[UA] Minor cards

[Hammons, Jade]

Ew, this post got longer than I intended. Ignore if you want. It's just the ramblings of a madman. All of this is my opinion only and should be taken with a liberal dash of salt. Also I'm at work and I can't type any longer so I am going to let this peter out ineffectually. Bleh.

	Eh, I have a few problems with the list, but for the average person I imagine there will be few complaints. My main problems are that I have read the Tarot for a long time and find disparities between what the Archetypes of the Tarot are and what archetypes you have associated with them. It seems as though you have a set of archetypes that you have done that you are now trying to force into roles as a set of tarot cards. Like choosing a bunch of typecast actors before you know what parts you want them to play. 

The Magician and Temperance - The Magus is an archetype, as mentioned in one of the books. 
Tempering metal is the mixture of flame and fire, it is the balance of opposites to create a whole. Temperance is archetypally the Mystic Hermaphrodite.

Strength, the High Priestess, and the Empress - Strength is a card that deals with passion, the control, and overcoming thereof. Whereas the Empress is the embodiment of a different kind of female power. Empress better fits the mother. Strength better fits the Naked Goddess. The High Priestess fits the role of Maiden not Mother, certainly there is a more Maidenly Archetype to fit there. 

The Devil - An archetype not on the master list, that I have been working on, and is mentioned by Jung, and many religions is The Adversary. The Adversary is the Devil's advocate, creating conflict where only the potential was before. The Adversary likes hanging around with the The Demagogue, but I would argue they are two different archetypes, and the the Adversary is not the Two-Faced man.

I'll buy your explanation of the Confessor as Hanged Man, though historically the hanged man is the card of the martyr. 

The tower I think would be the Two-Faced man, as the Archetype brings down structures from the inside. 

The Star is the freedom from the rigidity of Temperance, almost a better home for the Flying Woman.

Jade Hammons


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