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Wands Minor Cards1.Ace - Root of Fire

2.Lord of Dominion3.Lord of Established Strength

4.Lord of Perfected Work

5.Lord of Strife6.Lord of Victory

7.Lord of Valour

8.Lord of Swiftness

9.Lord of Strength10.Lord of Oppression

Cups Minor Cards1.Ace - Root of Water

2.Lord of Love3.Lord of Abundance

4.Lord of Blended Pleasure

5.Lord of Loss in Pleasure6.Lord of Pleasure

7.Lord of Illusionary Success

8.Lord of Abandoned Success9.Lord of Material Happiness

10.Lord of Perfected Success

Swords Minor Cards1.Ace - Root of Air

2.Lord of Peace Restored3.Lord of Sorrow

4.Lord of Rest from Strife

5.Lord of Defeat6.Lord of Earned Success

7.Lord of Futility8.Lord of Shortened Force

9.Lord of Despair and Cruelty10.Lord of Ruin

Disks Minor Cards1.Ace - Root of Earth

2.Lord of Harmonious Change3.Lord of Material World

4.Lord of Earthly Power

5.Lord of Material Trouble6.Lord of Material Success

7.Lord of Success Unfulfilled

8.Lord of Prudence9.Lord of Material Gain

10.Lord of Wealth

Court CardsKnight Wands

Aries

Queen Wands

Sagittarius

Prince Wands

Leo

Princess WandsEarth of Fire

Knight Cups

Cancer

Queen Cups

Pisces

Prince CupsScorpio

Princess Cups

Earth of Water

Knight SwordsLibra

Queen Swords

Gemini

Prince Swords

Aquarius

Princess SwordsEarth of Air

Knight Disks

Capricorn

Queen DisksVirgo

Prince DisksTaurus

Princess Disks

Earth of Earth

The Tarot Court cards are either another person, theQuerent, or a message. The inability to distinguish betw

these modes cause Tarot readers more problems than an

other type of card.

The King/Knight and Queen can be considered to be old

people, and the Prince/Knight and Page/Princess areyounger people.

General Meaning of the CardsThe FoolIdea, thought, spirituality, that which endeavours to rise

above the material.

The MagicianSkill, wisdom, adaptation. Craft, cunning, depending on

dignity. Sometimes occult wisdom.

The High PriestessChange, alternation, increase and decrease. Fluctuation.

The Empress


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Beauty, happiness, pleasure, success, luxury, dissipation.

The Emperor

War, conquest, victory, strife, ambition.

The HierophantDivine Wisdom. Manifestation. Explanation. Teaching.

The Lovers

nspiration (passive, mediumistic). Motive, power, andaction, arising from Inspiration and Impulse.

The Chariot

Triumph, victory, health. Success though sometimes nottable and enduring.

Strength

Courage, strength, fortitude. Power not arrested in the act

of judgement, but passing on to further action, sometimesobstinacy.

The Hermit

Wisdom sought for and obtained from above. Divinenspiration (but active as opposed to the Lovers).

The Wheel of Fortune

Good fortune and happiness (within bounds), but

ometimes a species of intoxication with success. Karma.ustice

Eternal Justice and Balance. Strength and Force, butarrested as in the act of judgement. Legal proceedings, a

ourt of law, a trial at law.

The Hanged Man

Enforced sacrifice. Punishment. Loss. Fatal and notvoluntary. Suffering generally.

Death

Time. Ages. Transformation. Involuntary change.Sometimes death and destruction.

TemperanceCombination of forces. Realization. Action (material).Effect either for good or evil

The Devil

Materiality. Material Force. Material temptation;

ometimes obsessionThe Tower

Ambition, fighting, war, courage. Destruction, danger, fall,

uin.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.

udgement

Final decision. Judgement. Sentence. Determination of amatter without appeal on its plane.

The Universe

The matter itself. Synthesis. World. Kingdom. The subjectof the question

Fire Minor Cards

1.Natural force, strength, and energy are availab

for use2.Influence; individual will focused in such a wa

as to bring change upon another for good.

3.Power, strength, magnetism, all generally, thounot necessarily of a sexual nature.

4.Union of opposites, which may express itself a

marriage; the quiet before the storm; the unexpec

(as in fire and water giving rise to air); shiftingemotions; unexpected shifts, safe haven construc

with much labour.

5.Pain, especially physical; an aching questioninone's actions leading to despair. War. Strife, inter

or external. Actions against life and death must l

to regret. (Constructive use of a potentiallydestructive force. The ability to still question thin

and ideas to which one has given much.)

6.Victory; obstacles swept aside, the first necessavictories of the Pure Fool. A newly initiated elde

flexes his or her first powers.7.Forceful and decisive action in the matter at habringing 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 hidde

motives or aspects of the affair at hand; secrecy

with a tendency toward stubbornness; plots. Rapthought 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 abi

to imagine a better situation.

