4 Suits – Jaze Oracle

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The 4 Suits of the Tarot correspond to the four classical elements and form the foundation of the Minor Arcana (the 56 cards separate from the 22 Major Arcana trump cards).
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Each suit represents a different domain of human experience:
1. Wands (also Staves, Rods, Batons)

Element: Fire
Represents: Energy, passion, creativity, ambition, willpower, action, enterprise, and spirituality
Associated with: Career, projects, personal drive, and the “spark” of life
Season: Spring

Wands deal with what motivates you—your desires, goals, and the energy you put into pursuing them. They’re the suit of the entrepreneur, the artist, and the visionary.
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2. Cups (also Chalices, Goblets, Hearts)

Element: Water
Represents: Emotions, relationships, intuition, love, imagination, and the unconscious
Associated with: Romance, friendships, emotional connections, dreams, and creativity
Season: Summer

Cups govern the heart and the inner world of feelings. This is the suit of poets, lovers, and anyone navigating the depths of human connection.
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3. Swords (also Blades, Spades)

Element: Air
Represents: Intellect, thought, communication, conflict, truth, and justice
Associated with: Logic, analysis, decision-making, challenges, and mental clarity—or turmoil
Season: Winter

Swords cut through illusion. They represent the mind’s power to solve problems or create them. This suit often deals with difficult truths, ethical dilemmas, and the double-edged nature of intellect.
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4. Pentacles (also Coins, Disks, Diamonds, Rings)

Element: Earth
Represents: Material world, money, physical health, work, resources, stability, and the tangible
Associated with: Finances, career stability, property, body, and practical matters
Season: Autumn

Pentacles ground the spiritual in the physical. They’re about building, accumulating, and maintaining—wealth, health, security, and craftsmanship.
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Each suit contains 14 cards: Ace through 10, plus Page, Knight, Queen, and King—allowing for nuanced readings that combine the suit’s core energy with the card’s specific rank and meaning.

This video outlines the basic structure of the Tarot Cards of the Minor Arcana, including the correspondences to the Zodiac, the Kabbalistic Tree of Life and the Elements. Knowledge of these concepts can help a great deal when it comes to reading these cards and using them in a spread. 56 cards, split into 4 suits, covering every aspect of the human experience. Arcana is the latin word for secret so the tarot is effectively split into big secrets and small secrets, and right now we’re talking about the small secrets. The gossip, the stuff we see every day.

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