Tarot Cards Meanings

Why it appears in the spread: It means that you have achieved peace, harmony and celebration in your life. It is a sense of life, a good home life, an achievement or a finished project.

The Four of Wands brings stability, harmony, and brings joy to the moment, to your accomplishments and relationships. It’s a time to enjoy your successes, the fruits of your labor.

• Element: Fire
• Astrological meaning: Venus in Aries
• Numerological value: 4
• Chakra: Heart Chakra
• Help with: If you need help building a harmonious environment, having strong relationships and finding joy and contentment right where you are, The Four of Wands can provide you with the energy and information you need.

Why it appears in the spread: This represents someone in your life that shows emotional maturity and stability or this is a representation of that inside you yourself. This can also mean that you are required to provide emotional support, to listen to your intuition, or to find balance between expressing yourself at both ends of the emotional spectrum.

The emotional maturity, wisdom and compassion which The King of Cups represents. He possesses control over his emotions, a person who is stable, supportive..

• Element: Water
• Astrological meaning: Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces are water signs.
• Numerological value: 14
• Chakra: Heart Chakra
• Help with: With a little guidance from the King of Cups you can find emotional balance, gain compassion and empathy, and be there for the people in your life.

Why it appears in the spread: It can be a symbol of a person in your life who represents financial stability, success and leadership, or alternatively, these qualities about yourself. It can also serve as a signal for taking a grounded approach to your goals, and being aware of the resources you have in hand as well as what you need to create and secure a sustainable future.

A successful and established person who has made money and secured them both from hard work and love are principals of the King of Pentacles. Generous, reliable and likes to share his abundance with others, he is.

• Element: Earth
• Astrological meaning: Earth signs (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn)
• Numerological value: 14
• Chakra: Root Chakra
• Help with: Use the King of Pentacles in your life to get financial security, wise use of your resources, and the building of an inheritance of prosperity and abundance.
  His method is to make you take a more practical approach to your goals and the rewards of your hard work.

Why it appears in the spread: It’s all about many choices and opportunities, but also don’t get lost with fantasies or illusions. It tells you to draw the line between actual chances and elusive aspirations.

Imagination, temptation and seeing how varied the choices are, are interpreted in the Seven of Cups. It is telling you to be discerning those things and to do wise actions based upon reality not wishful thinking.

• Element: Water
• Astrological meaning: Venus in Scorpio
• Numerological value: 7
• Chakra: Third Eye Chakra
• Help with: The Seven of Cups can bring clarity to your goals, guide your decisions well, and keep you from spinning away on illusions or distractions

Why it appears in the spread: It captures great leadership skills. It can also symbolize a time for you to lead, motivate and achieve your dreams with strategies and direction that is affirmative.

The King of Wands is the ruling authority is wise and inspiring, powerful and self-confident, purposeful and creative person. He is an optimistic personality who would act to it and who would motivate other individuals to the fullest of their capabilities.

• Element: Fire
• Astrological meaning: The fire signs (Aries, Leos, Sagittarius)
• Numerological value: 13
• Chakra: Solar Plexus Chakra
• Help with: The King of Wands will aid if you need to take a leadership position, or wish to encourage and lead others towards a common goal, with sincere passion and energy.

Why it appears in the spread: It is a time of great happiness, symbols of moving to a place where the heart is filled with an emotional depth and satisfaction with loved ones around you, your family and close relationships. On another hand, it can denote a community of harmony or the life of home.

This card speaks of a harmonious family, emotional contentment, any.belonging, and so on. It’s a time of joy, love and everlasting happiness in the relationships and home life of you and your family.

• Element: Water
• Astrological meaning: Mars in Pisces
• Numerological value: 10
• Chakra: Heart Chakra
• Help with: The Ten of Cups can be helpful for your family bond strengthening and a beautiful home environment, and also to get to great deep emotional fulfillment in your relationships.

Why it appears in the spread: It’s a symbol of positivity, a time of happiness, and even success. It may also be about reconnecting with your inner child, and realizing who your authentic self really is.

Joy, vitality and success are represented by The Sun. This means that you have served your time and come to the other side, that you have achieved happiness, abundance and your goals.

• Element: Fire
• Astrological meaning: The Sun
• Numerological value: 19
• Chakra: Solar Plexus Chakra
• Help with: With a positive attitude the Sun may help you find joy and happiness in your life, boost your confidence and reach your goals.

Why it appears in the spread: It represents the beginning of new opportunities, new inspiration and new possibilities for creating and growing in your life. However, this may indicate initiation of a new venture or your new passion.

The Wands represent the spark of creation and new beginning. It marks inspiration and passion to really manifest what you want to.

• Element: Fire
• Astrological meaning: Aries
• Numerological value: 1
• Chakra: Solar Plexus Chakra
• Help with: The Ace of Wands can be used to help you conjure up some ideas, pursue your dreams and act upon them with feeling and conviction.

Why it appears in the spread: It’s a need to take control of your life, or a warning – use your way.

Willpower, determination, conquering obstacles, these are areas covered in the Chariot. This means a journey of self discovery where you win through hard work.

• Element: Water
• Astrological meaning: Cancer
• Numerological value: 7
• Chakra: Solar Plexus Chakra
• Help with: The Chariot can help you stay focused on your goals, overcome challenges and find the strength to move forward in your life.

Why it appears in the spread: It’s a need for decisive action, quick thinking and strong communication in others. It could be a person who pushes through with a blind faith and determination or a place in which they ask you to be bold, courageous and daring.

The Knight of Swords is a bold person, an adventurer, that does not waste time and runs confidently. It is a time of doing, being brave and not giving up.

