Learning the Tarot: Basic Meanings (Minor Arcana)

I'm mostly posting this here for my own reference purposes. Meanings for cards 2-10 are taken from the Golden Dawn Magical Tarot.

Suit of Wands (Fire/Yod)

1. Creation
2. Dominion
3. Established Strength
4. Perfected Work
5. Strife
6. Victory
7. Valor
8. Swiftness
9. Great Strength
10. Oppression

Suit of Cups (Water/Heh)

1. Preservation
2. Love
3. Abundance
4. Blended Pleasure
5. Loss in Pleasure
6. Pleasure
7. Illusionary Success
8. Abandoned Success
9. Material Happiness
10. Perfected Success

Suit of Swords (Air/Vav)

1. Destruction
2. Peace Restored
3. Sorrow
4. Rest from Strife
5. Defeat
6. Earned Success
7. Unstable Effort
8. Shortened Force
9. Despair and Cruelty
10. Ruin

Suit of Pentacles (Earth/Heh-final)

1. Redemption
2. Harmonious Change
3. Material Works
4. Earthly Power
5. Material Trouble
6. Material Success
7. Success Unfulfilled
8. Prudence
9. Material Gain
10. Wealth

My quick-and-dirty meanings for the Aces are inspired by a passage from Liber I:

7. With the Wand createth He.
8. With the Cup preserveth He.
9. With the Dagger destroyeth He.
10. With the Coin redeemeth He.

(While typing up this post, I just noticed the linking of the line number for each of the weapons, with that of the appropriate Sephira. Seems Crowley did indeed have the Qabala ingrained as part of his psyche.)

Projects as of 2015-03-04

Here's a quick list of Hermetic-oriented projects I've been working on. Posts on these topics to follow:

• Learning the Tarot. I've got a set of basic divinatory meanings for the Major Arcana down pat, but I need to memorize some for the Minor Arcana including the court cards. I'll probably be using the brief descriptions from the Ciceros' Golden Dawn Magical Tarot.
• Being Discreet. I'm working to modify my ritual practice so I can do basic daily work without making a lot of noise, or otherwise attracting attention.
• Book Reviews. I'll be striving to write up detailed, chapter-by-chapter reviews of all of the esoteric books I own and have read. I will not be limiting myself to new books, or even ones that are still in print.