Using A Gray Card

By TarotMeister, CTM

Many readers and new, even many experienced players have problems with dealing with court cards. The two most widely read books about the Tarot, AE Waite "The Pictorial Key to the Tarot" and Eden Gray "A complete guide to the Tarot" to use them to physically describe people in the life of the client (or if you have read for yourself).

The biggest problem with this approach is: Yeah, they describe an individual, but they say nothing about what the person did. So we have the problem of describing someone, but have no idea what to say ... "A woman in your life with light complexion, brown eyes, blond hair and ..... Duhhhh ... "It is quite obvious that this approach has a built-in problem.

I will try to give you some ideas on how you can deal with these cards, expanding the gray and ideas Waite, and then see if we can arrive at some ideas to develop their methods. If you like any of these suggestions, pick the most comfortable for you. It is always the most important thing. Remember this, find what feels best for you. The most successful Tarot is to do it your way. When you feel comfortable, you will become a great reader of Tarot. Now:

So let's see ... First, a quick reminder to remember the costumes and elements:

Pentacles-Earth-money, finances, material things ...

Water cut-emotional issues, love, and all kinds of relationships ...

Swords-Air-attitudes, thoughts and ideas ...

Sticks on fire: creativity, imagination and intuition ...

(And you can mix them around any way you wish. You are the reader!)

Many Tarot readers, especially new readers, to solve this problem by simply ignoring judicial map, using the technique of denial of any court to remove the card from the deck! Or just use them as card means. My thoughts on this method is as follows: remove cards, maps, puts limits on your reading. But to be honest, I had moments, years ago, when I often did that myself.

In systems of Eden Gray and AE Waite, the client is served by the current map that most closely resembles the description of the card depending on how AE Waite and Eden Gray, described them in their books.

This is how they described the maps (not necessarily in that order.)

First, the complexion. Pentacles: dark skin. Cuts represented medium dark skin. Swords were for those with medium light complexion, and the sticks were for light skinned people.

Then they dealt with their hair color ... Those of the Court Pentacles have black hair. Cuts represented brown hair, those with brown hair, sandy or light were Swords, Wands and the Court had blond hair really.

Finally, they treated eyes. Really dark brown-eyed people were Pentacles, brown (not dark brown) were served by CUPS, Swords for hazel eyes, and blue eyes were served with chopsticks.

But they have not said what should we do So what do we do with the bleach blond hair, blue eyes and dark complexion, which is suit them?

Personally, I do not use the court to describe the physical appearance of people. There are too many variables to deal with. But the court cards can come in handy to represent the people in the client's life and what role they can play in the future likely. So here are some suggestions (remember, these are suggestions, not rules) on some ways to use the court cards, or as symbols in people or in a reading:

Pages are young people of both sexes under the age of twenty-one ...

Men over 21 by 35 or more Knights ...

Queens represent all women over the age of twenty-one.

The kings are men, more mature than thirty-five men and often powerful client.