"7 of cups. debauch", "iv. the emperor", " 4 of disks. power" THOTH TAROT CARD READING/s. These cards were pulled as a triple reading. The Order of the reading is from left to right.
7 of Cups "Debauch" is one of Aleister Crowley's (d1947) more Gnostic Christian, alchemist and astrological influenced Thoth Tarot cards. And according to The Book of Thoth, the card represents Venus in Scorpio, which Crowley equates with bad luck and " lack of balance ". He further relates this to the planet Venus, as seen in Hermetic alchemy as the Planet of Copper that is " external splendour and internal corruption ", which sounds like a quote from Christian Theology and historians supporting the Fall of the Roman Empire. The Seven Lotus flowers are inverted to become Tiger Lilies, which emit a green slime, rather than water, which may symbolise the inversion of the card to be a negative reading. Crowley also refers to the Six decaying looking Lotus flowers, above the larger Seventh, borrowing from the Book of Revelation that they reveal a " Sacrament may be profaned and prostituted ". In conclusion, the 7 of Cups "Debauch...
