Tarot deck, consisting of 78 Arcana, includes 22 Major and 56 Minor cards. Elders reveal fate, they show important moments in life, major changes and events that we cannot control. The Minor Arcana are momentary moments, current affairs.
Today we will talk about how the combination of Tarot cards with each other is interpreted. It's quite complicated, but let's try to figure it out.
Tarot card interpretation
First, the interpretation of each card is determined in relation to its position. The meaning of Tarot, the main provisions, is individual for each layout. From several possible ones, the one that corresponds to the question being asked in terms of meaning is selected.
After considering individual cards, you need to connect all the meanings into the big picture, considering the combination of Arcana and taking into account their influence on each other. Others can increase or decrease the weight of the card, clarify its meaning and direction. You need to study combinations not only in combinations, but also depending on their location. If there are conflicts andinconsistencies are normal. Life is also contradictory.
It is necessary to decide before starting fortune-telling, taking into account the inverted positions of the cards. In most Tarot schools, this meaning is considered the opposite in meaning to the direct location of the Arcana. However, for some (Devil, Wheel of Fortune, Sun, Hermit), the interpretation does not change, only strengthening or weakening occurs.
Meaning of Major Arcana
The cards of the Major Arcana can be divided into three groups, 7 in each, they mean three cycles of human development:
- Youth, beginning - Star, Moon, Temperance, Wheel of Fortune, Lovers, Hermit, Peace.
- Maturity, experience - Empress, Priest, Mage, Sun, Devil, Strength, Chariot.
- Old Age, Wisdom - Priestess, Judgment, Tower, Hanged Man, Justice, Emperor, Death.
Depending on the number, the Major Arcana also mean three areas of communication with the outside world:
- cards 1 to 7 are responsible for the intellectual and spiritual world;
- Arkanas with numbers from 8 to 14 indicate the moral and emotional sphere;
- the last seven cards determine the material and physical component of life.
Zero card - Jester, is generalizing for all other Arcana.
Meaning of the Minor Arcana
The Minor Arcana are divided into four suits, each group has 14 cards. It was they who led to the appearance of the playing deck. The suits are swords, wands (scepters), goblets and denarii (pentacles). Each includes cardswith values from 1 (ace) to 10 and four curly ones: messenger, horseman, sibyl, pharaoh.
Cards with numbers from 1 to 10 mean everyday feelings and situations, emotions, personality traits and qualities of other people. Character cards designate a specific person, his character traits and his role in your life and are responsible for communicating with others.
The order of interpretation of combinations of Arcana
- Determine the ruling group of cards, if there is one. We also pay attention to the absence of any suit in the layout.
- We take into account the interaction of the suits of the Minor Arcana.
- Select cards with strong influence. The Major Arcana have the Magician, Priestess or Emperor, the Minor Arcana have kings (pharaohs).
- We consider groups of 2-3 closely spaced cards in the light of their influence on each other and taking into account the question asked.
Combination of Tarot cards with each other and interpretation. Major Arcana
The interaction of the Major Arcana enhances, reduces or explains the meaning of each other. If one card is just a hint, then two is a very clear answer. For example:
- Chariot, Tower, Star, Wheel of Fortune and Death, combined with others, herald the changes that the second card will determine.
- The presence of the Mage card means a new path, the beginning of something. The second card defines the essence of the undertaking.
- The appearance of the Jester card speaks of happiness and a positive mood of events. Inverted, it indicates the stupidity of the question and vain anxiety regarding the second Arcana.
- Presencecards of the Priestess brings wisdom, understanding, the need for development into the alignment.
Combinations of Minor Arcana
How to decipher the combination of Tarot cards with each other in the layouts, when it comes to the Minor Arcana? In this case, the suit and number of each card matters the most.
Combination of the suit of wands:
- With cards of the same suit, there is no time for emotions, only actions matter. Think and act quickly and decisively.
- With cups - talking about heart and family problems, solving cases related to feelings. Positive cards speak of favorable events, a combination with negative cards (7 and 8 of cups, 4, 7 and 8 of wands) promises quarrels and contention.
