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[[File:07 The Chariot.png|500px|thumb|Depictions of The Chariot from various Tarot decks]] | [[File:07 The Chariot.png|500px|thumb|Depictions of The Chariot from various Tarot decks]] | ||
'''The Chariot''' is the seventh card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks. | '''The Chariot''' is the seventh card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks. | ||
It is associated with the [[sefirot|sefira]] of [[Netzach]] ("Victory") on the [[Kabbalah|Kabbalistic]] [[Tree of Life]]. | |||
In [[astrology]], the Chariot corresponds to the [[Zodiac]] sign of [[Cancer]]. | |||
==History== | |||
In the 1374 [[trionfi]] poem which inspired the creation of the tarot, Fame was the name of one of the six original triumphs, which later became The Chariot in subsequent tarot decks. | |||
The painting of Fame depicts a carriage carrying an [[angel]] with a sword who is blowing a horn. A dead body is being trampled underneath the carriage. Surrounding the carriage is a crowd of people who all have their mouths open as though they are talking about the approaching angel. The allegory of Fame suggests that the way to be remembered and talked about is through victory in battle. | |||
==Rider-Waite Depiction== | ==Rider-Waite Depiction== | ||
[[File:Reknown Triumph.jpg|300px|thumb|The original triumph of Fame from ''[[trionfi|I Trionfi]]'']] | |||
The symbolism of this card corresponds in all points with the ideas which it expresses. A Conqueror, crowned with a coronet, upon which rise shining Pentagrams of gold, advances in a cubical chariot, surmounted by an azure, star-decked canopy supported by four columns. This symbol reproduces the [[The Magician]] and [[The World]] cards in another order of ideas. The four columns represent the four animals of The World, and the four tools of The Magician. The Conqueror has three right angles upon his cuirass, and he bears upon his shoulders the [[Urim and Thummim ]]of the sovereign sacrificant, represented by the two crescents of the [[moon]] on the right and left; in his hand is a scepter. | The symbolism of this card corresponds in all points with the ideas which it expresses. A Conqueror, crowned with a coronet, upon which rise shining Pentagrams of gold, advances in a cubical chariot, surmounted by an azure, star-decked canopy supported by four columns. This symbol reproduces the [[The Magician]] and [[The World]] cards in another order of ideas. The four columns represent the four animals of The World, and the four tools of The Magician. The Conqueror has three right angles upon his cuirass, and he bears upon his shoulders the [[Urim and Thummim ]]of the sovereign sacrificant, represented by the two crescents of the [[moon]] on the right and left; in his hand is a scepter. | ||