Thursday, November 12, 2015

Suit Keys

The Minor Arcana are the Suite Cards of the Tarot - Wands, Cups, Swords, Pentacles.
Suit Keys are the general aspects of what each suit represents as a whole.
Previously, we broke our Tarot Deck into 6 piles.
  • 22 Major Arcana
  • the Court Cards of all Suits
  • Ace -10 of Wands
  • Ace -10 of Cups,
  • Ace -10 of Swords,
  • Ace -10 of Pentacles
For now, I am only using the last 4 piles – Ace through 10 of all four suits.
Each suit corresponds to:
  • a season (three months)
  • an astrological sign
  • a magical element
  • a cardinal point
  • a playing card suit
  • classes of people
  • activity
  • function
  • (other categories)
SUIT KEYS
Suit Keys are what each suit represents as a whole.
For example: The suit of Wands (Clubs in playing cards) corresponds to:
The sign of Taurus, the element of Fire, the direction South, a Masculine Active force, the Intellectual person, Intuition, and substantiality.
So, a divination spread that contained a majority of Wand cards would generally indicate a situation involving enterprise (business) and distinction (honor, and recognition.)
**Full chart for each suit to come
MEMORIZE THESE SUIT KEYS
Wands = ENTERPRISE & DISTINCTION
Cups = LOVE & HAPPINESS
Swords = STRUGGLE & ANIMOSITY
Pentacles = MONEY INTERESTS
The easiest way to commit these SUIT KEYS to memory is repetition.
Tips to help learn these SUIT KEYS
  • Practice taking cards from each suit and concentrating only on the appropriate SUIT KEY.
  • Try sensing the vibration surrounding the cards.
  • Take a few minutes each day to meditate on the associations until it automatically comes to mind when you see or think about that suit.
  • Pick up each suit, close your eyes and imagine experiencing Enterprise & Distinction, Love & Happiness, Struggle & Animosity, Money Matters… like an actor preparing for a role. Repeat for each suit.
  • Lay all 4 suits out and pick up cards at random. Each time saying the SUIT KEYS out loud, and feeling there influence in your mind. Handling the cards while concentrating will help.
The appropriate SUIT KEY response should come automatically after doing this for a few days. Don’t rush – FEEL the vibrations of each suit – this practice will combine sensitivity with memory, building up and developing intuitive abilities.

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