The Minor Arcana

The Minor Arcana

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Comprehensive Tarot Card Meanings for All Suits

Explore the detailed meanings of each card from the four suits in tarot: Wands, Cups, Swords, and Pentacles. Understand the significance of each card, from new beginnings and business success to emotions, challenges, and financial growth.

Wands

  • Ace: New starts, new business idea, rush of energy.
  • Two: Planning for the future, anxiety, working partnership.
  • Three: Business success, leading a group.
  • Four: House move, success.
  • Five: Trouble and strife, especially petty fighting.
  • Six: Public success, recognition.
  • Seven: Fighting for your vision, competition.
  • Eight: Communications, quick movement.
  • Nine: Last-minute problems, self-protection.
  • Ten: Success which brings many burdens.
  • Page: News of work or business, new interests.
  • Knight: Travel and action, a red or fair-haired youth.
  • Queen: A business-like or active woman, a red or fair-haired woman.
  • King: An active and influential man, a red or fair-haired man.

Cups

  • Ace: A message of love, the start of a romance, creativity.
  • Two: A happy relationship or partnership.
  • Three: Partying and celebrating.
  • Four: Boredom and apathy, the grass always seems greener on the other side.
  • Five: Depression and regret.
  • Six: Simple joys, something or someone from the past.
  • Seven: Confusion, too many choices, dreams and illusions.
  • Eight: Leaving something behind, change of lifestyle.
  • Nine: Dreams come true.
  • Ten: Good luck and happiness, satisfaction.
  • Page: A new friendship, news of something dear to your heart.
  • Knight: A proposal or invitation, a good-natured, brown-haired youth with light eyes.
  • Queen: An intuitive woman, a kindly brown-haired woman with light eyes.
  • King: A gentle man, a healer, a good advisor, a good-natured, brown-haired man with light eyes.

Suit of Swords

  • Ace: Crisis point, success through difficulties.
  • Two: Sitting on the fence, balance, waiting.
  • Three: Anxiety, unhappiness, separation.
  • Four: Rest, hospital, withdrawal.
  • Five: Fighting for the wrong things, arguments, recognizing limitations.
  • Six: Moving away from troubles.
  • Seven: Deception, theft, non-confrontation.
  • Eight: Feeling trapped, standstill, restrictions.
  • Nine: Anxiety, worries, mental anguish.
  • Ten: Misfortune and endings, failure.
  • Page: Spying, email or telephone call, brash new idea.
  • Knight: Upsetting changes, arguments, a dark-haired youth with gray eyes.
  • Queen: A widow, an unscrupulous woman, a dark-haired woman with gray eyes.
  • King: An ambitious, authoritative man, lawyer or doctor, a dark-haired man with gray eyes.

Pentacles/Coins

  • Ace: Money and security, health.
  • Two: Juggling time and money, cautiousness.
  • Three: New job or work, success in work.
  • Four: Success but unwillingness to move forward or change.
  • Five: Ill health, financial losses, loss of self-esteem.
  • Six: Receiving and giving help, financial or otherwise.
  • Seven: Making adjustments in plans, doing hard work.
  • Eight: New job, studies, working with a hobby.
  • Nine: Success from your own efforts, security.
  • Ten: Money and property, inheritance, the countryside.
  • Page: News about money or a job, study for a job.
  • Knight: Cautious person working toward a goal, a dark-haired youth with dark eyes.
  • Queen: Self-confident and practical woman, a dark-haired woman with dark eyes.
  • King: An honest and practical man, a dark-haired man with dark eyes.

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Sources and Authors

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