Astrool
Glossary
Minor Arcana
Fifty-six cards in four suits that describe everyday situations, feelings, thoughts and practical matters.
The four suits
| Suit | Element | Concerns |
|---|---|---|
| Wands | Fire | Drive, creativity, ambition |
| Cups | Water | Emotion, relationships, intuition |
| Swords | Air | Thought, conflict, truth |
| Pentacles | Earth | Money, work, body |
Numbers
Each suit runs Ace to Ten plus four court cards. Aces are pure potential, Twos choice or balance, Threes growth, Fours stability, Fives challenge, Sixes harmony, Sevens assessment, Eights movement, Nines near-completion, Tens completion.
Compare with the Major Arcana, or try a reading in tarot.
See it in your own chart
Astrool calculates your full birth chart, not just your sun sign, and writes your daily, weekly and monthly readings against it.
Common questions
Are Minor Arcana less important?
They describe day-to-day detail; Majors describe big themes. A good reading needs both.
Do playing cards come from the Minor Arcana?
They share an ancestor: Wands, Cups, Swords and Pentacles roughly match clubs, hearts, spades and diamonds.