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Tarot: A Crone’S View—Insights and Instruction
Tarot: A Crone’S View—Insights and Instruction
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Tarot cards offer ancient wisdom and modern guidance for your growth and progress in living a life of awarenessand you can learn to use them meaningfully as soon as you have the deck in your possession.

In her third book, Tarot: A Crones ViewInsights and Instruction, author and astrologer Georgelle Hirliman presents a digest of a lifetimes study of the Tarot and the systems that are expressed through it: astrology, numerology, Tree of Life, I Ching, eastern philosophies, and metaphysics in general. She shares the meanings of the Major Arcana, the Minor Arcana, and the elements that relate to each of the four suitsCups, Wands, Swords, and Discs. She also reveals how to weave cards together into a layout and make sense of what the cards are telling you. This methods considers all cards in light of their total message, positive and negative, as the surrounding cards frame the meaning; Tarot teaches that all the negatives are merely fertilizer for future growth.

Based on more than fifty years of research of astrology and Tarot, this guide engages the Tarot with intellect, wisdom, and humor, offering a method for anyone to use.

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PublisheriUniverse
Release dateJan 27, 2017
ISBN9781491780893
Tarot: A Crone’S View—Insights and Instruction
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Georgelle Hirliman

Georgelle Hirliman began studying astrology at the age of six from her mother. Based out of Santa Fe, New Mexico, she has worked as an astrologer and tarot reader for more than twenty-five years. She is the author of The Hate Factory and Dear Writer in the Window—The Wit and Wisdom of a Sidewalk Sage.

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    Tarot - Georgelle Hirliman

    Copyright © 2017 Rowan Stanland.

    All images illustrated by Leigh McCloskey

    Copyright 1999 and 2006 by Georgelle Hirliman

    Tarot Images Copyright 2003 by Leigh J. McCloskey

    Published by Rowan Stanland

    Edited by Devon Ludlow

    Foreword by Rowan Stanland and Devon Hawkes Ludlow

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    Tarot, A Crone’s View

    Foreword

    Acknowledgements

    Introduction

    Chapter 1 Two Simple Layout Looms And How to Prepare for a Reading

    Chapter 2 The Twenty-Two Cards of THE MAJOR ARCANA

    The Fool

    The Magus /The Magician

    The Priestess

    The Emperor

    The Hierophant

    The Lovers

    The Chariot

    Lust/Strength**

    The Hermit

    Fortune

    Adjustment/Justice

    The Hanged Man

    Death

    Art (Temperance*)

    The Devil

    The Tower

    The Star

    The Moon

    The Sun

    The Aeon (Judgement)

    The Universe

    Chapter 3 The Fifty-Six Cards of THE MINOR ARCANA

    The Suits and the Elements

    FIRE

    WATER

    AIR

    EARTH

    The Court Cards

    KNIGHTS

    QUEENS

    PRINCES

    PRINCESSES

    The Individual Court Cards

    KNIGHTS

    KNIGHT OF WANDS – The Fire of Fire

    KNIGHT OF CUPS – The Fire of Water

    KNIGHT OF SWORDS – The Fire of Air

    KNIGHT OF DISKS – The Fire of Earth

    QUEENS

    QUEEN OF WANDS – The Water of Fire

    QUEEN OF CUPS – The Water of Water

    QUEEN OF SWORDS – The Water of Air

    QUEEN OF DISKS/PENTACLES – The Water of Earth

    PRINCES

    PRINCE OF WANDS – The Air of Fire

    PRINCE OF CUPS – The Air of Water

    PRINCE OF SWORDS – The Air of Air

    PRINCE OF DISKS – The Air of Earth

    PRINCESSES

    PRINCESS OF WANDS – The Earth of Fire

    PRINCESS OF CUPS –The Earth of Water

    PRINCESS OF SWORDS – The Earth of Air

    PRINCESS OF DISKS – The Earth of Earth

    Love And The Court Cards

    The Numbered Cards of the Minor Arcana

    ACE

    ACE OF WANDS: The Seed of Fire, the Root of the Powers of Fire.

    ACE OF SWORDS: The Seed of Air, the Root of the Powers of Air.

    ACE OF CUPS: The Seed of Water, the Root of the Powers of Water.

    ACE OF DISKS: The Seed of Earth, the Root of the Powers of Earth.