• Element: Air
• Astrological meaning: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius (air signs)
• Numerological value: 12
• Chakra: Throat Chakra
• Help with: The Knight of Swords can help you to be assertive, of speedy action and goals in a calm and sturdy manner.

Why it appears in the spread: It is a time of change and leaving behind hardship. Sometimes it can mean it’s time to let go of the past, to change, move forward and find peace in the present.

The Six of Swords symbolizes a long journey off into a more difficult territory and toward a calmer future. This is a time of healing, accepting, moving on from these challenges.

• Element: Air
• Astrological meaning: Mercury in Aquarius
• Numerological value: 6
• Chakra: Third Eye Chakra
• Help with: The Six of Swords will help you deal with difficult emotions, give yourself over to letting the past go and having new beginnings with a little bit of peace and acceptance for what is.

Why it appears in the spread: It is a marker of a time, to reflect upon, to assess, and to be responsible for your actions. That can mean a major life change or a spiritual awakening.

Judgement is a time of reckoning, rebirth. It is the need to review the past by seeing your past mistakes and how to move on with a clear conscience if unfortunately tragedy has happened and I would rather not dwell on that.

• Element: Fire
• Astrological meaning: Pluto
• Numerological value: 20
• Chakra: Crown Chakra
• Help with: Judgement can forgive you and others, release the past and give you clarity and purpose to live into a new chapter in life.

Why it appears in the spread: It’s a symbol of the fact that you’re in pain, heartbroken or grieving. It could mean that you have to face what these feelings indicate, so that you can go through the process for healing and growth.

Heartbreak is what this card, the Three of Swords, symbolizes. It marks a mournful time that is needed to heal from emotional wounds.

• Element: Air
• Astrological meaning: Saturn in Libra
• Numerological value: 3
• Chakra: Heart Chakra
• Help with: The Three of Swords can be used to help you to accept or acknowledge your pain, or your grief, to help you cope with it, and to move on to healing and accepting or living with what has happened.

Why it appears in the spread: It represents a time that a person can risk, gamble or begin anew.

The Fool is the incarnation of the pure spirit, of the childlike belief in the fact that everything will be alright. It makes you take a chance on something that would have otherwise sounded foolish. This card means that it is high time to create new stripes and get some thrill

• Element: Air
• Astrological meaning: Uranus
• Numerological value: 0
• Chakra: Crown Chakra
• Help with: The Fool can encourage you regarding coming out of that rut of the familiar and making the first leap when you don’t know what lies ahead.

Why it appears in the spread: It represents a break, whether in thinking or in the moment of clarity. In other words, it can also represent the desire or need to speak your truth, make a decision, cut through confusion, or anything to do with truth, liberty, sparks, innovation, risk, or passion.

Mental clarity, truth and power of the mind are symbolically told by the Ace of Swords. It is the time of new beginnings and the opportunity of growth by thinking absolutely clear and communicating absolutely clear.

• Element: Air
• Astrological meaning: Aquarius
• Numerological value: 1
• Chakra: Throat Chakra
• Help with: With the Ace of Swords, you are able to come to a decision about something, cut through illusions and make sure that you are being clear in communication so that there is no confusion, and work things out with a great, sharp mind.

Why it appears in the spread: This is a symbol of the need for making decisions and to connect with your subconscious and listen to your intuition.

The High Priestess keeps hidden knowledge and intuition. She’s symbolic of the power of the subconscious mind and she insists you trust your inner voice.

• Element: Water
• Astrological meaning: The Moon
• Numerological value: 2
• Chakra: Third Eye Chakra
• Help with: Helpful to you in accessing your intuition, developing psychic abilities, and connecting with your spiritual side is the High Priestess.

Why it appears in the spread: It means you may be struggling with a tough decision or are stuck in any situation that you have nowhere to go. This can mean that you take options seriously, consider all views in making choices.

The two of swords come in for a stalemate, holding a sword across their weak and weary hands, indecision of what to do as they struggle in weighing up the pros and cons of both choices that seem so similarly out of choice. It is an indication that action needs to be taken in order to find out which way is the way to go and whether you need to find the balance.

• Element: Air
• Astrological meaning: Moon in Libra
• Numerological value: 2
• Chakra: Throat Chakra
• Help with: The Two of Swords can bring clarity into a confusing situation, help you weigh your options, and come to a place where you’ve made a decision that feels best based on your own values and subtle intuitions

Why it appears in the spread: This is your symbol of your being that you may be uncertain, not seeing fear if it was there, or just need to trust your intuition to get through your confusing situation.

Dreams, illusions and subconscious are on that, the Moon. This is a time of uncertainty and asks you to rely upon your intuition and to confront your fears.

• Element: Water
• Astrological meaning: Pisces
• Numerological value: 18
• Chakra: Sacral Chakra
• Help with: Moon can assist you to feel connected to your intuition, going with the flow when you don’t know, psyching yourself up to overcome your fears and illusions.

Why it appears in the spread: It symbolizes a time of introspection and contemplation, where you may be feeling withdrawn or disconnected from the world around you. It can indicate a need to look inward and reflect on your emotions before making any decisions.

The Four of Cups represents a period of apathy and contemplation, where you may be feeling bored or dissatisfied with your current circumstances. It signifies a need to reflect on your emotions and seek inner guidance.

• Element: Water
• Astrological meaning: Moon in Cancer
• Numerological value: 4
• Chakra: Heart Chakra
• Help with: The Four of Cups can help you connect with your inner self, understand your emotions, and gain clarity on your current situation before making any decisions.

Why it appears in the spread: It’s a symbol for a time of emotional loss, disappointment or regret. That could mean you’re thinking too much about the past and what you want to do is process your feelings to move on.

