All Tarot Cards (except for the Court Cards) have numbers on them. Among them, only one card has the number Zero — The Fool. Today, let’s see how the energy of Zero is expressed in the imagery of The Fool card, and how the imagery of The Fool card expresses the energy of Zero.
The number One is the numerical expression of singular manifest energy. All numbers are multiples of the number One — and thus contain this energy in multiples. The role played by the number One in the Tarot Cards is very important. Today, let us explore the various meanings of the number One, and how those meanings add value to the meanings of the Tarot Cards where it appears.
The number Two is the manifestation of Duality that has been inherently expressed within our world. This duality is a part of every aspect of life itself — day and night, black and white, good and bad, negative and positive. Duality is an integral part of the world we live in. Today, let us discover how this built-in Duality is also an important aspect of Tarot Card imagery.
The number Three manifests when the singular Unity of One combines with the powerful Duality of Two. The number Three is an expression of the creative power of Life itself! Symbolically expressed as an upward-pointing triangle, you will see all sorts of Trinities across the various cultures in the world that have been associated with multiple levels of sanctity. Today, let’s look at the way the number Three is described by Numerology, and how it shows up in our Tarot Cards.
The number Four emerges when all that has been created needs to manifest into the real world. As the energies of the numbers One and Two combine with each other (Singularity combining with Duality), we see the number Three express itself (Creative Expression) in the Universe. The next step, of course, is to stabilize that Creative Expression. Today, let’s look at how this energy of the number Four expresses itself across our Tarot Cards.
The number Five changes the status quo that Four has created and solidified. When all that has manifested becomes stable, the energy will eventually stagnate. However, it is within the nature of Energy to keep on moving, to keep on evolving. Five gives the energy that opportunity! It breaks the structure of the Four, and brings in the necessary winds of change, as it were, to facilitate further growth and evolution. Today, let’s see how the energy of the number Five shows up across the Tarot Cards.
The number Six brings all the previous numbers into harmony, and above all else, becomes self conscious. The energetic changes created by the number Five and the numbers before it, are finally settled into a manner that can be comprehended and systematically understood. Six balances all of the energies. Let’s see how the number Six shows up across the Tarot Cards.
The number Seven takes all the energy that has become conscious in the Spiritual World (via Six) and moves it towards the Material World. Thus, Seven effectively intersects the spiritual and the material worlds. Let’s explore how the number Seven shows up in the various Tarot Cards to illustrate this point.
The number Eight in the Tarot depicts the next step in the process of energetic evolution that we have been studying so far. Where one tested one’s limits in the number seven, eight takes it to the next level and dissolves and transforms into something more tangible and real. Let’s see how this process is shown across the various Tarot Cards.
