Tarot & Divination – Elemental, Archetypal & Divine Alignment
What Tarot Means Here
In The Primal Way, tarot isn’t about fortune-telling. It’s a tool of alignment—a diagnostic system that shows how divine and elemental forces are moving through you.
You’re not asking what’s coming. You’re checking what’s already flowing.
🃏 Major Arcana Alignments
Each Major Arcana card is a mirror. It reflects a force on the path—light, shadow, and the theme that binds them. These archetypes are not passive—they initiate.
Death
Force: Threshold
Theme: Release, heal, and shift deeply
Shadow Arcana: The Star
The Devil
Force: Power
Theme: Integrate opposites and evolve
Shadow Arcana: The Star
The Emperor
Force: Will
Theme: Take decisive action
Shadow Arcana: The Chariot
The Empress
Force: Root
Theme: Ground and attract resources
Shadow Arcana: The Devil
The Fool
Force: Mystery
Theme: Innovate, awaken, and disrupt
Shadow Arcana: The Tower
The Hanged Man
Force: Flow
Theme: Dissolve limits and access spirit
Shadow Arcana: The High Priestess
The Hermit
Force: Craft
Theme: Improve, cleanse, and clarify
Shadow Arcana: Temperance
The Hierophant
Force: Path
Theme: Carry divine will and walk the path of sacred law
Shadow Arcana: The World
The Lovers
Force: Love
Theme: Align, negotiate, and attract allies
Shadow Arcana: Justice
The Magician
Force: Signal
Theme: Share, connect, and express
Shadow Arcana: Wheel of Fortune
The Moon
Force: Dream
Theme: Dream, visualize, and intuit
Shadow Arcana: Judgement
The Sun
Force: Radiance
Theme: Lead, shine, and express your essence
Shadow Arcana: Strength
The World
Force: Sovereign
Theme: Set structure, boundaries, and goals
Shadow Arcana: The High Priestess
Court Cards – Power in Motion
These are the 16 court cards of the tarot. Each one maps to a force in The Primal Way. A 🜃 indicates a shadow-based assignment rather than a direct one.
| Court Card | Force |
|---|---|
| Page of Wands | Path |
| Knight of Wands | Will |
| Queen of Wands | Power |
| King of Wands | Radiance |
| Page of Cups | Dream |
| Knight of Cups | Threshold |
| Queen of Cups | Flow |
| King of Cups | Flow 🜃 |
| Page of Swords | Mystery |
| Knight of Swords | Signal |
| Queen of Swords | Love |
| King of Swords | Power 🜃 |
| Page of Pentacles | Sovereign 🜃 |
| Knight of Pentacles | Will 🜃 |
| Queen of Pentacles | Craft |
| King of Pentacles | Sovereign |
Elemental Suits – Force Domains
Each tarot suit maps to an elemental force and expresses a domain of power. Multiple forces may share a suit, reflecting shared ritual and symbolic currents.
| Forces | Suit | Element |
|---|---|---|
| Will, Radiance, Path | Wands | Fire |
| Flow, Dream, Threshold | Cups | Water |
| Mystery, Signal, Love | Swords | Air |
| Root, Craft, Sovereign | Pentacles | Earth |
| Power | Aether | Aether |
3-Card Alignment Spread
Use this simple spread to diagnose your energetic flow:
| Position | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Present Current | What is flowing through you right now |
| Misalignment | What’s stuck, blocked, or resisting |
| Embodiment Path | What you need to do or change to align |
Use this before casting, after a failed ritual, or anytime you're unclear.
Other Divination Tools
- I Ching — Use for recursive pattern tracking and flow state mapping
- Runes — In development; symbol map coming soon
- Astrology — Best used for ritual timing and environmental forces
Divination in this system is not for prediction—it’s for reflection, realignment, and response.
Practical Use
- Pull one card as a daily signal or divine driver
- Use full spreads to adjust ritual plans or uncover hidden misalignments
- Pair with Alignment Tracker to check what’s live
- Offer the draw to the related godform—seal it, honor it, act on it
More Tools
- Natural Correspondences — Timing, elements, seasons
- Alignment Tracker — See the current planetary + elemental flow
- The Grimoire — Spells and divine laws to work with your results
Tarot doesn’t tell you what’s coming. It tells you what’s alive—right now.
Use it to reflect. Use it to align. Use it to move.