Minor Arcana
The Tarot would not be useful if no method of narrowing the interpretations to the practical, everyday level existed.
The Minor Arcana of the Tarot
Whereas the Major Arcana of the Tarot deals with archetypal and universal ideas, the Minor Arcana ("Lesser Secrets") embodies more everyday situations, problems and people.
MINOR ARCANA. SIGNIFICATION FROM THE DIVINING POINT OF VIEW.
THE Tarot pack is composed of 78 cards or plates; 22 of them bear symbolical names (the Juggler, Sun, Moon, Hanged Man, etc.), and they should be separated from the 56 others, ...
Minor Arcana
In-depth discussion of the Minor Arcana and its origins.
The Cards
Major Arcana ...
The Minor Arcana Suits are:
Pumpkins (in place of Pentacles)
Bats (in place of Swords)
Ghosts (in place of Cups)
Imps (in place of Wands) ...
The Minor Arcana suits and cards (56 cards):
The Suit of Wands
The Suit of Cups ...
Prior to this, the minor arcana (or "pip" cards) of the Tarot were illustrated with various geometric arrangements of the four suit symbols - Cups, Swords, Batons and Coins.
A form of , using a deck of 78 Cards: 22 Trumps or Major Arcana, and 56 Minor Arcana. The first Tarot deck seems to have appeared in Mediaeval times, though there is one legend that it goes back to Ancient Egypt.
A traditional tarot deck is made up of two sets of cards, the first (major arcana) depicting 22 pictures, such as the fool, the devil, the sun and death; the second (minor arcana) has 56 cards with kings (or lords), queens (or ladies), ...
 See also: Tarot, The Tarot, Major arcana, Symbol, World
  
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