names of suits

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 30 May 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

LittleWing	30 May 2003
swords, athemes, darts........ wands, sticks ......... cups, chalices, cauldrens ........ pentacles, coins, discs, cds ........ what other names ARE there or COULD WE GIVE to them??? (a bit of a brainstorm for my own deck i am working on - so don't share your ideas if you do not want me to steal them !!!!!)

galadrial	30 May 2003
Swords=Unicorns (or Pegasus') Wands=Dragons Cups=Merpeople Pentacles=Centaurs

Kiama	30 May 2003
Swords: Arrows, Air, Fire,White Tiger, Clouds, Science Wands: Batons, clubs, spears, Air, Fire, Black Tortoise, Poetry Pentacles: Vessicas, Earth, Crystals, Green Dragon, Rainbows, Painting Cups: Water, Emotions, Red Phoenix, Music Some of these are found in the William Blake Tarot, Fen Shui Tarot, Osho Zen Tarot, Glastonbury Tarot, and Inner Child cards. Kiama

Inana	31 May 2003
If i was going to make my own deck, i will use the elements names for the suits. But you cant put lot of differents names on them, just use imagination, and lot of things can suit quite fine.

lunalafey	31 May 2003
Voyager Sw=crystals Pn=worlds Legends Pn=shields I've seen swords as blood....

Silverlotus	31 May 2003
The names I like best are Wands, Swords, Cups and Pentacles, but I guess those can get boring. :-) I seem to remember one deck used Birds for the air suit. And Tarot of the Old Path uses Cauldrons for Cups. And doesn't the Victoria Regina use Pens for Wands, and Guns for Swords?

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