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Arcana

Major

Cups

Relation, receptivity, inwardness.

The suit of Cups represents the realm of feeling, connection, and inner disposition. It refers to human bonds, alliances, affections, and the forms of communion that unite individuals. Rather than fleeting emotion, it evokes the capacity to receive, to contain, and to share.

Symbolically, the cup is a vessel: it holds, preserves, and transmits. Associated with Water, it expresses fluidity, circulation, and depth. It signifies what binds and permeates, what nourishes inwardly and gives cohesion to communal life.

Pentacles

Value, exchange, foundation.

The suit of Coins represents the material order in its concrete and measurable dimension: money, labour that yields fruit, and the goods that sustain civic life. It does not primarily signify abstract wealth, but recognised value put into circulation. It speaks of effort, craft, productivity, and the structures that provide stability in the tangible world.

Symbolically, the coin is linked to the Earth as principle of support and grounding. Matter is not presented as an obstacle, but as foundation. It is that which sustains, bears weight, and allows form to endure. The material realm provides the necessary base upon which permanence is built.

Wands

Impulse, energy, initiative.

The suit of Batons represents the realm of movement, expansion, and vital drive. It refers to enterprise, undertaking, and the will that asserts itself in the world. It speaks less of outcome than of initial momentum, of energy set in motion and seeking direction.

Symbolically, the staff is both support and sign of authority. Associated with Fire, it suggests force, dynamism, and transformation. It represents the power that propels forward, the capacity to initiate and to sustain action as it unfolds.

Swords

Conflict, clarity, decision.

The suit of Swords represents the realm of incisive action and discernment. It refers to conflict, confrontation, and the capacity to cut, separate, and distinguish. It expresses the force of speech, judgement, and determination when it becomes necessary to take a stand.

Symbolically, the sword is an instrument of division and truth. Associated with Air, it suggests thought, language, and movement. It is not mere violence, but the power of decision: that which cuts through confusion and establishes a clear boundary, even when the act entails tension or rupture.

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