Courts, Swords
Prince of Swords
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Correspondences
- Element within element
- Air of Air
- Suit element
- Air
- Sphere · Hermetic Qabalah
- Tiphareth
- Zodiacal span
- 20° Capricorn to 20° Aquarius
Sources
The elemental combination and court span belong to the court descriptions. The two elements name the court’s mode and its suit, respectively.
Book T (1912) · printed p. 167 ↗
The Book of Thoth · Part III, Prince of Swords ↗
Spans use a starting boundary inclusive and an ending boundary exclusive. Older texts may describe the same interval with ordinal degree numbers.
Symbols
In the Book T design
Winged figures draw the chariot; the prince carries both sword and sickle.
Book T (1912) · printed p. 167 ↗Two accounts
Book T: King of Swords.
Thoth: Prince of Swords.
Book T’s p. 159 footnote distinguishes the mounted father from the charioted son: its card headings call them Knight and King. Thoth calls them Knight and Prince. Read the figure and elemental role before equating court names across decks.