Dr.Nikki's
Court Card Index

Please click on the links below to learn more about the different sets of Court
cards in the Tarot deck:
This page provides information and links for the individual
cards of the major arcana.
Along with the Ace through Ten numbered cards, the suits of
the Tarot deck also hold “court cards.”  (It is believed that the
“court cards” were determined as such because in the early
history of the development of the cards patrons would pay to
have a deck made which included portraits of the important
family members in the Court Card depictions.)   While we are
familiar with the jacks, queens and kings of the modern deck of
cards, the final member of the Tarot Court is represented by
the pair of jesters or jokers you get with the modern deck.  The
joker is the final vestige of the Page (or Princess).  The Court
cards should always be looked at closely to see if they
represent a situation or a person.

Throughout the years the Court cards have been given many
permutations.  The pages become princesses.  Many put the
Queen above the King.  Some have the Queen paired
at the top with her husband the King, while others
place her in position below the Knight.  Our perception
of the cards is what we have found to be the most
commonly accepted one.  That being, following the
numbered cards in appropriate order we enter the
court as a Page.  From the lessons the Page gives us
we are able to advance to the position of a Knight.  
The Queen sits her throne as equal to her husband,
the King.  In the assignment of energy reception, it is
easy to see the progression.

Click on the links below to learn more about Tarot.
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