Stop being confused by court cards! Start being excited by the possibilities! Become a court card adventurer along with me 🙂 The Tarot’s Court Cards are my specialist area. They talk to me. Not LITERALLY though ….
I cannot believe that my long-anticipated holiday to Italy with Arnell Ando’s Tarot Tour will begin this weekend!
It has been booked for about 8 months and suddenly IT IS HERE!
On Saturday I will fly from Glasgow to Heathrow and spend the night at the Heathrow Thistle Hotel. Not that I’ll be able to sleep much – too excited for that!
Then on Sunday morning, I and Caitlín Matthews rendez-vous in Departures and fly out to Milan together!
I hope she’s able to cope with my nervous excitement – I’ve not been abroad since 1997!! Unless you could the Isle of Man a couple of years ago. And I don’t!
Once safely landed in Milan, we take the train to Milan central and hop over to our hotel (which is near to where the train station).
We check in and hopefully meet up with some of the others. Perhaps factor in a bit of exploring … maybe an ice-cream. Well, it’s ITALY, isn’t it? And then we ALL get together for a pizza dinner at a nearby restaurant.
And then what will we do?
Gosh where to begin?! 14 days of Tarot-orientated history, surrounded by like-minded people, visiting the Sola Busca Tarot in the Brera… and tons more!
I illustrate this post with the Rider card from the beautiful Celtic Lenormand by Chloe McCracken and Will Worthington to capture my excitement about the journey and the whole holiday shebang!
In my heart I will be carrying the Tarot’s Pages – eager to travel, eager to learn, eager to make new friendships and eager for new experiences!
Stop being confused by court cards! Start being excited by the possibilities! Become a court card adventurer along with me 🙂 The Tarot’s Court Cards are my specialist area. They talk to me. Not LITERALLY though ….
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| Ross and Demelza |
Well, he’s exceptionally easy on the eye, isn’t he? In case you have been living under a rock (or in America *waves to the cousins over the pond*) let me bring you up to speed:
The 1970s BBC TV drama series, Poldark, has been remade with the smouldering Aiden Turner as the eponymous hero. Captain Poldark returns from the American Civil War after an absence of 3 years with an amazing scar and Elizabeth, his beloved, on his mind.
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| Here he is in uniform. You are welcome. |
He is no sooner plonked in a chair at his uncle’s house (the man hasn’t even stopped to have a wash or shave – which makes him even more touselled and utterly divine) when he discovers that Elizabeth is now set to marry drippy cousin Francis. Well, he had been gone for a LONG time and the poor girl thought he was dead.
In Poldark, there is much in the way of galloping over the Cornish clifftops – dark hair streaming behind him, his (frankly) GODLIKE visage darker and stormier than a night at sea. Chuck Heathcliff and Mr Rochester into a blender and flick the switch: you would pour out Captain Ross Poldark…
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| Here he is again. Because: I don’t need a reason. |
If the characters are not galloping across storm-tossed clifftops, then they are standing looking out to sea (waiting for the herring).
He rescues a boy from a beating in Truro and discovers that when out of the baggy trews and unbecoming hat she is actually a 18th century version of Lily Cole – fiery of hair, blue of eyes and winsome of smile. Only with a flatter chest.
Poldark sees the suffering of the ordinary man in the field. Or mine. And resolves to make things better. He re-opens Wheel Leisure (The Wheel of Fortune if there ever was one!) and gets his people back to work, but looking for copper, not tin.
And on Sunday, Demelza pulled on a lovely frock that just happened to make her hair even more fiery and her eyes even more like sea-glass and poor old Ross could not resist.
A quick roll on the bolsters and lo! They are married.
So, which court card is Ross Poldark?
Well, he’s several of them, actually – just as you would expect of a multi-layered and realistic (albeit stunningly, wolfishly handsome) character.
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| ‘Parently he wasn’t happy when the BBC released this image of him topless. I’m not complaining …. |
In his treatment of his tenants and the poor, he is generous and sympathetic – handing out jobs and houses. In caring about people and SHOWING he cares about people, he is the King of Cups.
