The Water Signs In the Minor Arcana

The three Water Signs are represented by the suit of Cups.  As we have seen with the Wands, the cards in the Cups suit are associated with the Water signs as follows:

Cardinal Water:  2, 3, and 4 of Cups - Cancer
Fixed Water: 5, 6, and 7 of Cups - Scorpio
Mutable Water:  8, 9 and 10 of Cups - Pisces

The following cards from the Golden Dawn Ritual Tarot and the Universal Waite Tarot represent the three signs in the Water Triplicity.

Cancer - Cardinal Water  June 21 to July 22

The two, three and four of Cups represent the sign Cancer in the Golden Dawn System. Look for the symbol of Cancer on these cards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scorpio - Fixed Water  Oct 23 to Nov 21

The five, six, and seven of Cups represent the sign Scorpio in the Golden Dawn System. Look for the symbol of Scorpio on these cards.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pisces – Mutable Water  Feb 20 to March 20

The eight, nine and ten of Cups represent the sign Pisces in the Golden Dawn System. Look for the symbol of Pisces on these cards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notice the downward pointing triangle on each side of the Golden Dawn title at the bottom these cards.  This is the symbol for water.  Look at the Golden Dawn title for each of these cards. Compare this title with the scene in the Universal Waite card directly below it.  What strikes you?  Does the Universal Waite scene appear to reflect the Golden Dawn title?

We’ll move on to the the Swords in the next post.

Micki