magpie9
I Never use the courts to define physical appearance, and rarely to define sex. They're good for personality, viewpoint, etc. and sometimes as a way of responding to a problem, or defining one.
One of the many headaches with Court Cards. Each deck creator has their own opinion on which court should be which Zodiac sign.Tryska said:it seems to vary from tradition to tradition, book to book as to which cards are what.
Thirteen said:One of the many headaches with Court Cards. Each deck creator has their own opinion on which court should be which Zodiac sign.
I've found there's one of two ways to handle it:
1) Do what the deck says--so if one Deck has the King/Cups as Cancer, then when you use that deck, he's Cancer. If another deck has him as Pisces, then when you use that deck, he's Pisces.
2) Decide for yourself and no matter which deck you use, stick to your own rules. You think King/Cups should be Scorpio, and so that's what he is no matter what deck you use.
**This does NOT mean that a every Scorpio has to be the King of Cups. It just means that it helps in a reading. You see the King/Cups and you say to your querent, "Is there a Scorpio in your life?"**
The purpose of applying Zodiac to court cards is just to help with figuring out who a court card may stand for in a person's life.
The only caveat I'd put forth is that it's usually a good idea to keep to Earth signs for Pents, Water signs for Cups, etc. If you start to really mix and match, you get confused and end up with signs missing.