Online Tarot Course
The first three chapters from 'Tarot for Life'
The Structure of the Tarot cont ...
For this website, for example,
Fire represents the enthusiasm necessary for
me to write these words and for you to read
them. Water represents the emotions involved
for both of us and the creative process of
forming my ideas into words. Air represents
the intellectual ideas I am trying to pass
on. Earth represents the physical mechanism
by which the words are transmitted, the hardware
and software involved.
For reading purposes, the suits have broad areas of relevance based on this structure:-
The Wands refer to work and career, that which (at least in theory) ought to be done with energy and enthusiasm.
The Cups refer to the emotional life, especially to romance. They are possibly the most overworked cards in the deck.
The Swords refer to the intellect but are also the "bad news" suit, perhaps because intellect alone is seldom enough to get us through but can create the dangerous illusion that we have "covered all the angles".
The Pentacles refer to matters of money and wealth and to the physical body.
This is only a broad guide, with many diversions in practice. The Swords in particular can refer to almost any area of life.
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