Small cards, Swords
Ace of Swords
A clear distinction
A useful idea can cut through confusion, but the cut has consequences. State the distinction precisely and notice what it leaves out as well as what it reveals.
What needs to be named clearly?
Correspondences
Sources
The numbered cards combine a sphere, a suit element, and a planetary decan. The Ace begins at Kether; Two through Ten follow the numbered spheres. These are symbolic correspondences, not a birth chart.
Symbols
In the Book T design
A crowned sword carries olive and palm branches.
Book T (1912) · printed p. 155 ↗Two accounts
Book T: Root of the Powers of Air.
Thoth: Ace of Swords.
Book T’s title is shown separately from the Thoth name. The symbol note below describes the 1912 text, whose design can differ from Harris’s painting.