Tag: oracle
King of Cups
Keywords for the King of Cups UNDERSTANDING CARING WISE HELPFUL TOLERANT RESPONSIBLE COMPASSIONATE PATIENT DIPLOMATIC ETHICAL In the image on the card, we see our King seated before us on a plainly carved stone throne that seems to be almost floating on the surface of the choppy ocean waves. It is quite the contrast to…
Knight of Cups
Keywords for the Knight of Cups ROMANTIC DREAMY CHIVALROUS UNREALISTIC POETIC MOODY IDEALISTIC OVERDRAMATIC QUIXOTIC UNSTABLE In the image on the card, we see what appears to be an arid landscape in the background. It appears to be high noon–the sun lights up the landscape, and amidst these intense solar rays one can almost taste…
Page of Cups
Keywords for the Page of Cups SENSITIVE INTUITION INTUITIVE PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT GENTLE DREAMS SWEET FANTASIES LOVING VISIONS In the image on this card, we see a young child dressed in a blue tunic decorated with pink flowers. Except for his yellow boots, the rest of his attire adheres to this soft pink and blue color…
10 of Cups
Keywords for the Ten of Cups JOY SERENITY CONTENTMENT EMOTIONAL FULFILLMENT LOVE FAMILY INTIMACY MARITAL BLISS AFFECTION A HAPPY FAMILY It is a beautiful, bright spring morning—the birds are chirping, the dew is still fresh on the grass, and the sun is shining down gently on the new life stirring in all corners of this…
9 of Cups
Source: A.E. Waite’s Pictorial Key to the Tarot (pub. 1909) via sacredtexts.com Keywords for the Nine of Cups CONTENTMENT ABUNDANCE SATISFACTION ENJOYMENT LUXURY OVERINDULGENCE GOOD FORTUNE OSTENTATION WISHES FULFILLED EXCESS In the image on the card, we see a plump man sitting contentedly on a stone bench. He sits with legs spread wide, clearly relaxed…
7 of Cups
Keywords for the Seven of Cups FANTASY REVERIE ILLUSION VISION IMAGINATION IDEALS DREAMS UNGROUNDED WISHFUL THINKING DELUSIONAL In the image on this card, we see the dark figure of a man illuminated from behind. He is lost in thought, caught in a reverie as he ponders the various virtues of each offering displayed before him. …
9 of Wands
Keywords for the Nine of Wands DETERMINATION DEFENSIVENESS RESOLVE REACTIVITY GRIT FEELING GUARDED ENDURANCE UNHEALED WOUNDS RESILIENCE HYPERVIGILANCE In front of us we see a man who, battered and bruised, stands in front of a tall fence of wands he has built himself. He grips a final, ninth wand tightly in front of him, on…
The Fool’s Journey: the Major Arcana
Most tarot decks in use today, including the Rider-Waite, contain a standard number of 78 cards, which is then split into two sections: the Major Arcana and the Minor Arcana. The word “arcana” itself means “a deep or profound secret.” It is thought that each of these cards contains symbolic imagery revealing a powerful hidden…