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The 16 minor arcana of the Persian tarot: concrete events
The 3s, 5s, 6s and 10s of the four Persian tarot families: 16 cards that speak of events and concrete situations in your reading.
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The minor arcana are the cards of the concrete. They are the numbered cards of the four families — and the Persian tarot keeps only four per family: the 3, the 5, the 6 and the 10.
Where the major arcana give the theme and the intermediate cards the people, the 16 minor arcana say what happens.
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The 16 minor arcana: the facts of a reading
In the Persian tarot, the minor arcana play the part of the detail. A major arcanum tells you a cycle is ending; a minor arcanum tells you how that will show up: a journey, an unplanned expense, a reconciliation, a contract going through.
They are always read paired with their family: the same number changes meaning completely depending on whether it falls in Sickles, Scimitars, Hearts or Shields.
📍 Why only the 3, 5, 6 and 10?
Madame Indira did not carry over the full Ace-to-10 series of ordinary decks. She kept four steps per family, enough to describe a path: the 3 for what comes through, the 5 for what costs or relieves, the 6 for what holds back, the 10 for the outcome.
The Aces are not here: in this deck they are filed with the Kings, Queens and Knights, among the intermediate cards.
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The 16 minor arcana and their meanings
Four numbers, four families: sixteen concrete situations.
3 of Sickles
Success, achievement
5 of Sickles
Success, spending
6 of Sickles
A slowdown
10 of Sickles
Travel, abroad
3 of Scimitars
Disagreements
5 of Scimitars
A passing low
6 of Scimitars
An ordeal to face
10 of Scimitars
End of the tunnel
3 of Hearts
Joy, pregnancy
5 of Hearts
Reconciliation
6 of Hearts
Family, harmony
10 of Hearts
Passionate love
3 of Shields
Financial progress
5 of Shields
Relief
6 of Shields
Unplanned spending
10 of Shields
Material comfort
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What the minor arcana reveal in a reading
A reading dominated by minor arcana describes an operational stretch: no great turning point, but facts to handle, steps to take, errands to run.
- The 3 is the card of what comes through: a project approved, a joy, a step up.
- The 5 speaks of a cost or a relief — there is always a counterpart.
- The 6 is the card of the brake: delay, setback, an ordeal to get through.
- The 10 closes its family's path: material comfort in Shields, passion in Hearts, the end of a crisis in Scimitars, departure in Sickles.
A family that comes back several times in one reading points to the area to watch: three Shield cards, and it is your wallet leading the dance.
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Your questions about the Persian tarot minor arcana
Why is there no 2, 4, 7, 8 or 9?
Because the Persian tarot is an original deck, not a 78-card one. Its creator kept four numbers per family — 3, 5, 6 and 10 — for a total of 16 minor arcana. The other numbers do not exist in this deck, with one exception: the Owls, which carry the 3, the 7 and the 9.
Can a minor arcanum contradict a major one?
It does not contradict it, it specifies it. If the Break-up comes out with a 5 of Hearts (reconciliation), the reading is not "yes or no" but "a separation, then a coming back together". The major gives the theme, the minor the trajectory.
Should minor arcana be read on their own?
No, and that holds for every card in this deck. An isolated minor arcanum stays vague: its family, its place in the spread and its neighbours are what give it a precise meaning.
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