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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]]. | |||
==Correspondence== | ==Correspondence== | ||
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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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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]] | ||