Princess of Disks is a card of the Minor Arcana, suit of Disks in the Thoth Tarot. In a reading it speaks of gestation, fertility, promise and the body. In the Golden Dawn system it corresponds to the sephirah Malkuth, the element Earth and Celestial quadrant of Aries, Taurus, Gemini; throne of the Ace in astrology.
gestation · fertility · promise · the body · transformation
What does Princess of Disks mean?
Guard and nourish what is growing: the promise will be fulfilled in its own time.
Everyday meaning
A gentle, generous and concrete young person, or a phase of gestation: something precious is growing in silence. It points to studies, new occupations, pregnancies in the literal or figurative sense.
Psychological meaning
The potential preparing to be born; the patience to guard and nourish what is not yet visible, rooted in the body and the senses.
Initiatic meaning
Earth of Earth, the final He of the final He, referred to Malkuth: the densest point of manifestation, where the light is most hidden and, for that very reason, closest to being reborn. Throne of the Ace of Disks, she rules the celestial quadrant of Aries, Taurus and Gemini.
The shadow side
Ill-dignified, she is scattered, prodigal, lazy, a slave to the senses.
Princess of Disks reversed
The Thoth Tarot is traditionally read without reversed cards: the reader judges from the cards around it whether a card is well or ill dignified. This is its ill-dignified or blocked reading:
Gestation interrupted or postponed, laziness, waste.
Princess of Disks in love, work and spirit
In love
A relationship preparing for a concrete step; a possible wish for family.
At work and career
Studies, apprenticeship, a new job, projects that are ripening.
In spiritual practice
The Daughter who will be raised to the Mother's throne: matter becoming light.
Kabbalah, astrology and the Hebrew letter of Princess of Disks
Malkuth · Earth · Celestial quadrant of Aries, Taurus, Gemini; throne of the Ace
Crowley on Princess of Disks
The Princess of Disks in the Thoth deck is pregnant, crowned with ram's horns, with a sceptre sinking into the earth and a rose-disk: the earth heavy with hidden light.
Frequently asked questions
What does Princess of Disks mean in the Thoth Tarot?
Guard and nourish what is growing: the promise will be fulfilled in its own time.
What does Princess of Disks mean in love?
A relationship preparing for a concrete step; a possible wish for family.
What does Princess of Disks mean for work and career?
Studies, apprenticeship, a new job, projects that are ripening.
What does Princess of Disks mean reversed?
The Thoth Tarot is traditionally read without reversed cards: the reader judges from the cards around it whether a card is well or ill dignified. This is its ill-dignified or blocked reading: Gestation interrupted or postponed, laziness, waste.
What are the Kabbalah and astrology correspondences of Princess of Disks?
In the Golden Dawn system Princess of Disks corresponds to the sephirah Malkuth, the element Earth and Celestial quadrant of Aries, Taurus, Gemini; throne of the Ace in astrology.