As a representation of grief, loss and focusing on what you don’t have, it is the Five of Cups. It’s a time of emotional healing and learning to let go.

• Element: Water
• Astrological meaning: Mars in Scorpio
• Numerological value: 5
• Chakra: Heart Chakra
• Help with: Five of Cups helps you to learn to process your grief, to accept your loss and to forgive yourself and to forgive others. However, it pushes you to leave the past and focus on the present.

Why it appears in the spread: It represents the power of nourishing yourself and others, as well as how to engage with your creativity and sensuality

The mother archetype represented by the Empress is the archetype of fertility, creation, abundance. She makes you join your feminine energy and let your sensuality shine out.

• Element: Earth
• Astrological meaning: Venus
• Numerological value: 3
• Chakra: Sacral Chakra
• Help with: Through the Empress you can tap into your creativity, enhance and balance your relationships, and create a life of beauty and abundance.

Why it appears in the spread: It symbolizes a need to withdraw from the world and seek answers within, or a warning against isolating yourself from others.

The Hermit represents introspection, solitude, and the search for truth and wisdom. He encourages you to connect with your inner voice and seek guidance from within.

• Element: Earth
• Astrological meaning: Virgo
• Numerological value: 9
• Chakra: Crown Chakra
• Help with: The Hermit can help you find peace and clarity through introspection, connect with your intuition, and discover your true purpose in life.

Why it appears in the spread: It symbolizes new monetary progress, material improving and general abundance. It may be a cue for the time to launch something new, investing a cash into the future, or the triggering of your desired outcome.

The Ace of Pentacles is a card of new beginnings. It talks about prosperity, abundance and in creating a secure future foundation.

• Element: Earth
• Astrological meaning: Taurus
• Numerological value: 1
• Chakra: Root Chakra
• Help with: With the Ace of Pentacles you can attract abundance and manifest your goals, and build stability and success from the foundation of financial prosperity.

Why it appears in the spread: The meaning of this card is to have to control your time and resources, since you will find yourself involved with various affairs and your situation has become somewhat erratic. It is very adaptive and really helps you to become balanced and healthy in your life.

The Two of Pentacles represents adaptability, flexibility in many situations. It is a time of change and movement, and of sitting balanced and leaning in and knowing when to let go and to refocus on what really matters.

• Element: Earth
• Astrological meaning: Jupiter in Capricorn
• Numerological value: 2
• Chakra: Sacral Chakra
• Help with: The Two of Pentacles can advise you on how to prioritize your tasks, how to spend time, and the most important thing in life — how to keep balance, when everything is changing.

Why it appears in the spread: This means you might be enticed into temptations, or harbors unhealthy attachments, or is trapped in your own choices. It can also mean that you are facing your shadow self.

The Shadow Self is the Devil, what holds you back, what you are afraid of. That can be an indication of addiction, materialism, and giving away your power.

• Element: Earth
• Astrological meaning: Capricorn
• Numerological value: 15
• Chakra: Root Chakra
• Help with: The Devil can assist you in identifying and overcoming your fears and addictions, breaking the bad pattern and getting your power back.

Why it appears in the spread: It means that things are happening quickly, things are rushing in, and things are setting into place. It gets you to act decisively and momentum.

The Eight of Wands represents swift action, swift movement, and the quick manifestation of the goal. It’s a time of new beginnings, it means things are falling into place for you.

• Element: Fire
• Astrological meaning: Mercury in Sagittarius
• Numerological value: 8
• Chakra: Solar Plexus Chakra
• Help with: The Eight of Wands can lend itself in helping you make decisive action, accept opportunities and take hold on the events flowing towards your goals.

Why it appears in the spread: It signifies that you may be feeling like you’re stuck or you’re being suppressed from something externally or from within. It means there may be something to gain from a new perspective or some action to release yourself from these constraints.

Feeling stuck, trapped, and impotent. It’s a reminder to push past self placed limitations and summon the strength to make a break from a situation you simply aren’t getting from any more.

• Element: Air
• Astrological meaning: Jupiter in Gemini
• Numerological value: 8
• Chakra: Throat Chakra
• Help with: Eight of Swords helps to address limiting beliefs, find new ways of seeing any situation in your life that is holding us back, and take steps towards breaking free of the situation.

Why it appears in the spread: This means you’re probably burdened with heavy responsibilities or toyed by some heavy load. It can mean you need to delegate tasks or ask for help.

The ten of wands symbolizes the things we are carrying. And it’s a time when you work hard, persevere, and maybe even to a point of exhaustion and overwhelm.

• Element: Fire
• Astrological meaning: Saturn in Sagittarius
• Numerological value: 10
• Chakra: Root Chakra
• Help with: The Ten of Wands can assist you in business to understand your responsibilities and clarify priorities to avoid overexertion, and to discover ways of reducing your load.

Why it appears in the spread: It depicts a woman of substance, a lady that is bold, single-handed and self-assured or it depicts self-image. It can also mean that the queen within you needs to come out, ready to say that she is a woman.

Queen of Wands means a positive, passionate woman, self-controlled and creative inside. She always speaks the truth, she is a true warrior woman with warm spirit and energy.

• Element: Fire
• Astrological meaning: Water signs (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces).
• Numerological value: 12
• Chakra: Sacral Chakra
• Help with: The Queen of Wands will guide you to be confident, become creative and strive for your dreams and goals.

Why it appears in the spread: This is a symbol of you’ve traversed a trail or a wheel and you know you reached the conclusion point; you feel completion and fulfillment. Sometimes it can also stand for times of spiritual growth and connection to the universe.

The World is the end of a journey, attainment of your goals, integration and a resting place. It is the time of peace and success.

