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Eliphas Levi Wheel Spread

The layout is so named because it is based upon the Eliphas Levi Wheel, a version of which is seen on Trump 10 in the Rider-Waite deck; Levi did not invent this layout. Levi’s Wheel assigned letters of the Tetragramaton (Yod, He, Vau, He, respectively) to each of the four positions shown above. Levi’s wheel also offers some additional interpretations of the four tarot suits, the four ranks of court cards, and the meaning of the letters T, O, R, and A

Position : 1
Present – Present situation.
Position : 2
Waning influences – Obstacles already overcome. Changes which have occured in the past.
Position : 3
Hidden – Hidden or unconscious influences.
Position : 4
Emerging – Emerging influences.
Position : 5
Synthesis – Draws together the other four influences.