The Cauldron
Tarot, with the sources showing.
All 78 cards with their Golden Dawn correspondences, the places the Order disagreed with Waite, and the herbs that belong to each. Draw a spread, save it, and write about it.
Try a draw
The 22 Major Arcana are free for everyone. The Cauldron opens the other 56.
Draw your cards
Settle on a question if you have one, choose a spread, and draw.
What is inside
All 78 cards
Upright and reversed meanings, the imagery and symbolism, and the numerology of every card in the deck.
Golden Dawn correspondences
Planet and decan, element, Hebrew letter, and position on the Tree of Life, taken from the Order’s own system.
Where Waite and the Order part ways
A note on the cards where the Golden Dawn’s Book T teaches something different from the Rider-Waite reading you know.
Herbs for every card
Planetary herbs from the Teapotheca library, each linked to its full herb page.
Spreads and a reading journal
Draw one card, three, or five, with reversals if you like. Save a spread with your question and write notes on it.
Written once, not on the fly
Every card carries the same sourced text each time. Nothing is generated while you read; the draw only deals the cards.
A card, as it appears
The Emperor
Aries (Sign) Heh (ה) Path 15: Chokmah → Tiphareth Herb: Cayenne
Authority, structure, stability, fatherly leadership.
What the Golden Dawn actually taught
Book T’s meaning is bluntly martial: “war, conquest, victory, strife, ambition.” This explains the Mars/Aries correspondence far better than Waite’s stable, fatherly authority does. Waite domesticated a card the Order read as fundamentally about conflict and conquest.
Open the door
The Cauldron
Beneath the Herbarium.
The complete 78-card tarot with its Golden Dawn correspondences, herb by herb, and a draw that deals from the whole deck. Save your spreads and write notes on each.
$15/year
Stands on its own. No Herbarium membership needed.
Want the whole library too? Full Herbarium + Cauldron, $45/year (saves $6 a year)
Questions
Do I need the Full Herbarium?
No. The Cauldron stands on its own. If you also want the herb library, the bundle includes both for less than buying them separately.
What do I get without paying?
The 22 Major Arcana. You can draw them and open their full card pages, including the Golden Dawn correspondences and notes.
Whose card art is it?
The illustrations follow the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, the one most readers know. The Golden Dawn correspondences and notes sit alongside it.
Which tradition decides when they disagree?
The Golden Dawn is the source of record for correspondences. Each card’s meaning is the familiar Rider-Waite reading, with a note wherever the Order taught something different.
Is this fortune-telling?
No. It is a reference and reflection tool, offered for reflection and entertainment. Nothing here predicts your future or replaces professional advice.
Tarot is offered here for reflection and entertainment.