sounds like the witches tarot, smalloli...
my suggestion is to read 'em as you see 'em.
actually, the issue of court cards comes up a lot, and i'm starting to wonder if there existance in a tarot deck is questionable altogether. cards are supposed to represent facets of life that use universal archetypes, or some such method to convey their meaning. if so many people have trouble with court cards, perhaps there is something inherently wrong with them.
i've always had trouble with them too. i usually fall back on what the suit represents, as destiny suggests, and use the "level" - page, knight, queen, king - as either a stage of developement or a description of the energy in the suit. pages being "child-like" or immature, and kings being mature and confident.
that doesn't always work though.
sometimes i get the distinct feeling they refer to a person, or a facet of a person, myself included, depending on their position in a spread. and other times, i just draw a blank.
i think the issue with the court cards are that the people depicted in them are usually not doing anything - just sitting there. with no action in the illustration, there's nothing to go on in the way of a meaning that the card might suggest. in robin wood's deck, she does have a bit of action in the court cards, so i do find that helpful. like the page of swords shows a young girl running down a hill with a sword in her hand. and robin's key words for this card is "running with sizzors". that works for me.
well, that's nexy's theory on court cards...
luv and light,
nexy