Wands Minor Cards
Wands Minor Cards
1.Ace - Root of Fire 1.Ace - Root of Fire 2.Lord of Dominion 2.Lord of Dominion
3.Lord of Established Strength 3.Lord of Established Strength 4.Lord of Perfected Work 4.Lord of Perfected Work 5.Lord of Strife
5.Lord of Strife 6.Lord of Victory 6.Lord of Victory 7.Lord
7.Lord of Vof Valouralour 8.Lord of Swiftness 8.Lord of Swiftness 9.Lord of Strength 9.Lord of Strength 10.Lord of Oppression 10.Lord of Oppression
Cups Minor Cards
Cups Minor Cards
1.Ace - Root1.Ace - Root of Wof Waterater 2.Lord of Love
2.Lord of Love
3.Lord of Abundance 3.Lord of Abundance
4.Lord of Blended Pleasure 4.Lord of Blended Pleasure 5.Lord of Loss in Pleasure 5.Lord of Loss in Pleasure 6.Lord of Pleasure
6.Lord of Pleasure
7.Lord of Illusionary Success 7.Lord of Illusionary Success 8.Lord of Abandoned Success 8.Lord of Abandoned Success 9.Lord of Material Happiness 9.Lord of Material Happiness 10.Lord of Perfected Success 10.Lord of Perfected Success
Swords Minor Cards
Swords Minor Cards
1.Ace - Root of Air 1.Ace - Root of Air2.Lord of Peace Restored 2.Lord of Peace Restored 3.Lord of Sorrow
3.Lord of Sorrow
4.Lord of Rest from Strife 4.Lord of Rest from Strife 5.Lord of Defeat
5.Lord of Defeat
6.Lord of Earned Success 6.Lord of Earned Success 7.Lord of Futility
7.Lord of Futility
8.Lord of Shortened Force 8.Lord of Shortened Force 9.Lord of Despair and Cruelty 9.Lord of Despair and Cruelty 10.Lord of Ruin
10.Lord of Ruin
Disks Minor Cards
Disks Minor Cards
1.Ace - Root of Earth 1.Ace - Root of Earth
2.Lord of Harmonious Change 2.Lord of Harmonious Change 3.Lord
3.Lord of Material Worldof Material World 4.Lord of Earthly Power 4.Lord of Earthly Power 5.Lord of Material Trouble 5.Lord of Material Trouble 6.Lord of Material Success 6.Lord of Material Success 7.Lord of Success Unfulfilled 7.Lord of Success Unfulfilled 8.Lord of Prudence
8.Lord of Prudence 9.Lord of Material Gain 9.Lord of Material Gain 10.Lord
10.Lord of Wealof Wealthth
Court Cards
Court Cards
Knight Wands Knight Wands Aries Aries Queen Wands Queen Wands Sagittarius Sagittarius Prince Wands Prince Wands Leo Leo Princess Wands Princess Wands Earth of Fire Earth of Fire Knight Cups Knight Cups Cancer Cancer Queen Cups Queen Cups Pisces Pisces Prince Cups Prince Cups Scorpio Scorpio Princess Cups Princess Cups Earth of Water Earth of Water Knight Swords Knight Swords Libra Libra Queen Swords Queen Swords Gemini Gemini Prince Swords Prince Swords Aquarius Aquarius Princess Swords Princess Swords Earth of Air Earth of Air Knight Disks Knight Disks Capricorn Capricorn Queen Disks Queen Disks Virgo Virgo Prince Disks Prince Disks Taurus Taurus Princess Disks Princess Disks Earth of Earth Earth of Earth The TThe Tarot Court cards are arot Court cards are either another person, either another person, thethe
Querent, or a message. The inability to distinguish between Querent, or a message. The inability to distinguish between these modes cause Tarot readers more problems than any these modes cause Tarot readers more problems than any other type of card.
other type of card.
The King/Knight and Queen can be considered to be older The King/Knight and Queen can be considered to be older people, and the Prince/Knight and Page/Princess are
people, and the Prince/Knight and Page/Princess are younger people.
younger people.
