Tarot Suits Practice Flashcards

A set of vocabulary flashcards covering the definitions, elements, core questions, and love-reading translations for the four suits of Tarot: Pentacles, Wands, Cups, and Swords.

Pentacles (Category)

Real life / material world. Money, work, body, home, time, effort, stability, physical proof, and results.

Wands (Category)

Energy / desire / action. Passion, motivation, ambition, sex, confidence, creativity, movement, and spark.

Cups (Category)

Emotions / connection. Love, feelings, intuition, grief, romance, attachment, tenderness, emotional truth.

Swords (Category)

Mind / truth / conflict. Thoughts, communication, anxiety, decisions, clarity, boundaries, logic, and words.

Pentacles (Core question)

What is happening practically? What is real, stable, repeated, paid for, built, or physically shown?

Wands (Core question)

What is driving this? What is wanted? Where is the heat, impulse, courage, or momentum?

Cups (Core question)

What is being felt? What does the heart know before the brain explains it?

Swords (Core question)

What is being thought, said, decided, avoided, cut through, or clarified?

Earth Element

Associated with Pentacles. Characterized as slow, grounded, physical, practical, steady, patient, and realistic.

Fire Element

Associated with Wands. Characterized as fast, passionate, alive, bold, inspired, sometimes impulsive or prideful.

Water Element

Associated with Cups. Characterized as emotional, intuitive, flowing, receptive, healing, soft, and deep.

Air Element

Associated with Swords. Characterized as mental, verbal, sharp, analytical, detached, clear, sometimes anxious or harsh.

Pentacles (Love-reading)

Consistency, commitment, timing, effort, security, showing up, and building something real.

Wands (Love-reading)

Chemistry, attraction, pursuit, sexual pull, excitement, wanting, and competitive energy.

Cups (Love-reading)

Feelings, emotional bonding, care, vulnerability, nostalgia, love, longing, and healing.

Swords (Love-reading)

Thinking, overthinking, truth, talks, silence, decisions, boundaries, conflict, and mental distance.

Five of Cups

Represents emotional loss.

Five of Swords

Represents mental conflict.

Five of Wands

Represents clashing energy.

Five of Pentacles

Represents material lack.

Tarot Suit Cheat Code

Pentacles = what is real?; Wands = what is wanted?; Cups = what is felt?; Swords = what is thought?

Tarot Number Stage

In a reading, the number (1-10) gives the stage of the story, while the suit tells which category of life the story is happening in.