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Knight of Coins from the Rider–Waite tarot deck. The Knight of Coins is a card used in Latin-suited playing cards which include tarot decks. It is part of what tarot card readers call the "Minor Arcana". The "coins" suit is sometimes referred to as "pentacles" or "discs" instead. Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play tarot ...
The suit of coins is one of the four suits used in tarot decks with Latin-suited cards.It is derived from the suit of coins in Italian and Spanish card playing packs. In occult uses of tarot, Coins is considered part of the "Minor Arcana", and may alternately be known as the suit of pentacles, though this has no basis in its original use for card games. [1]
Cartomantic tarot cards derived from Latin-suited packs typically have a Minor Arcana of 56 cards, with 14 cards in each suit: Wands (alternately batons, clubs, staffs, or staves), Cups (chalices, goblets, or vessels), Swords (or blades), and Coins (pentacles, disks, or rings).
The Rider–Waite Tarot is a widely popular deck for tarot card reading, [1] [2] first published by William Rider & Son in 1909, based on the instructions of academic and mystic A. E. Waite and illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith, both members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
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Page of Coins (or jack or knave of coins or pentacles) is a card used in Latin-suited playing cards which include tarot decks. It is part of what tarot card readers call the " Minor Arcana ". Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play tarot card games . [ 1 ]
The King of Coins depicts a mature man of considerable earthly power, usually depicted as a diplomatic business-man with a lot of practical wisdom. The king of pentacles can be miserly at times. He has a taste for sensual delights and earthly gifts. Here is a man who has a social standing and is big on keeping up with the Joneses.
Ten of Coins from the Rider–Waite tarot deck. Ten of Coins is the tenth card in the suit of Coins, mostly in Tarot decks. It is parallel to the Ten of Diamonds in playing cards.