Most of the cards in the tarot deck are Minor Arcana cards. These cards fill out the deck, making it more balanced and complete. The 56 cards of the Minor Arcana are split into four suits. Each suit represents a different aspect of life. Numerology can be used in conjunction with the Minor Arcana as the cards are numbered from 1 to 10, or Ace through 10. There are four nobles or court cards in each suit as well, the Page, Knight, Queen and King. This makes 14 cards in each suit.
The Suits of the Minor Arcana
Wands (Staves or Spears)
The first suit represents a long object, whether it be a staff or wand by name. It encompasses growth, ideas and creativity. This suit is about willpower, passion and aggression. It is associated with the element of fire and the season of spring.
Cups (Chalices or Vessels)
This suit represents emotional desire. The filled cups are symbolic of filled emotions. It encompasses affairs of the heart, desires and the inner self. It is the suit of intuition, spirituality, and healing. It is associated with the element of water and the season of summer.
Pentacles (Shields or Coins)
This suit is a round object of some sort, ranging from shields to coins. It represents the material world and possessions. It encompasses money, wealth, health, prosperity and property. This suit is also representative of physical health. It is associated with the element of earth and the season of autumn.
Swords (Knives or Daggers)
This is the suit of all things with sharp edges. It represents the intellectual self, ideas, thoughts, and communication. It encompasses thoughts, morality, and strife. It is associated with the elements of air and the season of winter. This is also a suit of conflict.
The Noble or Court Cards of the Minor Arcana
The Pages
The Page is a bearer of messages and the harbinger of communication. This card represents youth and the beginnings of maturity. As people they represent youngsters who are out to experience the world. They are experiencing the world through curiosity and learning.
The Knights
The Knight is a traveler, one who brings change and good deeds into the world. This card represents new relationships, friendship, courage and stability. They correspond with the elemental speed with which things take place. They are on a quest of experience and to attain the next level of mastery. As people, they represent teenagers and young adults alike. They are brave and passionate and sometimes go overboard, as teens tend to at times.
The Queens
The Queen is a strong female. She has the ability to lead, listen and guide. She represents the completion of relationships, jobs and projects, also a strong emotional person who knows where they are going and what they want. They are receptive and nurturing mother cards and play the role of creation.
The Kings
The King is a strong male figure. He is the authority figure of the suit, the end of it and the highest position of power. He represents a mature and wise person who knows what they can and cannot accomplish. These are the cards of power and leadership from personal experience of will and success. Kings provide control the elements of the suit.
The Number of the Minor Arcana
One/Ace
Represents beginnings, individuality, action, will, new ideas, creative power, potential, first causes, primary impulses, and positive activities.
Two
Represents partnerships, relationships, cooperation, polarities, balancing, duality, choices, patience, stillness, and positive and negative.
Three
Represents synthesis, growth, groups, creativity, abundance, collaboration, friendship, artistic expression, refining plans, and preparing to take action.
Four
Represents foundations, discipline, structure, manifestation, endurance, work, order stability, solidity, tangible achievement, and practical attainment.
Five
Represents new cycles, change, conflict, fluctuation, progress, shifts, adjustment, fine tuning, instability, challenge, versatility, freedom, and courage.
Six
Represents balance, health, beauty, adjustment, commitment, alignment, pleasure, harmony, contentment, relaxation, satisfaction, equilibrium, marriage, family, and sympathy.
Seven
Represents Spirituality, wisdom, introspection, investigation reflection, perfect order, the macrocosm, religion, spirituality, luck, magic, and multiple options.
Eight
Represents victory, will, success, regeneration, rebirth, achievement, rebirth, perfection, action, reevaluating, putting things in order, and setting priorities.
Nine
Represents compassion, integration, movement, flexibility, nearing completion, abundance, idealism, fulfillment, attainment and benevolence.
Ten
Represents transition, renewal to a new cycle, fulfillment, success, completion, wholeness, mastery, excess, and overabundance.
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