The Courts often point to the influence of a person rather than a situation, event or an archetype, although not in quite the simplistic way that we might imagine from the old tarot reader cliche "I see a tall dark man coming into your life". The influence of a Court may indeed be dramatic, and suggest a new person on the horizon, but it can equally be subtle; simply showing someone whose effect on us, whether in person or not, is having an impact on our life The Courts are frequently seen as being hard to interpret, perhaps this is because in older traditional decks they tend to look very alike. In the Tarot of Prague we've tried to show the essential qualities and characteristics of each. By the way, we've made the Pages rather androgynous (they could show eithera boy or a girl) to emphasise that the Court cards should not be taken as gender-specific. In real life, any person may have the characteristics of any Court, regardless of gender.
