and the center or place of kings by his court value, making what is called the five points. This really represents five quarters, in number symbolism.
If such should be a fact, the test book would represent the entire motion of the earth about the sun, or the astronomical year, 52 weeks, plus one and one-fourth days. Then from another standpoint, which seems to bear out the view already taken, we have the reckoning of the spot values of all the cards as follows:
| The four Kings 4x13 | = | 52 | |
| The„ four„ Queens 4x12 | = | 48 | |
| The„ four„ Knaves 4x11 | = | 44 | |
| The„ four„ Tens 4x10 | = | 40 | |
| The„ four„ Nines 4x9 | = | 36 | |
| 32 other spot cards | = | 144 | |
| The Joker | = | 1 | ¼ |
| Total | = | 365 | ¼ |
Exactly the days in a solar year.
If this is "chance" as remarked by the immortal Kepler, "it comes so near a law as to set one thinking." Again, we have the rulings of each card under each of the planets; 7 times 52, plus 5 quarters making up the year complete.
We have now considered the various properties of the test book, and before proceeding to deeper studies will simply explain that the word "test," means to prove, measure, weigh and try.
All dictionaries agree in saying that the word "test" comes from the root "taste," and the reader is requested to observe how occultly the writer of Revelations brings
