Tarot cards can be distinguished into categories of potential, conscious, subconscious, and superconscious to reflect human experience in mind, body, and spirit. This categorization gives a deeper psychological and spiritual framework for introspection and insights in the message presented by tarot readings. In simpler words, it reflects aspects of personal growth and awareness required for spiritual evolution.
The intellect, planning and decision-making aspects of human nature in the questions answered in the readings, is represented by cards classified as potential. These represent opportunities and new ideas and untapped capabilities in you. The Swords have symbolism for clarity in mental, communication, and intellectual struggle. They reflect a point where your thoughts and ideas have the potential to become reality, but conscious attention is required for them to manifest.
These set of cards are linked with the current, physical world and the things you do in the physical plane of existence. These cards take in your self awareness and how you relate to the world that's around you. Pentacles, being the cards of Earth, will most frequently fall into this class, representing material matters, work, and physical well-being. They make you relate to the present as they concern practical aspects like health, wealth, and tangible output.
These cards speak of your subconscious aspects: your world of emotions, instincts, and the realm of dreams. Cups suit is associated with this plane. It speaks of emotional depth, relationships, and intuition. Cards of the subconscious 'expose' unknown fears, desires, or unresolved topics that influence human behaviour and bring it out in order to gain access to deeper layers of one's psyche.
Cards belonging to superconscious categories raise us to higher states of spirituality and universal consciousness. Their presence, symbolized by cards like The High Priestess or The Star in Major Arcana, point towards spiritual growth, divine intervention, or a higher mission. Such cards connect you to the spiritual world and inspire you to rise above worldly issues to tap into deeper spiritual realities.
These layers, coming together, help you traverse mind, body, and spirit in their multiple dimensions to nudge toward a sense of integration about your life's journey.