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40

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Arcanum 40: Presentiment
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A couple look ahead with hands raised, beneath two winged serpents joined in a ring.

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40 = 4 + 0 = 4 · leads to Arcanum 4, The Emperor

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 4

The Emperor “Rule, Progress, Success, Mercy.”

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

Its esoteric meaning · Arcanum 4

The Cross has 4 points. The Cross of Initiation is phallic; the insertion of the vertical phallus in the feminine ectasia forms the Cross. It is the Cross of Initiation which we must take upon our shoulders. We must understand that with its 4 points it symbolises the 4 cardinal points of the Earth: North, South, East and West; the 4 ages: gold, silver, copper and iron; the 4 seasons of the year, the 4 phases of the Moon, the 4 paths: science, philosophy, art and religion.

— Samael Aun Weor, Tarot and Kabbalah, ch. 4

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.