Tarot Cards Every Tarot deck has two types of cards: 22 Major Arcana and 56 Minor Arcana, a total of 78 cards. The Major Arcana cards represent or relate to the important events and turning points in our life. The bigger spiritual picture, the forces that may create opportunities or obstacles to our personal growth. The Major Arcana cards are said to tell a story, the journey of life, the soul’s journey. The Minor Arcana cards represent the day-to-day life, everyday choices, and actions. They are divided into four suits that relate to different areas of life: Cups, Wands, Pentacles and Swords, and they correspond to the four elements: water, fire, earth, and air. Cups: friendship, relationships, love, emotions, intuition, creativity. Wands: activities, enterprise, action, motivation, ambition, passion. Pentacles: work, finances, security, stability, home, family, possessions. Swords: ideas, communication, intellect, thoughts, sorrow, conflicts and problems. Oracle Cards The Oracle cards, unlike the Tarot cards, bring us divine or Holy messages from a higher source, you can call it, an angel, a Spirit guide, a deity, God or the Universe. Oracle cards are designed to enhance our intuition, thinking abilities, help us meditate, give us advice, offer us inspiration on different aspects of our daily life or life major changes.