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What is the zodiac sign of Dracula?
The conflict between the powers of light and the forces of darkness is at the heart of Bram Stoker’s novel. The antagonistic figures of Count Dracula and Miss Madam Mina represent these forces. Bram Stoker’s classic is a treasure trove of cryptic and esoteric topics that have eluded the pop-culture that has sprung up around it.
“There are darknesses in life, and there are lights; you are one of the lights,” Abraham Van Helsing says to Mina, the metaphysician. (p. 181 in Dracula)
When Jonathan Harker first met Dracula in the castle, he wrote in his diary that he was “dressed in black from head to foot.” (p. 15 in Dracula)
“There was a dazzling full moon, with heavy black, driving clouds, which cast the whole scene into a transitory diorama of light and shade as they sailed through,” for example, which is woven into the very fabric of the narrative. (p. 89 in Dracula) Dracula’s enormous black helmet, his whole black outfit, his four black horses tied to his black carriage, the black windows on his castle, his travels on the black sea, and his midnight mischief are all associated with “blackness.” (Pages 9, 13, and 332)
Mina, on the other hand, is associated with brightness and is seen to be one of life’s bright spots. The two lighthouses at the entrance to Whitby Harbor, right below St. Mary’s Church, provided a brilliant search light behind and above her from her beloved stone perch in the graveyard of St. Mary’s Church.
Associations with the Zodiac
Count Dracula from Bram Stoker’s novel is also linked to the zodiac. He embodies the characteristics of the Leo astrological sign. Kingship, authority, the craving for recognition, willpower, and domination are all symbols of Leo. Leo is the zodiac’s primary beastial sign.
The lion is the lord of the jungle and the king of beasts. The following citations demonstrate Dracula’s connection to the zodiac sign of Leo:
I’ve been master for so long that I’d rather be master still, or at the very least that no one else should be master of me.
There are even more references to the sign Leo a few pages later:
He always said “we” and spoke practically in the plural when referring to his home, as if he were a monarch.
We Szekelys have a reason to be proud… because we battled for lordship like a lion.
After causing Dracula a setback, the metaphysician Abraham Van Helsing remarks: “Ours is the first gain! To the king, a check!” (Page 146 of Dracula)
In his classic, Bram Stoker uses an idealized astrological pattern. The novel begins in May and concludes in early November. This is a span of about seven astrological signs in length.
The Sun, which represents vitality and authority, is Leo’s ruling planet. The Sun (1st decanate), Jupiter (2nd decanate), and Mars (3rd decanate) control the three decanates of the sign of Leo (3rd). These planets represent monarchy, expansiveness, and rash willpower, respectively.
Dracula’s statements to Mina show the combination of Leo’s components:
Then he mockingly said to me, “And so you, like the others, would pit your wits against mine.” You’d aid these men in their pursuit of me and hamper my plans!
Gold is the metal linked with the Leo astrological sign. “As it was, the tip only split the material on his coat, producing a big opening wherece… a stream of gold coins,” Jonathan Harker said after almost stabbing Count Dracula in the heart. (p. 302 in Dracula)
The Sun would be in the sign of Aquarius at the end of the story, assuming Count Dracula’s campaign of mischief began at the height of his power in the sign of Leo, which represents the yearning for recognition. So the Sun was in its dignity in Leo at the start and in its detriment in Aquarius at the end.
Remember that Count Dracula was first seen wearing a pompous huge black hat at the start of the novel? Despite this, Dracula was observed fleeing England sporting a straw hat as the tide of events turned against him! Aquarius is the polar opposite of Leo as an astrological sign.
“She was fast sleeping, and by her, sat on the window-sill, was something that looked like a good-sized bird,” Mina says, referring to the sign of Aquarius, which oversees huge birds. (p. 94, Dracula in his changeling form) Uranus (the planet of reversals and upheavals) is the contemporary planet that rules the astrological sign of Aquarius.
When Jonathan Harker arrived at Count Dracula’s castle, the Count boasted, “Ah, sir, you city people cannot enter into the hunter’s feelings.” (p. 18 in Dracula) This comment by Count Dracula will be mocked as the narrative progresses.
Madam Mina exclaims as the campaign to eliminate the Count begins: “I’m feeling pretty giddy with anticipation. I believe it’s only natural to feel sorry for someone as hounded as the Count. That’s right, this creature is neither human nor beast.” (p. 226 in Dracula) Remember how Count Dracula says he fights as a lion fights… for lordship? (p. 28 in Dracula)
Dracula and the Tarot
Count Dracula is also linked to various Tarot cards from the main and minor arcana in Miss Pamela Colman Smith’s Tarot deck. When it comes to the major arcana,
- IX THE HERMIT is an elderly guy clad in black who stands atop a rocky outcropping.
- XVI THE TOWER is a castle built on a high mountain top that has been struck by lightning; and
- The satanic goat is sitting in a posture of rulership and dominance in XV THE DEVIL.
In the minor arcana, you’ll find:
- The ACE of SWORDS depicts an unsheathed sword held upright with a king’s golden crown on it and a broken peace garland dangling from it;
- IV SWORDS depicts a young man lying in a coffin with a sword engraved on the coffin’s side. (Please note that the man is laying in a chapel.)
- II WANDS depicts a nobleman perched atop his castle’s battlements, a globe of the world in his right hand, gazing out across the sea.
Returning to the battle between the forces of “Good” and “Evil” as embodied by Mina and Dracula, metaphysician Abraham Van Helsing notes that Mina has a “man-brain” (pp. 232, 335), whilst Dracula has a “child-brain” (pp. 232, 335). (p. 398). According to the metaphysician, the distinction between the two sorts of brains is that the’man-brain’ is not entirely selfish and has not closed itself off from God’s grace. The ‘child-brain,’ on the other hand, is all about self-interest.
