The Minor Arcana
The tarot pre-dates all conventional playing cards in the world and the ordanary modern day pack of cards antecedents from the minor arcana. The tarot have different suits, just as modern day decks. The tarot suits are written first, modern day suits last. The suits are: Wands/Clubs, Cups/Hearts, Swords/Spades, Pentacles/Diamonds. Wands can also be called Clubs or Staves and the Pentacles can be called Coins or Deniers.Wands- stands for Fire and Intuition
Wands are ardent and keen and burn with enthusiasm in the manner of their element Fire. They are aspiring, intuitive and impulstive. Representing our will and positive energy drives, Wands can flare with an all-consuming passion. Conversely, their 'fire' can quickly fade and die without other elements to stabilize its exuberance. Wands are assertive, creative and initiatory with flashes of intuitive inspiration giving birth to brilliant ideas.
Cups- stands for Water and Feeling
Cups represents emotions, inner feelings and are in touch with the psyckic sphere of existence. Desires, intuitive instincts and far-distant memory spring from the fluidity of their constantly shifting element, Water. Cups are receptive, reflecive, contemplative and often deceptive. Their compassion for others can overwhelm and their concerns lie predominantly in the realms of fantasy, imagination, romance, relationships and affairs of the heart. Cups can imply religious or artistic leanings.
Swords- stands for Air and Intellect
Sworda are intellectual and communicative and, like their element Air, are cool and free-ranging. They cut throught muddled ideas and brung clear-cut reason to bear. Swords tend to lack emotion, rendering them insensitive to the feelings of others; in extreme cases, they can be bitter and cruel. Proficient communicators, conversation often has a 'cutting edge'. Swords work in the realm of ideas bringing into connetion thoughts, people and places.
Pentacles- stands for Earth and Sensation
Pentacles represent our physical being; reality; material things; our practical work and finances. Pentacles are steadfast, reliable, cautious and can lack imagination. Reflecting their element Earth, Pentacles enjoy earthly, sensual pursuits and the luxuries of life, generally acquired through the fruits of their labours. Pentacles can be suspicious of new ideas and insensitive the the feelings of others. They are practical in matters of finance and are particularly possession-conscious.
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