“Minor Arcana” = the smaller secrets. Not “less important,” just more day to day: moods, choices, money, timing, relationships, the human stuff. Simple, right? No robes required. Just a tiny bit of Latin that makes the whole deck feel way less intimidating.

It reads like emotion in motion: clean, living, renewing. Not “mood,” but something actively flowing through you. Is that detail going to change every reading? Nah. But it’s one of those “ohhh, they really thought about this” moments that makes the deck feel smarter.

In the intro, it mentions that de Gébelin died during a Mesmerist treatment. I've seriously never seen that anvwhere. I've only ever seen "heart attack' referenced, never what he was actually doing when it happened. Crazy

So if you see Strength as VIII, you’re usually seeing Golden Dawn influence, not a printing error.

Justice gets tied to Libra (the scales, balance, consequences). Swapping them keeps the zodiac sequence flowing through the Majors without a weird break.

Waite didn’t wake up and randomize it. He was working inside Golden Dawn logic. Strength gets tied to Leo (courage, heart, grit).