Harris-Crowley Thoth (Thoth) Tarot Deck

If I could write a screenplay, it would be about the way Lady Frieda Harris (more than Aleister Crowley himself) took the initiative and ensured the Thoth deck came into existence. In my opinion, there is no better way to learn the history and symbolism of the Thoth tarot than to watch Eduardo Filipe Frejta’s hosted 5+ hour video of a Lon Milo DuQuette’s seminar on the topic.

If you click on the card names, a new tab linked to card meanings at TarotX,net will open. This is where I will be directing myself and student readers as a refence when I’m helping with Thoth readings during my “Tarot Lessons” streams on Twitch.

I encourage everyone to read “Clarifying What Attributes And Correspondences Are” before they go too deeply into all the titles, symbols, deities, etc., that are associated with individual cards in most Thoth texts. Some things associated with this deck are painted into specific cards and others things are based on Crowley’s writings including his poetry. I consider Crowley’s writings to be very mystical and full of his personal subjective truths and poetry.

There is only one significant difference between the Harris-Crowley’s Major Arcana Astrological/Hebrew associations and the RWS. “Tzaddi is not the Star” is a piece of knowledge that Crowley he received from his spirit guide. So Crowley associated Tzaddi’s qualities to the Emperor and juxtapositioned the letter He to the Star.

Thoth Major Arcana

	Name	Astrological Attribution	Hebrew Attribution
0	The Fool	Mutable Air (Modality)	Alef
I	The Magus	Mercury	Bet
II	The Priestess	Moon	Gimel
III	The Empress	Venus	Dalet
IV	The Emperor	Aries (Cardinal Fire)	Tzaddi
V	The Hierophant	Taurus (Fixed Earth)	Vau
VI	The Lovers	Gemini (Mutable Air)	Zain
VII	The Chariot	Cancer (Cardinal Water)	Chet
VIII	Adjustment	Libra (Cardinal Air)	Lamed
IX	The Hermit	Virgo (Mutable Earth)	Yod
X	Fortune	Jupiter	Kaf
XI	Lust	Leo (Fixed Fire)	Tet
XII	The Hanged Man	Fixed Water (Modality)	Mem
XIII	Death	Scorpio (Fixed Water)	Nun
XIV	Art	Sagittarius (Mutable Fire)	Samekh
XV	The Devil	Capricorn (Cardinal Air)	Ayin
XVI	The Tower	Mars	Peh
XVII	The Star	Aquarius (Fixed Air)	Heh
XVIII	The Moon	Pisces (Mutable Air)	Qof
XIX	The Sun	Sun	Resh
XX	The Aeon	Cardinal Fire (Modality)	Shin
XXI	The Universe	Earth & Saturn	Tav

Decans are three subdivisions within each of the twelve zodiacal signs. I don’t know at this time if the author(s) of Book T were the first to make attributions of them to the minor trumps or it was borrowed from someone like Levi, possibly in a modified form. That’s a question I intend to explore though when time allows. My assumption is that these titles relate directly to one or more astrological texts available at the time.

The Thoth deck uses the exact same attributions of decans to the pips as the RWS deck. Some of the keywords (found on the Thoth deck but left off the RWS/BOTA decks) are duplicates and others are synonyms of a list found in Book T. Crowley’s versions have become the standard for esoteric tarot.

The ten sefirot (plural of sephira) are part of the Tree of Life which is at the heart of Qabalistic Tarot. Tarot decks can still be esoteric without being Qabalistic. The RWS, Thoth, BOTA, and Haindl decks are most definitely Qabalistic tarot decks. Qabalistic tarot is what I am most well-versed in.

