Table of Correspondences between Birthday Letters poems, Cabbala and Tarot

Table 1: Correspondences between Birthday Letters poems, Cabbala and Tarot. © Ann Skea

Tarot Card	Hebrew Alphabet	Cabbala Symbol	World of Atziluth	World of Briah	World of Yetzirah	World of Assiah
The Fool	Aleph	Ox	‘Fulbright Scholars’*	‘Chaucer’	‘Isis’	‘Dreamers’
1 The Magician	Beth	House	‘Caryatids (1)’*	‘Ouija’	‘Epiphany’	‘Fairy Tale’
2 The High Priestess	Gimel	Camel	‘Caryatids (2)’*	‘The Earthenware Head’	‘The Gypsy’	‘The Blackbird’
3 The Empress	Daleth	Door	‘Visit’	‘Wuthering Heights’	‘A Dream’	‘Totem’
4 The Emperor	Hé	Window	‘Sam’	‘The Chipmunk’	‘The Minotaur’	‘Robbing Myself’
5 The Hierophant	Vau	Nail	‘The Tender Place’	‘Horoscope’	‘The Pan’	‘Blood and Innocence’
6 The Lovers	Zain	Sword	‘St. Botolphs’	‘Flounders’	‘Error’	‘Costly Speech’
7 The Chariot	Cheth	Fence	‘The Shot’	‘The Blue Flannel…’	‘The Lodger’	‘The Inscription’
8 Justice	Teth	Serpent	‘Trophies’	‘Child’s Park’	‘Daffodils’	‘Night-Ride on Ariel’
9 The Hermit	Yod	Hand	‘18 Rugby Street’	‘9 Willow Street’	‘The Afterbirth’	‘Telos’
10 The Wheel of Fortune	Kaph	Palm/Fist	‘The Machine’	‘The Literary Life’	‘Setebos’	‘Brasilia’
11 Strength	Lamed	Ox Goad	‘God Help the Wolf…’	‘The Bird’	‘A Short Film’	‘The Coat’
12 The Hanged Man	Mem	Water	‘Fidelity’	‘Astringency’	‘The Rag Rug’	‘The Ventriloquist’
13 Death	Nun	Fish	‘Fate Playing’	‘The Badlands’	‘The Table’	‘Life After Death’
14 Temperance	Samekh	Prop	‘The Owl’	‘Fishing Bridge’	‘Apprehensions’	‘The Hands’
15 The Devil	A’Ain	Eye	‘A Pink Wool…’	‘The 59^th Bear’	‘Dream Life’	‘The Prism’
16 The Tower	Pé	Mouth	‘Your Paris’	‘Grand Canyon’	‘Perfect Light’	‘The God’
17 The Star	Tzaddi	Fish-hook	‘You Hated Spain’	‘Karlsbad Caverns’	‘The Rabbit Catcher’	‘Freedom of Speech’
18 The Moon	Qoph	Back o’head	‘Moonwalk’	‘Black Coat’	‘Suttee’	‘A Picture of Otto’
19 The Sun	Resh	Head	‘Drawing’	‘Portraits’	‘The Bee God’	‘Fingers’
20 Judgement	Shin	Tooth	‘Fever’	‘Stubbing Wharfe’	‘Being Christlike’	‘The Dogs are Eating…’
21 The World	Tau	Tau Cross	‘55 Eltisley’	‘Remission’	‘The Beach’	‘Red’

* In the Atziluthic World these three poems are ordered according to Sephira 1, 2 and 3 on the Tree, not according to the alphabet.

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