• Element: Earth
• Astrological meaning: Saturn
• Numerological value: 21
• Chakra: Crown Chakra
• Help with: The World will help you congratulate yourself for the things you’ve done, relish the path you’ve walked, and understand the completeness and fulfillment that you have achieved.

Why it appears in the spread: This can mean a person in your life who is nurturing and compassionate, or these same qualities that reside in you. In some ways, these teachings are also an indication of the need to connect with your emotions, to support others or listen to your intuition.

The Queen of Cups is a compassionate being who is intuitive, allowing these traits to inform their approach to the world and to others. She’s supportive, empathetic and she has unconditional love and guidance.

• Element: Water
• Astrological meaning: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces, water signs
• Numerological value: 13
• Chakra: Heart Chakra
• Help with: Touching on the spiritual aspect of the Queen of Cups, it allows you to bring your emotions into focus, lends support to others, giving you a hint to use your intuition, and even teaches you how to develop compassion and empathy.

Why it appears in the spread: A time of giving and receiving, it may be a time when you can give to others or receive from others. A possible definition of receiving could be about financial stability, generosity and sharing your resources for goodness.

Generosity, charity, flow of abundance is what the Six of Pentacles represent. It is a time of giving and receiving, likely supporting you in giving your wealth and resources to others.

• Element: Earth
• Astrological meaning: Venus in Taurus
• Numerological value: 6
• Chakra: Heart Chakra
• Help with: If you are feeling a little generous, the Six of Pentacles can help you to appreciate the abundance you have, and to find balance between receiving and giving. This will make you share your resources and help others to live together and at the same time it would make you open to help.

Why it appears in the spread: It’s a way of saying, ‘You’ve got to look for truth and justice in a situation,’ or ‘Your actions have consequences.’

Truth, fairness and balance are all what justice stands for. Making decisions with integrity and assuming responsibility for your decisions is being serious.

• Element: Air
• Astrological meaning: Libra
• Numerological value: 11 (or 8 in some decks)
• Chakra: Crown Chakra
• Help with: Justice is the ability to make fair decisions, resolve your conflicts and find equilibrium and harmony in your life.

Why it appears in the spread: This represents a time of more creativity, heightened intuition and to let go and connect with our inner child. And it can also be a symbol for good news arrived or an emotional opportunity arrived.

The Page of Cups represents a sweet, imaginative soul who knows who they are and fosters close emotional and intuitive relationships. This means a time of being creative, thinking up new ideas, and getting to know our innermost self.

• Element: Water
• Astrological meaning: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces – water signs
• Numerological value: 11
• Chakra: Sacral Chakra
• Help with: Your creative connection is one area in which the Page of Cups can go deep, helping you to express yourself no matter what emotion arises within, and in doing so it will encourage you to approach life with a sense of childlike wonder and openness.

Why it appears in the spread: A large part of it involves patience, perseverance and a practical approach to goal setting. It can actually represent a person who is trustworthy, hardworking and dedicated to the work they do.

The Knight of Pentacles teaches us the value of being steadfast and hard working, if we are to work diligently towards our goals. This means you’ve reached a point where you’re doing the same work, at the same levels of dedication day in and day out.

• Element: Earth
• Astrological meaning: Earth signs (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn)
• Numerological value: 12
• Chakra: Root Chakra
• Help with: The Knight of Pentacles can easily ground you, focus you, and help to remain committed to your goals. It nurtures hard work, patience, and belief that your efforts would allow that success to happen.

Why it appears in the spread: This word depicts us or requires our counsel of spiritual guidance or the effects of tradition and social practices or nature in our lives.

The Hierophant is universal wisdom, wisdom of tradition, and it is also conformity. The greatest part is that he encourages you to find out from the old, to come to a moral code.

• Element: Earth
• Astrological meaning: Taurus
• Numerological value: 5
• Chakra: Throat Chakra
• Help with: The Hierophant can get you a mentor, get you in touch with your spiritual community and get you to find answers within existing systems of knowledge.

Why it appears in the spread: It depicts the importance of working in a team, collaboration and working alongside others to a common purpose. It can be a sign of a healthy project, of a peaceful work environment, or that we need to learn from others.

The Three of Pentacles talks about teamwork, cooperation and about how only through their efforts together one can reach success. It is a sign of using your skills and talents together with others to make something bigger than you can on your own.

• Element: Earth
• Astrological meaning: Mars in Capricorn
• Numerological value: 3
• Chakra: Solar Plexus Chakra
• Help with: Working with others, appreciating the work of everyone in your team, and realizing shared goals are all supported when you work with The Three of Pentacles.

Why it appears in the spread: This is a symbol of financial hardship, loss or loneliness and lack of places to go. It can mean that you need to look for support, reevaluate your priorities, or think of ways to change your situation that you haven’t before.

In financial hardship, poverty, or being left out in the cold — all of these can be found represented in the Five of Pentacles. That means a time of material need, a time to petition for help and support.

• Element: Earth
• Astrological meaning: Mercury in Taurus
• Numerological value: 5
• Chakra: Root Chakra
• Help with: The Five of Pentacles may show you which financial challenges you need to recognize, and help you find support from others, and the will to be resilient, in the face of adversity. It gets us in the mindset that even on bad days, there’s hope for both recovery and renewal.

Why it appears in the spread: It is a sign of the additional ideas, inspiration and adventure arriving. It also can represent someone young or a young spirit that brings new ideas and energy to your life.

The Wands represent a person that is free spirit and thirsty for experience. This means creativity, enthusiasm and courage to pursue your dreams.

• Element: Fire
• Astrological meaning: Fire signs – which are Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
• Numerological value: 10
• Chakra: Sacral Chakra
• Help with: The Page of Wands is here to help you find inspiration, open yourself up to your creativity, and pursue your passions with heart pumping and some travel adventure.

