All Things Are Numbers and The Numerical Tarot:

There are an amazing number of Tarot decks in the world, all different types. Some are based on the historical evidence of tarot's past. Some are based on the mystery of the occult. Some are based on the mythology of various cultures. Some are based on patterns that result from interesting mathematical manipulations. Some choose to speculate about the unknown parts of tarot, and alter it into forms that challenge the mind to consider what it might all mean. Is tarot just a card game from 15th Century Italy, or a documentation of something inspired? Or both? Or... have we made it into something more than it should be - like the movie "Life of Brian?" Or was it always something important?

The collective unconscious anthropomorphizes the world of abstract primordial patterns into symbols and human icons, but what is the true essence behind those symbolic images and the abstract meanings they attempt to describe? Iconic personifications and symbolic representations of primordial patterns are still archetypal, whether illustrated on little pieces of paper or not. So what is the true origin, or source behind the archetypal representations of humanity? For centuries people have made tarot into what they want it to be. This book and deck make tarot into something clear, concise and knowable.

What is offered here may not be what tarot was intended to be at all. I would certainly not be the first person to step out of the bounds of historical fact. And if you are completely devoted to some historical, mythological or occult idea of what tarot is, you may not want to even call this tarot at all. That's fine too. There are plenty of other books and websties out there devoted to traditional tarot. That's not my goal, my goal is to enhance the understanding of archetypes, and all of human existence, through an examination and construction of, a system that transcends all current cultural, historical, mythological, religious and occult traditions out there today.

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Outstanding Features of the book "All Things Are Numbers" and The Numerical Tarot Deck:

1) Logical analysis! In this book, and on this site, you will find a serious application of logical analysis. This book makes great efforts to remain ever-faithful to logical assumptions and logical conclusions and common sense reasoning. The Numerical Tarot is a unique system of logical analysis with the goal of describing the essence of being, and documenting it in words and pictures.

2) Scientific process! This book is devoted to addressing the "why" of archetypal analysis. This book expects you to ask yourself "WHY does that card mean that?" It then tries to explain WHY each card means what it means. But it doesn't do it using traditional occult or mystical devices. And it doesn't do it using historical or antropological analysis. It does it through the scientific process of building a model of theoretical ideas. A model, built from logical assumptions and logical conclusions and common sense reasoning. We start with a beginingless beginning and build out from there to create a model that describes the "essence of being" that surrounds all entities that breach the continuum of nothingness that surrounds us all. We then label the stages of this theoretical model with numbers to explain the essence of Numerology, and then apply those numerologically labeled ideas to the Tarot cards to clarify the essence of each symbol and icon. People with a strong interest in history, cultures, and the anthropomorphization of concepts into recognizable icons of humanity may have a difficult time adjusting to the abstract logical analysis of a scientific process. But those who are able to grasp the sometimes ungraspable concepts of fundamental, abstract patterns will see some amazing results!

3) Matrix organization! The book "All Things Are Numbers" shows the results of a survey done on the interpretations of four renowned authors of Tarot. It shows the amount of disagreement that is to be found among authors as to the meaning of any one card. This book argues that the cause of this disagreement stems from the fact that each author is letting his/her emotions, personal experience, and cultural bias color their interpretations, and then passing those opinions on as intended meanings. Another core problem is the lack of any unanimously agreed to structure within the world of tarot. To address this problem, this book organizes the deck into a matrix of interlocking, cross referencing ideas that bring cards together as sets of ideas that confirm and re-enforce each others meaning, allowing for the logical deduction of a cards meaning that transcends all cultures and personal opinions! By rooting this grid matrix of ideas in fundamental, abstract patterns in nature, the bias of religious, cultural and occult influence is avoided and a universal language evolves that is used to suggest a unanimously agreeable, trans-cultural structure.

4) Numerical Etymology! In this book, all intended meanings are derived from an understanding of logically deduced patterns in nature. Every single interpretation put forth can be explained through a process called Numerical Etymology, where a believable association to a logically deduced pattern in nature is revealed or suggested. It's an honest, straightforward, logical system. Every word or phrase in this book's interpretation pages is meticulously sorted according to the abstract numerical essence it describes. If you don't agree with the placement of a word in this system, you are obliged to use the system to explain where you think it does belong, thereby reducing the amount of ambiguity between us all, regarding intended meanings.

5) Comparative analysis! Associated with each card, you will find an assortment of keywords that have been carefully picked to reflect the numerical essence of each. Each card has key words associated to it that are designed to reflect the essence of a single number, as well as words that describe each particular cards extreme/moderate or positive/negative bias within the matrix of organization that governs all cards. Each keyword can be compared and contrasted to other keywords associated with other cards. So each card in the deck has a diametrical opposite to compare to. When a card that sounds moderate is exaggerated (when it's reversed or upside down), or a card that sounds extreme is mitigated, they meet in the middle. By covering every possible permutation of extreme and inbetween, no card stands alone within the deck. Each card is part of a set of cards that describe the extreme/moderate, positive/negative, ameliorate/deteriorate aspects of "being" as described with the patterns in nature model that governs all numbers.

6) Modular Meanings! This web site has an extensive collection of possible meanings. Each page is divided into 6 categories; adjectives, nouns, verbs, reactions, predictions and advice. By sorting intended meanings into adjectives, nouns and verbs, each category becomes a modular unit, providing responses that can be plugged into any kind of oracular sentence (like the game Mad Libs!) or just read as a mass assemblage of possibilities. By meticulously sorting words and phrases into categories that describe numerical essence, the interpretation pages become a dictionary of sorts, where you look up words according to numerical essence rather than by alphabet! Because there is a logical system to explain each word or phrases association to each number, other people can add to these interpretation pages and augment them to unprecedented proportions, while still maintaining perfect numerical clarity.

7) Diagrams galore! The book "All Things Are Numbers" is loaded with over 80 helpful diagrams and reference charts to help you follow the logical analysis that reveals the underlying structure of the system being developed. There are also numerous mandalas along the way for people to use while meditating on the various ideas presented. If you don't understand something, and think that a diagram, chart, or mandala would help - let me know!

8) Companion deck! The Numerical Tarot is a tool. It is the summation of everything you will learn in the book "All Things Are Numbers" and stands as a documentation of the "essence of being."

9) Esoteric design! When you first look at The Numerical Tarot, with all its carefully chosen keywords, you may find it quite mysterious and inscrutable. You may even have a knee-jerk reaction to my choice of words. But after reading the book, you will understand its esoteric design, and soon you will be using each of those keywords like tools in a new software program.