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    The Minor Arcana are the 56 suit cards in a tarot deck divided into 4 suits of 14 cards each. Each suit has numbered cards from ace to ten and court cards. The suits commonly used are wands, cups, swords and pentacles. Each suit also has symbolic meanings and associations with elements.

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    The Minor Arcana are the 56 suit cards in a tarot deck divided into 4 suits of 14 cards each. Each suit has numbered cards from ace to ten and court cards. The suits commonly used are wands, cups, swords and pentacles. Each suit also has symbolic meanings and associations with elements.

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    The Minor Arcana are the 56 suit cards in a tarot deck divided into 4 suits of 14 cards each. Each suit has numbered cards from ace to ten and court cards. The suits commonly used are wands, cups, swords and pentacles. Each suit also has symbolic meanings and associations with elements.

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    The Minor Arcana are the 56 suit cards in a tarot deck divided into 4 suits of 14 cards each. Each suit has numbered cards from ace to ten and court cards. The suits commonly used are wands, cups, swords and pentacles. Each suit also has symbolic meanings and associations with elements.

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    Minor Arcana

    The Minor Arcana (or Lesser Arcana) are the 56 suit cards of the 78-card deck of
    tarot playing cards. The Minor Arcana comprise four suits with 14 cards each.
    Although there are variations, the Minor Arcana commonly employ the Italo-
    Spanish suits: Wands (alternatively, batons, clubs, or staves), cups, swords, and
    pentacles (alternatively, coins, disks, or rings). In contrast, the corresponding French
    suits are clubs (♣), hearts (♥), spades (♠), and diamonds (♦).

    Each Minor Arcana card in a suit is numbered one (ace) to ten, except for the court
    cards (or courts)—page, knight, queen, and king—which are comparable to face
    cards. In one variation, princess and prince cards replace the page and knight cards.
    Some Italian decks add two more court cards: themaid and the mounted lady.

    Since contemporary decks of French playing cards replace both the knight and the
    page with the jack or knave, such decks only have 52 cards. The remaining 22
    cards in a tarot deck are the Major Arcana. When used for divination the Major
    Arcana are traditionally more significant, but the Minor Arcana are what allow Tarot
    readers to understand the subtleties and details that surround the major events and
    signifiers in a Tarot spread; in general, the Major Arcana represent large turning
    [1]
    points and the Minor Arcana represent the day-to-day insights.

    Minor Arcana cards in contemporary tarot decks are usually illustrated—a The King of Swords card from the
    convention popularized by theRider-Waite tarot deck ca. 1910. Non-illustrated cards Rider-Waite tarot deck
    bear symmetrical arrangements ofpips.

    Contents
    Symbolism
    Cards
    Wands
    Pentacles
    Cups
    Swords
    See also
    References
    External links

    Symbolism
    In divinatory, esoteric and occult tarot, the Minor Arcana are believed to represent relatively mundane features of life. The court cards
    represent the people whom one meets.

    Each suit also has distinctive characteristics and connotations currently thought to be as follows:
    Latin suit[2] French suit Element Class Faculty

    Wands / Batons / Clubs / Staves Clubs Fire Peasantry Creativity and will
    Coins / Pentacles / Disks / Rings Diamonds Earth Merchants Material body or possessions
    Cups (Chalices) Hearts Water Clergy Emotions and love
    Swords Spades Air Nobility and military Reason

    Cards
    The following cards are from the Rider-Waite tarot deck, the most popular tarot deck amongst English-speakers; they are divided by
    suit, and arranged in ascending order offace value.

    Wands

    Ace of Wands Two of Wands Three of Wands Four of Wands

    Five of Wands Six of Wands Seven of Wands Eight of Wands


    Nine of Wands Ten of Wands Page of Wands Knight of Wands

    Queen of Wands King of Wands

    Pentacles

    Ace of Pentacles Two of Pentacles Three of Pentacles Four of Pentacles

    Five of Pentacles Six of Pentacles Seven of Pentacles Eight of Pentacles


    Nine of Pentacles Ten of Pentacles Page of Pentacles Knight of Pentacles

    Queen of Pentacles King of Pentacles

    Cups

    Ace of Cups Two of Cups Three of Cups Four of Cups

    Five of Cups Six of Cups Seven of Cups Eight of Cups


    Nine of Cups Ten of Cups Page of Cups Knight of Cups

    Queen of Cups King of Cups

    Swords

    Ace of Swords Two of Swords Three of Swords Four of Swords

    Five of Swords Six of Swords Seven of Swords Eight of Swords


    Nine of Swords Ten of Swords Page of Swords Knight of Swords

    Queen of Swords King of Swords

    See also
    Tarot, tarock and tarocchi games
    Tarot of Marseilles

    References
    1. "The Minor Arcana Tarot Cards" (http://www.tarot.com/articles/tarot/about-tarot-cards-minor-arcana). Tarot.com.
    Retrieved 11 December 2014.
    2. Dee, Jonathan (2002). "Introduction to the Minor Arcana". In Liz Dean.Tarot, An illustrated guide. Silverdale Books.
    ISBN 1-85605-685-6.

    External links
    Media related to Minor Arcana at Wikimedia Commons

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