Exercises - Lesson 15

Card Pairs

Exercise 1 Tarot - Permanent Pairs in the Major Arcana

Below are two scrambled lists of major arcana cards. Match each card in list 1 with the card in list 2 that you feel is its permanent opposing pair. Give a short meaning for each card that shows the balancing relationship. Try this exercise before looking at the card pages.

Exercise 2 Tarot - Other Permanent Pairs

For each minor arcana card below:

• Choose one meaning for the card.
• Think of a meaning that is the opposite.
• Find another card (major or minor) that suggests this opposite meaning.

1. Two of Wands
2. Ten of Pentacles
3. Seven of Swords
4. Two of Cups
5. Five of Wands
6. Five of Swords
7. Eight of Pentacles
8. Eight of Wands
9. Nine of Cups

Exercise 3 Tarot - Court Card Pairs

People both help and annoy each other because of their differences. Below are twelve court card pairs. For each one:

• Choose a personality trait for person A that is typical of that court card.
• Describe one way A might help person B because of that trait.
• Describe one way A might annoy person B because of that trait.

Example:

Knight of Swords: direct/blunt

helps the Queen of Pentacles to learn to say no. annoys the Queen of Pentacles when he is rude to strangers.

Exercise 4 Tarot - Reinforcing Pairs

For each card below:

• Choose one meaning for the card.
• Find a card that suggests a similar meaning.
• For ideas, scan the keyword summary charts and the reinforcing cards section of each card.

1. Three of Wands
2. Four of Pentacles
3. Temperance
4. Three of Swords
5. Five of Cups
6. Eight of Wands
7. Nine of Pentacles
8. Justice
9. Six of Cups

• TAROT EXERCISES
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 1 tarot: introduction to the tarot;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 2 tarot: the major arcana;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 3 tarot: the minor arcana;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 4 tarot: the spread;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 5 tarot: the daily reading;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 6 tarot: the environment;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 7 tarot: writing a question;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 8 tarot: the question reading;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 9 tarot: the other reading;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 10 tarot: the open reading;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 11 tarot: interpreting a single card;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 12 tarot: major and minor arcana cards;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 13 tarot: aces;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 14 tarot: court cards;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 15 tarot: card pairs;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 16 tarot: position pairs in the celtic cross
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 17 tarot: reversed cards;
• Tarot exercises, exercises lesson 18 tarot: creating the story;