The Suits of Tarot

In Tarot, some suits are used to designate the different areas of life that are represented in the Tarot. Specifically, four suits talk about the different conditions that we go through.  

In this article, I am going to talk about the suit to give the reader a better understanding of them. This knowledge is important for you to become a proficient reader, so you will be able to help yourself or others. 

So, the different suits represent the different themes of Tarot, which we will go into later on in this article. I will now explain the different themes of what we need to understand. 

The suits represent the different elements in the tarot. They represent the situations and events that are daily occurrences or people within your life. Just because these cards represent smaller occurrences of daily situations, it does not mean that they are insignificant or something to not concern yourself with. The thing about the minor arcana is that you can see the energies of the day-to-day activities that are going on. So, now that I have mentioned the importance, I am going to talk about the 4 suits and the meaning behind them. 

Cups Suit

The cups within Tarot represent emotions and feelings. This is because the cups also represent water or water signs, and in astrology, the water signs are normally associated with feelings and emotions. When a cup card comes up in a Tarot reading, your spirits are giving the information that whatever pertains to your reading, there are influences of emotions, or there is an emotional decision that will need to be made. Whenever you see the cups within your reading, you can decide that the situation is based on emotion. Also, the cups are associated with intuition. Intuition is a very important sense that people do not pay attention to like they should. With the suit of the cups, through a single card or throughout a whole reading, you can see how intuition will play a role in the actions of a specific person. There is much more that I can write, but for now, this is a good stopping point for the suit of cups. 

Wands suit 

This represents inspiration and action; the wands also represent fire. When you see the wands in a Tarot spread, you can know that the situation you are dealing with will need some form of action or inspiration, or some form of creativity. Also, in some cases, the wands suit, for example, the Ace of Wands, can mean fertility. Whenever I see the wands in a Tarot reading, I know there is something that the querent is doing, and there will be a lot of energy and action involved, which is a positive indication that the person will be successful in their endeavor. The wands are a great suit to see, or it could be an indication that you will need to be motivated if you want to accomplish your goal. 

Swords suit 

The swords represent the mind, intellect, or spoken word; also the swords represent air. Whenever you see the swords within a tarot reading, you will be able to see what is going on in terms of intellect or things pertaining to the mind. Whenever I see the swords within a Tarot reading, I always know that there is a thought or something that is weighing down on the querent in a reading. This thought is something that needs to be handled, but the situation is not easy to handle. Also, when you see the swords in a reading, it could mean that the querent needs to be discerning and that they need to use their mind rather than their emotions when engaging in a situation. 

Pentacles Suit 

This represents all monetary or material matters. The pentacles also represent the element of earth. Wherever you see the pentacles when you are talking about things that are happening that will have an effect on things with money. Also, pentacles represent matters with work or your career. Seeing the pentacles in a tarot spread means that you are going to come into some money, or there is going to be an event that happens pertaining to material matters. 

So this explains the suits within Tarot. I hope that when you read this, you will be able to further your Tarot journey by understanding what the different suits mean. With this guide, you will be able to use this information to improve your Tarot readings. Also, there is a lot more information within each card that you can do the research behind to have more information for your reading. If you have any questions, please feel free to message me or leave a comment. Thank you so much for reading!

"Those who don't believe in magic will never find it." 

- Roald Dahl 

Southern Preparations to Bring in the New Year

Hello everyone. Today, I will discuss the traditions and customs you can do to bring success and prosperity in for the New Year. I am going to start with a little story. So, when I was a child, from as early as I can remember, every New Year’s Eve I would help the family with preparing to bring the New Year in with traditions to bring prosperity and success.

First, one of the things that my family and I would do on New Year’s Eve is clean the house. Cleaning the house was very important because you have to clean out all of the negativity from the house, and we would clean from the top all the way to the bottom, and we would clean from back to front. 

Spiritual Cleansing Bath 

Next, you want to keep all of the dirt at the front of the door, so you can sweep it out when the clock strikes twelve. Sweeping out the dirt clears out your home of blockages and stagnation. Then, you want to get some powdered cinnamon and place it in your right hand. You will blow the cinnamon in your house to bring in money and prosperity. Another thing is clothes, with my family and the traditions that we have, is to wear the color red. For me, wearing the color red is very beneficial. For anyone who wants to start the New Year strong, wear red clothing. Red is the color of prosperity and strength.

