Aces, Tens and the Court: Tarot Exercises to Find your Path

Separate from your Minor Arcana the four Aces, four Tens, and all sixteen Court cards, separated by rank. As we explore each number and rank, consider how the suit/element is expressed in each card.

Aces: Aces are a new beginning, the source or the essence of their element. The Ace is the purest form of the element.

Shuffle your four Aces, and ask this question: What is a source of strength upon which I could draw more fully?

Pull one card to give your answer. What card did you receive? What does it mean to you?

Tens: Tens represent a fullness, or the completion of a cycle or a journey.

Shuffle your four Tens, and ask this question: What am I full of right now?

Pull one card to give your answer. What card did you receive? What does it mean to you?

Now look at your Ace and your Ten together. How does your Ace give you strength to help you with your Ten?

Pages: Pages refer to youth, learning and communication.

Shuffle your four Pages, and ask this question: What am I learning right now?

Pull one card to give your answer. What card did you receive? What does it mean to you?

How does the lesson of your Page tie in to the story told in your Ace and Ten?

Knights: Knights refer to coming of age, travel and pursuit.

Shuffle your four Knights, and ask this question: What should I be pursuing right now?

Pull one card to give your answer. What card did you receive? What does it mean to you?

Queens: Queens refer to mature feminine wisdom, and nurturance.

Shuffle your four Queens, and ask this question: What is my source of wisdom right now?

Pull one card to give your answer. What card did you receive? What does it mean to you?

Kings: Kings refer to masculine leadership, and authority.

Shuffle your four Kings, and ask this question: Where should I take a leadership role right now?

Pull one card to give your answer. What card did you receive? What does it mean to you?

Now look at your Knight, your Queen and your King. How do these three energies support you in taking your next steps forward in life?

Take all six cards you have drawn today, and shuffle them. Pull one to give you a final thought. Pay special attention to it’s number/rank and it’s element. What direction does this card give you?