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	[[File:Two of Pentacles.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|[[Two of Pentacles]] from the ''Tarot de Marseille'']]		[[File:Two of Pentacles.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|[[Two of Pentacles]] from the ''Tarot de Marseille'']]
	The '''Minor Arcana''', sometimes called the '''Lesser Arcana''', are the suit cards in a [[Tarot]] deck. Minor Arcana cards first appeared in tarot card games, with pip cards numbered one (ace) to ten, along with court cards (or face cards) in each of four suits. In contemporary tarot decks the Minor Arcana are often illustrated—a convention popularized by the [[Rider–Waite Tarot]] deck in 1910. Used in a tarot card reading in conjunction with the [[Major Arcana]], the cards of the Minor Arcana suggest subtleties and details and signify day-to-day insights.		The '''Minor Arcana''', sometimes called the '''Lesser Arcana''', are the suit cards in a [[Tarot]] deck. Minor Arcana cards first appeared in tarot card games, with pip cards numbered one (ace) to ten, along with court cards (or face cards) in each of four suits.

	~~Tarot variations derived from Italian~~ decks ~~and Spanish decks typically have a~~ Minor Arcana of ~~56 cards, with 14 cards in each suit:~~ [[~~Wands (~~Tarot~~)\|Wands~~]] ~~(alternately batons, clubs, staffs, or staves), [[Cups (~~Tarot~~)\|Cups]] (chalices, goblets, or vessels), [[Swords (Tarot)\|Swords]] (or blades), and [[Pentacles (Tarot)\|Pentacles]] (coins, disks, or rings)~~.		In contemporary tarot decks, the Minor Arcana are often illustrated, although this was not common prior to the publication of the [[Rider–Waite Tarot]] deck in 1910. The Sola Busca Tarot is a rare example of a pre-1800s deck that was fully illustrated.

	The four court cards are commonly page, knight, queen, and king. Some variations have princess and prince cards replacing the page and knight cards; the historic Visconti-Sforza ~~tarot~~ deck expands the court with two additional cards: the damsel and the mounted lady. While the historic [[Tarot of Marseilles]] contains 56 cards, later decks based on the French suits of clubs (♣), hearts (♥), spades (♠), and diamonds (♦) have only three face cards per suit, with a jack (or knave) in addition to the queen and king.		When used in a tarot card reading in conjunction with the [[Major Arcana]], the cards of the Minor Arcana suggest subtleties and details and signify day-to-day insights.

			==Composition and variations==
			Tarot decks derived from Italian decks and Spanish decks typically have a Minor Arcana of 56 cards, with 14 cards in each suit:

			* [[Wands (Tarot)\|Wands]] (batons, clubs, staffs, or staves)
			* [[Cups (Tarot)\|Cups]] (chalices, goblets, or vessels)
			* [[Swords (Tarot)\|Swords]] (scimitars or blades)
			* [[Pentacles (Tarot)\|Pentacles]] (coins, disks, or rings).

			The four court cards are commonly page, knight, queen, and king. Some variations have princess and prince cards replacing the page and knight cards; the historic [[Visconti-Sforza Tarot]] deck expands the court with two additional cards: the damsel and the mounted lady.

			While the historic [[Tarot of Marseilles]] contains 56 cards, later decks based on the French suits of clubs (♣), hearts (♥), spades (♠), and diamonds (♦) have only three face cards per suit, with a jack (or knave) in addition to the queen and king.

	The term "Minor Arcana" was coined by French author and [[occultist]] [[Jean-Baptiste Pitois]].		The term "Minor Arcana" was coined by French author and [[occultist]] [[Jean-Baptiste Pitois]].

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	\| Artisans		\| Artisans
	\| Creativity and will		\| Creativity and will
	\|-
	~~\| [[Pentacles (Tarot)\|Pentacles]]~~
	~~\| Diamonds~~
	~~\| [[earth (element)\|Earth]]~~
	~~\| Merchants~~
	~~\| Material body or possessions~~
	\|-		\|-
	\| [[Cups (Tarot)\|Cups]]		\| [[Cups (Tarot)\|Cups]]
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	\| Nobility and military		\| Nobility and military
	\| Reason		\| Reason
			\|-
			\| [[Pentacles (Tarot)\|Pentacles]]
			\| Diamonds
			\| [[earth (element)\|Earth]]
			\| Merchants
			\| Material body or possessions
	\|}		\|}

