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Your Genius + Free 50-Image Mantegna (1465) DownloadYesterday I shared with you my current tarot obsession, the Renaissance engravings of spiritual instructions depicted on 50 cards known as the Tarocchi di Mantegna, circa 1465. By the way, the naming of this set of cards is probably (most likely) a total misattribution and just all out not fair to its source and true origins, but it is what it is. If I label it by anything else now, it’s going to be hard for you to go out onto the Internets and find more info about this cool deck, because almost everything about it is under that name, Tarocchi di Mantegna, or the Mantegna Tarot. Tarocchi di Mantegna (1465)For that blog post and short write-up about the pack of cards, go here: as promised, here are the digital files of the 50 engravings. These images have long since been in the public domain, and I don’t claim ownership or rights over any of the tweaking I did to the images, so these are as good as yours. Do what thou wilt with them. =)Zip file of all 50 cards: ’ll see the text “Tarocchi di Mantegna 1465” (underneath the main heading of that same text) hyperlinked. Click on that and the zip file will start downloading.Genius or Guiding Spirit: Personification of the Liberal ArtsIn the download you’ll see Cards 21 through 30, the third set of ten in the pack cards titled the Classical Liberal Arts. The ten areas of liberal arts study are personified into daimons that activate your inner divine genius.This got me thinking about the Hermetic Lot of Spirit, a mathematical/geometrical calculation of a certain sensitive point in an astrological chart. If you order an Inner Darkness, Inner Light personal astrology reading report from me, I’ll talk about the sign and house of your Lot of Spirit.Details to order your report here: don’t even need to dive into the content of the report to locate the sign and house of your Lot of Spirit. Scan down the Table of Contents in the front pages of your report. Under the heading “Your Guardian Spirits,” you’ll see the first subheading, “Your Lot of Spirit in…” and that will denote the zodiac sign. Remember that for this exercise. Below that the second sub-heading will be “Your Lot of Spirit in House…” and that will denote the house of domicile for your Hermetic Lot of Spirit, or Part of Spirit. In Platonian philosophy, daimons were divine guiding spirits that personified certain occult and esoteric powers. These daimons are the driving forces behind our most creative and intellectual pursuits. Daimons can propel greatness. When invoked, whether intentionally or by the divine hand of fate, a daimon will spark genius. Aristotelian philosophy regarded daimons as an intermediary divinity, akin to an angel that guides us. Daimons are felt, but usually not seen. Genius is the divine aspect within the human soul. Through genius, divinity flows from us, meaning genius is the radiance of a particular facet of divine glory. During the Renaissance, the liberal arts were personified into diamons and expressed in art. The evocation of particular daimons can then activate our inner genius. The echelon of daimons of the liberal arts was considered higher than the realm of human work (grouping 1, The Human Condition) and even the realm of the muses (grouping 2, The Nine Muses & Apollo), just below the cardinal virtues.For a short read about the structure of the Tarocchi di Mantegna (1465), go here:, this got me thinking about reconciling the twelve zodiac signs with the ten daimons of the classical liberal arts of Renaissance scholarship (not unlike how we reconcile the sacred seven planets to the twelve zodiac signs for their rulers). After much thought, meditation, prayer, petitioning, inspiration, and cogitation, here’s what I got. I can rationally and intuitively justify these attributions:12 Astrological Signs & 10 Classical Liberal Arts Correspondence Table Aritmetricha (Arithmetic) Musicha (Music) Philosofia (Philosophy) Geometria (Geometry) Grammatica (Grammar) Geometria (Geometry) Rhetorica (Rhetoric) Poesia (Poetry) Astrologia (Astrology) Theologia (Theology) Loica (Logic) Theologia (Theology)When ten needs to be reconciled with twelve, there will be two that repeat, and here, I appreciate the symmetry of Geometry attributed to Taurus and Capricorn among the earth signs and then Theology attributed to Cancer and Pisces among the water signs.Oh, and to help our total astrology beginners, here’s a reference key for the astrological glyphs:The 12 Zodiac Signs, Reference Key Aries Leo Sagittarius Taurus Virgo Capricorn Gemini Libra Aquarius Cancer Scorpio PiscesWith your Inner Darkness & Inner Light Report from me as reference, here’s what I want you to do. Look up the zodiac sign of your Lot of Spirit. I’ll use me as an example to demonstrate. In my reading report, under the heading “Your Guardian Spirits” in the Contents, I’ll see “Your Lot of Spirit in Pisces.” My Hermetic Lot of Spirit is in Pisces. So then I look up Pisces () in the above reference chart. Pisces corresponds with Theologia. One of the daimons that inspires my own highest potential for genius is Theologia.I then go into the file folder of the 50-card Tarocchi di Mantegna 1465 images I downloaded and look for the card image of the daimon Theologia. (Just to help, all of these images for this exercise will be between Cards 21 and 30.) Theologia is Card 30. There is a pairing of daimons, a Hermetic duality or binary that makes up your very unique inner genius. This first daimon is just one in that pair. The second daimon of your unique pair can be derived from the house your Lot of Spirit occupies. In my reading report, I’ll go back to that heading “Your Guardian Spirits” and the second sub-heading is “Your Lot of Spirit in House 2.” So now I check the reference table below for the daimon assigned to astrological House 2.12 Astrological Houses & 10 Classical Liberal Arts Correspondence Table1 Aritmetricha (Arithmetic)5 Musicha (Music)9 Philosofia (Philosophy)2 Geometria (Geometry)6 Grammatica (Grammar)10 Geometria (Geometry)3 Rhetorica (Rhetoric)7 Poesia (Poetry)11 Astrologia (Astrology)4 Theologia (Theology)8 Loica (Logic)12 Theologia (Theology)I’ll note that House 2 [the above table cell with “2 Geometria (Geometry)”] is a house overseen by the daimon Geometria. Again, I go into the file folder of Tarocchi di Mantegna images and look for Geometry. That will be Card 24, the personification of geometry, and by extension, sacred geometry. Aritmetricha is science and mathematics, but by extension, quantum analysis and numerology. Musicha is the harmony of the spheres, of harnessing the magical power of sound and vibration. Those are just a few examples to further expand upon your interpretation of what the daimons oversee and how they inspire your inner genius.Back to my own Lot of Spirit to give you a case study. The pairing of daimons, that Hermetic duality that together is the summation of my inner genius is the pairing of Theologia (my Lot of Spirit in Pisces) and Geometria (my Lot of Spirit in House 2).Per the sign of your Hermetic Lot of Spirit and the daimon that rules the house it occupies, you possess an innate genius, which is expressed in a duality.Now check out your order of the Inner Darkness, Inner Light reading report from me. What is your pairing of daimons, or higher angels of personal genius? =) So now we got two cards from this 50-card set of spiritual instructional engravings. There is a third to reveal your personal trinity.Let’s move on to reconciliation of the seven cardinal virtues of classical theology with the Sacred Seven. In the Tarocchi di Mantegna file folder, the seven cardinal virtues transcend the previous grouping and will be found in Cards 34 through 40, after Iliaco (Genius of the Sun), Chronico (Genius of Time), and Cosmico (Genius of the Universe/World). The virtue associated with the ruling planet of a zodiac sign represents the highest ideal that planetary power is capable of.It is the genius of that planetary persona. In other words, the cardinal virtue associated with each zodiac sign by way of that sign’s planetary ruler is not necessarily the common, popular attributes for that sign; rather, it represents that zodiac sign’s greatest potential of virtue. Here’s how I’ve reconciled the Sacred Seven with the seven cardinal virtues and thus attributed them, by way of traditional planetary rulers, to the twelve zodiac signs:Ruling PlanetCardinal VirtueRuling PlanetCardinal VirtueMarsJusticeVenusTemperanceVenusTemperanceMarsJusticeMercuryFaithJupiterCharityMoonHopeSaturnPrudenceSunFortitudeSaturnPrudenceMercuryFaithJupiterCharityThe cardinal virtue associated with the zodiac sign of your Hermetic Lot of Spirit represents your soul’s greatest potential of virtue.To demonstrate, I had shared with you that my Lot of Spirit is in Pisces. I will look up Pisces in the preceding reference table, where its planetary ruler Jupiter is noted. Jupiter corresponds with the cardinal virtue of Charity. So my third card, representing my soul’s greatest potential of virtue, is Card 38 Charita, the personification of charity.You’ll find your third card between Cards 34 and 40, which is where in the instructional pack’s hierarchy the virtues are ranked.Reviewing what I’ve done so far, my Lot of Spirit sign revealed to me Theologia; its house of occupancy revealed to me Geometria; and the planetary ruler of that sign revealed to me the virtue Charita. I’ll specially print out these three image files from the instructional engravings and place them together to form a triptych, or three panels of art. Silly as it may sound, this has been an incredible anchor and also compass for me through these trying pandemic times. When I feel myself getting slothful or gluttonous (apparently, my two most go-to vices while I’ve been sheltering in place) and I want to return to a place of discipline, groundedness, center, and also divinity, I immediately tell myself to go do something, anything at all, to pursue further study of theology and geometry (for me, that’s included sacred geometry). I’m not saying you have to do that, too. Not at all. I’m only sharing a little Thing that has helped me.The cardinal virtue associated with the planetary ruler of my Lot of Spirit has also given me much to ponder. I ask for divine omens and signs to help me better embody that virtue. How exactly am I being called to display the virtue of charity, to invoke Charitas? Those inspired actions and how these thoughts shift my personal behavior has really helped invite more blessings into my life.I chose to apply the zodiac sign, astrological house, and planetary correspondences with the Hermetic Lot of Spirit in astrology, but as an astrologer yourself, you don’t have to. Think about how you can use these correspondences to make them your own. Maybe the culture, philosophy of life, and personal studies lead you to very different attributions. Maybe it’s the Lot of Spirit you see all this playing out in but rather, your sun, moon, and rising signs, or you’re paying attention to the planets in your ascendant house, or your ninth house. Maybe there are ways you can rework all this in your methods of interpreting the north node, or your imum coeli. After my own process of deliberation, though, I arrived at the conclusion that the Hermetic Lot of Spirit is where I see this trinity of daimons play out most emphatically.Order Your Inner Darkness & Inner Light Personal Astrology Reading Report Yet?Learn more about this reading report based on your natal chart here: is a spirituality-centered personal astrology reading where we focus on your Chiron sign, black moon Lilith, and white moon Selena, and look only at any conjunctions to these points, as applicable. We’ll also cover your Hermetic Lot of Spirit to reveal your spiritual guardians and your north and south lunar nodes. There’s a sprinkling of other features for consideration as well to help round out this particular discussion about You.Please also note that due to an overwhelming flood of requests, delivery is now estimated at around 30 days from date of your order. 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