The Minor Arcana are the cards that refer to our everyday life. They represent "the mundane."

They are the cards relating to: our jobs, our relationships, our conflicts and our possessions or money.

These are the cards that tell you to handle your own responsibilities, your own concerns or challenges, your own finances and to get your love life/relationships in order or to let them go.

With the Major Arcana cards telling the Reader that the Querent will have much spiritual guidance during the next year (or whatever time period you have chosen), the Minor Arcana reminds us that we are in control of our own destinies and must make our daily decisions and choices, goals and objectives to move onto the next day, next choice or next journey in our life.

WANDS

Career, job, work place and physical labor, Spirituality and crafty ideas. They are also the seeds or conception of an idea. Original thought and intention.

Equivalent suit in a normal playing deck of cards: Clubs
Direction: South
Elemental Fairy: Salamander
Element: Fire

CUPS

Love, happiness, joy, completion, family, relationships and emotions. This represents action, inner sensitivity or emotional experiences and spirit.

Equivalent suit in a normal playing deck of cards: Hearts
Direction: West
Elemental Fairy: Undines
Element: Water

PENTACLES

Money, matters concerning money, home, home related issues, prosperity, security, property, material possessions. It also represents manifestation, the end result and realization of an idea or project.

Equivalent suit in a normal playing deck of cards: Diamonds
Direction: East
Elemental Fairy: Gnomes
Element: Earth

SWORDS

Conflicts, lessons, arguments, obstacles, challenges, and the mental realm.

Equivalent suit in a normal playing deck of cards: Spades
Direction: North
Elemental Fairy: Sylphs
Element: Air

Court Cards

Page represents a child of either sex, innocence, youth.

Knight represents a teen of either sex, youth, action and a daring personality.

Queen represents an Adult female, family and mother.

King Adult male, father, boss, and authority figures.

DO NOT GET THE COURT CARDS MIXED UP WITH THE MAJOR ARCANA! COURT CARDS HAVE "PAGE", "KNIGHT", "QUEEN" OR "KING" WRITTEN ON THEM!

Timing of Events

Pentacles represent Spring

Cups represent Summer

Wands represent Autumn

Swords represent Winter

Major Arcana cards will usually indicate that the circumstance or event will happen soon.

Aces signify which season the situation will happen.

Court Cards indicate in what months the event would happen.

Minor Arcana cards denote days or weeks (by their number).