Fortune’s Wheelhouse

In this seventh episode of our numeric sequence we explore the mystical, elusive and profoundly magical number 7, and all tarot-related topics relating to it.  We touch upon numerology, Pythagorean thought, related shapes and symbols. We also comprehensively explore the concepts and correspondences of Netzach, archetype of inspiration and emotion, the 7th of the 10 sephiroth on the Tree of Life. C...

In this sixth episode of our numeric sequence we explore the harmonious sphere of Grand Central, number 6, and all tarot-related topics relating to it.  We touch upon numerology, Pythagorean thought, related shapes and symbols. We also comprehensively explore the concepts and correspondences of Tiphareth, archetype of heart-centered purpose, the sixth of the 10 sephiroth on the Tree of Life. Cards...

In this fifth episode of our numeric sequence we explore the very disruptive! subversive! and trying! number 5 and all tarot-related topics relating to it.  We touch upon numerology, Pythagorean thought, related shapes and symbols. We also comprehensively explore the concepts and correspondences of Geburah, archetype of divine restraint and correction, the fifth of the 10 sephiroth on the Tree of...

In this fourth episode of our numeric sequence we explore the very stable, grounded, and generous number 4 and all tarot-related topics relating to it.  We touch upon numerology, Pythagorean thought, related shapes and symbols. We also comprehensively explore the concepts and correspondences of Chesed, paternal divinity and source of matter, the fourth of the 10 sephiroth on the Tree of Life. Card...

In this third episode of our numeric sequence we explore the deep and restless waters of the number 3 and all tarot-related topics relating to it.  We touch upon numerology, Pythagorean thought, related shapes and symbols. We also comprehensively explore the concepts and correspondences of Binah - the Great Mother, the Dark Sea, the third of the 10 sephiroth on the Tree of Life. Cards covered in t...

In this second episode of our numeric sequence we explore the balanced, active, self-conscious number 2 - our only even prime! - and all tarot-related topics relating to it.  We touch upon numerology, Pythagorean thought, related shapes and symbols. We also comprehensively explore the concepts and correspondences of Chokmah, the second of the 10 sephiroth on the Tree of Life. Cards covered in this...

In this first episode of our numeric sequence we explore the unique! the indivisible! the one and only! number 1, and all tarot-related topics relating to it.  We touch upon numerology, Pythagorean thought, related shapes and symbols. We also comprehensively explore the concepts and correspondences of Kether, the first of the 10 sephiroth on the Tree of Life. Cards covered in this episode: - the f...

By popular demand! Fortune's Wheelhouse brings you a readings episode that illustrates how the correspondences are applied in real time when reading a card. Esoteric tarot reading is both an art and a science, in which the correspondences form a support for the intuitive oracular moment. We put out a call for questions from Fortune's Wheelhouse patrons, and we are happy to say that we were able to...

By popular demand! Fortune's Wheelhouse brings you a readings episode that illustrates how the correspondences are applied in real time when reading a card. Esoteric tarot reading is both an art and a science, in which the correspondences form a support for the intuitive oracular moment. We put out a call for questions from Fortune's Wheelhouse patrons, and we are happy to say that we were able to...

This is the seventh in our planetary series covering each of the seven classical "planets" in the tarot. Featured in this show: the Great Timekeeper and Lord of Karma, Saturn - including his related astrology, Qabalah, powers, correspondences, Orphic hymn, and more. Cards in this episode:  The World/Universe - planetary trump of Saturn The Devil - zodiacal trump of Capricorn, ruled by Saturn The S...

On this week's special episode, we bring you a guest whose name will be very familiar to all Fortune's Wheelhouse listeners - Austin Coppock, author of 36 Faces: the History, Astrology, and Magic of the Decans This episode is one half of a two-part production, the other half of which can be found on Austin's Eavesdropping at Midnight podcast.  In this half, Austin and Susie  talk extensively and s...

This is the sixth in our planetary series covering each of the seven classical "planets" in the tarot. Featured in this show: our expansive all-Father and Big J himself, Jupiter! - including his related astrology, Qabalah, powers, correspondences, Orphic hymn, and more. Cards in this episode: The Wheel of Fortune - planetary trump of Jupiter Temperance/Art - zodiacal trump of Sagittarius, ruled by...

This is the fifth in our planetary series covering each of the seven classical "planets" in the tarot. Featured in this show: the Lord of the Hosts of the Mighty, indomitable Mars! - including his related astrology, Qabalah, powers, correspondences, Orphic hymn, and more! Cards in this episode: The Tower - planetary trump of Mars The Emperor - zodiacal trump of Aries, ruled by Mars Death - zodiaca...

