Learning the Court Cards

Learning the Court Cards is difficult for a lot of us, but I’ve found that elemental associations have made it much easier to understand and remember the personality traits of Court Cards.

Suit Associations:

Wands - Fire
Cups - Water
Swords - Air
Pentacles - Earth

Court Personality Associations:

King - Air
Queen - Water
Knight - Fire
Page - Earth
Remember that the suit’s elemental association will have a stronger influence than the personality element. (example: The King of Wands is ruled predominantly by Fire; Air is the secondary element).
Combining a Court Card’s suit and personality elements will help you remember personality traits for that card. Some tips:

• Double elements (i.e. King of Swords) will take a suit’s traits to the extreme.
• Complementing elements (Fire/Earth and Air/Water) indicate a balanced approach
• Opposing elements (Fire/Water and Earth/Air) mean unpredictable behaviors with extreme polarities.

I put all this info into the graphic above for those of you who are visual learners and/or people who might want to save it for reference.