CHAPTER 13

Groupings

The idea here is to get you thinking about the energies behind groups of cards. We have discussed the elements and the four suits, but there are cards that seem to relate clearly to a particular aspect of life. Some of these are so obvious that every Tarot Reader would see them the same way. An example of this would be the Death Card, which is universally understood as a major ending and transformation. Most of the other cards will change their meaning with each reading and with each person who reads them. The lists below are just another way of stretching your mind and encouraging you to associate one card with the others around it. Remember that my interpretations of the cards and my way of grouping them won't necessarily be yours, and yours need not be the same as anyone else's.

Birth of a child

The Sun

Ace of Wands

The Pages

Children

The Sun

The Pages

Ten of Cups (family life)

Six of Cups

Commitment

Two of Cups

Two of Wands

Disappointment, sadness

Four of Cups

Five of Cups

Ten of Swords

The Moon

Doctor, lawyer

Any Sword Court card

Education

The Pages

The Star

The High Priestess

The Hermit

The Hierophant

Good friends

Any King

Any Queen

Any Knight

Hard work

Ten of Wands

Health

Strength

Four of Swords

Three of Swords

Ideas

The Magician

The Fool

Ace of Swords

Joy, satisfaction

Nine of Cups

Judgment

Any Sword Court card

Two of Coins (money)

Five of Swords (acrimony)

Legal matters

Justice

Judgement

Any Sword Court Card

Two of Coins (money)

Five of Swords (acrimony)

Losses, worry

Two of Cups

Five of Coins

Three of Swords

Love and romance

The Lovers

Ace and Two of Cups

Marriage

Three of Cups

The Hierophant

The Lovers

The Devil (difficult)

Money, security

Ace of Coins

Four of Coins

Nine of Coins

Ten of Coins

Any Coin Court card

Moving on in life

Almost any Major Arcana card

Eight of Cups

Six of Swords

Seven of Swords

New home

Two of Wands

Four of Wands

Three of Coins

The Empress (plus garden or land)

The Tower (problems)

Parents

The Moon

The Empress

The Emperor

Peace, happiness

Temperance

The Star

The Sun

Three of Cups

Nine of Cups

Ten of Cups

Self-employment

The Magician

The Emperor

Any Ace

Sex

The Devil

Ace of Swords (passion)

Ace of Wands (phallic symbol)

Spiritual enlightenment

The High Priestess

The Magician

The Hierophant

The Hermit

The Devil

The Moon

The Star

Ace of Swords

Success, achievement

The Sun

Six of Wands

Four of Coins

Teacher, advisor

The High Priestess

The Hierophant

The Hermit

Many Court cards

Travel

The Knights

Eight of Wands

Six of Swords

The Chariot

Vacations

The Sun

Eight of Wands (hot place)

Six of Swords (cold place)

The Empress (countryside)

Vehicle problems

The Chariot

Any Knight

Seven of Swords