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| Grateful tenants getting married. Ends up in pokey for 2 years for not listening to Cap’n Poldark’s anti-poaching advice. |
His heart still beats faster for the Elizabeth and her billowing pillow lips, but he also beds the innocent Demelza (oh don’t worry, she’s as keen as mustard to do it). And then marries her.
He has loved Elizabeth for years – and I’d associate that steadiness with the suit of Pentacles. But he is fairly quickly smitten with Demelza and marries her in the space of about 3 minutes. That’s rash and impulsive action and that’s Knightly. So I’m going to go with the Knight of Wands for this one (edit: I had originally written Pentacles in error! Put it down to my Poldarkian excitement! Thanks to Viv for the heads up!)
He reopens the Wheal Leisure mine – he uses his Swords logic and communication skills to persuade men to invest in his new venture – mining copper instead of tin. King of Swords, I think for that one. Or, because it is a new and untested venture, is the Page of Wands more appropriate?
And when the mine is open, he can be found every day, deep in the mine, working alongside his men, leading by example …..working in his white shirt, delightfully sweaty and hands-on with honest toil. For me that’s Pentacle energy!
He’s a marvellous mixture of traits – as REAL people are.
Demelza to follow…. 😀
So, even if you haven’t seen this series, but know the Robin Ellis series, chip in with your observations of the lovely Captain!
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| All men should immediately return to wearing long hair and tricorns…. Frock coats also welcome 🙂 |
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I was very fortunate to be invited as a speaker at Kim Arnold’s UK Tarot Conference in London a couple of years back.
I spoke about how to interpret Court Cards – which won’t surprise you, I’m sure!
Kim invited all those Tarot speakers from her previous Conferences, such as Rachel Pollack, Mary K Greer, Caitlin Matthews, Ciro Marchetti, Carrie Paris, Alfred Douglas … and *cough* me to write an essay on a Tarot Major Arcana card and then compiled them into a book which has now been published by Hay House.
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| Tarot Masters wrote this. What I’m doing in amongst them, no-one knows…. |
It’s not a ‘reference’ book, but gives you some nice insights into lots of Tarot authors, how they got started on their journey and their opinions on their chosen Tarot Major.
You can purchase the book direct from Amazon by clicking on
The Tarot Masters: Insights From the World’s Leading Tarot Experts
In the interests of transparency, please note that if you purchase using this link, I receive a small shekel from Amazon.
*holds cap out plaintively* got a shekel for an ex-leper? *spurious Monty Python reference*
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For the past 6 weeks, Friday nights have been dominated by my obsessive need to watch the swash-buckling gorgeousness that is The Musketeers on BBC1. Who better to illustrate the fast-moving antics of the Tarot’s Knights?
The incredibly handsome cast of Muskys have been a delight to watch as they struggled with the evil Rochefort as he plays the spineless French King against his Queen like the consummate player (and Spanish spy!) that he is.
The second series drew to a close on Friday (what do you mean, you haven’t watched Series 1?!) and I await news of a third series with bated breath.
So, let’s take a look at just which Musky equates to which Tarot Knight!
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| Porthos – The Knight of Pentacles |
The most physically strong of the Musketeers, Porthos is also the most exotic-looking. Offspring of a North African servant mother and a French Aristo father, actor Howard Charles, is the embodiment of the dependable, powerful and resiliant Porthos.
Poor Porthos doesn’t get much in the way of romantic story-lines, but he’s the strength and backbone of the Musketeers – carousing and punching his way through the series!
The Knight of Pentacles is slow to rouse to passion, but when his blood is up, he is determined and focussed. He will not be easily put off or distracted, but could, unfortunately, be mistaken for the most boring of the Musketeers. Ladies, wise-up.
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| Aramis – The Knight of Cups |
Aramis is the romantic one. After falling in love with the Queen and their eventual encounter in the Convent, Aramis becomes her Knight in Shining Armour.
Aramis’s love for the Queen is very much an idealised romantic union – she is utterly unobtainable and he loves her from afar. She is on a pedestal – would he be able to love her with such a pure heart if he had to visit the loo after her every morning?
At the end of this series he devotes himself to God and goes off to become a Monk. He IS our Knight of Cups.
The BBC cast Santiago Cabrera as Lancelot in their Merlin series a few years back. What can I say, the boy’s got IT?!
