What the Tarot Cards represent
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What the Tarot Cards represent?
There are a large number of tarot cards, precisely 78 in number. The easiest and the best way to learn their meanings is not by memorizing what each card means. On the contrary, it is better to understand that the deck of tarot cards can be divided into two divisions, namely the major and minor arcane. Understanding this basic concept will help you read tarot cards more efficiently.
There are 22 major arcane cards which stand for the things which are out of the seeker’s control. These cards includes cards such as the fool, emperor, empress, high priestess, magician, hierophant, chariot, lovers, hermit, strength, justice, wheel, death, temperature, hanged man, tower, devil, sun, moon, star, world and judgment. If you take tarot card readings seriously, you should be prepared to go through countless interpretation levels in this major arcane.
On the other hand, the 22 minor arcane hands represent simpler components of life. The four suits of Cups, Wands, Pentacles and Swords symbolize different approaches to life. The Cups are associated with water element and represent female psyche that is coupled with emotions and spirituality, whereas the wands represent masculinity and is associated with fire. Swords stand for thought, reason and intellect whereas the pentacles stand for earth or the material things. The 16 cards of the minor arcane include aces, suits, tens, nines, eights, sevens, sixes, fives, fours, threes, twos, ones, pages, court cards, queens, kings and knights.
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