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30

Exchange

Arcanum 30: Exchange
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Two men exchange their goods: a platter of fruit and grain for two white geese.

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30 = 3 + 0 = 3 · leads to Arcanum 3, The Empress

In the Master’s words

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How he reads a minor card

Add the major Arcanum to the result of the sum of the two digits of each one of the minor ones. If the result is greater than 22, add the digits once again; the final result is the card of prediction, the result. This is further clarified with the prediction of the 2 minor Arcana.

The Prodigy: 26 = 2 + 6 = 8

— Samael Aun Weor, Tarot and Kabbalah, Consulting the Tarot

His synthesis · Arcanum 3

The Empress: The Divine Mother “Spiritual and material production.”

— Samael Aun Weor, Tarot and Kabbalah, ch. 86, Prediction and synthesis

Its esoteric meaning · Arcanum 3

The number 3 is the Empress, the Divine Light, the light itself; it is the Divine Mother. It relates to that part of Genesis which says: “And God said: Let there be light: and there was light.” (Genesis 1.3) from the first day of creation. It is also the number of the Third Logos which dominates every form of creation; it is the rhythm of the Creator. The Celestial Mother in the material sphere signifies material output, and in the spiritual sphere means spiritual output.

— Samael Aun Weor, Tarot and Kabbalah, ch. 3

All 78 cards · Consulting the Tarot · The Library

Samael Aun Weor writes about the 22 major arcana one by one. The minor arcana are read through his own rule: add the card’s two digits to find the major arcanum it leads to.