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Beginner's Manual - lesson 9:
Suits and elements in the cards
Pentacles, Cups, Swords and Wands - what do they mean
and what elements??
A good friend of mine, known as Donster/Nodntap or Don, once wrote this poem,
the sweetheart have given me permission to use it for my pages:
Spirit
of secrets, a SPIRIT so ARCANE
Guides us down our path, a path with no name
Drink from thy CUP the holy WATER of life
For it is the PENTACLE of man's EARTHLY delight
The FIRE from the mage's WAND beware
As SWORDS clash and bite filling the AIR
Our trials behind us, our path complete
Stay wise to the lessons that only a FOOL would repeat
Written by DWS (Don)
Each suit relates to an element;
earth, water, air or fire. Every element has its own set of keywords, and so
does the suits.
"Don't keep me in dispense!"
I hear you cry eagerly *S*, ok I wont. Here are the keywords you are looking
for:
| Suit: |
Pentacles |
Cups |
Swords |
Wands |
| Associations: |
Buffalo,
coins, disks, stones, diamonds |
Water,
hearts, tears, |
Lightning,
Blades, |
Rainbows,
staves, clubs, rods, serpents, |
| Keywords: |
materials,
money, health, ambitions, security, values, possessive, responsibility |
feelings, emotions, love, addictions, vulnerability, hopes, fears,
involvement, heartfelt commitment, relief, doubt |
thoughts,
intuition, communication,
dreams/nightmares, blockages, conflicts, working with in, logic,
data, law, science, math, information |
passions,
projects, relations, hard felt commitment, determination, achiever, goal
minded, velocity, drive |
Element:
Some decks shift element fire/air |
Earth: grounding, life,
powers, stagnation, solid, slow, reliable |
Water: emotions, slippery,
wet, forces of ocean, nourishing, life giving, vital, heart |
Air: Windy, hot, cold,
destroying, breeze, refreshing |
Fire: destruction, vital,
passionate, hot, powerful, action, fast |
| Season: |
spring |
autumn/fall |
winter |
summer |
| Astrology: |
Taurus, Virgo,
Capricorn |
Cancer,
Scorpio, Pisces |
Gemini, Libra,
Aquarius |
Aries, Leo,
Sagittarius |
| Day time: |
midnight |
twilight |
dawn |
noon |
| Realm: |
physical/ body |
emotional/ heart |
intellectual/ mind |
spiritual/ spirit |
| Compass: |
east/ forest |
west/ valley |
north/ mountain |
south/ ocean |
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Table 1 - suits and elements |
Next: Basic Meanings of the cards
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