###suits

• diamonds/pentacles wealth/material-possesions
• clubs/staves work/travel
• hearts/cups emotion/family
• spades/swords intellect/conflict

###ranks

• ace beginning
• 2 balance
• 3 "what goes around comes around"
• 4 stability/stagnation; "a bird in the hand..."
• 5 end of stability/stagnation; "have to break a few eggs..."
• 6 manipulation; some success with; control of
• 7 ambition
• 8 overwhelmed with; defined by
• 9 "has a life of it's own"
• 10 completion; possibly "reap what you sow"
• jack/page potential
• knight (tarot-only) driven
• queen embodiment of
• king master of

###major

• 0.the fool beginning of a story; querant themselves; "be careful what you ask for"
• 1.the magician power through determination; focus/attention
• 2.the high priestess power through wisdom
• 3.the empress power through sex
• 4.the emperor power through power; "don't rock the boat"
• 5.the hierophant power through information(/misinformation)
• 6.the lovers focusing on relationships rather than society
• 7.the chariot magic 8-ball says: "cannot predict now"; focus on the journey?
• 8.justice perfect strategy unhindered by compassion
• 9.the hermit the withdrawal from and/or return to society
• 10.wheel of fortune radical change in circumstance
• 11.strength invincible compassion
• 12.the hanged man victory in defeat; self-sacrifice
• 13.death end; revolution
• 14.temperance neutralizing; zeroing-out
• 15.the devil obsession; indulgence
• 16.the tower chaos; upheaval of core beliefs
• 17.the star peace of mind
• 18.the moon "there is no spoon"
• 19.the sun "and they lived happily ever after"
• 20.judgement transcendence
• 21.the world completion; success