The Knight of Cups is a dreamer and a romantic. He has a loving heart and the soul of a poet. Prone to idealising the object of his affections, he is in love with the idea of love and might not have the cojones to knuckle down when things get tough.
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| Athos – The Knight of Swords |
Let’s just pause here for a moment, shall we?
*sighs wistfully at Tom Burke and wipes drool from mouth*
Athos is our tortured Knight of Swords. Wounded by the ‘betrayal’ of his wife, Athos keeps his heart to himself (because, his gloriously wicked wife, Milday De Winter actually still has it). Thoughtful, brooding, stealing EVERY scene that he’s in, Athos is the righteously intense Knight of Swords.
This Knight in particular lives inside his head and can fall prey to whatever demons lurk inside his head. Fast-moving and whip-sharp, the Knight of Swords relies on his brain-power to tell him what to do and doesn’t trust the truth of his emotions.
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| D’Artagnan – The Knight of Wands |
Ah, and here he is – always the favourite Musketeer – D’Artagnan. Younger than his companions, he is impulsive and fiery. In Series One, he constantly tries to become a Musketeer. Athos et al regard him as a younger brother who causes much tutting and head-shaking by the others, before he is bailed out and dusted down for his next exploit. Keen as mustard, passionate and generous of spirit, D’Artagnan is played by Luke Pasquelino with glorious elan.
The fastest-moving of the Knights, The Knight of Wands burns brightly, but not for long! His passions are quick to rise, but he lacks the resolve of the Pentacles, the emotions of the Cups, and the clarity of the Swords. This is the guy who will promise you the moon to get what he wants and as soon as you have surrendered and been thoroughly ”explored’, he will move on to the next challenge.
When called upon to describe what the Tarot knights are like as people, you could do a lot worse than remember the Four Musketeers!
…I DID mention that the were a GREAT-looking cast, didn’t I? Well the women in the cast are equally unforgettable. Constance, Milady De Winter and The Queen – they will be in a later post!
Now, saddle me up your finest stallion, we have a war to wage against Spain!
“All for one ……”
Stop being confused by court cards! Start being excited by the possibilities! Become a court card adventurer along with me 🙂 The Tarot’s Court Cards are my specialist area. They talk to me. Not LITERALLY though ….
I’ve heard from a couple of colleagues now that Google is changing their algorithm to weight in favour of mobile friendly sites. That clearly also affects Tarot sites, so, with both my web-design hat and my Tarot hats perched precariously on my head, I am impersonating the King of Pentacles.
Here are a couple of things you might want to take a look at before you pay your webmaster any more money:
First, run all urls for your website through google’s own mobile-friendly checker:
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/
If computer says ‘yes’ then you are good to go!
If your site is hosted on blogger or wordpress, it is easy to get a mobile version. I’m on Blogger and all you have to do is go to ‘template’ and there you will find an option to create a mobile-friendly version. If you’ve customised your blogger site a bit, then pick ‘customise’ version and you will at least get your header.
If computer says ‘no’ then there are some components that your site is failing on.
Check out this guide: https://developers.google.com/webmasters/mobile-sites/mobile-seo/common-mistakes/
Google is NOT stopping listing non-mobile-friendly sites, but those who ARE mobile-friendly will score higher on their algorithm.
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I am sometimes contacted by people who are trying to raise awareness for their Tarot Kickstarter projects and, mostly, I don’t get involved. However, the Locus Tarot which went live on 5 March piqued my interest and I wanted to find out more.
I was about to lead-off my look at the Locus Tarot by saying that this deck has unillustrated pips… but truthfully the Majors and Courts are just as ‘unillustrated’ as the pips, relying on arrangements of variously coloured circles – or cut-away circles – and dots on either coloured backgrounds (Minors and Courts) or a black background (Majors).
I asked the deck’s creator, Mike Stop Continues (real name – I asked lol!) to guide me through it – with special emphasis on the Court Cards, of course!
Can you explain, briefly, why you have gone for such a stripped back and minimalist look for your deck?
