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Air / Earth | Air / Fire | Air / Water | Air / Air |
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Water / Earth | Water / Fire | Water / Water | Water / Air |
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Fire / Earth | Fire / Fire | Fire / Water | Fire / Air |
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Eart / Earth | Earth / Fire | Earth / Water | Earth / Air |
Court members who possess double elements, like the King of Swords will be doubly communicative, double sharp intellectually and double masterful in conflict resolution (or otherwise if he so wills it).
Court members with complimenting elements (Fire/Earth and Air/Water) will seem pretty balanced in their methodologies. Well rounded, and even-keeled, stable, flexible and easily adjusting to transitions.
Court members with opposing elements (Fire/Water and Earth/Air) can manifest polarities in wild ways. They have dual natures, shadow sides, and can be extremely unpredictable. That's not a bad thing. Some of our royal archetypes with polar elements have recognized these dual parts and work to integrate their split personalities. These are the most vibrant of the clan, and often the most resourceful on our journey.
Am I talking about the Tarot court cards or real people in our lives? Both.
By associating court card archetypes with people in our lives, our understanding of our motivations, behaviors and actions can be extremely telling.
Look through the court cards and identify them with the people close to you in your life. See how similar their personality traits (in terms of elemental correspondences) are. It's a fascinating experimentation that yields remarkable results.
I'm the last person to pigeon hole people into personality types...but working with the Royal arcana and delving into their intricacies, including elemental correspondences can lead to an amazing system of personality identification.
This concept of personality identification isn't much different from loosely understanding a person's behavior by knowing his/her astrological sun sign and moon sign.
If we consider everybody will fall into eight categories (a royal role and its suit) then we've got a template for understanding human behavior. And this understanding makes us better friends, lovers and partners because it's much easier to interact with somebody when we can relate to where they're coming from.
Just Tarot food for thought. :-)
I hope you have enjoyed this extra addition on reading Tarot court cards.
Here are a few other pages that may hold your interest.
Other related pages:
The Royal Family (links to all court card Tarot meanings)
Tips to Understanding the Court Cards
Meaning of Kings
Meaning of Queens
Meaning of Knights
Meaning of Pages

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