Why it appears in the spread: It is a sign of new ideas, mind clarity and new thirst for knowledge. It can mean a curious and inquisitive mind, or a situation in which you have to gather information and pursue it with care.

The Page of Swords symbolizes youth and desire of knowledge. Amongst these roles, it’s a time to learn, communicate and be mentally agile.

• Element: Air
• Astrological meaning: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius – air signs
• Numerological value: 11
• Chakra: Throat Chakra
• Help with: The Page of Swords can help you to communicate effectively, to gather information, to analyze situations and situations with a clear head and to approach new ideas with positive energy.

Why it appears in the spread: A time of conflict, competition, or challenges in your life, it may mean you’re not in agreement with the others, there’s some disagreement over power, or that you’re fighting to prove a point.

When the Five of Wands appears, we find ourselves inside a tiff of ideas, fight, and minor wrangles. It’s a time of tension and adversity where you need to take a stand and make yourself heard.

• Element: Fire
• Astrological meaning: Saturn in Leo
• Numerological value: 5
• Chakra: Solar Plexus Chakra
• Help with: This can be a key card to help you reconcile conflict, state your needs, and shout the lengths you go to to express your individuality in a world.

Why it appears in the spread: It is a representation of significant relationships, a big choice, or an alignment with your value.

The Lovers represent love, partnership and the power of choice. This card reminds you to listen to your heart and do the things that you love.

• Element: Air
• Astrological meaning: Gemini
• Numerological value: 6
• Chakra: Heart Chakra
• Help with: Lovers can support you through your relationships, making important decisions, and establishing inner harmony as well as harmony in the world around you.

Why it appears in the spread: It’s a symbol that we need to order, discipline in our lives or have a strong authority figure.

Structure, leadership and setting order are what the Emperor represents. He is about the orderly masculine energy and the desire for control.

• Element: Fire
• Astrological meaning: Aries
• Numerological value: 4
• Chakra: Root Chakra
• Help with: The Emperor can help you to set some clear boundaries and be in charge of your life, to build you a rock solid foundation for your future.

Why it appears in the spread: The material realm is symbolized by it – a time of new beginnings, learning opportunities for growth. As a student or apprentice, or someone wanting to learn new skills and fulfill their goals it can have a meaning.

The Page of Pentacles is a dedicated student that is ready and willing to learn and grow. It is a time for fresh opportunities, better income, and the readiness to invest enough of your efforts to realize your objectives.

• Element: Earth
• Astrological meaning: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn – earth signs
• Numerological value: 11
• Chakra: Root Chakra
• Help with: The Page of Pentacles can work to keep you on target to your goals, find new opportunities to take advantage of and ensuring that you have the skills and know

Why it appears in the spread: It’s a sign that it might be a rough ending, or that you’re feeling betrayed. It might mean that you need to release something from the past so that you can move on, even when it hurts, in the moment.

The Ten Of Swords shows a painful ending usually associated with betrayal, loss, defeat. This is a sign of such deep emotional pain and this needs you to surrender and accept the situation.

• Element: Air
• Astrological meaning: Sun in Gemini
• Numerological value: 10
• Chakra: Solar Plexus Chakra
• Help with: The Ten of Swords serves to help make sense of loss and put foot to grief, to find the courage to carry on, and see even in the blackest of shades of gray, there’s still the possibility of healing and rebirth.

Why it appears in the spread: It means a committed time to course correct and refine the skill or craft. This means that you are working hard to be better at what you do and reach your aim using diligence and attention to detail.

Dedication and focus to get good at something is the Eight of Pentacles. It shows that this has been a time of learning and learning by doing, taking it to practice and perseverance to perfect your craft.

Element: Earth

Astrological meaning: Mercury in Virgo

Numerological value: 8

Chakra: Root Chakra

Help with: Using the Eight of Pentacles card in your reading could show you how to improve your skills, how to work towards your goals, and in the process, how to reap all the rewards for treating learning as a welcomed challenge.

Why it appears in the spread: It represents that you are undergoing an unexpected turning point, or that something new will be coming in, and the old structures need to shake off old ground, so to speak.

The Tower represents sudden upheaval, change that cannot be avoided. This is a time of chaos, transition and reconstruction—meaning that it is a time of the destruction of old structure and belief.

• Element: Fire
• Astrological meaning: Mars
• Numerological value: 16
• Chakra: Root Chakra
• Help with: The Tower can assist you through a time of an intense change, unhook you from beliefs that are no longer relevant to you, and rebuild your life on firmer grounds.

Why it appears in the spread: This symbolizes planning and decision making time, the future of your life. It stimulates you to reflect on your alternatives, and to begin moving towards your targets.

The Two of Wands signifies that we are planning, as we progress, and are looking to the future. This means it’s time to make choices and do something about your dreams.

• Element: Fire
• Astrological meaning: Mars in Aries
• Numerological value: 2
• Chakra: Solar Plexus Chakra
• Help with: The Two of Wands can guide you to take the first steps in creating a brighter future, and with the help of The Two of Wands you can turn your plans into reality and set goals.

Why it appears in the spread: It’s a time of action and the type of action to follow your passions, chasing them with courage and enthusiasm. It can also mean travel, movement, or a requirement to change or something exciting.

Its meaning is that of a passionate and adventurous person with a tendency to bold action to get what he or she wants. It is a time of forward thinking, leaving behind what you should have known and still doing your best to do what you’re afraid of.

