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In the Jewish mystical tradition of Kabbalah, the Tree of Life is a symbolic diagram, a map which represents how the divine is understood to manifest in the universe and within the human soul. In the late 19th Century the Major Tarot cards were assigned to the 22 paths on the Tree of Life, the four suits to the four Kabbalistic worlds and the Court and numbered cards to different Sephirot and element correspondences by the Hermatic Order of the Golden Dawn.

The Hermit walks Path 20, called the Path of Yod on the Tree of Life which connects Tiferet (Beauty) and Chesed (Mercy) on the Tree of Life. This path represents the connection between beauty and compassion and the balance between inner wisdom and outer action.

Kabbalah is a complex and dynamic Jewish mystical tradition that includes many concepts and practices, while the Tree of Life is its...