Elemental Creatures and Guardians

The court cards in the Wizards Tarot depict elemental creatures. They are fiery, lizard-like salamanders; watery, mermaid-like undines; airy, fairy-like sylphs; and earthy, troll- like gnomes. They rule the natural world, and guard the students, faculty, and grounds of Mandrake Academy.

Just as in a traditional tarot deck, each suit in the minor arcana of the Wizards Tarot has a set of four court cards — a page, knight, queen, and king. They represent a father, mother, son, and daughter. The male cards are masculine, and the female cards are feminine. The men are active, and the women are receptive.

Together, the four royal families are well suited to reign over the four domains of tarot: the fiery kingdom of spirit, the watery world of emotion, the airy realm of intellect, and the earthy land of physical existence.