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Major Arcana (cont) Major Arcana (cont) Minor Arcana (Wands) (cont)
Temperance balance, imbalance, The Sun happiness, blocked Two of planning, first bad planning,
peace, excess, success, happiness, Wands steps, making overanalysing,
patience, extremes, optimism, excessive decisions, not taking
moderation, discord, vitality, joy, enthusiasm, leaving action, playing it
calm, reckle‐ confidence, pessimism, comfort, taking safe, avoiding
tranquillity, ssness, truth unrealistic risks risk
harmony, hastiness expectations, Three momentum, restriction,
serenity conceitedness of confidence, limitations, lack
The Devil oppression, indepe‐ Judgement self-eval‐ self-doubt, lack Wands expansion, of progress,
addiction, ndence, uation, of self-awar‐ growth, obstacles,
obsession, freedom, awakening, eness, failure foresight, delays, frustr‐
depend‐ revelation, renewal, to learn looking ahead ation
ency, release, purpose, lessons, self-l‐ Four community, lack of support,
excess, reclaiming reflection, oathing of home, celebr‐ instability,
powerless‐ power, reckoning Wands ations, feeling
ness, limita‐ reclaiming The World completion, lack of closure, reunions, unwelcome,
tions control achiev‐ lack of achiev‐ parties, transience, lack
The Tower disaster, averting ement, ement, feeling gatherings, of roots, home
destruction, disaster, fulfilment, incomplete, stability, conflict
upheaval, delaying the sense of emptiness belonging
trauma, inevitable, belonging, Five of conflict, end of conflict,
sudden resisting wholeness, Wands competition, cooperation,
change, change harmony arguments, agreements,
chaos aggression, truces,
These cards follow a storyline that tells of
The Star hope, inspir‐ hopele‐ the spiritual travels taken from the innocent tension, rivals, harmony,
ation, positi‐ ssness, wonder of The Fool to the oneness and clashes of ego peace, avoiding
vity, faith, despair, fulfilment of The World. In other words, conflict
renewal, negativity, these cards tell the story of humanity's Six of success, failure, lack of
healing, lack of faith, spiritual evolution into enlightenment and Wands victory, recognition, no
rejuvenation despondent individuation. triumph, rewards, lack of
The Moon illusion, fear, rewards, achievement
intuition, deception, Minor Arcana (Wands) recognition,
uncertainty, anxiety, Name Upright Reversed praise,
confusion, misunders‐ Meaning Meaning acclaim, pride
complexity, tanding,
Ace of inspiration, delays, blocks,
secrets, misinterpret‐
Wands creative spark, lack of
unconscious ation, clarity,
new initiative, passion, lack
unders‐
new passion, of energy,
tanding
enthusiasm, hesitancy,
energy creative blocks
Minor Arcana (Wands) (cont) Minor Arcana (Wands) (cont) Minor Arcana (Cups)
Seven protectiveness, giving up, Knight courageous, arrogant, Name Upright Meaning Reversed
of standing up for admitting of energetic, reckless, Meaning
Wands yourself, defeat, yielding, Wands charming, hero, impatient, lack Ace love, new coldness,
defending lack of self rebellious, hot of self control, of feelings, emptiness,
yourself, belief, tempered, free passive, Cups emotional emotional loss,
protecting surrender spirit volatile, awakening, blocked creati‐
territory domineering creativity, spirit‐ vity, feeling
Eight movement, waiting, Queen confident, self- demanding, uality, intuition unloved,
of speed, slowness, of assured, passio‐ vengeful, low gloominess
Wands progress, quick chaos, delays, Wands nate, determ‐ confidence, Two unity, partne‐ separation,
decisions, losing ined, social, jealous, of rship, attraction, rejection,
sudden momentum, charismatic, selfish, Cups connection, division,
changes, hastiness, vivacious, temperame‐ close bonds, imbalance,
excitement being optimistic ntal, bully joining forces, tension, bad
unprepared King of leadership, forceful, mutual respect communica‐
Nine last stand, stubbornness, Wands vision, big domineering, tion,
of persistence, rigidity, defens‐ picture, taking tyrant, vicious, withdrawal
Wands grit, resilience, iveness, control, daring powerless, Three friendship, gossip,