This is the fourth in our planetary series covering each of the seven classical "planets" in the tarot. Featured in this show: the Light of Our World, the shining Sun! - including his related astrology, Qabalah, powers, correspondences, Orphic hymn, and more! Cards in this episode: The Sun - planetary trump of the Sun Lust/Strength - zodiacal trump of Leo, ruled by the Sun 5, 6, and 7 of Wands, de...

This is the third in our planetary series covering each of the seven classical "planets" in the tarot. In this episode we talk about Her Loveliness the Fairer Benefic, Lady Venus - including her related astrology, Qabalah, powers, correspondences, Orphic hymn, and more! Cards in this episode: The Empress - planetary trump of Venus The Hierophant - zodiacal trump of Taurus, ruled by Venus Adjustmen...

This is the second in our planetary series covering each of the seven classical "planets" in the tarot. In this episode we talk about the one, the only, thrice great Mercury! including his related astrology, Qabalah, powers, correspondences, Orphic hymn, and more! Cards in this episode: The Magus - planetary trump of Mercury The Lovers - zodiacal trump of Gemini, ruled by Mercury (day sign) The He...

Fortune's Wheelhouse is back! with the first in our planetary series wherein we discuss each of the seven classical "planets" in the tarot. We shall begin with our satellite, the lovely Moon, along the way discussing the related astrology, Qabalah, powers, correspondences, the Orphic hymn, and more! (including a bit about the actual Moon card, which corresponds not to the Moon but Pisces)  Cards i...

In this final episode of our journey through the cards, we meet at last the original Sleeping Beauty: the Page of Pentacles or Princess of Disks.  Rose of the Palace of Earth, she is the ultimate destination and the ultimate source, the highest of the high and the lowest of the low.  Engrossed in her talisman and silent in her repose, she is pregnant with possibility.  When her Prince awakens her,...

Presiding over newly-plowed fields, the sun warm on his back, the imperturbable Bull is the Prince of Disks or Knight of Pentacles.  The airy part of Earth, he applies his methodical intellect and mechanical genius to problems of the land. The final decan of Aries and the first two decans of Taurus are his: Completion, Worry, Success.  He is the slow and tender lover of the earth, which yields to...

Our final Queen is the silent one, the thorny rose, the Queen of the Goats.  Ruling over the final decan of Sagittarius and the first two decans of Capricorn, the Queen of Pentacles or Disks offers silence, the certainty of death, and the inevitability of life's renewal.  The watery part of earth, she binds matter into new forms of Change and Work. She is tireless and prolific, and in her darkness...

The King or Knight of Pentacles/Disks is the fiery part of earth, associated with the 7 of Wands and the 8 and 9 of his suit: valor, prudence, gain. He has left behind his leonine warrior days for the hard work of peace; he is the sacrificial harvest king who ensures plenty for his people.  Efficient and material-minded, he keeps a strong and steady hand on the threshing flail, ensuring every last...

In this final card of the decanic minors, we arrive at the Lord of Wealth.  Mercury governs the final decan of Virgo, sign of his rulership and exaltation.  Therefore the 10 of Pentacles or Disks holds the culmination of our material realm: here our worldly goods reach their maximum accumulation, and our bodies come to rest.  We return our legacies to the earth, a seed for the next generation.  We...

Perfection and control produce beauty in the 9 of Pentacles or Disks, province of Venus in the second decan of Virgo.  Here in the Lord of Gain, the perfectly ripened crop is gathered and organized, methodically, increasing in value at every step.  The Empress, wearing a harvest crown, works side by side with the Hermit, solitary seed saver.  Together they build a walled garden of self-sufficiency...

Time is money and patience bears fruit in the 8 of Pentacles or Disks, the Lord of Prudence. The messenger god, at home everywhere, enters his rulership as we arrive in the sign of Virgo.  The Sun governs this decan, ripening the grain and bringing in the harvest.  Pantries and coffers fill even as the days shorten, ensuring another generation will thrive even if the previous one must pass onward....

Alas, it was too good to last! After the brief shining success of the 6, we arrive at the Lord of Failure in the 7 of Pentacles or Disks. The 5 posed problems of scarcity and Mercurial anxiety, while the 7 suggests Saturnine obstacles which must be overcome if our efforts are ever to bear fruit.  Failure it shall be for certain, if we give up now when the going gets tough.  But at the moment, perh...