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| Life Energies: The Tarot Suits and Their Astrological Elements | | Suit | Element | Meaning | Corresponding Astrological Signs | | Wands | Fire | Beginnings, action | Aries, Leo, Sagittarius | | Cups | Water | Emotion, intuition | Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces | | Swords | Air | Communication, mental activities | Gemini, Libra, Aquarius | | Pentacles | Earth | Possessions, the physical | Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn |
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You can think about the Tarot in a number of ways: as a tool for connecting you with the universal unconscious, as a way to get in touch with your sixth sense of what's true, or as an unfolding story revealed in pictures. Any way you look at it, interpreting the Tarot is fun! |
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The Reader and the Querent |
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People who have studied the Tarot for many years (like Arlene, the co-author of this book) are called Tarot readers. As with any method of fortune-telling, reading the Tarot is much more than merely memorizing what each card or symbol means. In addition to understanding Tarot cards, Tarot readers have strong backgrounds in disciplines ranging from psychology to mythology, and recognize that a reading opens up life's possibilities rather than narrows them down to an inevitable course of action. |
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Just as there are natural painters and those who can't draw a stick figure, there are people who are naturally good at reading the Tarot. The best Tarot readers understand that no card has any one meaning, but rather is a metaphor for a variety of interpretations. |
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The person asking the reader a question is called the Querent. Querents may ask specific questions: When will I meet my soulmate? or Will I win the lottery?; or they may ask about the world: What's going to happen in the year 2000? or Will any film ever top Titanic? Specific Tarot spreads can address different types of questions, such as how to set a goal, make a decision, or find a solution to a problem. Readings can span a time frame (What's going to happen in my life |
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