M'Shkedim

In my previous entry, Da'at Torah: Cauldron Of Connection, I wrote regarding the four tarot cards as they pertain to my recent experience:

Aranrhod is represented in Welsh tarot by the Wheel of Fortune card and the letter kaf כ.

Rhiannon is represented in Welsh tarot by the Empress card and the letter dalet ד.

Asibikaashi is represented in Native American tarot by the Devil card and the letter ayin ע.

The querent card, representing me the seeker, is the World-Universe card and the letter tav ת.

What do these letters taken together spell? An encircling crown (keter) of da’at כ-דעת.

The querent binds them all together (ateret hayesod, the source of malchut) into a crowning cauldron of connection, and brings it down.

Interestingly, given the "ateret hayesod" connection, the combined gematria of the 4 letters (כ-דעת) corresponding to these 4 tarot cards is 494, the same gematria as the word m'shkedim משקדים, as found in Shemot 25:33 -

engraved like almonds on one branch ...

Almonds correspond to the final hei ה of G-d's Name, nukvah and malchut. As R' Yitzchak Ginsburgh teaches, they represent "the stage of actualization of the potential, called poal, actuality."

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