(07-16-2015, 11:41 PM)Kaniko Niko Wrote: While not related to the lore specifically, the planisphere or "star globe" seems to be very much based off the feng shui luopan, a magnetic compass that uses multiple plates to chart stars and leylines. A number of plates and dials are used to line up with the flow of chi and is most commonly used in divination.
As for the arcana themselves: the Seven Heavens.
The Spire is very much the Manipura "jeweled city" chakra. The Bole corresponds well to Muladhara, the root chakra. It's a little vague, but there are definite parallels between the six base chakras and the six arcana of the Astrologian. The seventh chakra is almost explained word for word with the Seventh Heaven, about opening oneself up to the power cosmic of the universe.
That's all an interesting take that I hadn't considered. I noticed the parallels with the chakra, but I thought the Seven Heavens were more in keeping with the geocentric, Ptolemaic model, with there being on average seven translunary realms between the moon and the Primum Mobile. I also took the planispheres and star globes to be more inspired by historical astrolabes and planispheres of astronomers and mariners with a more fantastical three-dimensional design. Those being my thoughts, I naturally associated the cards with the historical tarot, but your insight is interesting and Lolotaru does always look for connections between aetheric schools, so an astromancy-arcanima-chakra connection works for me.
Your interpretation still leaves me a little in the dark for the purposes of cartomancy/fortune-telling, though.
