A Study on the Relationship between
Tarot and Sinsal of Sajumyeongrihak
(Focused on Image Symbol)
Lee Tae Gyeom
Dept. of Oriental Studies
Graduate School
Seokyeong University
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship
between Tarot...
A Study on the Relationship between
Tarot and Sinsal of Sajumyeongrihak
(Focused on Image Symbol)
Lee Tae Gyeom
Dept. of Oriental Studies
Graduate School
Seokyeong University
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship
between Tarot and the Sinsal of Sajumyeongrihak. Tarot is a
medium that responds to the intuition and will of the user,
and helps to express the unconscious form in concrete
meaning.
As industrialization and urbanization rapidly progressed and
life became more complicated and unpredictable, the demand
for the future prediction science is increasing more and more
as time goes by. Due to this social atmosphere, the number of
portal sites that have the fortune-telling corner is increasing,
and related sections are getting popular in the Internet
version of newspapers and broadcasting companies so that
visitors can see fortune-telling.
In modern society, individualism is spreading due to the
influence of industrialization and the nuclear family. It is one of
the characteristics of modern society that more and more
consultations are requested to psychiatrists and psychological
counselors rather than discussing their mental anxiety with the
also expanding to all ages from the young to the elder.
The objective of this study is to make more accurate and
wide interpretation by combining Tarot and Sinsal of
Sajumyeongrihak in order to find ways for clients and
consultants to trust each other and form consensus in Tarot
consultations.
For a long time, on-site counsellors have utilized various
predictive theories that complement each other's strengths in
order to increase the abundance and hit rates of counseling,
and the author focused on this as well.
In this study, I tried to find the similarity by analyzing the
relationship between the symbols of the Tarot cards and
Sinsal of Sajumyeongrihak. Classification of Cheonelguyin(天乙
貴人), Munchangguyin(文昌貴人), Banan(攀鞍), Geyeourog(金輿
祿), and Yeougma(驛馬), as the kind of Gilsinryu(吉神類) and
that of Baghodaesal(白虎大殺), Goygangsal(魁罡殺), Geobsal(劫
殺), Mangsinsal(亡身殺), Guymungoansal(鬼門關殺), as the kind
of Hyungsalryu(凶殺類) are intensively discussed.
Sinsals, which were classified as Gilshinryu and
Hyungsinryu, were presented as a basis for the
interrelationship of symbolic meanings with respect to Major
Tarot cards: The Fool, II. The High Priestess, III. The
Empress, reverse of IV. The King, VI. The Lover, VII. The
Wheel, IX. The Hermit, X. The Wheel of Fortune, reverse of
XI. Justice, XV. The Devil, XVI. The Tower, XVII. The Star,
XXI. The World and Minor Tarot cards: reverse of Knight of
Pentacles, I. Ace of Pentacles, IX. Nine of Pentacles, Queen of
Wands, Knight of Wands, IX. Nine of Wands, VI. Six of
Wands, V. Five of Wands, reverse of King of Swords, Queen
of Swords, Knight of Swords, reverse of Page of Swords, IX.
Nine of Swords, VII. Seven of Swords, reverse of Queen of
Cups, Knight of Cups, Two of Cups.
Moreover, examination on the correlation between 10 Sinsals
that have been classified as Gilshinryu and Hyungsinryu, and
Tarot cards that contain many symbols of neoclassical death,
such as the Major 0 (The Fool) card are described. In
particular, through actual counseling, I tried to prove whether
Tarot cards with symbols such as certain Sinsal are selected
in the process of the fortune-telling when clients have certain
Sinsal in Sajuwongug.
Through this study, I hope that the meaning of tarot will
not only become a kind of fortune-telling from the West, but a
meaningful result proving that there is a deep link with the
Sajumyeongrihak. Especially, I would like to continue to study
the correlation between the Sajumyeongrihak and Tarot card
in the future and hope to be useful in the field of counseling.
Key words : Tarot, Sinsal, Sajumyeongrihak, Future
Prediction, counsel.