• Element: Fire
• Astrological meaning: Fire signs (Aries, Leo and Sagittarius)
• Numerological value: 11
• Chakra: Solar Plexus Chakra
• Help with: If you are seeking inspiration to take action towards your goals, to live your life with courage and determination and to live it pursuing your passions, then the Knight of Wands may help you.

Why it appears in the spread: It may symbolize someone you know that really is strong and independent, or even that you yourself have those qualities. It could also mean that you might need to think more clearly, be more honest, more clearly communicate, and establish healthy boundaries.

An intelligent independent woman, who can stand on her own two feet and who does not lie, cheating, the Queen of Swords represents truth and justice. She is discerning, knowing, knows how to pierce through the assumptions and get to what’s true.

• Element: Air
• Astrological meaning: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius – Air signs.
• Numerological value: 13
• Chakra: Throat Chakra
• Help with: The Queen of Swords will teach you to develop your intellect, to communicate clearly and reduce confusions, to draw boundaries in creating amicability, and to make logical, rational decisions.

Why it appears in the spread: It means that your plans are shaping up and you are achieving what you want to. This propels you to continue to stay in a state of perfection while remaining open to new opportunities and constantly expanding your opportunities for self improvement.

The Three of Wands tells us that the time of expansion and progress is now. It is taking a stance of looking towards the future with positivity and the will to complete your long term aims.

• Element: Fire
• Astrological meaning: Sun in Aries
• Numerological value: 3
• Chakra: Solar Plexus Chakra
• Help with: The Three of Wands can come into play to help you keep your motivation, carry a positive outlook and get through to your goals with confidence and strength.

Why it appears in the spread: This is a symbolic need to release something that no longer satisfies you, even if it’s comfortable or known. This could be something in your life that is draining your energy or a relationship, job or situation.

You’re walking away from something that you used to enjoy, but no longer do. Entering a phase of transition to a better phase, even though it involves leaving something behind.

• Element: Water
• Astrological meaning: Saturn in Pisces
• Numerological value: 8
• Chakra: Sacral Chakra
• Help with: The Eight of Cups helps you see the courage it will take for you to leave situations that are no longer working for you, and the faith that something better is around the corner.

Why it appears in the spread: It says that you are up against something or against someone and you have to stand for yourself and your beliefs. It also shows that you need to defend your position or protect your territory.

The courage, the resilience and the will to stand firm what you are fighting for is what the Seven of Wands means. This means it is a time to stand tall when faced with adversities and challenges.

• Element: Fire
• Astrological meaning: Mars in Leo
• Numerological value: 7
• Chakra: Solar Plexus Chakra
• Help with: If you draw the Seven of Wands, it can help to build the courage to fight for exactly what you want and need to do, and to fight for the position that must be yours.

Why it appears in the spread: It’s a symbol of accepting that your efforts have been acknowledged and rewarded, and you have been successful and acknowledged for all your hard work.

Victory, public acclaim, achievement of goals is depicted by Six of Wands. This is a time of trust, recognition, and the time of leadership.

• Element: Fire
• Astrological meaning: Jupiter in Leo
• Numerological value: 6
• Chakra: Solar Plexus Chakra
• Help with: This card can warn you that your accomplishments are being acknowledged and bring rewards, or, if you’re already doing well, it can spur you on to climb that last hill.

Why it appears in the spread: It means you are almost at the end of a long and tough period and you still have to push through when it’s tough or when you are exhausted or even discouraged. It is also an end test or an obstacle on the way to your goal.

The Nine of Wands represents perseverance, resilience, and staying power — even when you’re in your worst state of being. This implies that you’ve encountered a lot of obstacles and are near the end.

• Element: Fire
• Astrological meaning: Moon in Sagittarius
• Numerological value: 9
• Chakra: Solar Plexus Chakra
• Help with: The Nine of Wands can aid in the decision to get up and keep going, deliver you the necessary energy to get through the last naysayers and overcome your most arduous challenges, and surrender to the resilience despite all that you face.

Why it appears in the spread: It can represent a nurturing or supportive person or it could be qualities you have toward yourself. This can also indicate to make a place that is safe and comfortable, bond with nature, or just about anything, unless it is just a simple pastime.

A nurturing, practical down to earth woman who creates a comfortable and secure environment for herself and for those she loves, the Queen of Pentacles. Generous, resourceful, warm with the natural world, she is.

• Element: Earth
• Astrological meaning: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn – the Earth signs
• Numerological value: 13
• Chakra: Heart Chakra
• Help with: If you are seeking practical care and generosity that waters, warms, and welcomes you, the Queen of Pentacles can help you spread the word and create a home, connect with nature, and have financial stability.

Why it appears in the spread: A romantic and idealistic person will come into your life, or a time that requires you to go after what you want/must. It also represents the message and invitation seeking joy and emotional fulfillment.

The Knight of Cups is a romantic idealist, with intuition and emotions left to guide him. It’s a time for doing what you love to do and following your heart’s desire.

• Element: Water
• Astrological meaning: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces are Water signs.
• Numerological value: 12
• Chakra: Heart Chakra
• Help with: Open you up to your feelings, let you be creative, and pursue what you love with sentimentality and idealism.

Why it appears in the spread: Change is a natural part of life’s cycle and it’s a big one, symbolizing a series of transformation or an ending point in your life.

One side of that circle is death, the other side is birth. It means going through transformation, letting go and accepting new things.

• Element: Water
• Astrological meaning: Scorpio
• Numerological value: 13
• Chakra: Root Chakra
• Help with: Death can lead you through the change, to let go of what doesn’t serve you anymore and to do this with courage and acceptance as you begin the new.

Why it appears in the spread: It is a symbol of an urge to concentrate on developing security and stability in your life, more so in finances or assets. It also symbolizes a holding on of resources, boundaries, or protection of what you have.