Mina (man-brain) and Dracula (child-brain) are two cards in the Tarot’s main arcana that clearly and distinctly correlate with each other. These are the EMPRESS CARD and the DEVIL CARD, respectively. The connection between these two cards and the Mina and Dracula characters is created using an arcane kabalistic method discovered in “Sepharial’s” work titled the Kabala Of Numbers (published by David McKay in 1920).
The phases of the kabalistic approach that establishes the occult link between these cards and two characters are outlined below in a simple and succinct manner:
1) The so-called “Hebrew Code” is made up of many clusters of letters from the English alphabet, each of which corresponds to a specific number: (Page 30 of Kabala of Numbers)
2) From p. 62 of the Kabala of Numbers:
A… value is assigned to each letter of the alphabet, with the valuation matching the “Hebrew Code” as previously stated. These numbers are then multiplied by the letters’ inverse order, and the results are added together. The kabalistic key number is the unit value of the sum of the products. An interpretation is given for this key number when it is referred to the Tarot.
3) The word “inverse order of the letters” in the instruction “2” above relates to the number of letters in a given name. The word “MINA” has four letters, whereas “DRACULA” has seven. The following explanation of the kabalistic method will help to clarify the terminology used in entry #2:
4) The term “unit value” refers to the total of the integers that make up the product sum, i.e. 3 + 0 = 3.
The number “3” is the unit value that corresponds to Miss Pamela Colman Smith’s third card in the major arcana of the Tarot. THE EMPRESS is the third card in the main arcana. The first offspring of the divine will and creativity are two of the card’s designations (Kabala of Numbers, p. 27)
Remember how Abraham Van Helsing, the metaphysician, speaks to Madam Mina in this way:
She is one of God’s women, fashioned by His own hands to show men and women that there is a paradise that we can enter and that its light can be seen here on earth. So true, so sweet, so noble, so egoist-free… and that, let me tell you, is rare in this age of skepticism and selfishness.
In addition to Miss Pamela Colman Smith’s EMPRESS CARD (III), there is another major arcana Tarot card titled “THE MUZZLED LION” (VIII), which depicts a woman dressed in white with an infinity sign above her head gently closing the mouth of a lion! Conquest, resolve, and vitality are some of the card’s meanings. (Page 28 of the Kabala of Numbers)
As a result, the sum of the numbers “78” has a unit value of 7 + 8 = 15. The number “15” is the key number that corresponds to the major arcana’s 15th Tarot card, XV THE DEVIL. This card has been labeled as evil, malice, and lawlessness. (Page 29 of the Kabala of Numbers)
Do you remember when Count Dracula threw down the gauntlet to Madam Mina for daring to pit her wits against his? (p. 284, Dracula)
In closing, I’d like to bring up Alice’s remark in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” as she was about to wake up from a nightmare in which the Red Queen yelled at her, “Off with her head!” to which Alice answered, “Who cares about you?” You’re nothing more than a deck of cards!” (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass, p. 109 in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass, p. 109 in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderl
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- “Sepharia1” is a fictional character (Walter Gornold). The Numbers Kabala (Part 1). The new edition has been expanded and edited. 604-608 South Washington Square, Philadelphia, PA, 1920. David McKay Rare Mystical Reprints from Kessinger Publishing.
- Bram Stoker, Bram Stoker, Bram Stoker, Bram Stoker Everyman Publication’s Dracula. Marjorie Howes is the editor. Rutland, Vermont, United States of America This is the 1995 issue.
- Arthur Edward Waite, Arthur Edward Waite, Arthur Edward Waite, Arthur Edward Waite The Rider Tarot Deck is a deck of tarot cards created by (With an accompanying instruction booklet). U.S. Games Systems, Inc., New York, New York, USA, commissioned it to be made in Switzerland. (Pamela Colman Smith designed it)
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What is Alice’s zodiac sign?
In Alice in Wonderland, what is Alice’s zodiac sign? Alice is most likely an Aquarius, which, like Gemini and Libra, belongs to the Air element of astrology. The water bearer is Aquarius’ symbol, and it denotes clean intentions. Alice, being an Aquarius, is a thinker and a thinker’s thinker.
April 23rd belongs to which zodiac sign?
The mind of a Taurus born on April 23 is brilliant and unique. They are exuberant, uncontrollable people with the ability to make others happy. What makes their lives worthwhile is variety, not consistency.
Vampires belong to which zodiac sign?
According to your zodiac sign, which iconic vampire are you?
- Eric Northman is the first Capricorn.
- 2 Sagittarius: Dracula from the Hammer Films.
- 3 Scorpio is the Angel.
- Dracula, Dracula, Dracula, Dracula, Dracula, Dracula, Dracula
- Stefan Salvatore, 5 Virgo.
- Edward Cullen is the 7th Cancer.
- Damon Salvatore, 8 Gemini.
What is the zodiac sign of Guinevere Beck?
Beck is the only character in the series who has a canonical zodiac sign, Sagittarius. Her sign, according to her friend Lynn, says she “craves attention,” which is mirrored by the loud bracelets on her wrist, which Joe sees as well.
Beck, on the other hand, has a strong sense of independence, which she often expresses by feeling as if she doesn’t belong anywhere. Furthermore, Sagittariuses are prone to resisting limitations, which is a weakness in Beck’s personality. She frequently jeopardizes whatever sense of security she may have, such as when she cheats on Joe after their relationship has blossomed.