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	\| [[Wands (Tarot)\|Wands]]		\| [[Wands (Tarot)\|Wands]]
	\| Clubs		\| Clubs
	\| Fire		\| [[fire (element)\|Fire]]
	\| Artisans		\| Artisans
	\| Creativity and will		\| Creativity and will
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	\| [[Pentacles (Tarot)\|Pentacles]]		\| [[Pentacles (Tarot)\|Pentacles]]
	\| Diamonds		\| Diamonds
	\| Earth		\| [[earth (element)\|Earth]]
	\| Merchants		\| Merchants
	\| Material body or possessions		\| Material body or possessions
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	\| [[Cups (Tarot)\|Cups]]		\| [[Cups (Tarot)\|Cups]]
	\| Hearts		\| Hearts
	\| Water		\| [[water (element)\|Water]]
	\| Clergy		\| Clergy
	\| Emotions and love		\| Emotions and love
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	\| [[Swords (Tarot)\|Swords]]		\| [[Swords (Tarot)\|Swords]]
	\| Spades		\| Spades
	\| Air		\| [[air (element)\|Air]]
	\| Nobility and military		\| Nobility and military
	\| Reason		\| Reason
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	* Fours - [[Jupiter]]		* Fours - [[Jupiter]]
	* Fives - [[Mars]]		* Fives - [[Mars]]
	* Sixes - Sun		* Sixes - [[Sun]]
	* Sevens - [[Venus]]		* Sevens - [[Venus]]
	* Eights - [[Mercury]]		* Eights - [[Mercury]]
	* Nines - Moon		* Nines - [[Moon]]
	* Tens - Earth		* Tens - [[Earth]]

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	The four court cards are commonly page, knight, queen, and king. Some variations have princess and prince cards replacing the page and knight cards; the historic Visconti-Sforza tarot deck expands the court with two additional cards: the damsel and the mounted lady. While the historic [[Tarot of Marseilles]] contains 56 cards, later decks based on the French suits of clubs (♣), hearts (♥), spades (♠), and diamonds (♦) have only three face cards per suit, with a jack (or knave) in addition to the queen and king.		The four court cards are commonly page, knight, queen, and king. Some variations have princess and prince cards replacing the page and knight cards; the historic Visconti-Sforza tarot deck expands the court with two additional cards: the damsel and the mounted lady. While the historic [[Tarot of Marseilles]] contains 56 cards, later decks based on the French suits of clubs (♣), hearts (♥), spades (♠), and diamonds (♦) have only three face cards per suit, with a jack (or knave) in addition to the queen and king.

			The term "Minor Arcana" was coined by French author and [[occultist]] [[Jean-Baptiste Pitois]].

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	In the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]], number cards are associated with planets, corresponding to their placement in [[Kabbalah]].		In the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]], number cards are associated with planets, corresponding to their placement in [[Kabbalah]].

	* Threes - Saturn		* Threes - [[Saturn]]
	* Fours - Jupiter		* Fours - [[Jupiter]]
	* Fives - Mars		* Fives - [[Mars]]
	* Sixes - Sun		* Sixes - Sun
	* Sevens - Venus		* Sevens - [[Venus]]
	* Eights - Mercury		* Eights - [[Mercury]]
	* Nines - Moon		* Nines - Moon
	* Tens - Earth		* Tens - Earth

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[[File:Two of Pentacles.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Two of Pentacles]] from the ''Tarot de Marseille'']]
The '''Minor Arcana''', sometimes called the '''Lesser Arcana''', are the suit cards in a [[Tarot]] deck. Minor Arcana cards first appeared in tarot card games, with pip cards numbered one (ace) to ten, along with court cards (or face cards) in each of four suits. In contemporary tarot decks the Minor Arcana are often illustrated—a convention popularized by the [[Rider–Waite Tarot]] deck in 1910. Used in a tarot card reading in conjunction with the [[Major Arcana]], the cards of the Minor Arcana suggest subtleties and details and signify day-to-day insights.

Tarot variations derived from Italian decks and Spanish decks typically have a Minor Arcana of 56 cards, with 14 cards in each suit: [[Wands (Tarot)|Wands]] (alternately batons, clubs, staffs, or staves), [[Cups (Tarot)|Cups]] (chalices, goblets, or vessels), [[Swords (Tarot)|Swords]] (or blades), and [[Pentacles (Tarot)|Pentacles]] (coins, disks, or rings).

The four court cards are commonly page, knight, queen, and king. Some variations have princess and prince cards replacing the page and knight cards; the historic Visconti-Sforza tarot deck expands the court with two additional cards: the damsel and the mounted lady. While the historic [[Tarot of Marseilles]] contains 56 cards, later decks based on the French suits of clubs (♣), hearts (♥), spades (♠), and diamonds (♦) have only three face cards per suit, with a jack (or knave) in addition to the queen and king.

==Correspondence==
In [[divination]], the Minor Arcana are believed to represent relatively mundane features of life. The court cards represent the people whom one meets.

