Clubs In The Spanish Tarot: The Suit Of Action

Clubs are the suit of action and energy in the Spanish tarot. Tied to the element Fire, these 10 cards speak of projects, work, distance to cover and the drive it takes to get going.
When Clubs dominate a spread, it is about doing, not only feeling.

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Clubs: the action suit

In the Spanish tarot, the 40 cards fall into 4 suits of 10. They carry the whole structure of the deck on their own: since it has no major arcana and no queens, nothing else takes the symbolism on.

A club is what you walk with, work with, strike with if need be: the tool of someone on the move. This suit speaks of drive, of the job in hand and of the energy it burns.

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The 10 cards of the action suit

From the Ace to the King, each card marks a stage in the theme of its suit — a beginning, an ordeal, a culmination. Here are the keywords of each one.

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What Clubs reveal in a spread

When Clubs come up in numbers, the question almost always touches on action. The number cards, from the Ace to the 7, tell a progression:

• The Ace and the 2 form a pair of opposites: what is far off (prosperity at a distance, a journey) and what is close at hand (a hope within reach).
• The 3 and the 4 bring the support of others and the resilience needed to hold on.
• The 5 sets down the wisdom earned through experience.
• The 6 is the low card of the suit: dejection, the moment the drive falls away.
• The 7 brings it back to working life, where action finds its concrete ground.

The court cards of Clubs (Jack, Knight, King) stand for enterprising people — an enthusiastic ally, a leader, an experienced professional — or for your own capacity to start things and see them through, at three degrees of maturity.

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Your questions about Clubs in the Spanish tarot

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