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Mark My Card
Are your cards a meditation or a prediction. Do the cards know your fate, do they predict your fate, or do they set your fate. Is the reading the direction of the future or an insight into the future. How well do you know your cards, is it an intuition or an understanding. And are any of your answers less valid if I disagree with them.
I would like to make a pack of cards based on the meanings behind a the old wisdom of the tarot.
The Fool
Oh look at that fool, falling, floundering, crashing about breaking the rules and...
II The High Priestess
The High Priestess knows about secrets. She knows how to keep secrets. And...
XIII Death
Oh death, here you are with your melancholy and finality. Last night I watched a...
XV The Devil
I have heard the devil is an oppressive experience that is, in least at part, from...
XVIII The Moon
And so began my week of lunar confusion. The path I had trodden so casually...
XX Judgement
We are limited in this human body with finite, and, indeed, quite small levels of...
Ace of Swords
Clarity in reason and communication, in air.
Ace of Staves
Creation in creativity and action in fire
Ace of Cups
Intimacy in emotions and intuition in water
Ace of Coins
Prosperity in materiality and success in earth.
One of Swords
Conviction, determination, strength and triumph in reason and communication in...
One of Staves
Beginning, starting anew, an adventure or enterprise in creativity and action in...
One of Cups
Abundance, fertility, fulfilment in emotions and intuition in water.
One of Coins
Perfection, prosperity, bliss, extensive wealth materiality and success in earth.
Two of Swords
Balance but in the case of tension, a stalemate in reason and communication in...
Two of Staves
Travel, bravery to venture down new paths in creativity and action in fire.
Two of Cups
Emotional partnership, connection, a union in emotion and intuition in water
Two of Coins
Three of Swords
Disappointment, rejection, seperation, betrayal in reason and communication in...
Three of Staves
Three of Cups
Three of Coins
Mastery, artistic or creative skill, recongnition or accolades, in materiality and...
Four of Swords
Retreat, filling the well, rest, seclusion in reason and communication in air.
Four of Staves
Stability, romantic harmony, tranquility and enjoyment in creativity and action in...
Four of Cups
Four of Coins
Hoarding, possessiveness, stinginess in materiality and success in earth
Five of Swords
Conquest, defeat, self-interest in reason and communication in air.
Five of Staves
Conflict, competition, rivalry, jealousy in creativity and action in fire
Five of Cups
Five of Coins
Six of Swords
Six of Staves
Triumph, conquest, the realisation of a goal, in creativity and action in fire
Six of Cups
Six of Coins 
Seven of Swords
Seven of Staves
Success, overcoming the odds, winning negotionations, in creativity and action in...
Seven of Cups
Seven of Coins
Ingenuity, inventiveness, gain, discovery of treasure in materiality and success in...
Eight of Swords
Turmoil, conflict, restriction or limitation, in reason and communication in air
Eight of Staves
Swift action, haste towards goals in creativity and action in fire
Eight of Cups
Depart, abandonment of effort, leaving behind, departure in emotion and intuition in...
Eight of Coins
Skills, craft, apprentiship, handiwork, diligence in materiality and success in...
Nine of Swords
Despair, heartbreak and anxiousness in reason and communication in air
Nine of Staves
Vigilance, anticipation, grit, awareness in creativity and action in fire.
Nine of Cups
Victory, abundance, material success and gain in emotion and intuition in water.
Nine of Coins
Plenty, accomplishments, prudence and material comfort in materiality and success in...
Ten of Swords
Defeat, misfortune, and loss of energy in reason and communication in air
Ten of Staves
Burden, responsibility, pressure in creativity and action in fire
Ten of Cups
Family, virtue, harmony and contentment I. Emotion and intuition in water
Ten of Coins
Legacy, affluence, ancestry and inheritance in materiality and success in...
Page of Swords
Curious and inquisitive, insight and discretion in reason and communication in...
Page of Staves
Loyalty, a sign of important news, a semaphore in creativity and action in fire.
Page of Cups
Surprise, happy news, an offer of service or assistance in emotion and intuition in...
Page of Coins
Knight of Swords
Capacity and skill, occasionally impetuousness, in reason and communication in...
Knight of Staves
Passion, lust, comfort with the unknown in creativity and action in fire.
Knight of Cups
Knight of Coins
Methodical, deliberate, persistent, capable in materiality and success in earth.
Queen of Swords
Perception, keen wit in reason and communication in air
Queen of Staves
Exuberance and enthusiasm, graceful in creativity and action in fire
Queen of Cups
Devoted, warmth, feminine intuition in emotion and intuition in water.
Queen of Coins
Prosperity, luxury, opulence and generosity in materiality and success in earth.
King of Swords
Controlled, clear-headed, authoritative, experience and intellect in reason and...
King of Staves
Visionary, maturity, entrepreneurship in creativity and action in fire.
King of Cups
Emotional balance, sound counsel and professionalism in emotion and intuition in...
King of Coins
And another thing