Water Minor Cards

1.Pleasure and happiness. The influence of the

Great Mother, who creates freely through the subpressure of the waters.

2.Harmony born of a deep and abiding wisdom.

marriage in the Visible or Invisible World as anexpression of harmony, plenty.

3.Correct judgement; full measure of all good thupon proper understanding of the situation at han

a verdict of law that offers benefit, pleasure andprosperity; the understanding of death gives one

access to the pleasures of life.

4.The gentle care of the mother; a desire to returnsafe haven; a desire to nurture; over-protectivene

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

its fullness.


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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 ofways 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; falsehoodthought confusion, not malice. The sense of a

confusing situation mishandled through lack of

interpretative effort.

9.Cyclic change, a return to beginnings after a cycleis complete, orderly change. Enchantment,

happiness.

10.Favourable outcome when the last words are saidand 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 anddevotion 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 shattereddreams.

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 theintercession of a courier. An expected gift arrives,

for good.

10.Succumbing before the onslaught of inevitable

forces, perseverance against great odds. Success atgreat 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 themarketplace; turn for the better in matters of

business.

4.Wisdom displayed in the matter at hand; fair

judgment; correct assessment of a situation; mas

of a situation through calm, deliberate action;

presents given as tokens of respect.

5.Containment of great internal or externalpressures; stress; strain; worry that arises as a res

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 a

invisible or interior state. The creation of a

sacrament which will bring to fruition someemotional involvement. For example, the purcha

of a house can be viewed as an outward sign of

emotional involvement in a social or biologicalfamily. Possible disappointment in the solid form

love takes.

8.Family obligations fulfilled bring bounty to all

family obligations ignored bring destruction; wisrule; 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 spoil

not put to use.


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Court CardsKing/ Knight Wands

Active, generous, fierce.Queen Wands

Adaptability, steadiness, command, kind, generous.

Prince WandsSwift, hasty, violent, just, generous, noble.

Princess Wands

Brilliance, beauty, courage, quick to anger.

King/Knight CupsGraceful, poetic.

Queen Cups

maginative, poetic, kind, flirt.Prince Cups

Subtle, violent.

Princess CupsSweet, poetic, gentle, kind.

King/Knight Swords

Active, clever, subtle, fierce.Queen Swords

Perceptive, subtle, quick, confident.Prince SwordsCreative, distrustful, careful, slow.

Princess Swords

Wisdom, strength, acuteness, subtleness.

King/Knight DisksHeavy, material, domestic, grounded.

Queen Disks

mpetuous, kind, timid, truthful, moodyPrince Disks

Practically applies things, steady.

Princess DisksKind, generous, benevolent, careful

Elemental Dignity rules:

Friendly

Fire - Fire

Fire - Air

Fire - Earth

Water - Water

Water - Air

Water - Earth

Air - Air

Earth - EarthEnemy

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 - WaterNeutral

Fire - Air

Very activeFire - Earth

Neutral

Water - WaterPassive

Water - Air

Neutral

Water - EarthPassive

Air - Air

Excessively activeAir - Earth

Neutral

Earth - Earth

Very passiveInterpretation then becomes a fairly mechanical exercise i

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

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Individual meanings of the cards

modified and combined according tothe analysis

Card Type 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


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Three or four of a kind4 Aces

Great power and force Aces

Riches and success

2 AcesChange in work, property move

4 Knights

Swiftness, speed

KnightsUnexpected meetings, news

4 Queens

Authority and influence Queens

Powerful and influential friends

4 PrincesMeetings with the great

Princes

Honour, rank4 Princesses

New ideas and plans Princesses

Young society

4 Tens

Anxiety and responsibility

TensBuying, selling, commerce

4 Nines

Added responsibility Nines

Much correspondence

4 EightsNews

Eights

Travel

4 SevensDisappointments

Sevens

Treaties, contracts4 Sixes

Pleasure

Sixes

Gain and success4 Fives

Order, regularity Fives

Quarrels, fights

4 Fours

Rest and peace

3 Fours

Industry4 Threes

Resolution and determination

3 ThreesDeceit

4 Twos

Conference and conversations3 Twos

Re-organisation and recommencement

Majority of Cards: elementsFire

Energy, quarrelling, opposition, activeWater

Pleasure, enjoyment, passive

AirProblems, illness, sorrow, worry, active

EarthPractical, solid, down to earth, passive

Majority of Cards: Card Types

Trumps

Powers beyond the Querent's control

Court

Many people, undue influence from other people

MinorEvents 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 tother half should be roughly divided between the Trump

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

person.


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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. Thprocess 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. Theemotions in relationships, love, healing,

protection. Spiritual groups, psychic phenomena.

Earth

The concrete manifestation of events that startedin 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 thematter. 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 toAtziluth, a high spiritual level.

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