Every card, written out in full

The Major Arcana

Twenty-two cards for the forces that move a life rather than the weather of a week. When several turn up at once, the question is bigger than the person asking thought it was.

• The Fool — beginning
• The Magician — capability
• The High Priestess — inner knowing
• The Empress — abundance
• The Emperor — structure
• The Hierophant — tradition
• The Lovers — choice
• The Chariot — will
• Strength — gentleness
• The Hermit — withdrawal
• Wheel of Fortune — cycles
• Justice — truth
• The Hanged Man — suspension
• Death — ending
• Temperance — blending
• The Devil — attachment
• The Tower — sudden truth
• The Star — hope
• The Moon — uncertainty
• The Sun — clarity
• Judgement — reckoning
• The World — completion

Wands

Fire — drive, creativity, will, momentum.

• Ace of Wands — fire
• Two of Wands — fire
• Three of Wands — fire
• Four of Wands — fire
• Five of Wands — fire
• Six of Wands — fire
• Seven of Wands — fire
• Eight of Wands — fire
• Nine of Wands — fire
• Ten of Wands — fire
• Page of Wands — fire
• Knight of Wands — fire
• Queen of Wands — fire
• King of Wands — fire

Cups

Water — feeling, relationship, intuition, grief.

• Ace of Cups — water
• Two of Cups — water
• Three of Cups — water
• Four of Cups — water
• Five of Cups — water
• Six of Cups — water
• Seven of Cups — water
• Eight of Cups — water
• Nine of Cups — water
• Ten of Cups — water
• Page of Cups — water
• Knight of Cups — water
• Queen of Cups — water
• King of Cups — water

Swords

Air — thought, truth, conflict, clarity.

• Ace of Swords — air
• Two of Swords — air
• Three of Swords — air
• Four of Swords — air
• Five of Swords — air
• Six of Swords — air
• Seven of Swords — air
• Eight of Swords — air
• Nine of Swords — air
• Ten of Swords — air
• Page of Swords — air
• Knight of Swords — air
• Queen of Swords — air
• King of Swords — air

Pentacles

Earth — body, money, work, the material.

• Ace of Pentacles — earth
• Two of Pentacles — earth
• Three of Pentacles — earth
• Four of Pentacles — earth
• Five of Pentacles — earth
• Six of Pentacles — earth
• Seven of Pentacles — earth
• Eight of Pentacles — earth
• Nine of Pentacles — earth
• Ten of Pentacles — earth
• Page of Pentacles — earth
• Knight of Pentacles — earth
• Queen of Pentacles — earth
• King of Pentacles — earth

Then learn to read them

Knowing all 78 meanings is not the same as reading. The skill is what a card does in a position, beside another card, for a real question — that is the course, and the deck is these 78 drawn to be read rather than looked up.