New and I also have ths same issue.
catbaloo said:
I didn't realise there were different views on this. I naturally saw wands as air and swords as fire.
That feeling of standing out on top of a cliff and feeling the magic in the air and the potential in life. That's why I associate wands with air.
I too sometimes have the same issues. I know when I read it the reason why wands is fire and swords are air. But I hate when they say swords that cut through air! What, that doesn't make it a liable excuse. It's really just confuses me. I think it's just the repersentations. Though with time I found similar attributes and if you think about it, it takes time to actually "get it" and adjust.
I see, in Tarot the Swords court means, powerful, wordly, power often misused, nobility, politicians, self centerdness, usually people who have power to do you harm.(Tarot for Beginners- P.Scott Hollander)
However the element to this deck "Air" attributes are Intellect, Communication and Outgoingness
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http://www.crazyhoroscopes.com/display-attribute.php?id=13)
Wands- Buisness affairs, financial affairs, ambition, personal effort and sucesss. (Not the same as Coins of course.)
Fire-Energy, Liveliness, and Motivation.
Why does Wands have the similar attributes with the planet Mercury/ Air element and Fire with a Mars/Sun similarity. I just think maybe my knowledge with Horoscopes/Zodiac has conflicted with how I see Wands as Air and Fire as Swords. However, since it is the proper way to read them I accept them and read them as such. The only way I can remember it is by Smart Intellectual Hot Tempered. Sword/Air Attribute and Ambitious, motivated succesful person. Wands/Fire. What's even worse is my sister who's an air element, I usually see her as a wand type of person personality wise. All I can say is, that you're not alone!