Tarot (minor arcana) and Kabbalah

I am reading 'The Golden Dawn' by Israel Regardie and I ran into a small confict - at least to my limited understanding - regarding the four worlds of Atziluth, Briah, Yetzirah, Assiah and YHVH. My understanding is:

Yod = Atziluth Heh = Briah Vau = Yetzirah Heh (final) = Assiah

And that in the Tarot

Kings = Yod Queens = Heh Princes = Vau Princess' = Heh (final)

Also:

Wand = Atziluth (Yod) Cup = Briah (Heh) Sword = Yetzirah (Vau) Pentacle = Assiah (Heh - final)

So my question is how can all four Kings be both of Yod (Atziluth) and have each of their suits be of a different World (Atziluth, Briah, Yetzirah, Assiah)? The same for the other three (Queen, Prince, Princess).

Thanks in advance.

Shalom

One way to look at this is to take a peek at the way the Tattwas are classified into elements, and sub-elements.

For instance the King of Wands is Fire of Fire, the King of Cups is Fire of Water, King of Swords Fire of Air, King of Pentacles Fire of Earth, and on through the rest.

You've probably seen refrence to the Ten Sephiroth, each Sephirah containing another Tree within it.

Another thing on the Minor Arcana... The Suits themselves are asigned to the 4 Qabalistic Worlds , each of which contain a full Tree. The Court Cards represent the Sephiroth Chokmah, Binah, Tiphareth and Malkuth( Father, Mother, Son, Daughter. ), and the Letters of the Tetragramaton.

I Hope this clears things up for you a bit

In L.V.X.

Thank you for your help

I kind of figured that each had a subset of the elements within it, but I wasn't sure - as I am new to this - so I thought I had better ask someone about it.

Thanks again

Any time!

In L.V.X. Mike