A Deeper Understanding of the Tarot Court Cards

The 10 Sephiroth and the 22 Paths of the Kabbalah

We can gain a deeper understanding of the Tarot Court cards by understanding how the Tarot cards are mapped across the Kabbalah.

Life is about experiences; experiencing the physical-material realm through our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies.

The Twenty-Two Aspects

There are twenty-two aspects that form each state of consciousness; there’s twenty-one divine energies and then there’s our higher self. Each of these twenty-two aspects are associated with a Major Arcana Tarot card, a letter of the Hebrew alphabet, and a Path of the Kabbalah (The Tree of Life).

The Four Suits

• Pentacles: The Element of Earth – The Physical Body (physical health and strength).
  • Work, basic needs for survival, and remaining anchored and grounded on the physical-material realm.
• Swords: The Element of Air – The Mental body (mental health and strength).
  • Intellect, thoughts, willpower, confidence, and independence.
• Cups: The Element of Water – The Emotional Body (emotional health and strength).
  • Emotions, relationships, creativity, sensual pleasure, and sexuality.
• Wands: The Element of Fire – The Spiritual body (spiritual health and strength).
  • Love, compassion, passion, and forgiveness.

The Four Court Cards

Our Roles and Personalities.

• Pages: The Element of Earth – The Physical Body.
  • Students of their element (innocence, immaturity, excitement, and optimism).
• Knights: The Element of Air – The Mental body.
  • Adventurers in their element (maturity, determination, active, and compulsive).
• Queens: The Element of Water – The Emotional Body.
  • Channellers of their element (help, guidance, and support).
• Kings: The Element of Fire – The Spiritual body.
  • Masters of their element (balance, control, and power).

The Four Aces

Kether, The Crown – The Divine Source of All Reality.

• The Ace of Pentacles: The Divine Kingdom – The Source of Our Physical Energy.
• The Ace of Swords: The Sword of Knowledge – The Source of Our Mental Energy.
• The Ace of Cups: The Cup of Understanding – The Source of Our Emotional Energy.
• The Ace of Wands: The Staff of Wisdom – The Source of Our Spiritual Energy.

The Numbered Cards (2-10)

Our Experiences on the Physical-Material Realm.

• Twos: Chokhmah, Wisdom – Gaining wisdom through the Divine source of all reality.
• Threes: Binah, Understanding – Understanding the principles of creation and destruction.
• Fours: Chesed, Mercy – The world of empathy, receptive intelligence, and spiritual virtues.
• Fives: Geburah, Strength – The world of power, courage, and cutting away all that keeps us from our spiritual growth.
• Sixes: Tiphareth, Beauty – The world of heart-centred awareness, harmony, and devotion.
• Sevens: Netzach, Victory – The world of faith, the unseen, and the unknown.
• Eights: Hod, Glory – The world of new beginnings, truth, and awakening.
• Nines: Yesod, The Foundation – The world providing a clear vision of the ebb and flow of reality.
• Tens: Malkuth, The Kingdom – The physical-material world.

The Sixteen Roles and Personalities

There are sixteen Tarot Court cards, they each depict a role and a personality that can be embodied at any given time (by a person or an experience). We can determine the outcome of our interaction with that person/experience by identifying the personality and the aspect of the state of consciousness that is currently embodied and then contemplating on one of the Tarot spreads in the following pages.

• PAGE 2 – The Kings
• PAGE 3 – The Queens
• PAGE 4 – The Knights
• PAGE 5 – The Pages