    TWO

    TWO OF WANDS: Dominion – Mars in Aries

    TWO OF SWORDS: Peace – Jupiter in Libra

    TWO OF CUPS: Love – Venus in Cancer

    TWO OF DISKS: Change – Jupiter in Capricorn

    THREE

    THREE OF WANDS: Virtue – Sun in Aries

    THREE OF SWORDS: Sorrow – Saturn in Libra

    THREE OF CUPS: Abundance – Mercury in Cancer

    THREE OF DISKS: Works – Mars in Capricorn

    FOUR

    FOUR OF WANDS: Completion – Venus in Aries

    FOUR OF SWORDS: Truce – Jupiter in Libra

    FOUR OF CUPS: Luxury – Moon in Cancer

    FOUR DISKS: Power – Sun in Capricorn

    FIVE

    FIVE OF WANDS: Strife – Saturn in Leo

    FIVE OF SWORDS: Defeat – Venus in Aquarius

    FIVE OF CUPS: Disappointment – Mars in Scorpio

    FIVE OF DISKS: Worry – Mercury in Taurus

    SIX

    SIX OF WANDS: Victory – Jupiter in Leo

    SIX OF SWORDS: Science – Mercury in Aquarius

    SIX OF CUPS: Pleasure – Sun in Scorpio

    SIX OF DISKS: Success – Moon in Taurus

    SEVEN

    SEVEN OF WANDS: Valor – Mars in Leo

    SEVEN OF SWORDS: Futility – Moon in Aquarius

    SEVEN OF CUPS: Debauch – Venus in Scorpio

    SEVEN OF DISKS: Failure – Saturn in Taurus

    EIGHT

    EIGHT OF WANDS: Swiftness – Mercury in Sagittarius

    EIGHT OF SWORDS: Interference – Jupiter in Gemini

    EIGHT OF CUPS: Indolence – Saturn in Pisces

    EIGHT OF DISKS: Prudence – Sun in Virgo

    NINE

    NINE OF WANDS: Strength – Sun and Moon in Sagittarius

    NINE OF SWORDS: Cruelty – Mars in Gemini

    NINE OF CUPS: Happiness – Jupiter in Pisces

    NINE OF DISKS: Gain – Venus in Virgo

    TEN

    TEN OF WANDS: Oppression – Saturn in Sagittarius

    TEN OF SWORDS: Ruin – Sun in Libra, Moon in Gemini

    TEN OF CUPS: Satiety – Mars in Pisces

    TEN DISKS: Wealth – Mercury in Virgo

    Chapter 4 How To Weave A Reading

    Layout Looms

    The Wheel Loom Layout

    Timing Loom Layout

    Weaving The Pattern

    The Reading

    DA’ATH

    Appendix

    Timing Loom

    Wheel Loom

    Quick Reference

    ALSO BY GEORGELLE HIRLIMAN

    The Hate Factory, W.G. Stone and G. Hirliman, Dell Publications, 1985

    Dear Writer in the Window-The Wit and Wisdom of a Sidewalk Sage, Penguin Books, 1993

    Georgelle Hirliman’s personal papers and archive are held at special collections at the Zimmerman Library at the University of New Mexico.

    Kind regards and a sincere thank you to those who helped make the publishing of this book possible, without whose friendship and commitment to Georgelle, this book would still be with her in the ethers.

    Foreword

    Born in L.A. on June 11, 1936, Georgelle Hirliman was the adopted child of B movie actress Eleanor Hunt (Blue Steel) and producer George A. Hirliman (Reefer Madness). Raised in New York City, Georgelle had, by her own account, a difficult childhood and left home as a teenager. A rebellious young woman with a keen wit, she quickly became part of the downtown ‘beat’ scene in Manhattan, and was in the vanguard of the emerging 60s counter culture. During this period, Georgelle was introduced to tarot and astrology, sparking a lifelong fascination with metaphysics, spirituality and symbolism.

    In 1971, Georgelle settled in Santa Fe, NM, which had become home to a thriving counter-culture community. She worked as a radio and print journalist, seeking to expose bureaucratic corruption, celebrating outlaws and outsiders, and set in opposition to ignorance and fear in all its forms. Among her more celebrated exposés was the trial of four bikers accused of a brutal murder in Albuquerque. Convinced the trial was a miscarriage of justice, Georgelle led the fight to prove their innocence. In spite of her work, the bikers were found guilty and given the death penalty. However, some years later the actual murderer came forward, exonerating the four men and vindicating Georgelle’s efforts.

    Her breakthrough book, The Hate Factory (1982), detailed the horrors of one of the most infamous prison riots in American history, the New Mexico State Penitentiary riot in 1980. Based on first hand accounts and interviews, the book skewered a bureaucratic system riddled with nepotism, apathy, incompetence and brutality. The Hate Factory remains a seminal work of criminal journalism.

