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In a standard deck of Tarot cards the two arcana s are the major arcana and the minor arcana the minor arcana are divided into four groups which are wands or batons cups pentacles or coins and swords which represent fire water earth and air and there are twentytwo trump cards or major arcana cards in the deck and the word arcana means secrets or mysteries.

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