studying several different decks of tarot and just a little research on their different origins, it is not difficult to find a correlation between the Tarot and the Kabbalah. It is also well known link between tarot and astrology, for example.
This relationship between Tarot and Kabbalah persists especially in the reciprocity between the Hebrew alphabet with the success or Major Arcana of the tarot.
Throughout history it has appeared tarot deck showing new and different powers of these relationships between letters or codes Hebrew and tarot. From a not too exhaustive search can be found no less than seven different decks that reveal the meanings and powers of these relationships. Basically, it is considered that the images of the arcana of the tarot have been influenced in some way, suggesting tarot decks a sort of ABC; ie as if each tarot arcana appropriate letter of the Hebrew alphabet associating the image of the tarot with the obvious meaning or word for the Hebrew letter.
curious thing about these relationships found in the different decks is obvious meanings that are not extended to all tarot decks of playing with this relationship Tarot-Kabbalah. There is no unified vision in relationships Hebrew alphabet and their corresponding meaning in the arcana of the tarot, for the different decks.
then only by way of example, annex a small scheme that provides some guidance in this materia.En next installments, to help in understanding this relationship, I will add the meanings of each of the Hebrew letters, together a brief description and its analogy in the most popular tarot decks.
| Letter | Philippi | Noblet |
|
| de Mellet
| Levi |
 | Bateleur |  |
| World |
| Bateleur |
 | Popess |  |
| Judgement |
| Popess |
 | Empress |  |
| Sun |
| Empress |
 | Emperor |  |
| Moon |
| Emperor |
 | Pope |  |
| Star |
| Pope |
 | Lovers |  |
| Tower |
| Lovers |
 | Chariot |  |
| Devil |
| Chariot |
 | Justice |  |
| Temperance |
| Justice |
 | Hermit |  |
| Death |
| Hermit |
 | Fortune |  |
| Hanged Man |
| Fortune |
 | Strength |  |
| Strength |
| Strength |
 | Hanged Man |  |
| Wheel |
| Hanged Man |
 | Death |  |
| Hermit |
| Death |
 | Temperance |  |
| Justice |
| Temperance |
 | Devil |  |
| Chariot |
| Devil |
 | Tower |  |
| Lovers |
| Tower |
 | Star |  |
| Jupiter |
| Star |
 | Moon |  |
| Emperor |
| Moon |
 | Sun |  |
| Empress |
| Sun |
 | Judgement |  |
| Junon |
| Judgement |
 | World |  |
| Bateleur
|
| Fool |
 | Fool |  |
| Fool |
|
| World
Some interesting sources in English on this topic:
Association for Tarot Studies, Hebrew and Tarot Trumps Letters.
http://meta-religion.com/Esoterism/Kabbalah/tarot_and_the_kabbalah.htm
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