Courts (Page / Knight / Queen / King) are the 16 cards most beginners struggle with. Here's the shortcut:
- Page — a beginning, an approach, a message, or a young part of you.
- Knight — pursuit, momentum, the active expression of the suit's element.
- Queen — mastery from within. The suit lived from the inside.
- King — mastery from without. Structure, authority, wielding the suit.
Then layer the suit: Queen of Cups = mastered feeling; King of Wands = wielded drive. That's 80% of court-card reading right there.