The sword is too big for them. They hold it anyway. The Page of Swords is the energy of the mind newly awakened to its own power: curious, quick, and the ideal student.

A fish just jumped out of the cup. The Page didn’t expect it, and that’s exactly the point. The Page of Cups is the card of the heart that has just been surprised by itself, the intuition that has just announced its presence, the feeling that arrived before the explanation.

The salamanders on the robe haven’t grown tails yet. The staff hasn’t bloomed. Everything about the Page of Wands is potential — raw, restless, lit from within and not yet sure where to aim it. This is fire at the very beginning of itself.