cardlady22
Are you confused, or unsatisfied, with how/why meanings are given in the playing card books you've read? Would you like to know how to set up your own system?
Over in this thread, I posted a PDF compilation of the suit associations given in various playing card methods.
http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=2872243&postcount=47
The easiest part (for me) is assigning a season to suit. I can see the logic in putting both red suits together for spring/summer; and then the black suits for autumn/winter. (especially in geographical areas where the seasons are wet/dry) But, I prefer an alternating red-black, which has the benefit of following a plant "life cycle" theme:
Spring, breaking up through the earth
Summer, growing leaves use photosynthesis
Autumn, harvest & storage
Winter, dormant seed for the next cycle
Elements are the tricky part. Do you start with an astrological wheel basis? in which case you need to choose how to follow the order by quarter: fire, water, air, earth
or by sequence fire, earth, air, water *Aries or Leo start point
And then my brain considers the fact that if you use quarters, there is an element "not present" for each.
spring - no water sign
summer - no air sign
autumn - no earth sign
winter - no fire sign
Or is the starting reference made by the 1:1 assignment of suits with those of the tarot? That just brings them straight across. I'm not as happy with that thought.
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Next step is how you use the pip numbers (numerology) and the Court cards. (zodiac signs)
I do like the way Ana Cortez gives a female persona to the Tens, making them similar to a Page/Princess. It makes the 1-9 numerology simple.
The way I assign the courts relates to the modes of the astrological sign.
Cardinal - King
Fixed - Queen
Mutable - Jack
Over in this thread, I posted a PDF compilation of the suit associations given in various playing card methods.
http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=2872243&postcount=47
The easiest part (for me) is assigning a season to suit. I can see the logic in putting both red suits together for spring/summer; and then the black suits for autumn/winter. (especially in geographical areas where the seasons are wet/dry) But, I prefer an alternating red-black, which has the benefit of following a plant "life cycle" theme:
Spring, breaking up through the earth
Summer, growing leaves use photosynthesis
Autumn, harvest & storage
Winter, dormant seed for the next cycle
Elements are the tricky part. Do you start with an astrological wheel basis? in which case you need to choose how to follow the order by quarter: fire, water, air, earth
or by sequence fire, earth, air, water *Aries or Leo start point
And then my brain considers the fact that if you use quarters, there is an element "not present" for each.
spring - no water sign
summer - no air sign
autumn - no earth sign
winter - no fire sign
Or is the starting reference made by the 1:1 assignment of suits with those of the tarot? That just brings them straight across. I'm not as happy with that thought.
- - - - - - - -
Next step is how you use the pip numbers (numerology) and the Court cards. (zodiac signs)
I do like the way Ana Cortez gives a female persona to the Tens, making them similar to a Page/Princess. It makes the 1-9 numerology simple.
The way I assign the courts relates to the modes of the astrological sign.
Cardinal - King
Fixed - Queen
Mutable - Jack