- With pentacles - problems in financial or other matters. The result of the decision is positive with a combination of positive cards, with unfavorable ones (7, 8 and 5 of wands or 7 and 5 of pentacles) it indicates non-repayment of debts or lack of money.
- With swords - show the situation with rash, impulsive words and actions. This combination is not given much importance in the scenario.
Meaning of combination of cup cards:
- With cups - pure thoughts, philanthropy, pleasant company. Means the primacy of feelings and emotions over everything else.
- With swords - reckless strong affects: strong pain, grief or joy, love or passion. This is a bad combination of cards for a divination object.
- With pentacles - speaks of gaining or losing any feelings. With positive cards, it promises profit in the soulsignificant matters, while negative (4, 5 and 8 cups and 5, 7 and 8 of pentacles) predicts parting, separation or loss.
Combination of the suit of swords with cards:
- Swords - the highest degree of fear, anger, anger or grief. Negative emotions cloud the mind. A positive interpretation will be in the presence of the Major Arcana, speaking of a normal situation, then this is an unnecessary panic, a temporary state.
- Pentacles - the struggle for property, while they denote loss or gain, and swords mark varying degrees of severity of the situation.
Combination of Tarot cards with each other (Major and Minor Arcana)
Due to the huge number of possible combinations, it is difficult to give a description for each specific case. To do this, it is better to turn to specialized sites that consider each combination of Tarot cards separately. But you can rely on your intuition and logic. To do this, we use the following elements of the interpretation of combinations of Arcana:
- The numbering of Tarot cards shows the stages of the development of the situation: small ones indicate the beginning of the event, medium ones indicate its climax, the last numbers indicate the completion and outcome of the cycle. This rule applies to both the Minor and Major Arcana.
- The main areas indicated by the appearance of one or another suit of the Minor in combination with the cards of the Major Arcana:
- Cups (bowls). Love, friendship, joy and harmony, rest and enjoyment, creation and art.
- Wands(scepters). Entrepreneurship, development and energy, position in society, fame, politics and management.
- Swords. Hostility and conflict, rivalry and struggle.
- Pentacles (Denarii). We alth, prosperity, he alth, business communication and contacts, business, success in achieving goals.
Influence of the suit of the Minor Arcana
Now you know how to explain the combination of Tarot cards with each other in different layouts. Now is the time to talk about the influence of suits. In the light of various aspects of human life, wands are responsible for spiritual development, and swords for intellectual development. Cups define the emotional area, pentacles mean the material and physical world. For example, the presence of several cards of wands in the layout means a holiday. Several cups will hint at a love adventure. Many swords portend problems and strife, and a large number of pentacles promise money matters.
Cards of the same suit increase mutual strength. Different Arcana can weaken or neutralize each other's action. The influence of the suits on each other can be determined by their belonging to the elements: wands represent Fire, goblets represent Water, swords belong to Air, and pentacles belong to Earth. Based on this, wands are opposed to cups, and swords are opposed to pentacles. Strengthening the value of cards occurs when swords are combined with cups and wands, wands and cups are friendly to pentacles.
Influence of the ruling group of cards
The ruling is the predominance of cards of the same suit in the Minor Arcana or cardsone area of development for the Elders. This means that the circumstances revealed by the cards of the ruling group are most important in this situation and will affect all other life events.
- A large number of Major Arcana in the layout speaks of the exceptional importance of the situation and great changes in a person's life.
- The predominance of digital Minor cards indicates the influence of everyday and fleeting affairs, the scope of which is determined by the ruling suit.
- If curly (palace) cards of the Minor Arcana often fall out in the layout, this indicates a strong influence of other people and extraneous factors on the development of the situation, or warns of the emergence of circumstances beyond the control of the person himself.
- Many inverted Arcana means problems and obstacles in life and achieving the goal.
This is such an interesting, mysterious, completely unknown world of Tarot. Do you believe in his power and knowledge? The choice is yours.
