The court cards
Page, Knight, Queen, King. The hardest four.
Court cards are where beginners struggle most, because they can mean three different things: a person, an approach, or a stage of maturity.
The four stages
- PAGE: the learner. New to the subject; curiosity without skill.
- KNIGHT: the one who acts. Fast, eager, unbalanced. Tends to overdo it.
- QUEEN: the one who knows from inside. Handles the subject by feel; holds it internally.
- KING: the one who turns outward. Applies the subject in the world and takes responsibility.
- Pagelearning
- Knightacting
- Queenknowing inwardly
- Kingapplying outwardly
Combine it with the suit
Combine with the suit: Knight of Swords is thought moving fast: someone who leaps into an argument and locks on to being right. Queen of Cups is feeling known from inside: someone who reads people and carries them.