Israel Regardie - The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.pdf

THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN SYSTEM OF MAGIC
AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF SELECTING THE SIGNIFICATOR
By
C.S. HYATT
(In 1963 by chance 1 met a lady who sought employment as a part-time baby sitter. After a
few months of employment she introduced me to the Tarot system, which from this point of
time seems similar to if not identical with the Golden Dawn System herein described.
However she used a different method of determining the significator, using both astrology
and numerology.
First she requested the birth data. From this she determined if the sign was either Fire,
Water, Air or Earth. She attributed Wands to Fire, Cups to Water, Swords to Air, and
Pentacles to Earth. For example, November 17, 1907, would be (11-17-1907). First this
querent would be a Cup since Scorpio is the Sun sign in early November. Next she would
simply add the numbers together giving a total of 45. This number would be reduced to a
number from two to ten (excluding the number one) in this case giving the number 9. So that
the significator is the 9 of Cups which is the Lord of Material Happiness.) Now we may
return to the official document of D.D.C.F.
The mode of counting is as follows, recognising the card from which one starts as the No.
1.
From every Ace—Five cards (spirit and four elements).
Princess (Knave) —Seven cards (seven palaces of Malkuth).
King, Queen, Prince—Four cards, (letters of Tetragrammaton).
Smaller cards—Its own number (a Sephirah).
Key of Aleph Mem Shin—Three cards (number of the Mother letters).
Key of duplicated letters—Nine cards (number of planets and
Caput and Cauda Draconis).
Key of single letters Twelve (number of signs).
The counting is continued till one alights on a card which has already been read.
Thus, in the following example, we will suppose that the significator is the Queen of
Cups, and that she is looking to the left. We should read as follows: Queen of Cups—a fair
woman; counting four, we come to Five of Pentacles, Le. “Loss of money” and as it has on one
side the Moon and on the other a card of Pentacles, it shows that it is through deception in
business matters,) we then count 5, the number of the card, from the 5 of Pentacles, which falls
on the 6 of Cups “Success.” But as this has on one side the Foolish Man, and on the other the
Ace of Wands, this will not be great owing to unwise conduct. Then we count six from the 6 of
Cups, still going in the same direction which brings us to the Queen of Cups, a card we have
already read, so we finish there.
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