The Symbolism of Tarot. The Philosophy of Occultism in Drawings and Numbers

According to P. D. Ouspensky, the symbolism in which symbols have a strictly defined meaning is pseudo-symbolism. The key to Tarot, the author believes, lies in imagination, so you are about to read perhaps the most unusual description of the... well-known cards. You will discover in Ouspensky's "sketches" echoes of reflections from many authors who have written on the topic of Tarot, such as Saint-Martin, Eliphas Levi, and Dr. Papus. As well as other thinkers who have never written about Tarot, such as Plato, Hegel, Nietzsche, and yet arrived at the discovery of the same fundamental principles of the universe that underlie Tarot.

Ouspensky is convinced that a symbol can serve to convey our intuitive understanding and lead to something new only until its meaning is definitively established. True symbols are constantly in the process of creation, as they are closely related to the inner workings of the one who perceives them. The author admits that some descriptions of the arcana express only his subjective understanding and invites you to look at familiar cards in a new way and perhaps offer your own interpretation of the symbols.