Each suit also has distinctive characteristics and connotations commonly held to be as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
! Latin suit
!French suit
! Element
! Class
! Faculty
|-
| [[Wands (Tarot)|Wands]]
| Clubs
| Fire
| Artisans
| Creativity and will
|-
| [[Pentacles (Tarot)|Pentacles]]
| Diamonds
| Earth
| Merchants
| Material body or possessions
|-
| [[Cups (Tarot)|Cups]]
| Hearts
| Water
| Clergy
| Emotions and love
|-
| [[Swords (Tarot)|Swords]]
| Spades
| Air
| Nobility and military
| Reason
|}

===Planetary associations===
In the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]], number cards are associated with planets, corresponding to their placement in [[Kabbalah]].

* Threes - Saturn
* Fours - Jupiter
* Fives - Mars
* Sixes - Sun
* Sevens - Venus
* Eights - Mercury
* Nines - Moon
* Tens - Earth

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;text-align:center;"
!style="background:#d7d6ff;text-align:center;"; colspan="3"|[[Tarot]] Topics''
|-
|style="background:#d7d6ff";text-align:center|'''[[Major Arcana]]'''
|colspan="2"|[[The Fool]] • [[The Magician]] • [[The High Priestess]] • [[The Empress]] • [[The Emperor]] • [[The Hierophant]] • [[The Lovers]] • [[The Chariot]] • [[Strength]] • [[The Hermit]] • [[Wheel of Fortune]] • [[Justice]] • [[The Hanged Man]] • [[Death]] • [[Temperance]] • [[The Devil (Tarot) |The Devil]] • [[The Tower]] • [[The Star]] • [[The Moon]] • [[The Sun]] • [[Judgement]] • [[The World]]
|-
|rowspan="4" style="background:#d7d6ff";text-align:center|'''[[Minor Arcana]]'''
|[[Pentacles (Tarot)|Pentacles]]
|style=text-align:left|[[Ace of Pentacles|Ace]] • [[Two of Pentacles|Two]] • [[Three of Pentacles|Three]] • [[Four of Pentacles|Four]] • [[Five of Pentacles|Five]] • [[Six of Pentacles|Six]] • [[Seven of Pentacles|Seven]] • [[Eight of Pentacles|Eight]] • [[Nine of Pentacles|Nine]] • [[Ten of Pentacles|Ten]] • [[Page of Pentacles|Page]] • [[Knight of Pentacles|Knight]] • [[Queen of Pentacles|Queen]] • [[King of Pentacles|King]]
|-
|[[Wands (Tarot)|Wands]]
|style=text-align:left|[[Ace of Wands|Ace]] • [[Two of Wands|Two]] • [[Three of Wands|Three]] • [[Four of Wands|Four]] • [[Five of Wands|Five]] • [[Six of Wands|Six]] • [[Seven of Wands|Seven]] • [[Eight of Wands|Eight]] • [[Nine of Wands|Nine]] • [[Ten of Wands|Ten]] • [[Page of Wands|Page]] • [[Knight of Wands|Knight]] • [[Queen of Wands|Queen]] • [[King of Wands|King]]
|-
|[[Cups (Tarot)|Cups]]
|style=text-align:left|[[Ace of Cups|Ace]] • [[Two of Cups|Two]] • [[Three of Cups|Three]] • [[Four of Cups|Four]] • [[Five of Cups|Five]] • [[Six of Cups|Six]] • [[Seven of Cups|Seven]] • [[Eight of Cups|Eight]] • [[Nine of Cups|Nine]] • [[Ten of Cups|Ten]] • [[Page of Cups|Page]] • [[Knight of Cups|Knight]] • [[Queen of Cups|Queen]] • [[King of Cups|King]]
|-
|[[Swords (Tarot)|Swords]]
|style=text-align:left|[[Ace of Swords|Ace]] • [[Two of Swords|Two]] • [[Three of Swords|Three]] • [[Four of Swords|Four]] • [[Five of Swords|Five]] • [[Six of Swords|Six]] • [[Seven of Swords|Seven]] • [[Eight of Swords|Eight]] • [[Nine of Swords|Nine]] • [[Ten of Swords|Ten]] • [[Page of Swords|Page]] • [[Knight of Swords|Knight]] • [[Queen of Swords|Queen]] • [[King of Swords|King]]
|-
|style="background:#d7d6ff"|'''Decks'''
|colspan="2" style=text-align:left|[[Visconti-Sforza Tarot]] • [[Tarot of Marseilles]] • [[Rider-Waite Tarot]] • [[Thoth Tarot]] • [[Occult Tarot]] • [[Angel Tarot]] • [[Vlad Dracula Tarot]] • [[Hieronymus Bosch Tarot]]
|}

[[Category:Tarot Cards]]