CHAPTER VII--PIPS OF THE TAROT PACK 175-195

Suits--Court cards--German, Spanish, Italian and French cards--Emblems of Mercury--Four castes--Lucky devices-- Addha--Nari--Phallus--Cteis--Vau--Jod-He-Vau-He--Divining arrows--Golden rod--Numbers 17--Symbols of the Israelites--Indian--Typical of families--Chinese fortune-telling--Zeichiku--Meisir games of Arabia--Naib or prophet--Trèfle--Coppas--Assyrian cup--Cup-bearers-- Saki-bearer--Jamshid--Omar Kayyam--Golden cup--Texts-- Hall of Two Truths--Osiris--Ma--Thoth--Espadas or Piques-- Argiphontes--Meaning of sword in Hebrew--Pitch-pot--Money suit--Collars--Zones--Meaning of suits--Numerical value-- Court cards--Their meaning--Seventy-eight Tarots--Rods of Aaron.