perseverance, refusing decisions, ineffective, of community, scandal,
close to compromise, boldness, weak leader Cups gatherings, excess,
success, giving up optimism celebrations, isolation,
fatigue group events, loneliness,
Associated with the element of fire, the suit
Ten of burden, failure to of wands represents passion, inspiration social events solitude,
Wands responsibility, delegate, and willpower. The wands imbue their users imbalanced
duty, stress, shouldering too with primal energy, for it is through them social life
obligation, much respon‐ that the cycle of creation can begin. Four apathy, contem‐ clarity,
burning out, sibility, Because of their ability to bring energy into of plation, feeling awareness,
struggles collapse, any situation, they are also associated with Cups disconnected, acceptance,
breakdown action, ambition and making plans. melancholy, choosing
Page adventure, hasty, boredom, indiff‐ happiness,
of excitement, impatient, erence, depression,
Wands fresh ideas, lacking ideas, discontent negativity
cheerfulness, tantrums, Five loss, grief, acceptance,
energetic, laziness, of disappointment, moving on,
fearless, boring, unreli‐ Cups sadness, finding peace,
extroverted able, distracted mourning, contentment,
discontent, seeing
feeling let down positives
Minor Arcana (Cups) (cont) Minor Arcana (Cups) (cont) Minor Arcana (Swords)
Six of nostalgia, stuck in past, Page idealism, emotional Name Upright Reversed
Cups memories, moving of sensitivity, vulnerability, Meaning Meaning
familiarity, forward, Cups dreamer, immaturity, Ace of clarity, breakt‐ confusion,
healing, leaving home, naïveté, neglecting inner Swords hrough, new miscommunica‐
comfort, sentim‐ independence innocence, child, escapism, idea, concen‐ tion, hostility,
entality, inner child, insecurity tration, vision, arguments,
pleasure head in the force, focus, destruction,
Seven choices, lack of clouds truth brutality
of searching for purpose, Knight idealist, disappointment, Two of stalemate, indecision,
Cups purpose, disarray, of charming, tantrums, Swords difficult hesitancy,
illusion, fantasy, confusion, Cups artistic, moodiness, choices, stuck anxiety, too
daydreaming, diversion, graceful, turmoil, in the middle, much inform‐
wishful thinking, distractions, tactful, diplom‐ avoiding denial, hidden ation, no right
indecision clarity, making atic, mediator, conflict, vanity information choice, truth
choices negotiator revealed
Eight abandonment, stagnation, Queen compassion, insecurity, Three heartbreak, healing, forgiv‐
of walking away, monotony, of warmth, giving too of separation, eness,
Cups letting go, accepting less, Cups kindness, much, overly- Swords sadness, grief, recovery,
searching for avoidance, fear intuition, sensitive, sorrow, upset, reconciliation,
truth, leaving of change, healer, needy, fragile, loss, trauma, repressing
behind staying in bad counsellor, dependence, tears emotions
situation supportive martyrdom
Four of rest, relaxa‐ recovery,
Nine wishes coming unhappiness, King wise, diplom‐ overwhelmed, Swords tion, peace, awakening, re-
of true, conten‐ lack of fulfil‐ of atic, balance anxious, cold, sanctuary, entering world,
Cups tment, satisf‐ ment, disapp‐ Cups between head repressed, recuperation, release from
action, success, ointment, and heart, withdrawn, self-prot‐ isolation, restle‐
achievements, underachieve‐ devoted, manipulative, ection, rejuve‐ ssness, burnout
recognition, ment, advisor, selfish nation
pleasure arrogance, counsellor
Five of arguments, reconciliation,
snobbery
The suit of cups rules over all that is Swords disputes, resolution,
Ten of happiness, unhappy home, associated with emotions, the unconscious, aggression, compromise,
Cups homecomings, separation, creativity, and intuition. They frequently talk bullying, revenge, regret,
fulfilment, domestic about relationships, whether romantic or intimidation, remorse, cutting
emotional conflict, dishar‐ otherwise, and one's imagination and inner conflict, losses
stability, mony, isolation world. They are associated with the element hostility,
security, of water, which becomes a frequent visual stress
domestic theme within this suit.
