereas Allen, like many other tarotists, puts Justice at Eight. Whereas I see it as a higher level of Two. I will say that Toni Allen and I do diverge at one fundamental point: she posits that the number Eleven is a higher level of One. It’s a framework on which to hang your intuition… and I do like a handy framework. Once you have a handle on the numbers, all the rest fits in. ![]() I’ve always made use of the numerical progression of tarot, and now I have a deeper understanding. Toni’s focus on tarot numerology has given me a new perspective on determining the message of the cards. I haven’t finished it yet but the first part of the book has inspired this article on tarot numerology. I’ve recently got hold of a copy of Toni Allen’s “ The System of Symbols: A New Way to Look at the Tarot”.
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