Each Tarot card has attached to it various correspondences. Below is a general list, based on the Rider-Waite-Smith symbol set. These correspondences can be useful in determining dates, getting furthing information from a card, meditation, choosing a significator, etc. For more detailed correspondences, including Hebrew letters, see each card in the Tarot - Basics section of this site. (See the menu to the left.)

Major Arcana

0. Fool - air, Uranus
1. Magician - Mercury
2. High Priestess - Moon
3. Empress - Venus
4. Emperor - Aries
5. The Hierophant - Taurus
6. The Lovers - Gemini
7. The Chariot - Cancer
8. Strength - Leo
9. The Hermit - Virgo
10. The Wheel of Fortune - Jupiter
11. Justice - Libra
12. The Hanged Man - water, Neptune
13. Death - Scorpio
14. Temperance - Sagittarius
15. Devil - Capricorn
16. The Tower - Mars
17. The Star - Aquarius
18. The Moon - Pisces
19. The Sun - Sun
20. Judgement - fire, Pulto
21. The World - Saturn

Minor Arcana
Wands - Fire - Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
Cups - Water - Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
Swords - Air - Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
Pentacles - Earth - Virgo, Capricorn, Taurus


General Themes of the Minor Arcana
Wands - career, work, creativity
Cups - emotions, affairs of the heart
Swords - thoughts, intellect
Pentacles - money, material matters

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