THE MINOR ARCANA
The Minor Arcana of the Tarot deck are much more like what we understand and are familiar with as playing cards today. In fact, the jokers you get in a new playing deck relate back to the Tarot roots of the card. Modern decks have four suits with 13 cards in each suit -- ace, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, jack, queen, and, king. It depends on the game you are playing in a modern deck whether the aces are High (above the king) or Low (before the two). Much of this reflects modern playing card's roots in Tarot decks of the late medieval/early renaissance Italy. To learn more about the cards in the Minor Arcana, please click on the link to the individual suits below!
In the Tarot, the four Minor Arcana (or suits) are:
Which are ruled by the element of Air
Which are ruled by the element of Fire
Which are ruled by the element of Water
Which are ruled by the element of Earth
Article written by Dr. Nikki
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