Divination - Advanced Cartomancy

Welcome back to Cartomancy! I am pleased that you all found the subject so intriguing that you chose to continue with your studies. This class will focus on the more advanced aspects of Cartomancy. We will begin by discussing the Major Arcana more in-depth. If you remember from Intro to Cartomancy, the majors make up about 1/3 of a tarot deck. When examining a spread, first you should see if your spread is made up of approximately 1/3 majors, or more or less. It doesn't matter which majors are present at this point. Major cards represent influences outside of the Querent's sphere of control, so if there are more majors than you would expect, the Querent is facing not only the apparent aspect of this situation but a deeper life lesson. On the other hand, if there are fewer majors than expected, the answer is within the Querent's grasp.
Up next are the suits of the Minor Arcana. The suits represent the classic elements: Wands=Fire, Cups=Water, Swords=Air, and Pentacles=Earth. Fire is associated with passion, drive, and will. Water is associated with emotions, dreaminess, and the soul. Air is connected to ideas of communication, understanding, and truth. Earth is the practical aspects of the physical world. Knowing that each suit is approximately 1/5 of the deck, calculate if there are any extreme percentages of any suits. This will tell you the nature of the energy present. The absence of a suit is noteworthy, too. It is also important to note that water and earth are passive energy, while air and fire are active energy. A reading with many cups and pentacles will be slower moving than one with wands and swords.
Just as elements have specific characteristic energy, so do numbers. The minor arcana cards are numbered Ace (one) through Ten. If you have multiples of any number, the following energy is playing a role in the reading:
Aces: Beginnings, opportunities, gifts
Twos: Decisions, choices, partnership
Threes: Active energy, creativity, growth, teamwork
Fours: Stability, structure, stagnation
Fives: Conflict, loss, chaos
Sixes: Communication, problem solving, unequal relationships
Sevens: Reflection and assessment
Eights: Power, speed, movement
Nines: Completion, Solitude
Tens: Endings and Resolution
The best way to get better at divining with Tarot cards is to practice, so grab your decks and get started!