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#ACE CARDS TAROT SERIES#

You should have one of the following outcomes: If you get to 13 cards before you hit an Ace, leave that pile and count out the next pile (stopping when you hit an Ace or card number 13, whichever comes first). Shuffle your deck and count out the cards, stopping if you get an Ace. I'll discuss more complicated spreads in future posts but this is a nice one if you want a straightforward answer.Īsk/write down your Yes/No question. It's a Yes/No spread and I'm aware that some folks feel Yes/No questions are limiting. Here's a fun little spread to work with the Aces.

It's not always pleasant but it always tells you what you need to know.

The Ace of Swords will give you the truth, whether you want it or not.

Pentacles are associated with Earth and this Ace is the most likely to develop into something real.

If you are asking about a new relationship, the Ace of Pentacles is the strongest indicator of something lasting.

Ace of Cups: something you want very much, opportunity for emotional fulfillment, new love, pure creativityĪ few things I've noticed about certain Aces:.

Ace of Pentacles: opportunity for material gain, chance to create something real, a solid offer.

Ace of Swords: the "Ah ha!" moment, clarity, truth, knowledge.

Ace of Wands: exciting business opportunity, new sexual attraction, spark of creation, chance to exercise your will.

A reversed Ace could suggest that you are ignoring an existing opportunity or what you hoped for isn't going to materialize. They're popular cards because it's pretty hard to get a negative reading with an Ace. They are not a guarantee that you'll get anything but they do suggest that the opportunity is there (you just have to act on it). A tradition of richly decorating it developed, further shifting the meaning of “ace” from the lowest to highest.Today's Tarot post is about the cards that people like to see: the Aces.Īces represent new potential. The ace of spades was chosen in England and the United States, since it is the top card of an unused deck. An ace often served as both the maker’s mark and duty card. A seal on the outer packaging or a stamp on one of the cards showed this fee had been paid and also proved the deck was new. Playing cards were taxed as luxury goods until fairly recently. Over time authenticity became more closely connected with the aces alone. The court cards or certain trumps like the Emperor and Empress may represent actual royalty.

Older decks sometimes have heraldic devices like a coat of arms on these cards instead, signifying their owners in luxury hand painted decks or local rulers in mass produced ones. The small number of pips and their even spacing allowed for the additional text. Historically the artist’s or manufacturer’s name and the printing date were found on specific cards, typically an ace or a two, sometimes a four, often in the suit of coins. Wands and Swords: King Queen Knight 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1Ĭups and Coins: King Queen Knight 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10īecause they represent one, the four aces are also associated with providence, the origins of things. While the court cards remain the same, the highest and lowest pip cards was reversed in cups and coins. However some of the older rules split the suits into two pairs with opposing rankings. In the game of tarot, aces are typically low and tens high. They were sometimes more valuable or even the highest card, like in poker. Because it was the lowest roll possible, it signified bad luck.Īs cards spread and new games developed, the role and meaning of the aces changed. Ace itself comes from Middle English and Old French and meant “rolling a one on a die”, equivalent to our modern snake eyes.

The word derives from the Latin as (“one, a unit, a copper coin with a low value, like a penny”). We also see this in the symbolism of the four aces.

#ACE CARDS TAROT SERIES#

This blog is part of a series on the historical and metaphysical tarot, Fooling with the Deck: A DIY Journey through the Tarot.īefore reading about the four aces, you may want to read the introduction to the pip cards.Īs discussed previously in the Magician card, the number 1 paradoxically represents the lowest and highest.