harmony
Minor Arcana (Swords) (cont) Minor Arcana (Swords) (cont) Minor Arcana (Pentacles)
Six of moving on, stuck in past, Page curious, witty, scatterbrained, Name Upright Meaning Reversed
Swords departure, returning to of chatty, cynical, Meaning
leaving trouble, running Swords communica‐ sarcastic, Ace of new opportuni‐ missed
behind, away from tive, inspired, gossipy, Pentacles ties, resources, chances,
distance, problems, vigilant, alert, insulting, rude, abundance, scarcity,
accepting trapped mental agility lack of planning prosperity, deficiency,
lessons Knight assertive, rude, tactless, security, instability,
Seven lies, trickery, confession, of direct, forceful, bully, stability, manife‐ stinginess,
of scheming, conscience, Swords impatient, aggressive, station bad invest‐
Swords strategy, regret, malici‐ intellectual, vicious, ments
resourcef‐ ousness, truth daring, ruthless, Two of balancing imbalance,
ulness, revealed focused, arrogant Pentacles resources, unorga‐
sneakiness, perfectionist, adaptation, nised,
cunning ambitious resourcefulness, overwh‐
Eight of trapped, freedom, Queen honest, pessimistic, flexibility, elmed,
Swords restricted, release, taking of independent, malicious, stretching messiness,
victimised, control, Swords principled, fair, manipulative, resources chaos,
paralysed, survivor, facing constructive harsh, bitter, overex‐
helpless, fears, criticism, spiteful, cruel, tending
powerless, empowered, objective, deceitful, Three of teamwork, lack of
imprisonment surrender perceptive unforgiving Pentacles shared goals, cohesion,
Nine of fear, anxiety, recovery, King of reason, irrational, collaboration, lack of
Swords negativity, learning to Swords authority, dictator, apprenticeship, teamwork,
breaking cope, facing life, discipline, oppressive, effort, pooling apathy,
point, despair, finding help, integrity, inhumane, energy poor
nightmares, shame, guilt, morality, controlling, motivation,
isolation mental health serious, high cold, ruthless, conflict,
issues standards, dishonest ego,
Ten of ruin, failure, survival, improv‐ strict compet‐
Swords bitterness, ement, healing, ition
The swords is the suit of intelligence, logic,
collapse, lessons learned, truth, ambition, conflict and communication. Four of possessiveness, generosity,
exhaustion, despair, relapse It is associated with the element of air. In Pentacles insecurity, giving,
dead end, readings, these cards focus on the faculty hoarding, stingi‐ spending,
victimisation, and power of intellect, which like the swords ness, stability, openness,
betrayal themselves, are double-edged. security, financial
savings, materi‐ insecurity,
alism, wealth, reckless
frugality, spending
boundaries,
guardedness
Minor Arcana (Pentacles) (cont) Minor Arcana (Pentacles) (cont) Minor Arcana (Pentacles) (cont)
Five of hardship, loss, positive Nine of rewarded being Queen of generous, selfish,
Pentacles isolation, changes, Pentacles efforts, guarded, Pentacles caring, unkempt,
feeling recovery from success, living beyond nurturing, jealous,
abandoned, loss, achievement, means, homebody, insecure,
adversity, overcoming independence, material good business greedy,
struggle, adversity, leisure, instability, sense, materialistic,
unempl‐ forgiveness, material reckless practical, gold digger,
oyment, feeling security, self- spending, comforting, intolerant,
alienation, welcomed sufficiency superficiality welcoming, self-abso‐
disgrace Ten of legacy, roots, family sensible, rbed,
Six of generosity, power Pentacles family, disputes, luxurious envious
Pentacles charity, dynamics, ancestry, bankruptcy, King of abundance, greed,
community, abuse of inheritance, debt, fleeting Pentacles prosperity, materialistic,
material help, generosity, windfall, success, security, wasteful,
support, strings foundations, conflict over ambitious, chauvinist,
sharing, giving attached privilege, money, safe, kind, poor
and receiving, gifts, inequa‐ affluence, instability, patriarchal, financial
gratitude lity, extortion stability, breaking protective, decisions,
Seven of harvest, unfinished tradition traditions businessman, gambler,
Pentacles rewards, work, procra‐ Page of ambitious, foolish, provider, exploitative,
results, stination, low Pentacles diligent, goal immature, sensual, possessive
growth, effort, waste, oriented, irresponsible, reliable
progress, lack of planner, lazy, undera‐ The pentacles is the suit of all things worldly
perseverance, growth, consistent, star chiever, and material. Though we will immediately
patience, setbacks, student, procrasti‐ think of the pentacles as relating to financial
planning impatience, studious, nator, matters, we also can understand them as
lack of grounded, missed being associated with security, stability,
reward loyal, faithful, chances, nature, health, and prosperity. The
Eight of skill, talent, lack of dependable poor pentacles are of earth element.
Pentacles craftsmanship, quality, prospects
quality, high rushed job, Knight of practical, workaholic,
standards, bad reputa‐ Pentacles reliable, laziness,
expertise, tion, lack of efficient, stoic, dull, boring,
mastery, motivation, slow and no initiative,
commitment, mediocrity, steady, hard- cheap,
dedication, laziness, low working, irresponsible,
accomplis‐ skill, dead- committed, gambler,
hment end job patient, risky invest‐
conservative ments