Glossary
Tarot = 78 cards with Major and Minor Arcana, with universal meanings
Oracle = any number of cards with individual meanings
Querant = the person for whom the reading is performed
Court Card = Page, Knight, Queen, King
Significador = Card that represents the Querant
Archetype = Symbolic figures that are universally recognized and understood across societies, cultures, religions, mythologies, and popular cultures.
Dignity = The way the cards are faced, Worthy in front of the reader, Unworthy with his back to the reader.
minor arcana 56 cards
These represent the more tangible and mundane aspects and occurrences of the querent’s life, along with your responses to them, eg, incidents, events, experiences, people in the querent’s life, and the environment.
4 Minor Arcana Suits (similar to ordinary playing cards with the addition of an extra short card).
o Wands (Rods, Sticks)
or Cups
or Swords
o Pentacles (Coins, Discs)
Suit Life Experience Zodiac Sign Element Gender
Leo, Aries, Sagittarius Fire Man Career Wands
Mugs Emotions Pisces, Cancer, Scorpio Water Feminine
Intellect Swords Gemini, Libra, Aquarius Air Masculine
Pentacles Material Aspects Taurus, Capricorn, Virgo Earth Feminine
Court Cards (Arcana) often represent people, either the Querant or people they interact with, however Pages and Knights can represent change and the consequence of chance, respectively.
Major Arcana = 22 cards
These represent the fundamental principles and experiences of human life, that is, spirituality, theories about life and death, ethical dilemmas and judgments, personal morality, interactions with others and the environment. It could also be said that it represents the inner journey of the self; where spiritual progress and development can be tracked and mapped.
The Major Arcana are considered the most important cards in the deck, representing the fundamental precepts and motivations in the life of a questioner. The images on the lore cards represent archetypes.
Some things to keep in mind when starting a reading.
or Images
Color
Numbers
o Pairs, Triples, etc.
o Position of the cards
o Relationship of cards to each other
or Related to the question
o Use of intuition
o Convey information positively
o If you are not sure what it means, say so
