Grouping the Cards
GROUPING Of CARDS BY SIMILARITY - Summary of Colette Sylvestre method:
1- News – changes – movement
The Rider
The Ship
The Birds
The Storks
The Letter
2- Feelings of happiness - tenderness – harmony:
The Star
The Flowers
The Garden
The Lily
3- Luck – fate – opportunities:
The Clover
The Key
4 – Friendship – Love – harmonious relationships
The Dog
The Heart
The Ring
The Sun
5- Strength – Stability – Safety – Success
The Bear
The Tower
The Sun
The Anchor
6- Protection – Peace – Calm
The House
The Tree
The Book
7- Imagination – fame – intuition
The Moon
The Fish
8- Temporary problems – Road blocks – Doubts
The Clouds
The Mountain
The Path
9- Treason – Manipulation – theft
The Snake
The Fox
The Mice
10- Separation – Ends – Conflicts – Sorrows
The Coffin
The Scythe
The Whip
The Cross
CLASSIFICATION OF CARDS (Summary of Iris Treppner’s method)
1- Communication:
The Rider
The Whip
The Birds
The Letter
2- People cards:
Most used:
The Lord
The Lady
The Child
The Rider
The Snake
The Bear
The Dog
The Lily
The court cards found in the cartomancy insert like “the King of hearts/The house” card. Among them the most predominant are:
The Queen of Clubs/The Snake
The Jack of Clubs/The Child
The King of Spades/The Lily
(see Treppner’s Course for details about each card – if you don’t have it ask me)
3- Object Cards relate to material things:
The Rider
The Ship
The House
The Flowers
The Bear
The Tower
The Fish
The Anchor
Thematic Cards relate to archetypes like “house = family”
The Clover
The Tree
The Clouds
The Snake
The Coffin
The Scythe
The Whip
The Birds
The Child
The Fox
The Stars
The Storks
The Dog
The Garden
The Mountain (also an object card)
The Paths
The Mice
The Heart
The Ring (also an object card)
The Book (also an object card)
The Letter
The Lily
The Sun
The Moon
The Key
The Cross
4- Positive – Negative – Mixed cards
a) Positve:
The Rider
The Clover
The Ship
The House
The Flowers
The Child
The Bear
The Stars
The Storks
The Dog
The Tower
The Garden
The Paths
The Heart
The Ring
The Book
The Letter
The Lord
The Lady
The Lily
The Sun
The Moon
The Key
The Fish
The Anchor
b) Negative cards:
The Clouds
The Coffin
The Scythe
The Fox
The Mountain
The Mice
The Cross
c) Mixed positive/negative cards:
The Tree
The Snake
The Whip
The Birds
My views on certain cards:
a) Among the “Positive cards” that at times can have some negativity
-The tower: For example it can talk about isolation, depression, being “locked up” being trapped, waiting room that can create stress
-The Bear: Can be a powerful opponent not easily dealt with
-The Moon: unrealistic fears, unstability
b) Among the “Negative cards” that depending of their position or point of view can have some positivity:
- The Clouds: if you are on the white side of the clouds it means for me that things are either clearing up or it won’t be much trouble, just little annoyances
- The Coffin: sometimes an end is a blessing and also the end can be seen as a new beginning
- The Scythe: if the sharp edge point away then things are not so bad. Also as I have a working farm, I cannot help but see the “harvest” side of the Scythe…which is when “the party begins!”
- The Fox: Well for me fox can be also considered as wise, they know how to turn the tables around to win, they know how to get what they need, they are practical and sometimes in life you better be like the fox and be witty enough to find ways (they don’t have to be crooked ones) to fix your situation or you won’t survive.
- Mountain: if it is behind you, that mean you have overcome and can move on
- Cross: Can be going into deeper level of spirituality
Iris Treppner give another interesting list:
1- The 2 Negative cards that neutralize the negative cards next to them:
-The Mice & The Scythe (Sharp edge toward next card):
Destroy the effect of: The Scythe, The Mice, The Coffin, the Clouds, the Mountain, the Cross, the Fox
2- Two negative cards:
Except for the Mice and Scythe, negative cards following each other reinforce the negativity.
3- Negative cards will “spoil” positive cards:
The beneficial effect of any positive card will be destroyed by a negative card. For instance, in my opinion if the Flowers are followed by the Coffin, that means the end of happiness or even a funeral
I will end this post there and let you share your views. Also just in case I’m unable to come back later on I would like to talk about our next class.
-Do you want us to study 2 or more cards and discuss about them during our next class?
-Do you want that beside the study of 2 or more cards, we start learning about 1 layout?
I will open today the “Cards' Meaning & Combination" thread and post the “Grouping of the cards” list to keep as a reference. Once we discuss the meaning of cards I will add them as we go.