Jewel
THE COURT CARD PERSONALITIES
The information presented here is taken from Chapter 5 of Tarot for Yourself by Mary Greer. The purpose of this summary is to initiate our work into the exercises presented in the same chapter, thus the ideas presented here are Mary Greer's not my own. In addition I would like to recommend Thirteen's Tarot Basic section (on these boards) for those that are having trouble interpreting the court cards and/or are new to Tarot. With credits properly given here is the summary of Chapter 5.
Court cards are often the hardest cards for readers to interpret. According to Ms. Greer, court cards operate primarily in two ways, they are: (1) representatives of you (or the querent), (2) represents someone you know, particularly someone on whom you (or the querent) projects parts of their personality. These two ways can, and usually do, operate simultaneously.
Kings and Queens usually represent someone in authority or to whom you look to for direction. They are usually mature persons that are able to give you advice. Knights often refer to young men who bring energy into your life, "they invite, entice, encourage and pull you along with their interests." They tend to be "experienced as headstrong and single focused." Pages often refer to children or young women or "any person who brings messages or new ideas." As parts of yourself, court cards can represent the way you are acting given a specific situation, "those aspects of your identity which you are drawing upon."
Ms. Greer goes on to talk about the Jungian framework of "projection," which refers to characteristics (good or bad) that we possess and project and see in others when they are really our own. This means that person on whom we project these characteristics may or may not really have them. When we see or "project" these characteristics on another person, we are in essence able to "see what power and abilities we might be "giving away."" This means that we might be "giving away" parts of ourselves we are "discouraged from expressing" and we find someone to "act them out" for us. Another form of projection is that of projecting our negative or "shadow" qualities on others.
In summary the book states "a reading containing several court cards often refers to your interpersonal relationships and the many different roles you have to play. Sometimes a fragmentation of your energies is indicated by all these different personalities and aspects you are expressing."
Following the description, the chapter is divided into four sections:
1. The Court Card Party
2. Understanding the Court Cards
3. The Three Modes of Tarot
4. Contacting Your Inner Teacher Card
Each section contains a series of exercises. As you post your exercises please label the post with the section you are working on. Please make sure to include what deck you are using in your post as this will assist the rest of the group in providing commentary or providing assistance when requested.
The information presented here is taken from Chapter 5 of Tarot for Yourself by Mary Greer. The purpose of this summary is to initiate our work into the exercises presented in the same chapter, thus the ideas presented here are Mary Greer's not my own. In addition I would like to recommend Thirteen's Tarot Basic section (on these boards) for those that are having trouble interpreting the court cards and/or are new to Tarot. With credits properly given here is the summary of Chapter 5.
Court cards are often the hardest cards for readers to interpret. According to Ms. Greer, court cards operate primarily in two ways, they are: (1) representatives of you (or the querent), (2) represents someone you know, particularly someone on whom you (or the querent) projects parts of their personality. These two ways can, and usually do, operate simultaneously.
Kings and Queens usually represent someone in authority or to whom you look to for direction. They are usually mature persons that are able to give you advice. Knights often refer to young men who bring energy into your life, "they invite, entice, encourage and pull you along with their interests." They tend to be "experienced as headstrong and single focused." Pages often refer to children or young women or "any person who brings messages or new ideas." As parts of yourself, court cards can represent the way you are acting given a specific situation, "those aspects of your identity which you are drawing upon."
Ms. Greer goes on to talk about the Jungian framework of "projection," which refers to characteristics (good or bad) that we possess and project and see in others when they are really our own. This means that person on whom we project these characteristics may or may not really have them. When we see or "project" these characteristics on another person, we are in essence able to "see what power and abilities we might be "giving away."" This means that we might be "giving away" parts of ourselves we are "discouraged from expressing" and we find someone to "act them out" for us. Another form of projection is that of projecting our negative or "shadow" qualities on others.
In summary the book states "a reading containing several court cards often refers to your interpersonal relationships and the many different roles you have to play. Sometimes a fragmentation of your energies is indicated by all these different personalities and aspects you are expressing."
Following the description, the chapter is divided into four sections:
1. The Court Card Party
2. Understanding the Court Cards
3. The Three Modes of Tarot
4. Contacting Your Inner Teacher Card
Each section contains a series of exercises. As you post your exercises please label the post with the section you are working on. Please make sure to include what deck you are using in your post as this will assist the rest of the group in providing commentary or providing assistance when requested.