The tarot deck consists of 56 suit cards called the Minor Arcana and 22 cards called The Major Arcana. The Suit of Wands in the Tarot deck is also called rods, batons, staffs, or clubs depending on the deck. The element that the Wands is represented by is Fire. Its direction is South and theContinue reading “An Intro To The Suit Of Wands”
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An Intro To The Suit Of Cups
The suits of Cups in a Tarot deck are correlated to suits of hearts in regular playing Cards. They are also identified as Vessels, Cauldrons, Goblets or Chalices depending on the type of tarot deck it is associated with. Like the feelings we get that correspond to our hearts; cups represent those types of emotions.Continue reading “An Intro To The Suit Of Cups”
The Origins Of Tarot
Tarot, as we know it now, was invented sometime in the middle 15th century in Italy. It closely mirrored the playing cards of the day. Some believe that people had started using playing cards for divination purposes and the tarot was just a refined version of these cards. These basic playing cards had four suitsContinue reading “The Origins Of Tarot”
An Intro To The Suit Of Swords
The suit of Swords in a tarot deck is equivalent to Spades in a regular deck of playing cards. Swords are also known as blades, daggers, or knives depending on the Tarot Deck they are associated with. The direction corresponding to the Swords is East and its element is Air. The Zodiac signs that areContinue reading “An Intro To The Suit Of Swords”
An Intro To The Suit Of Pentacles
Pentacles are the suit in the Tarot Deck that relates to Diamonds in playing cards. Depending on the tarot deck they are also called Discs, Cash or Gold. The suit of Pentacles corresponds to the North Direction and the Earth element. It is associated with the season of Winter. Pentacles are considered a Female YinContinue reading “An Intro To The Suit Of Pentacles”
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