I was originally working with a more traditional colour palette bent towards the seasons. The colours were fantastic, textured pastels—olive, ochre, mauve, and steel. In some other context, they would have been marvellous, but for the purposes of this deck, they left me feeling trapped. I worked for months tweaking these colours and finally threw them all out. They just didn’t work.
Let’s take a look at your Courts. Other than the colour coding, the images are the same for each rank, ie the Page of Stones is the same image as the other three pages, but in red. I know that the titles are on the cards, but won’t this make things difficult for readers to interpret?Rather than depicting one house as fair and one house as dark, and rather than positioning otherwise vital personages in but one symbolic portrait, I chose instead to point to the fact that truly, all Pages share a Pageness, just as all of house Stone share a general Stoniness.
I believe that suggesting anything further about any of the Royalty is misleading. To me, the Royalty each embody a cluster of personality traits, these traits sometimes arising in a man, sometimes in a woman, and sometimes simply surfacing within ourselves. Since so much of others’ character is a matter of our own projection, we must often look within for the persona we truly engage with in the presence of a court card.
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Another example is in the Major Arcana where cards such as The Fool, Justice, Temperance and Judgment are all shown as concentric circles – just with different coloured outer rings. Why are there groups of four cards depicted this way?
An axe head! Fantastic! I see it more as a shield myself, but I think of that card like psychology’s picture of the rabbit and the duck. Some people see it one way and some the other. Given a long enough timeline, I suppose we might shift back and forth over which one we see more readily.
The images do suggest a Page’s helmet, and Knight’s shield, a Queen’s breastplate, and a King’s round table, each offering the increasing stability of their stations, but the relationship between these images is more important. If you take a look, you’ll notice that each symbol contains all of the elements of the previous symbol, only adding to it, just as one accumulates experience with the increasing stability of age. I prefer this perspective of the symbols, perhaps more so for the representationalism my unconscious managed to slip through.
That’s interesting! why would the Pages have a helmet, the Queen a breastplate and the King a round table. For example – the Queens are not particularly warlike in their interpretations. If anything I see them more as the Tarot’s guardians – perhaps better suited to a shield 😀
Are there any astrological associations that you would want coupled with your Court cards. The King of Swords is, traditionally, associated with Fixed Air and Aquarius.
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Welcome to Tarot Thones Towers, where the great, the good and the mind-meltingly bored at work come along to read about my take on the Tarot’s Court Cards. Whether you are here because you have hopped here from either Olivia’s or Chloe’s blogs or just stumbled upon me in the dark, you are most welcome *offers plate of warm buttered scones and bids you sit in the BEST comfy chair*
Our Wrangler, Ania, set us a challenge to write about what grumbles we have with the composition of the Tarot – who has outlived their use? Who needs a style overhaul or even a spot of plastic surgery? Who’s missing?
I must admit that I was stumped.
I write about court cards and, while no-one these days talks about sending their Smallum off to become a Page as the first step on their career ladder, I think his role in the Tarot is clear – regardless of his name.
Likewise the Knight. Most contemporary Knights are to be found corpulently propping up the bar in the House of Lords, rather than embracing their teen-spirit adventurer. Yet we’re all quite clear about what the Knight’s questing drive is about. So I don’t want to change him either…. no, I’m keeping the Courts as they are, thank you 🙂
Even those cards with strange titles (Hierophant, I’m looking at you) all serve a valuable purpose in the Tarot deck. If they didn’t, they would have been cast OUT in the cold, like those two bare-foot beggars in the 5 of Pentacles.
Instead I decided to look at what was truly missing from the deck and I came up with one 21st century character that none of the Majors seems to adequately fit:
The Troll….
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| A face you could never get fed-up punching 🙂 |
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He is both contemporary in nature and ancient in lineage.
He is the fairy-tale fearsome creature who skulks beneath the bridge as the billy-goats gruff trip trap their way over… and the very real and heartless individual who revels in their anonymity, behaving abominably and hurtfully on line, just because they can.
I fancy that the Troll card image would feature some innocuous-looking person sitting at a desk typing away at a computer. However, in the mirror on the wall behind the computer would be their reflection – and it would not be purty.
The Troll card would arise in a reading for people who were either indulging in bad behaviour (on-line or off-line) or for people who are being subjected to trolling behaviour.
