In our previous posts in the series Understanding The Court Cards, we’ve gone through the different court cards and their meanings etc. But then, the question that most of us still wonder about is: which court card most relates to our own personality?

Discovering which court card you are can really be a very interesting journey, believe me! And yes, it is a journey of self-discovery and self-awareness.

So how does one go about finding one’s court card? Today, I am going to talk about some of the interesting ways I have discovered my court card. Possibly, that might help you discover yours as well…

In the first article of this series, I had briefly touched upon a simple process for determining your court card.

Know Which Court Card You Are: Astrology

This is by far, the simplest method of getting one’s bearings in the world of court cards. Again, I am not saying that this is the ‘best’ or the most ‘correct’ method – but this is a start.

For this you will need to know:

• Your Sun Sign (which is determined by your date of birth).
• And if you know your Moon Sign (which is determined by your date of birth, time of birth and place of birth), then it is even more interesting.

Typically, the Sun Sign describes your outward personality traits, and the Moon Sign reveals your inner, or emotional personality traits. So once we have that information, we can get down to finding out our court card.

Since our Court Cards are parts of the suits, which are governed by the elements, which in turn rule the Sun Signs, we can determine that:

Elements, Signs and Suits

A quick look at the elements, their corresponding Astrological Signs and their corresponding Tarot Card Suits.

Element	Astrological Signs	Tarot Card Suit
Fire 🜂	Aries ♈︎ Leo ♌︎ Sagittarius ♐︎	Wands
Water 🜄	Cancer ♋︎ Scorpio ♏︎ Pisces ♓︎	Cups
Air 🜁	Gemini ♊︎ Libra ♎︎ Aquarius ♒︎	Swords
Earth 🜃	Taurus ♉︎ Virgo ♍︎ Capricorn ♑︎	Pentacles

So, if we take that into account, we can easily say that if someone has the Sun Sign of Cancer, he will be a part of the Court Cards of the Suit of Cups.

Now, depending on the other factors of his personality, maturity etc, you can determine whether this person is a Page, a Knight, a Queen or a King.

Now, let me just say this for the record: this method isn’t foolproof. In fact, sometimes, it just doesn’t correspond to your personality at all.

But as I said before – this is just a starter step – something that will give you an anchor to begin with as you go ahead and take the next step towards discovering your court card personality.

Know Your Court Card Personality: Love & Hate & Neutral

Here is another way to get to know your court card personality. For this, you will have to do the following exercise:

• Separate out all the court cards from your deck.
• Now, pick up each court card, one-by-one and look at it.
• Do you like this one? Do you hate this one? Are you neutral about this one? – Ask yourself this question, and go with the first thought that pops up in your mind.
• Place each card in one of the 3 piles you have created: Love, Hate and Neutral.
• Now go through the cards in the ‘Love’ pile, and intuitively select one card.
• Do the same with the cards in the ‘Hate’ and ‘Neutral’ pile.

Thus, you should end up with 3 court cards. These are the 3 court cards that (for the most part) will be your inner court cards. For further analysis, you can try to compare these 3 cards with the card you determined via the ‘Astrology’ process, and see what factors changed and why.

The Logic: The Method Behind The Madness

Yes, of course, there is a very interesting ‘logic’ behind the ‘Love & Hate & Neutral’ method of determining your court card. I know, the word ‘logic’ seems a little out of place here, but bear with me for a bit. The basis for this ‘logic’ is based on Psychology.

Love: The Idealistic Perception of Self

After having understood the court cards and their personalities, naturally you will find yourself drawn to a particular court card. That should be the one you picked out as the card that you ‘Love’. Most of the time, that card will be the definition of your Ideal perception of who you are. That card’s personality will tell you what you think of yourself in the most idealistic situations.

Hate: The Shadow

The card you picked as the one you ‘Hate’ the most will probably describe the personality traits that you dislike the most. That card will embody your ‘Shadow’ personality. This relates to the process of ‘Projection’.

‘Projection’ is a process where an individual perceives faults in another person, and those faults are present within him in a hidden or shadow form.

Simply put, when you dislike a person or a personality trait, it indicates that that personality trait exists within you in a hidden or suppressed form, and that you don’t really like that personality trait so much, which is why you dislike or ‘hate’ it that much.

Thus, the card you picked out as the one you ‘Hate’ will describe your own shadow, or hidden, or disliked personality traits.

Neutral

The card you picked as the one for which your feelings were the most ‘Neutral’ will then describe your personality in its most calm, unaffected state of being. This card will be you when you do not perceive yourself from either an idealistic or a projection point of view.

Putting It Together

Thus, when you put these 3 cards together, you get a composite picture of your personality – with the idealistic perception, the shadow or suppressed traits and the most neutral traits.

Experience, Experience, Experience

The best way to get to know your court card personality is experience. And the best way to get this experience is observing the readings you do for yourself over a long period of time.

If you record / journal your own readings, you will find out that you repeatedly appear in your own readings as a court card (or two, or three).

Those are the court cards that effectively are your personality court cards – and based on the ‘Love, Hate and Neutral’ feelings that you might get for each of them, you will know where these court cards stand in your self-perception scenario.

Your Turn…

Did you try this exercise for yourself? What did you discover? Have I missed out on something over here? Or do you have some other exercise / process which can help determine one’s court card personality?

Please do share your thoughts, ideas and suggestions in the comments section below.