Arcana Encyclopaedia

Court Cards

Card Structure
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The 16 face cards: Page, Knight, Queen, and King of each suit.

Court cards represent personality types, aspects of the self, or actual people in the querent's life. In Golden Dawn attribution, each court card combines two elements: the suit's element and the rank's element (Knight=Fire, Queen=Water, King=Air, Page=Earth). The Thoth deck uses Knight, Queen, Prince, and Princess instead.

Significance

High court card density in a spread signals that interpersonal dynamics — other people's agency and influence — are significant forces in the situation.