What is trolling behaviour? Here are a couple of examples:
Got a memorial page to a deceased child? The Troll will pop some utterly uncalled for and emotionally incendiary comment …. just because they can.
A celebrity looking a little portlier than they did when they were 20 years old? Trolls will gloat and berate you …. just because they can.
Have the temerity to suggest that a woman should go onto a bank note? Get death threats from trolls.
Be an older lady on TV and yes, they’ll even raise their ugly heads to snigger at yours.
In real life Trolls are inadequate, cowardly, pathetically infantile, thoughtless, c*ntfuttocks (MAN, that felt good to write!) who create a malevolent self to exert the power that they do not possess in their real lives.
Like perverted superheroes they indulge in their superpower – to wound and inflict pain – simply because they can.
In the Tarot deck, I think he would lie between The Hierophant and The Lovers – aware of what stepping out of societies cultural traces can do, but not yet enabled relationship-wise (possibly NEVER enabled relationship-wise). Trumped by the Chariot’s willpower and kicked into touch by the all-seeing eyes of Justice.
Yes, my addition to the Tarot deck is the Troll.
Before you hop off to the next blog, if there were a Troll card in the deck, what would it mean to you?
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Stop being confused by court cards! Start being excited by the possibilities! Become a court card adventurer along with me 🙂 The Tarot’s Court Cards are my specialist area. They talk to me. Not LITERALLY though ….
This is a massive book!
Literally, it is the size of a house brick and runs to 845 pages – and that’s NOT including 27 pages of index.
Metaphorically, the Tarot landscape that it covers extends as far as the eye can see and THEN round some corners! It is epic in its scope, in the true sense of the word.
The strap line for this book is ‘An Integrative Approach to Using Tarot for Personal Growth’
Quite a claim!
But where to start?!
I’ve decided to focus on the Court card information in the book, because that’s what I’m all about here. But I’ll also be referring to other parts of the book to give you as rounded a picture as I can without actually making the review the same length as the book!
My recommendation for people who are struggling with the Court Cards is Mary K Greer’s work ‘Understanding The Tarot Court’, so how does Benebell’s work compare? Pretty darned well, akshully…
There are 26 pages devoted to working with Court Cards, plus 32 pages in the ‘Cyclopedia of Card Meanings’ which tells how how to interpret Tarot cards.
Let’s take a look at the entries in that Cyclopedia.
Each card is illustrated (as is the entire book) by b&w Rider Waite Smith images and clearly labelled with their elemental associations. Keywords are provided for each Court – eg Page of Swords is : ambitious, judicious and communicative. There are also some reversed meanings provided.
However, in the book she does explore working with the Marseille Tarot and the Thoth, so this should not be limted to RWS fans.
The personality of each Court is then deftly outlined with some nice touches – eg Queen of Swords in French playing card tradition is Athena and can thus be linked with Athena-like qualities. Benebell also offers insights into some of the symbols in each court – eg the heart on the reins of the Knight of Swords horse. Plus, help is given if there are 2, 3 or 4 of a court rank in a spread.
There is also a short section on reversed interpretations for each card.
Now, we move on to the 26 pages devoted to working with the Courts which is altogether meatier and where Benebell explores the Cyclopedia information in much greater depth.
There are charts of physical attributes, personality traits, age indications, Astrological attributions…multiple courts in spreads, character keywords, elemental associations, left/right symbolism … all interspersed with case studies (actual and hypothetical) to show how to use the information. All beautifully easy to read and understand.
Frankly, I think my court card blog is redundant now!
The rest of the book is equally comprehensive. It’s as though Benebell has taken EVERYTHING Tarot and managed to cram it into a book. More importantly it’s not a huge dislocated work – it’s really well laid out and you could read it from beginning to end (if you’ve got a spare couple of months lol!) or just dip in and out when you have a specific question (remember, there is a huge index to help you!).
The book covers spreads, ethics (including inappropriate questions), Tarot and Love, shuffling, associations for the suits, journalling. There is NOTHING left out of this book! Believe me, I tested it:
What about the Opening of The Key spread? It’s there, plus the other operations too.
Does she mention the Mamluk playing cards? Yup
What about devising a spread? Yep And plenty more besides!