Something else that we do is take a spiritual cleaning bath on New Year's Eve to come into the New Year with positive energies and to be cleansed from all the things that were dragging us down from the prior year. This is everything that I would do beforehand on New Year’s Eve to complete all of these rituals. Now, for New Year’s Day, there is still more work to do. For starters, having money in your wallet/purse is so important because you want to bring money with you for New Year's. Also, some people believe this, and I am one of these people too; it's the belief that you want to do things that you would normally do that will reflect how you spend the entire year. So, on the actual day of New Year's, I don’t like to do heavy cleaning because I would have completed this on New Year’s Eve. 

Money Drawing Candle 

So, I normally do a light cleaning, but I try to keep it light for the day. After the light cleaning, what I do is I start a candle for money on my spiritual altar, so I will be able to bring more money in for the year. The candle spell that I do is very simple; it is normally a green glass candle with money drawing oil placed on and in the candle. I light the candle and then say the 23rd Psalm, which is a catch-all prayer, but it is very good for money drawing. Then, after my candle ritual, what I do is I start to prepare dinner, and this is very important because in Hoodoo/rootwork/conjure, something that you want to do is eat something yellow, green, and also black-eyed peas. I will explain that eating something yellow symbolizes prosperity and good health, eating something green will be for money and increased prosperity, and the black-eyed peas are for luck. These food items are traditional items that our ancestors ate during the New Year as a sense of tradition and also to bring in more prosperity. 

So these are all of the steps I take to get ready for New Year’s Day; these are the steps I take to be able to eliminate evil and blockages and also to bring prosperity into my life for the year. I hope these tips will help you on your journey of hoodoo/rootwork and conjure. 

Food for New Year's Day(Minus the Black Eyed Peas)

“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.” 

• Roald Dahl

Using divination in spiritual work

Hello everyone, today I will talk about using divination in spiritual work. Divination comes in many different forms. You can have prophetic dreams, you can hear messages from spirit, or you can use items such as chamalongos, cowrie shells, playing cards, or tarot cards. All of these items you can use to receive messages from your ancestors, or the spirits who are with you for your protection. If you are using any of these tools that I have listed to receive messages from your ancestors or spiritual guides, these are great conduits to receive messages. Many people think that you need to be psychic to be able to receive messages, but this is not the case. You use divination to receive messages and understand a situation or an event you may need clarity on. Now that we have clarification on why divination is important, the next step would be choosing the right divination tool for yourself.

I would say choose the divination tool that will be easy for you to work with. Personally, I use tarot cards and playing cards, and I also receive messages from dreams. I will go into a little anecdote of my experience with divination to show why you should focus on divination with your spiritual work. This event was years ago, and I was doing a setting of lights(candle work). I was creating a bath for my client, and this experience was different from other experiences because most people who come to me are not being spiritually attacked by a rogue spiritual worker. I want to keep the anonymity of my client, so for this story, I will call them Hank. Anyway, Hank was experiencing a lot of negativity in his life, and he felt like he couldn’t move forward with any of the endeavors that he tried to do.

When I heard this, what I did was use my tarot cards to get more information about the situation. What I noticed with the reading was, there was a person in his readings, but they were trying to shroud themselves from any detection. I continued to do my reading, and I asked my spirits for more information. However, what I discovered shocked me. My client's money, health, social life, and many other aspects were being affected, and everything that he was doing would not work out. With all of the information I had, and sidenote (by the way, a tip to increase psychic ability is praying Psalm 78 verses 1-4), after doing my tarot reading and getting the information that I needed. I started the work for my client, which was preparing a bath for him, also working a candle, and this was not just any ordinary candle, it's called a 21 root candle, which is used to uproot any and all negative workings and energies.

The Reading for my client that showed the issue

The 21 root candle is a powerful candle to use when you are experiencing negative spiritual attacks. So with this candle, the bath, and some other workings to send back what was thrown at my client, things in his life started to turn around for the better. Hank was starting to see better results, and I did a follow-up reading on the person in his life who was using spiritual work to curse him. What I discovered was that the return to sender work was successful, the worker was struggling with finances, and other things were happening to them. So, I share this story because I want everyone to understand the importance of divination along with your spiritual work. It is such an important tool when you need information about things that we can and cannot see.

Later on, I am going to write more about the Tarot and how I use Tarot cards in my divination, also how I use Tarot cards in my daily spiritual practice. Thank you all for reading, and if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to leave a comment.

"Believe in your heart that you're meant to live a life full of passion, purpose, magic, and miracles."

                                                       - Roy T. Bennett