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The 16 intermediate cards of the Persian tarot: the people
Kings, Queens, Knights and Aces of the four families of the Persian tarot: the 16 intermediate cards point to the people who matter in your reading.
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The intermediate cards are the category that answers the question "who?". Kings, Queens, Knights and Aces of the deck's four families — Sickle, Scimitar, Heart and Shield — they point to people around you, or to profiles you are about to cross paths with.
There are 16 of them, four per family.
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The 16 intermediate cards: the people in a reading
This is one of the singularities of the Persian tarot: where most tarots only separate major from minor arcana, this one adds a third category. The intermediate cards describe neither a theme nor an event, but human beings.
Each family covers one area of life: the Sickle the work you put in, the Scimitar conflict, the Heart your feelings, the Shield material security. The person the card announces therefore always arrives through that area.
📍 Where do the four families come from?
The four suits of the Persian tarot map onto the four suits of an ordinary card deck: the Sickle to diamonds, the Scimitar to spades, the Heart to hearts and the Shield to clubs. The names themselves come from the deck's oriental world — a harvesting tool, a curved sabre, a heart and a buckler.
One warning about the Shield: despite the name, this is the family of money and assets, not of protection.
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The 16 intermediate cards and their meanings
Four figures per family: the King, the Queen, the Knight and the Ace.
King of Sickles
An influential man
Queen of Sickles
Sound advice
Knight of Sickles
Ambition, support
Ace of Sickles
A work event
King of Scimitars
Divorced, widowed
Queen of Scimitars
A rival to watch
Knight of Scimitars
Authority, conflict
Ace of Scimitars
A hard stretch
King of Hearts
A caring partner
Queen of Hearts
A devoted woman
Knight of Hearts
Good news in love
Ace of Hearts
A new meeting
King of Shields
A sincere ally
Queen of Shields
A loyal friend
Knight of Shields
Reliable support
Ace of Shields
Luck, success
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What the intermediate cards reveal in a reading
A reading full of intermediate cards tells you the situation is playing out with someone: the key is not in the circumstances, but in a relationship.
- The Kings point to established men — a husband, a father, a manager, an ex.
- The Queens point to close women, or to the querent herself when it is the Queen of Shields.
- The Knights bring movement: a piece of news, a support, sometimes a confrontation.
- The Aces are the exception: they embody not a person but the event that opens up their family's area.
The tone of the person depends entirely on the family: a Knight of Hearts announces good news in love, a Knight of Scimitars announces conflict. Same rank, opposite reading.
Category keywords
People
Circle
Profiles
Relationships
Encounters
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Your questions about the Persian tarot intermediate cards
What is the difference with the minor arcana?
The intermediate cards stand for people, the minor arcana for concrete situations. That is the Persian tarot's particularity: it separates the two, instead of mixing them into a single series of minor cards.
Do the Aces count among the intermediate cards or the minor ones?
In the split used here — the one that gives 19 + 16 + 16 + 4 = 55 cards — the four Aces sit with the Kings, Queens and Knights. Some sources attach them to the numbered cards instead; the deck's total stays the same, only the Ace's filing changes.
Can an intermediate card point to me?
Yes. The Queen of Shields traditionally stands for the querent. More broadly, a figure can embody a facet of you rather than an outside person — its position in the spread helps you decide.
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The 19 major arcana
the overall theme
The 16 minor arcana
concrete events
The 4 Owls
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