Ace of Cups
A cloud-borne cup, water and a descending sacramental emblem give this Ace several symbolic layers.
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Ace of Pentacles
A cloud-borne pentacle raises a distinction between material prosperity and its benefit.
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Ace of Swords
A crowned sword represents force whose outcome is not uniformly favourable.
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Ace of Wands
A hand from a cloud presents the suit's single stout wand.
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Eight of Cups
A departing figure gives the Eight an image of leaving an earlier concern behind.
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Eight of Pentacles
Stone work supplies an image of craft that can be preparatory rather than complete.
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Eight of Swords
A bound figure surrounded by swords is expressly described as temporarily confined.
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Eight of Wands
Flying wands carry the numbered suit into an image of swift motion.
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Five of Cups
Three fallen cups and two remaining upright make loss and remainder part of one composition.
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Five of Pentacles
Two figures passing a lit window receive explicitly incompatible interpretations.
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Five of Swords
A figure controlling the field watches two others retreat while their swords remain on the ground.
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Five of Wands
Five youths brandish staves in a scene described as mock combat.
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Four of Cups
An offered fourth cup meets a seated figure's dissatisfaction with the three already present.
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Four of Pentacles
A figure holding several pentacles gives possession a concrete visual arrangement.
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Four of Swords
A knight's tomb effigy is described in prayer, linking repose with memorial imagery.
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Four of Wands
A garland joins four foreground staves beside a bridge and a house.
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King of Cups
A cup-bearing king sits amid sea imagery, with a ship and a leaping dolphin.
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King of Pentacles
Bull-head throne symbols accompany a pentacle interpreted through the elements.
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King of Swords
A judging king holds the unsheathed sword as an emblem of authority and office.
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King of Wands
A flowering staff and lion throne place this court figure within the animated Wands suit.
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Knight of Cups
A quietly riding knight carries the cup suit into a scene of approach and invitation.
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Knight of Pentacles
A slow horse and an exhibited pentacle give the Knight an image of steady external service.
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Knight of Swords
A rider in full course is compared with the ideal hero of romantic chivalry.
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Knight of Wands
A moving horse makes travel and haste central to this court card's description.
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Nine of Cups
A satisfied seated figure appears before an arched counter stocked with cups.
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Nine of Pentacles
A garden and a wrist-borne bird accompany a deliberately tentative claim about ownership.
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Nine of Swords
A lamenting figure beneath swords gives the card an image of desolation.
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Nine of Wands
Eight upright staves stand behind a watchful figure leaning on a ninth.
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Page of Cups
A fish emerging from a cup turns the Page's contemplation into an image of thoughts taking form.
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Page of Pentacles
An absorbed Page studies a hovering pentacle while moving slowly.
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Page of Swords
An alert figure and disturbed clouds place vigilance at the centre of this Page's description.
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Page of Wands
A standing messenger turns the suit's wand into an emblem of proclamation.
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Queen of Cups
This queen's description joins visionary contemplation with purposeful action.
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Queen of Pentacles
The Queen's contemplation of her symbol is described as an expression of intelligence and generosity.
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Queen of Swords
An upright sword and extended hand accompany the Queen's described familiarity with sorrow.
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Queen of Wands
Leaf-bearing wands connect this queen's symbolism with life and animation.
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Seven of Cups
Visionary cups place imagination and impermanent attainment at the centre of the card account.
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Seven of Pentacles
A figure contemplating pentacles is paired with the source's frank admission of contradictory meanings.
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Seven of Swords
Five carried swords and two left behind accompany the source's admission of uncertain meaning.
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Seven of Wands
A figure above six raised staves holds the seventh from a higher position.
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Six of Cups
Children and flower-filled cups support competing readings of memory and unfamiliar surroundings.
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Six of Pentacles
Weighed and distributed money supports a gift image alongside a cautionary supplementary reading.
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Six of Swords
A ferryman's manageable passage supplies a relatively calm image within the Swords suit.
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Six of Wands
Laurel crowns a mounted bearer whose companions also carry staves.
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Ten of Cups
Ten cups arc above a household scene watched by two adults while children dance nearby.
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Ten of Pentacles
A household scene combines an archway, generations and dogs with family and archival meanings.
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Ten of Swords
A pierced prostrate figure receives an explicit qualification against a simple violent-death reading.
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Ten of Wands
A bearer weighed down by ten staves gives the card its image of burden.
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