The Minor Arcana were added to the Tarot deck to help deal with matters pertaining to the physical plane.
The four suits of the Minor Arcana (Cups, Pentacles, Wands and Swords) are linked with the Zodiac signs, with the four elements of the ancient world, with the four basic psychological types and a number of other correspondences. Such associations were fundamental to the mystical world view; the idea that everything is connected with everything else in the Universe. The root of this philosophy lies at the heart of divination, astrology, geomancy, magic, alchemy and the like.
The Universe or Cosmos is viewed as one vast, living entity, and every part contributes to the greater whole, so therefore has meaning and value. The ancient hermetic dictum, ‘As above, so below’ sums up the theory that everything on our Earth mirrors and reflects the workings of the Universal Mind.
The Minor Arcana shows the day-to-day events and how these affect you. These are the things that comprise most of our lives, and although they often seem insignificant it is often our reaction to them that sets off major changes.
Experience in life can be said to be defined by your feelings at every moment of existence; the Minor Arcana reflects not just these experiences, but the manner in which you externalize them.
A Minor Arcana reading shows how you are affected by daily issues such as health, family, home and work.
Cups
Pentacles
Wands
Swords
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WANDS
Keyword/s:
Energy, career, business, creative matters, enterprise, distinction.
ELEMENT:
Fire
ELEMENTAL SPIRIT:
Salamander
SEASON:
Summer
TIME:
Midday
PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTION:
Intuition
ZODIAC SIGNS:
Aries
Leo
Sagittarius
HIGHEST POWER:
Vision
WANDS:
The suit of Wands relates to the Clubs suit in a playing card deck.
Wands represent work, creativity, reputation, fame, enterprise, efficiency, and are associated with thoughts, inspirations, desires and the identifying of goals.
The Suit of Wands relates to the Fire Signs Aries, Leo and Sagittarius. Aries depicts energy, activity, leadership and tend towards being very dominant. Leo’s traits consist of being outgoing, love of life and vitality. Sagittarius represents freedom, variety and learning, and rarely stay where they are discontent. Aries is concerned with all things new and pioneering new frontiers.
The months of Wands are June, July and August.
The suit of Wands represents the peaks troughs throughout life.
The element of Fire connected with the suit of Wands embodies positive qualities of artistic talent and flair, imagination and creative ability. One of the drawbacks of the Wands/Fire element is a false sense of boundaries and limitations when deciding what to take on and what to rebuff.
The suit of Wands are symbolized by herbs that relate directly to energy and the blood, the heart and the circulatory system.
Wands relate to enterprise and distinction. They are work and business cards. They represent the season of Summer, the Fire signs, and the Clubs playing cards.
A profusion of Wands in a spread indicates a situation (or situations) involving enterprise and distinction.
In the court cards, the Knight and Page represent fair or red-haired and blue eyed person.
Not only do the individual cards combine to reveal information, but a general overall aspect can be determined by a predominance of any one suit.
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Joanne WalmsleySacred Scribes
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