    In 1984, suffering from a severe bout of writer’s block, Georgelle placed herself in a storefront window with a sign that read: Help Me Cure My Writer’s Block. Curious pedestrians began submitting questions via index cards. Delighted, Georgelle wrote responses and soon the entire window was filled with questions and answers. This act appealed to the performer in me… I wanted applause, she later said. This unique literary/performance act was an overnight success, and led to the publication of Dear Writer in the Window: The Wit and Wisdom of a Sidewalk Sage (1992). The book garnered national praise in People Magazine, Harper’s, US Daily, New York Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, NY Newsday, and Good Morning America. I’d not only discovered a unique way of writing, she said, I’d tapped into the need to talk about big questions, ‘why is the sky blue’ ponderings, for which there was no forum in popular culture.

    Her desire to perform continued through a variety of interactive stage shows among them Theatre of Planetary Memory, which endeavored to read an individual’s astrological chart through live performance, as well as the autobiographical shows, A Memoir in Three Parts and Dear Writer in the Window.

    Until her death, she delighted in her role as sage, advisor, and provocateur. She died on January 29, 2010 in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the age of 73.

    Acknowledgements

    I want to thank everyone who ever had a reading with me: you were my teachers. Special thanks to Steven Maness for inspiring me to write down what I know about Tarot before I left this life. -Georgelle Hirliman

    All Questions & Answers quoted herein are from Writer in the Window, primarily Dear Writer in the Window – the Wit and Wisdom of a Sidewalk Sage.

    All definitions quoted herein are from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Houghton Mifflin, 3rd Edition, 1992.

    Quotes are drawn from:

    The Stooge of God, No. 33, an uncopyrighted pamphlet by Georgelle Hirliman.

    The I Ching or Book of Changes, Richard Wilhelm translation with Forward by C.G.Jung, Bollingen Foundation

    Qabalah: A Magic Primer, John Bonner, Samuel Weiser

    The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran, Alfred A. Knopf, 1923

    Editor’s Note:

    The book is based on the Thoth deck, illustrated by Frieda Harris, under the direction of Aleister Crowley. This is also the deck Georgelle used in her readings and research. We attempted to gain permission from Ordo Templi Orientis who (theoretically) holds the copyright for the images, but were unable to secure rights for this edition. We have used instead images from the Leigh J. McCloskey, Tarot ReVisioned deck, which capture some of the underlying imagery and symbolism of the original Thoth.

    You may wish to pick up a Thoth deck of your own, as many of Georgelle’s notes pertain to specifics of this deck. However, as Georgelle said, All Tarot decks are telling the same stories, but in different ways and pictures.

    The Illustrator:

    The images used in this book are those illustrated by Leigh J. McCloskey. Leigh created an entirely new and unique series of drawings representing the twenty-two archetypes of the Major Arcana. His highly acclaimed art and book, Tarot ReVisioned, is the culmination of an eighteen-year creative process, this work reveals a depth and acuity of vision that is both original and profound. His tarot expresses both transcendental and individual qualities of consciousness, the mythological and esoteric, as well as considering how the archetypes interact and influence personal reality and experience.

    Please see TAROT ReVISIONed by Leigh J. McCloskey

    www.leighmccloskey.com

    Introduction

    What’s This Book Going To Teach and Who’s The Author Anyway?

    This book is meant to serve your desire to use the Tarot cards meaningfully as soon as you have the deck in your possession. It is a digest of a lifetime’s study of the Tarot and the systems that are expressed through it: astrology, numerology, Tree of Life, I Ching, eastern philosophies and metaphysics in general. Metaphysics has always been my study. What is metaphysics? American Heritage Dictionary defines metaphysics as:

    "1. The branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality, including the relationship between mind and matter, substance and attribute, fact and value. 2. The theoretical or first principles of a particular discipline. 3. A priori speculation upon questions that are unanswerable to scientific observation, analysis, or experiment. 4. Excessively subtle reasoning." From Greek meta=beside, after; + phusis=nature. The root of phusis is bheue=to be, exist, grow." What I mean by metaphysics is the study of God and Soul, the meaning and purpose of Existence, the Source, which is in essence what the dictionary describes.

    I have been studying astrology since I was 6 years old. Truly. My mother was a film actress back in the 1930s and astrology was her avocation. I began learning about the Tarot in 1956. I’ve lived a very full life with many diverse experiences. I’ve been a secretary, a waitress, a model, a call girl, a mother, a wife, a performance artist, a radio newsperson, a disc jockey. I’ve written three books and published two: The Hate Factory (Dell 1982, iUniverse 2005) and Dear Writer in the Window – The Wit and Wisdom of a Sidewalk Sage (Penguin 1992, iUniverse 2002). Metaphysics helped me to understand and learn from all these experiences. Now I’m in my crone years, 72 as of this writing. I have the luxury of reviewing my life’s work and transmitting what I’ve assimilated, which I’ve been doing professionally, through the use of Astrology and Tarot, for the last 27 years.

    This book will give you the meanings

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