General Meaning of the Cards
General Meaning of the Cards
The FoolThe Fool
Idea, thought, spirituality, that which endeavours to rise Idea, thought, spirituality, that which endeavours to rise above the material.
above the material. The Magician The Magician
Skill, wisdom, adaptation. Craft, cunning, depending on Skill, wisdom, adaptation. Craft, cunning, depending on dignity. Sometimes occult wisdom.
dignity. Sometimes occult wisdom. The High Priestess
The High Priestess
Change, alternation, increase and decrease. Fluctuation. Change, alternation, increase and decrease. Fluctuation. The Empress
Beauty, happiness, pleasure, success, luxury, dissipation. The Emperor
War, conquest, victory, strife, ambition. The Hierophant
Divine Wisdom. Manifestation. Explanation. Teaching. The Lovers
Inspiration (passive, mediumistic). Motive, power, and action, arising from Inspiration and Impulse.
The Chariot
Triumph, victory, health. Success though sometimes not stable and enduring.
Strength
Courage, strength, fortitude. Power not arrested in the act of judgement, but passing on to further action, sometimes obstinacy.
The Hermit
Wisdom sought for and obtained from above. Divine inspiration (but active as opposed to the Lovers). The Wheel of Fortune
Good fortune and happiness (within bounds), but
sometimes a species of intoxication with success. Karma. Justice
Eternal Justice and Balance. Strength and Force, but arrested as in the act of judgement. Legal proceedings, a court of law, a trial at law.
The Hanged Man
Enforced sacrifice. Punishment. Loss. Fatal and not voluntary. Suffering generally.
Death
Time. Ages. Transformation. Involuntary change. Sometimes death and destruction.
Temperance
Combination of forces. Realization. Action (material). Effect either for good or evil
The Devil
Materiality. Material Force. Material temptation; sometimes obsession
The Tower
Ambition, fighting, war, courage. Destruction, danger, fall, ruin.
The Star
Hope, faith, unexpected help. Sometimes dreaminess, deceived hope.
The Moon
Dissatisfaction, voluntary change. Error, lying, falsity, deception.
The Sun
Glory, gain, riches. Arrogance, display, vanity. Judgement
Final decision. Judgement. Sentence. Determination of a matter without appeal on its plane.
The Universe
The matter itself. Synthesis. World. Kingdom. The subject of the question
Fire Minor Cards
1.Natural force, strength, and energy are available for use
2.Influence; individual will focused in such a way as to bring change upon another for good.
3.Power, strength, magnetism, all generally, though not necessarily — of a sexual nature.
4.Union of opposites, which may express itself as a marriage; the quiet before the storm; the unexpected (as in fire and water giving rise to air); shifting emotions; unexpected shifts, safe haven constructed with much labour.
5.Pain, especially physical; an aching questioning of one's actions leading to despair. War. Strife, internal or external. Actions against life and death must lead to regret. (Constructive use of a potentially
destructive force. The ability to still question things and ideas to which one has given much.)
6.Victory; obstacles swept aside, the first necessary victories of the Pure Fool. A newly initiated elder flexes his or her first powers.
7.Forceful and decisive action in the matter at hand, bringing to bear the full force of emotional
involvement in the situation; swift emotional ordeals leading to a refinement of personality or spiritual essence; persons united by anger.
8.Short-lived perfection; an uncovering of hidden motives or aspects of the affair at hand; secrecy with a tendency toward stubbornness; plots. Rapid thought and action.
9.Strong emotion bubbles under a calm surface. Hidden passion; rapid, unpredictable change; strength through balance.
10.Oppression, cruelty. Hope based upon the ability to imagine a better situation.
Water Minor Cards
1.Pleasure and happiness. The influence of the Great Mother, who creates freely through the subtle pressure of the waters.
2.Harmony born of a deep and abiding wisdom. A marriage in the Visible or Invisible World as an expression of harmony, plenty.
3.Correct judgement; full measure of all good things upon proper understanding of the situation at hand; a verdict of law that offers benefit, pleasure and prosperity; the understanding of death gives one access to the pleasures of life.