In the Four of Pentacles focus is on Material Security, Stability and Control. It reminds us that it is a time of resource conservation, saving resources and building for the future.

• Element: Earth
• Astrological meaning: Sun in Capricorn
• Numerological value: 4
• Chakra: Root Chakra
• Help with: The Four of Pentacles can assist you in working out your finances, make a budget, save money and feel secure and steady in your life.

Why it appears in the spread: It means that you are desperate to attain your target and hence patience and endurance are required to get the results. It doesn’t necessarily mean that this is the start of something new, actually it could also be a time of assessment and evaluation of your progress.

The Seven of Pentacles shows us the fruits of labor but it’s also the instruction that we must spend time on this and it never finishes. That means it’s a time to invest in and grow.

• Element: Earth
• Astrological meaning: Saturn in Taurus
• Numerological value: 7
• Chakra: Root Chakra
• Help with: Seven of Pentacles can aid you in staying on course for your future goals as you live step-by-step instead, and remain patient and persevering enough to trust that one day, your efforts will all be paid off.

Why it appears in the spread: It represents new emotions and relationships. In other words, it may reveal the beginning of a new romance, a mutual growing in a relationship already, or a surge of feeling of complete inner peace and joy.

The Ace of Cups refers to the flowing cup of emotions, or love, compassion and joy. This is a card of new emotional beginnings and emotional fulfillment in the life of feelings.

• Element: Water
• Astrological meaning: Cancer
• Numerological value: 1
• Chakra: Heart Chakra
• Help with: The Ace of Cups will assist you in abandoning your heart to love, sensing your feelings and enjoyment of love and relationships.

Why it appears in the spread: It means that you are reaping the benefits of your labor enjoying financial comfort. It can also symbolize a period of self sufficient, independent living, and enjoying the things of life in the best possible ways.

The Nine of Pentacles is a Job card of financial independence, luxury and the rewards of hard work. This is a time of plenty, self sufficient and enjoying the fruits of your labor.

• Element: Earth
• Astrological meaning: Venus in Virgo
• Numerological value: 9
• Chakra: Solar Plexus Chakra
• Help with: The Nine of Pentacles can teach you to experience your success, celebrate the abundance in your life, and develop self sufficiency and monetary independence.

Why it appears in the spread: It symbolizes a time for celebration, friendship, and enjoying the company of loved ones. It can indicate a social gathering, a celebration of success, or a deepening of bonds with friends and family.

The Three of Cups represents joy, friendship, and community. It signifies a time to connect with others, celebrate life, and share your happiness with those you love.

• Element: Water
• Astrological meaning: Mercury in Cancer
• Numerological value: 3
• Chakra: Heart Chakra
• Help with: The Three of Cups can help you strengthen your friendships, find joy in social connections, and celebrate life’s blessings with loved ones.

Why it appears in the spread: It is a time of healing, new hope and a strong connection to your intuition and the divine.

The hope, faith, and spiritual guidance is symbolized by the Star. It is a time of healing and renewal, a time to trust the universe and your inner light.

• Element: Air
• Astrological meaning: Aquarius
• Numerological value: 17
• Chakra: Third Eye Chakra
• Help with: In bad times the Star can offer hope, connect you with a spirituality and give you faith you are on the path.

Why it appears in the spread: It is a memory of childhood. This can be a cry for you to reconnect with your inner child and find joy in the simple things, for you to heal past hurts.

The Six of Cups is nostalgia, innocence and the sheer joy of some childhood memories. It’s a time to reconnect with the past, to value the simple things and some familiarity.

• Element: Water
• Astrological meaning: Sun in Scorpio
• Numerological value: 6
• Chakra: Sacral Chakra
• Help with: The Six of Cups, if you need to heal from old wounds, reconnect with your inner child, find joy in the basic things in life, and the joy of remembering pleasant past times.

Why it appears in the spread: It’s a sign that you might be in conflict, or a battle, or a loss. It can mean you must protect yourself from those who might take advantage of you, or that you must stand up for yourself.

The Five of Swords is about conflict, loss, and the downfalls of the struggle and incivility. It refers to a time to be careful and shield yourself from the physical, as well as emotional, harm.

• Element: Air
• Astrological meaning: Mars in Aquarius
• Numerological value: 5
• Chakra: Throat Chakra
• Help with: Five of Swords can teach you how to be able to traverse conflict, set a boundary, and defend yourself against the negativity. It makes you find peaceful resolutions and do something instead of reacting with unnecessary aggression.

Why it appears in the spread: It signifies you could be very worried, fearful or anxious. Sometimes it means there are negative thoughts that need to be addressed and healthy ways to deal with stress and emotional turbulence.

According to the meanings of this card the Nine of Swords represent anxiety, worry and mental anguish. This is a time of struggle within, a need to ultimately face your fears and negative thoughts.

• Element: Air
• Astrological meaning: Mars in Gemini
• Numerological value: 9
• Chakra: Third Eye Chakra
• Help with: When you’re having trouble sleeping, the Nine of Swords may help you pinpoint where that anxiety is coming from, find healthy ways to deal with stress, and fix negative thought patterns that are stressing you out.

Why it appears in the spread: It represents things beyond your control and fate is working things out just the right way, so there you have to adapt to the cyclical nature of life.

The Wheel of Fortune is the wheel of life, and it’s an ever-spinning wheel of life with its ups and downs, its beginnings and its ends, etc. Basically, it reminds you that change is something you can and should expect, so you embrace what comes.

• Element: Fire
• Astrological meaning: Jupiter
• Numerological value: 10
• Chakra: Solar Plexus Chakra
• Help with: The Wheel of Fortune can help you learn to accept change, know of new opportunities, and experience cycles of life.