Thoth Minor Arcana

Name	Sefira	Astrological Decan	“Lord of”
Ace of Wands	Kether
Two of Wands	Chokmah	Mars in Aries	Dominion
Three of Wands	Binah	Sun in Aries	Virtue
Four of Wands	Chesed	Venus in Aries	Completion
Five of Wands	Geburah	Saturn in Leo	Strife
Six of Wands	Tipareth	Jupiter in Leo	Victory
Seven of Wands	Netzach	Mars in Leo	Valour
Eight of Wands	Hod	Mercury in Sagittarius	Swiftness
Nine of Wands	Yesod	Moon in Sagittarius	Strength
Ten of Wands	Malkuth	Saturn in Sagittarius	Oppression
Ace of Cups	Kether
Two of Cups	Chokmah	Venus in Cancer	Love
Three of Cups	Binah	Mercury in Cancer	Abundance
Four of Cups	Chesed	Moon in Cancer	Luxury
Five of Cups	Geburah	Mars in Scorpio	Disappointment
Six of Cups	Tipareth	Sun in Scorpio	Pleasure
Seven of Cups	Netzach	Venus in Scorpio	Debauch
Eight of Cups	Hod	Saturn in Pisces	Indolence
Nine of Cups	Yesod	Jupiter in Pisces	Happiness
Ten of Cups	Malkuth	Mars in Pisces	Satiety
Ace of Swords	Kether
Two of Swords	Chokmah	Moon in Libra	Peace
Three of Swords	Binah	Saturn in Libra	Sorrow
Four of Swords	Chesed	Jupiter in Libra	Truce
Five of Swords	Geburah	Venus in Aquarius	Defeat
Six of Swords	Tipareth	Mercury in Aquarius	Science
Seven of Swords	Netzach	Moon in Aquarius	Futility
Eight of Swords	Hod	Jupiter in Gemini	Interference
Nine of Swords	Yesod	Mars in Gemini	Cruelty
Ten of Swords	Malkuth	Sun in Gemini	Ruin
Ace of Disks	Kether
Two of Disks	Chokmah	Jupiter in Capricorn	Change
Three of Disks	Binah	Mars in Capricorn	Work
Four of Disks	Chesed	Sun in Capricorn	Power
Five of Disks	Geburah	Mercury in Taurus	Worry
Six of Disks	Tipareth	Moon in Taurus	Success
Seven of Disks	Netzach	Saturn in Taurus	Failure
Eight of Disks	Hod	Sun in Virgo	Prudence
Nine of Disks	Yesod	Venus in Virgo	Gain
Ten of Disks	Malkuth	Mercury in Virgo	Wealth

Thoth Court Cards

Name	Elemental Title	Zodical Rulership	MBTI	MBTI Archetype
Knight of Wands	Fire of Fire	Scorpio-Sagittarius	ENTJ	Commander
Queen of Wands	Water of Fire	Pisces-Aries	INTJ	Architect
Prince of Wands	Ar of Fire	Cancer-Leo	ENTP	Debater
Princess of Wands	Earth of Fire		INTP	Logician
Knight of Cups	Fire of Water	Aquarius-Pisces	ENFJ	Protagonist
Queen of Cups	Water of Water	Gemini-Cancer	INFJ	Advocate
Prince of Cups	Air of Water	Libra-Scorpio	ENFP	Campaigner
Princess of Cups	Earth of Water		INFP	Mediator
Knight of Swords	Air of Air	Taurus-Gemini	ESTJ	Executive
Queen of Swords	Water of Air	Virgo-Libra	ISTJ	The Sage
Prince of Swords	Fire of Air	Capricorn-Aquarius	ESTP	Entrepreneur
Princess of Swords	Earth of Air		ISTP	Virtuoso
Knight of Disks	Air of Earth	Leo-Virgo	ESFJ	Consul
Queen of Disks	Water of Earth	Sagittarius-Capricorn	ISFJ	Defender
Prince of Disks	Fire of Earth	Aries-Taurus	ESFP	Entertainer
Princess of Disks	Earth of Earth		ISFP	Adventurer

These are the most conventional elemental and astrological associations made for the Thoth court cards.

There’s a lot of variance in how the court cards associate with the MBTI personality types. I have provided the MBTI associations I first learned from reading Linda Gail Walter’s work and appear on Tarotx. The MBTI archetype names are fairly conventual and found on 16personalities.com as an example. I plan to create a list of archetype names that are more nuanced for the Thoth Court cards when time allows.