Welcome to the web site for The Numerical Tarot. The Numerical Tarot is a very unique kind of tarot deck that looks at the subject of tarot a whole new way. In looking at tarot a whole new way, this deck does not attempt to be faithful to the known history of tarot. It also does not attempt to be faithful to the occult mystery of tarot. It is a completely new and unique approach, that yields a completely new and unique result.

Put as briefly as possible, this system looks for archetypal sources for tarot symbolism within the abstract, logically deduced, primordial patterns of nature. The patterns that are uncovered by this approach, are seen as a signature of nature that influences all of humanity and everything around us - the universe in a grain of sand! Macroscopically or microscopically, a singature of nature is an inescapable pattern that can be found in every culture throughout all days and ages of human history. When reduced to the most fundamental, elemental, abstract, archetypal essence, I belive that every human (and every thing) can be seen as expressions of these universal lines of force. In that way, I see all of human behavior (its perceptions, expressions and processes), as evidence of, or the byproduct of, this signature of nature. Once observed, these ideas are then illustrated on little pieces of paper as tarot symbols and icons. By illustrating a signature of nature across cards in a deck, The Numerical Tarot becomes a visual documention of the vast spectrum of human experience.

Additionally, patterns are also used in the organization of the deck itself. What results is an underlying structure that organizes everything into a grid matrix of cross-referencing ideas, where balance, symmetry, contrast and consistency reign supreme. The resulting system of cross-referenced ideas then leads to intended meanings for each card that are logically deduced from an understanding of primordial, archetypal patterns in nature and how they connect through a logical path of etymology to fundamental, elemental roots and a universal signature of nature.

If you are new to this site, you should begin with...

From there you can navigate to The Nickel Tour, and
read several essays that describe the unique approach taken by The Numerical Tarot.

	NOTE: I call this system of logical analysis, and the patterns of nature that result, Tarot. However you may disagree. Ultimately, my goal is to explain the fundamental, elemental and archetypal nature of existence and human behavior. I try to do this by connecting patterns, and symbols together with an etymological sequence of ideas. A documentation of primordial patterns and existence may not have been tarot's original intent, that's OK. What matters to me is understanding how patterns in nature influence our perception of self and the world, and the anthropomorphized representations of each that result. This study tries to offer evidence to suggest that our understanding of tarot could be improved by understanding these fundamental, elemental, and etymological links to the patterns in nature that transcend all cultures, societies, days and ages. The Hero indeed has 1,000 faces, but only ONE abstract, conceptual essence that can be considered a true timeless, trans-cultural archetype. You can spend a life time studying 1,000 faces. The Numerical Tarot chooses to study the abstract, timeless, trans-cultural patterns upon which archetypes are founded, reducing those 1,000 faces to one. The Numerical Tarot asks you to take a long look at the WAY you are studying tarot. Is the compounding of comaprative opinions leading to clairity or complexity? You've collected 1,000 faces for a hero... now what? How many more do you need? Isn't it time to ask: what is common between all those 1,000 faces of a hero that you've collected? What fundamental, elemental, abstract, archetypal essence do they all share that makes them all heroes? What universal, primordial, pattern is at the core, that transcends the individual mythologies of the cultures whose heroes you've collected? The Numerical Tarot asks you to LOOK DEEPER!
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If you would like to discuss the ideas found on this site, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TarotAlternative/

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