Why it appears in the spread: It is a time of emotional satisfaction and content. If you are feeling happy and fulfilled in your life and your wishes are being granted, you must be happy. It can also be the time for self love and acceptance.

The Nine of Cups represents great fulfillment of your emotions, being satisfied with what you have, and living the life that you’ve always wanted. It’s a time of happiness, contentment, and thankfulness for things in your life that are good.

• Element: Water
• Astrological meaning: Jupiter in Pisces
• Numerological value: 9
• Chakra: Heart Chakra
• Help with: The Nine of Cups teaches you to value your blessings, to cultivate self love, and comes into play in contentment and satisfaction in your life.

Why it appears in the spread: It could be a symbol of a need to let go of control, to submit to what is happening, to see what is happening, in a different way.

A time of suspension, awaiting for better things to be distributed to you. It makes you take a pause and reflect.

• Element: Water
• Astrological meaning: Neptune
• Numerological value: 12
• Chakra: Third Eye Chakra
• Help with: Looking at it from a different point of view, the Hanged Man can lend a hand in releasing control, taking comfort in not knowing what’s coming next, or gaining some new insight.

Why it appears in the spread: It actually signifies a need to take a break, rest, recharge your batteries. It may be a time of recovery, thinking or retreat from the rigors of life.

The Four of Swords is a time of rest and recovery after a time of activity or stress.

• Element: Air
• Astrological meaning: Jupiter in Libra
• Numerological value: 4
• Chakra: Third Eye Chakra
• Help with: The Four of Swords will give you some breathing room to prioritize self care; introduce you to some peace and quiet, time, and space to heal and recharge.

Why it appears in the spread: It means a time of financial security, family history, and long term wealth. It can feel like a good foundation, a place of belonging, and a coming to fruition of your efforts and suffering.

However, the meaning of the Ten of Pentacles is wealth, family legacy and long term financial security. In this, it is a time of abundance, of stability, the time to enjoy the fruits of your labors with your loved ones.

• Element: Earth
• Astrological meaning: Mercury in Virgo
• Numerological value: 10
• Chakra: Root Chakra
• Help with: The Ten of Pentacles can teach you how to build a good base for the upcoming years, placing money into your family, into your community and forming an inheritance of prosperity and wealth.

Why it appears in the spread: It symbolizes the need to find your inner strength and face challenges with courage and compassion, or a reminder to avoid self-doubt and insecurity.

Strength represents inner resilience, courage, and compassion. It signifies the power of the human spirit to overcome adversity with grace and determination.

• Element: Fire
• Astrological meaning: Leo
• Numerological value: 8
• Chakra: Heart Chakra
• Help with: Strength can help you overcome fear, build confidence, and find the courage to face any challenge with compassion and grace.

Why it appears in the spread: It is a symbol of the necessity of seeking to have equilibrium in your life, by selecting to do so between your thought processes, regarding your enterprise and private life, or very effortlessly in the bodily and intellectual remedies.

The meaning of Temperance is harmony, balance and finding the balance between opposites. It would teach you to be moderate, to be patient, and to support peace in yourself, in others.

• Element: Fire
• Astrological meaning: Sagittarius
• Numerological value: 14
• Chakra: Heart Chakra
• Help with: Temperance can get you to cultivate inner peace, bring balance in your relationships and all other aspects of your life.

Why it appears in the spread: It can be an evocation of the person in your life that has intellectual authority and clear thinking or it can be the qualities itself that you possess. It can also be indicative of having to be mentally clear headed, making objective decisions, while being honest with someone.

Powerful intellect, sharp mind, sufficient to utilize logic and reason in reaching decisions are many of characteristics of the King of Swords. He is a just and fair type of a leader and values speaking the truth and integrity.

• Element: Air
• Astrological meaning: Air signs (Gemini, Libra & Aquarius)
• Numerological value: 14
• Chakra: Throat Chakra
• Help with: The King of Swords can strengthen your intellect, improve how you speak, settle your head in making good decisions, and be fair with an objective approach.

Why it appears in the spread: It’s a sign of close and harmonious relationship between two people. It could be a romantic relationship or close friendship or successful business partnership.

Power of connection, unity and mutual respect. This equates to a fair natured partnership where two equals agree to love each other, trust each other and share similar values.

• Element: Water
• Astrological meaning: Venus in Cancer
• Numerological value: 2
• Chakra: Heart Chakra
• Help with: Using the Two of Cups, you can strengthen your relationships, increase your communication and achieve harmony and balance in your partnerships.

Why it appears in the spread: It can represent creativity or change, which is a useful message when you need to be empowered and reminded you have the skills and equipment to do so.

The Magician signifies that person’s willpower and power to manifest ideas and concepts. It means that you possess all the tools that you may require to accomplish your objectives.

• Element: Air
• Astrological meaning: Mercury
• Numerological value: 1
• Chakra: Throat Chakra
• Help with: The Magician can assist you in directing your attention and intentions as well as in achieving personal success.

Why it appears in the spread: It means you will be engaged in something that necessitates guile, strategy, or, sometimes, deception. It can also provide a signal to be aware of those that could be trying to fool you.

The Seven of Swords is about the need to be stealthy, but also the need to know when to lie and when to act, or the danger of it. This is a time where you are called to be resourceful and think outside of the box, but where you are also mindful of your actions and what they cause.

• Element: Air
• Astrological meaning: Moon in Aquarius
• Numerological value: 7
• Chakra: Throat Chakra
• Help with: The Seven of Swords is good advice to let you figure out your strategy, be creative, and find a way out of your problem. It also reminds you to keep an eye out for the possible deception and do the right thing.