Numerology? Yep
Astrology? Of course!
Legal beagle stuff? Yes – how to work as a professional Tarotist in the US and keep yourself on the right side of the law (Benebell is an attorney!); it’s all there. And all useful, even to us in the UK.
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But this isn’t some rehash of the World’s Most Popular Tarot Books into one ginormous reference book, there is plenty of Benebell’s personality (insights from her Eastern heritage) and her own professional input – pages of templates for readers to make use of – from ‘records of readings’ to ‘morning routine sheet’, card profile templates and loads of source notes for the discerning reader to explore 😀
Now -is it an integrative approach to using tarot for personal growth as the strap line claims?
It is filled with Tarot knowledge and insight, that’s for sure. Will it help readers excavate their own interior worlds? Yes, absolutely.
But I feel that Tarot is what it is: and yes, that’s a marvellous tool for self-exploration. But it is also for giving readings, whatever those readings might entail. And the information in the book WILL help you give excellent readings, even if you are not into using Tarot to explore your own inner life 🙂
My advice? Clear a space and buy a copy! Once you’ve got this, you’ve pretty much got everything you need to be a good, practical Tarotist!
Want to buy it?! You can click straight through on this link and voila! AND you also help me keep the wolf from the door 😀
Holistic Tarot: An Integrative Approach to Using Tarot for Personal Growth
Published by North Atlantic Books
Stop being confused by court cards! Start being excited by the possibilities! Become a court card adventurer along with me 🙂 The Tarot’s Court Cards are my specialist area. They talk to me. Not LITERALLY though ….
It’s that time of the month again, when the moon becomes full and we turn our attentions to the Court Card that bathes in its glorious light! Yes, on 5 March, our Full Moon rides again!
This month, the sun sign is Pisces and so our full moon lands in the opposite sign, Virgo.
In Tarot, Virgo is represented by the Knight of Pentacles.
I’ve saddled up a small collection of Knights for you to peruse. Feel free to run your hands lovingly over their fetlocks…
Consider first the Knight of Pentacles from the Alexander Daniloff Tarot.
In warm shades of russet and gold, he proudly sports an enormous hat and announces that he is an Earth sign by gently holding his coin like a trophy against his torso.
He carries no weapon, just a money bag at his belt. His only concession to his military rank is his shield and his helmet. Items purely for defence.
Let’s take another look at that hat. It would not look out of place on the redoubtable Dowager Countess of Grantham:
It features some outstanding feathers – reminding us that Knights have an airy and unpredictable component. However, when married to the solidness of Earth, they don’t sit comfortably together.
He can find his Knightly duties a little tough: He is called to be adventurous and an explorer, but he’d really rather do his exploring a little closer to home. ‘Why try to conquer outer space when we have not yet understood our oceans?’ thinks this Knight.
In the Druidcraft we see him, almost shy, peeping over his shield as he rests his sword arm on his horse’s flank. He’s in no rush to go anywhere.
He is slow to anger or rouse to passion, but once his heart is engaged, he will not be swayed from his course. He represents dogged determination and slow but steady progress.
Of all the Knights that might set off looking for you, the Knight of Pentacles is the guy that WILL find you. Yes, long after the Knights of Wands and Swords have galloped off on a new quest, long after the Knight of Cups rededicates his ballad to another fair maiden, no matter how long it takes, he’ll be there.
In Lo Scarabeo’s The Tarot of The Masters, his keyword is ‘Responsibility’.
The Knight of Pentacles can be a frustrated character – someone who longs to travel, but who is somehow prevented from doing so, either by home commitments, lack of finances or even health issues.
Or he might be someone far from home who longs for the delights of her own fireside.
This character is stubborn, the least flexible of the Knights, practical and single-minded in a way that the other, more exciting Knights are not.
He directs us to:
Sorry that it’s been a whole MONTH since I last posted. I am still here reading and writing like mad. I’m hoping that you’ll still drop by Thrones for a comfy chair and a coffee. Maybe even Eccles cakes …
Stop being confused by court cards! Start being excited by the possibilities! Become a court card adventurer along with me 🙂 The Tarot’s Court Cards are my specialist area. They talk to me. Not LITERALLY though ….
