Tarot and The Tree of Life
Hermetic Qabalists see the cards of the tarot as keys to the Tree of Life. The twenty-one trumps and the fool are often called the "Major Arcana" or "Greater Mysteries" and are seen as corresponding to the twenty-two Hebrew letters and the twenty-two paths of the Tree; the ace to ten in each suit correspond to the ten Sephiroth in the four Qabalistic worlds; and the sixteen court cards relate to the classical elements in the four worlds. While the sephiroth describe the nature of God, the paths between them describe ways of knowing God.
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