Discovering Your Court Card

[HouseDealer]

question 1: what is the person's astrological sign?
question 2: what is the element of the sign? (earth, air, fire, water)
question 3: how old is the person in question?
question 4: was this person born on a cusp?

court cards appear in readings, and represent people we know. most of the time in a reading, when a court card appears, it's easy to get to the bottom of who the person is.

SWORDS--Air signs: Aquarius, Gemini, Libra
WANDS--Fire signs: Leo, Aries, Saggitarius (i probably spelled that wrong. woops!)
PENTACLES (COINS)--Earth signs: Capricorn, Taurus, Virgo
CUPS--Water signs: Scorpio, Pisces, Cancer

Age: Pages are typically children. they, in a few words, often represent innocence and early discovery...seing things from a "younger" or "fresher" point of view. it can also suggest immaturity in how a person is acting, depending on the situation. when they are about 18, they progress to
Knights, who are approximately aged 18-30. Knights are active, and usually represent aggressive activity in one of the four "departments:" emotion (water), fire (raw energy), air (what is intellectual and very active), and what is material (earth).
Queens represent female energy...a female aged 30 or over.
Kings are strong male energy..representing a male aged 30 or older.

What is a cusp? in a few words, it is when a person is born within one week of the next sign..before or after.

for example, my son was born on January 18th. that puts him right in between two signs: Capricorn and Aquarius. his age puts him in the Page category, so he would carry both Page of Pentacles and Page of Swords.

when we put the elements together, it becomes obvious of the effects that earth and air interact. we can ask ourselves what happens when the two elements mix?
water eliminates fire.
water erodes earth.
water exists in the air, and in the living things on the planet.

i know a person who was born on August 23. that is the very last day in Virgo, before it turns into Leo. Virgo's element is Earth; Leo's is Fire.
Earth and Fire...how do these two elements affect each other? this person would have two court cards..King of Pentacles, or Coins being the dominant court card, and King of Wands being the "other half." this is why knowing if a cusp is present can be very helpful.

these are just a few examples of how the court cards can relate to a person...there are so many examples. i encourage you to think, on your own, about how your element affects the element of someone you know, and see how it works on that person. never abusing power, of course.

Tarot should never be used for that purpose.

if you're a Picses and are aged 35, your court card would be King of Cups.

knowing your court card and the court cards of people you care for...being able to indentify the court cards by others, enhances a reading and most of the time, since court cards normally represent people, can give a very direct answer. . .depending on the question...or situation presented.

[_Angel_]

this is very interesting. mine is the queen of penticales. i will have to research this card.

[HouseDealer]

given time, i'll post about the court cards.

in the meantime, ask questions..do your research. it'll really help you understand yourself. have you figured out your major arcana card? if you need help, just email me.

send me an email and i can tell you about your court card. or ask around.. = )

Queen of Pentacles..i have a lot of friends who carry that court card. I'm Queen of Cups. i find that i get a long really well with the earth signs...the pentacles, or coins.

[HouseDealer]

you take your birthdate, and set it up like this
mm/dd/yyyy (eg: 3/14/1973. i'll use this example throughout, to explain)
turn the / signs into + signs, then add all numbers together like this:
3+14+1973= 1990
take that product (1990) and add each individual digit together like this:
1+9+9+0= 19

now we do the very same thing, to get the number reduced to the final reduction. any number over 10 needs further reducing. in this case it would be this:

1+9= 10

number ten in the major arcana is The Wheel of Fortune (X.)
if you need further help, email me.

Maxine said:

so I am the Queen of Wands dont know my major arcana card yet how do i find this

[annie]

so in numerically i am a one, and also an aries, leo rising, moon in virgo, would my court cart be the hanged man or ace of wands

[_Angel_]

annie from what i understand since you are aries that means you are wands. then your age will tell you if you are which court card

18 - 30 knight
30 and up female queen
30 and up male king.

[HouseDealer]

Major Arcana Card: 1. the Magician
Court Card, if you're Aries: Queen of Wands.
Aries is a fire sign...and i'm guessing that you're over 30, if not, you'd still be a knight.

[annie]

well over 30, and loving it

[HouseDealer]

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