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55

Contrition

Arcanum 55: Contrition
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A man kneels in submission before a ruler on his throne.

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55 = 5 + 5 = 10 · leads to Arcanum 10, Retribution

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 10

Retribution: The Wheel of Fortune “Successful dealings. Changes.”

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

Its esoteric meaning · Arcanum 10

In Arcanum number 10 we find the Wheel of Destiny, the cosmogenic wheel of Ezekiel. Within this wheel we find the battle of the opposites, Hermanubis on the right, Typhon on the left. This is the wheel of ages, it is the Wheel of Fortune, of Reincarnation and of Karma; the terrible Wheel of Retribution - above the Wheel is the mystery of the Sphinx. In the Wheel of Antithesis the two Serpents are in mutual combat.

— Samael Aun Weor, Tarot and Kabbalah, ch. 10

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.