Elemental Personalities In The Tarot

Elemental Personalities In The Tarot

The Four Suits

Fire – passionate, assertive, aggressive, intuitive, energetic, risktakers, sexual, ambitious, reckless.

Water – emotional, romantic, empathic, passive, idealistic, hopeful,psychic, spiritual.

Air – intelligent, honest, logical, rational, reasonable, conflicted,thoughtful, knowledgeable, understanding, intellectual.

Earth – material, slow and plodding, fertile, studious, patient,comfort seeking, survivalist, practical, down to earth, hard working.

Kings

Wands – fire, zealot, sexually motivated, competitive, fiery temper.

Cups – water, imaginative, considerate, kind, nurturing, loving.

Swords – air, rational, truthful, analytical, intelligent,intellectual, diplomatic.

Pentacles – earth, wealthy, hard worker, patient, stable, reliable.

Queens

Wands – fire, passionate, temperamental, fondness for sex,demonstrative, ambitious.

Cups – water, emotional, sensitive, psychic, occult interests, gentle,loving.

Swords – air, sarcastic, witty, intellectual, good communicator,rational.

Pentacles – earth, wealthy, good money manager, fertile, nature lover,fondness for luxury.

Knights

Wands – fire, swiftness in actions, ambitious, haste, enthusiasm,excitable.

Cups – water, intuitive, moody, idealistic, social, sensitive,romantic.

Swords – air, analytical, communicator, decisive, adviser, honest.

Pentacles – earth, plodding, patient, practical, hard working.

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Wands – competitive, excitable, optimistic, courageous, daring.

Cups – loving, psychic, kind, friendly, sensitive, warm, hopeful.

Swords – air, keen intellect, logical, a negotiator, witty,

Pentacles – earth, studious, stable, reliable, thrifty, love of nature.


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The Seven of Cups - What Is In Them?

Rider-Waite Symbolism

Generally speaking, Waite describes these cups as strange chalices ofvision. They are all up on a cloud, which may reflect their ungrounded,impractical or transient nature and the over-imagination or confusionof the figure conjuring them. Accordingly, they have been associatedwith wishful thinking.

There is some dispute as to what the 7 symbols in the cups mean, buttarotologists have some speculation as to the meanings. It may be notedthat the exact elements of this vision may be less important than thevery act of conjuring them.

This Card represents self-delusion. Ideas that we need not worry aboutthe real world because we might win the lottery.

The cups seem to offer:

    * A snake - may represent animal passion and desire. Alternatively,some consider the snake to represent powerful transformative knowledge.The snake around The Magician's waist may offer insight into Waite'sintention with this inclusion herein.

    * A treasure horde - probably represents wealth and abundance.

    * A human head - may represent a potential companion to the seeker(love).

    * A castle or tower - may represent power and stability, or one'snative land. (contrast with The Tower)

    * A laurel wreath - most likely represents victory, honour andstatus. Note the skull like shadow on the cup itself, which may pointto the great dangers of vanity and pride (a deadly sin).

    * A dragon - in keeping with the Christian imagery of the deck, itis more likely a symbol of evil, anger and envy, calamity. Today,dragons are mostly associated with fantasy, the supernatural, magic.

    * A shrouded, glowing figurine - may represent the burning need forthe conjurer's self-illumination.


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