Tarot Cards
The Tarot is a visual map of consciousness that offers insights
into all aspect of a person’s life. It blends the practical,
day-to-day world with the spiritual dimensions and evolution
of person. The archetypal images found on the cards symbolize
the collective psycho-mythology of humanity and, in this way,
they can profoundly and quickly open the mind and heart to deeper
wisdom.
The Tarot deck is similar to a regular deck of cards in that
it usually has four suits each with fourteen cards, ace through
ten plus a knight, queen, prince, and princess. This is the
Minor Arcana. In addition, there is a Major Arcana, with twenty-two
cards, beginning with zero and usually bearing Roman numerals.
There are 78 cards in total.
The Major Arcana reveals universal laws, life principles
or collective experiences that all humans share. The Minor Arcana
mirror our common psychological states using the four suits.
- Swords: mental beliefs
and ideas, addressing the quality of our thinking
- Cups: emotions, responses,
reactions, and our wide range of feelings
- Wands: our quality
of vision, insight, perception, energy, vitality and
spontaneity
- Disks or Pentacles:
external reality; our ability to manifest what we want
in the outer world whether in health, finances, work,
creativity or relationships