4.The gentle care of the mother; a desire to return to safe haven; a desire to nurture; over-protectiveness imposing unnecessary limits.
5.Trouble, worry, loss, possible onset of disease. (Recourse to or ability to act as a Healer.
6.The joy of will manifest, the questioner's Work in its fullness.
7.In affairs of the emotions there is to be a bridging or a joining of elements. A marriage is the most obvious manifestation whether the elements of the marriage are two people or a bringing together of ways in which the world is being perceived. The "siren song" of deception, causing one to forget his or her will.
8.Correct impulse leading to equivocal action; a sense of the matter at hand which cannot be put into words; a breakdown of communication; falsehood thought confusion, not malice. The sense of a confusing situation mishandled through lack of interpretative effort.
9.Cyclic change, a return to beginnings after a cycle is complete, orderly change. Enchantment,
happiness.
10.Favourable outcome when the last words are said and the last things done.
Air Minor Cards
1.Great energy called to do good. Stationary forces are roused and called into action.
2.Mutual benefit based upon the experience of and devotion to the Grand Mother.
3.Sorrow of a deep and brooding nature; the joy and gaiety that attends the release from this sorrow. 4.Quiet in the presence of real or implied threat; trust that matters will turn out for the best.
5.Loss, defeat, unfavourable outcome. (Bravery in the face of certain loss).
6.A task that may be accomplished through words. The door opens; obstacles are removed.
7.Imaginings beyond possibility, the jolt of shattered dreams.
8.Magick used. Possible overapplication of force for, in contrast, a petty end. Complex means used when more simple would suffice. Unstable result (effects gained through magick tend to lack
temporal persistence).
9.A move, such as a change of residence, or the intercession of a courier. An expected gift arrives, for good.
10.Succumbing before the onslaught of inevitable forces, perseverance against great odds. Success at great price.
Earth Minor Cards
1.The root sense of materiality. The presence of all material possibilities; from soaring wealth to
crushing poverty.
2.Change, especially that change that brings stability to a situation or relationship.
3.An abrupt change in a situation; gain in the marketplace; turn for the better in matters of business.
4.Wisdom displayed in the matter at hand; fair
judgment; correct assessment of a situation; mastery of a situation through calm, deliberate action;
presents given as tokens of respect.
5.Containment of great internal or external
pressures; stress; strain; worry that arises as a result of this constant pressure. (The strength to stand solidly before threat or adversity.)
6.Proper care in the matter at hand ensures favorable outcome; the influence of a child or childlike person.
7.Emotions manifest in concrete fashion; a
sacrament can be defined as an outward sign of an invisible or interior state. The creation of a
sacrament which will bring to fruition some
emotional involvement. For example, the purchase of a house can be viewed as an outward sign of emotional involvement in a social or biological family. Possible disappointment in the solid form love takes.
8.Family obligations fulfilled bring bounty to all; family obligations ignored bring destruction; wise rule; control of a situation used or misused .
Excellent skill.
9.Pregnant with idea or child; abundance; gain; a bequest of parental bounty.
10.Accumulation; that which was gathered spoils if not put to use.
Court Cards
King/ Knight Wands Active, generous, fierce. Queen WandsAdaptability, steadiness, command, kind, generous. Prince Wands
Swift, hasty, violent, just, generous, noble. Princess Wands
Brilliance, beauty, courage, quick to anger. King/Knight Cups
Graceful, poetic. Queen Cups
Imaginative, poetic, kind, flirt. Prince Cups
Subtle, violent. Princess Cups
Sweet, poetic, gentle, kind. King/Knight Swords
Active, clever, subtle, fierce. Queen Swords
Perceptive, subtle, quick, confident. Prince Swords
Creative, distrustful, careful, slow. Princess Swords
Wisdom, strength, acuteness, subtleness. King/Knight Disks
Heavy, material, domestic, grounded. Queen Disks
Impetuous, kind, timid, truthful, moody Prince Disks
Practically applies things, steady. Princess Disks
Kind, generous, benevolent, careful
Elemental Dignity rules:
Friendly •Fire - Fire •Fire - Air •Fire - Earth •Water - Water •Water - Air •Water - Earth •Air - Air •Earth - Earth Enemy •Fire - Water •Air - EarthThe Rules of Elemental Dignities are:
•Friendly elements strengthen each other •Enemy elements weaken each other
The elemental energies interact with each other like so: Fire - Fire Excessively active Fire - Water Neutral Fire - Air Very active Fire - Earth Neutral Water - Water Passive Water - Air Neutral Water - Earth Passive Air - Air Excessively active Air - Earth Neutral Earth - Earth Very passive
Interpretation then becomes a fairly mechanical exercise in
much the order I suggest here:
1 Which element is strongest? 2 Which element is weakest? 3 Excess of an element
4 Influence of a “missing” element 5 Is the Principal card active or passive? 6 Is it Major, Minor or Court?
7 Reversed cards 8
Individual meanings of the cards modified and combined according to the analysis
CardType No.
Aces 5 (11)
Knave or Princess 7 King, Queen, Knight 4
Minor cards 2-10 Face value Fool, Hanged Man, Judgement 3
Planetary Major cards 9 Zodiacal Major cards 12
Three or four of a kind
4 AcesGreat power and force 3 Aces
Riches and success 2 Aces
Change in work, property move 4 Knights
Swiftness, speed 3 Knights
Unexpected meetings, news 4 Queens
Authority and influence 3 Queens
Powerful and influential friends 4 Princes
Meetings with the great 3 Princes
Honour, rank 4 Princesses
New ideas and plans 3 Princesses
Young society 4 Tens
Anxiety and responsibility 3 Tens
Buying, selling, commerce 4 Nines Added responsibility 3 Nines Much correspondence 4 Eights News 3 Eights Travel 4 Sevens Disappointments 3 Sevens Treaties, contracts 4 Sixes Pleasure 3 Sixes
Gain and success 4 Fives
Order, regularity 3 Fives
Quarrels, fights
4 Fours
Rest and peace 3 Fours
Industry 4 Threes
Resolution and determination 3 Threes
Deceit 4 Twos
Conference and conversations 3 Twos
Re-organisation and recommencement
Majority of Cards: elements
FireEnergy, quarrelling, opposition, active Water
Pleasure, enjoyment, passive Air
Problems, illness, sorrow, worry, active Earth
Practical, solid, down to earth, passive
Majority of Cards: Card Types
TrumpsPowers beyond the Querent's control Court
Many people, undue influence from other people Minor
Events in the control of the Querent
There is a ratio between the Trumps, Court and Minor cards: 22 - 16 - 40, which can be simplified into an easy rule. Half the cards in a spread should be Minor, while the other half should be roughly divided between the Trumps and Minor cards. An equal number of Court cards to Trumps suggests influence from the court cards. As a general rule:
•Minor cards are within the control of the Queren •Major cards are out of the querent's control
•Court cards personify an action or actually represent a
Choosing an Element according to the Question:
Understanding the nature of the question can aid in determining which elemental position to look at in a reading. This process can be taken further into sub-divisions of an element.
Air
Specific ideas that are manifested in the Earth Element. Theory, logic, abstract thoughts, expression of art, studies, writing, publishing, travel, sickness, death, problems, dissension, arguments.
Water
Powers of the unconscious mind. Attunements with life. The water may be calm on the surface, but below there may be undercurrents. The emotions in relationships, love, healing,
protection. Spiritual groups, psychic phenomena.
Earth
The concrete manifestation of events that started in the Fire element. Earth is passive and
persistent, so it represents matters concerning building structures, the land, agriculture, the physical body, material matters. Also
reproduction, stability, recreation, possessions, wealth, poverty and greed.
Fire
Fire is the initiator of actions, the beginning of the matter. Fire gives heat and energy — anything that requires action, sports, war, arguments, sex, self-motivation, enthusiasm, inspiration. Fire shows power struggles, strength, expression of freedom, meeting challenges. Fire is related to Atziluth, a high spiritual level.
