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Term: Court Cards

DEFINITIONS

Court Cards: The Page, Knight, Queen, and King of each suit of the Tarot. Some decks may use other names, such as Princes and Princesses, for certain court cards.
source: Designing Your Own Tarot Spreads, Teresa Michelsen


ARTICLES

Review of the I Ching: Dead Moon Oracle Deck
Summary The I Ching is, for some, an elegantly clear oracle. For others, it is maddeningly enigmatic. I Ching: Dead Moon is a stunning deck that combines the pure symbols of the I Ching with evocative and inspiring imagery. In-Depth Review This ...
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Divinatory Practices
There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of different forms of divination and clairvoyant practice. The following lists organize some of the more familiar by the major styles. It is a preliminary effort. Analytical Tables of Clairvoyant & ...
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Review of the Every Day Oracle
Summary: The Every Day Oracle, an authentic Italian oracle, is a great way to get quick, clear answers to common concerns. The images are easy to read intuitively, so you needn’t rely on memorizing the booklet. Review: Tarot cards are packed with ...
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Review of the Royo Dark Tarot Deck
Summary The Royo Dark Tarot is a rare treasure. It blends magnificent art with dark fantasy and gothic themes as well as traditional Tarot card meanings to create a deck that is not just a cool dark deck, but one that you will want to study and ...
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Review of the Tarot of the Angels
Summary: Based on the Rider-Waite-Smith, this deck provides an interesting addition to the familiar images. Angels, representing guidance from the Divine or your own higher self, show up in the cards. Discover how you can better interact with or ...
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Review of the Voices of SaintsTarot deck
Summary: A delightful deck with medieval-style illustrations of 78 famous Saints. The Little White Book gives one or two of their major feats along with brief divinatory meanings. For divination you must use the LWB as the images do not have the ...
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Astral Projection and Skrying
The astral plane is a level of reality that is higher than the physical world, but lower than the divine or spiritual world. It is a place that is in-between. This realm is the invisible blueprint that lies behind all physical forms. All things ...
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Tarot of White Cats (mini) Review
Summary: If you like white cats, this art deck is a cute collector’s item. Review Lo Scarabeo, the prolific Italian publisher of some of the most beautiful Tarot decks in the world, has made available several of their decks in a "mini" size of 44 ...
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Analysis of the Death Card of the Tarot
The Death Card in the Tarot The 13th Major Arcanum  image: Skeleton as the Grim Reaper Hebrew letter: Nun Divinatory meaning: change, transformation 24th path on the Tree of Life connecting Netzach to Tiphareth.  Qabalistic ...
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Number Symbolism
[The following is a description of the meanings of numbers as used by Corinne Kenner.] Zero. Most of us think of zero as a starting point from which we count our way up—or down into negative numbers. Because zero seems to precede all of the other ...
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Review of The Gilded Tarot
Summary: A spectacularly beautiful Tarot deck using modern digital art that is firmly based on the Rider-Waite-Smith model—making it easy to use for traditionalists and beginners, as well as a compliment for any book—yet significantly original so it ...
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