The Suits — DAL

Wands

Fire & Transmission

The Wands suit draws you into the heart of Fire, the creative drive through which will shapes the world and takes form in the work of the land. Crossing the sunlit landscapes of a medieval wine estate, this story traces the epic of a knowledge that is not passively received but won through trials and perseverance. From the first fire of the forge to the return of the matured heir to the family promontory, you will discover the transmission between a father and his son through the seasons and the storms. Here, the Grimoire is a living torch passed from hand to hand, feeding the desire to undertake and to build. Let yourself be guided by this family of action, where every card invites you to turn daily effort into a shared sovereignty.

The story

Panorama of the Wands suit of the DAL Tarot: a visual story of transmission at the heart of a medieval vineyard. The arc traces the handing-on between a visionary father and his son, tested by the elements, from the first spark to the heir's coming of age, back on his father's promontory, wearing his straw hat. — Weathering the storm to learn to carry what the father built: an epic of will, work and time.

The court

Frieze of the Wands court: the Page in an oversized red hat, the Knight on his rearing brown horse, the Queen reading the open Book on her lion throne, and the King on his salamander throne, the Book open at his feet. — If the Page thinks he knows and the King is what he knows, it is because, between the Knight's drive and the Queen's maturity, the Book has finally become flesh.

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Cups

Water & Revelation

With the Cups, you plunge into the realm of Water, the element of receptivity, feeling and inwardness. This suit traces the initiatory tale of a single heroine who learns to dissolve the ego and open her heart to the truths of the soul. From the young novice discovering the Grimoire beside clear water to the moving encounter with her white-haired future Self, each stage is an invitation to pass through one's shadows and bring forth the light. Far from fleeting passions, Water teaches that true knowledge is not wrested from the world but received in the silence of listening. Explore this family of revelation to discover how sensitivity becomes the key to a deeply shared wisdom.

The story

Panorama of the Cups suit of the DAL Tarot: a visual story of inner journey and the Sacred Feminine. From a full-moon night to golden light, the heroine discovers the Book in the water, joins the Three Graces, passes through grief in cold water, is initiated on the rocky islet, climbs the cliff, surrenders to the current, and finally, white-haired, hands the closed Book to the novice, now grown into a woman. — The Cups do not tell of mere passion: they show how Water dissolves the ego to turn revelation into shared knowledge.

The court

Frieze of the Cups court: the Page, a young woman at the fountain; the Knight crossing a ford on her white horse; the Queen reading the open Book by the sea; and the King on his dolphin throne, the Book open at his feet. — The same fish swims from cup to cup up to the King, who no longer needs to hold the Book: he is what it contains.

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Swords

Air & Discernment

The Swords suit lifts you into the realm of Air, where thought seeks clarity and defies the fog of the mind. You will follow the pilgrimage of a red-haired young man and his psychopomp magpie, travelling through steep landscapes in search of the Book and of truth. Through doubts, wounds and nights of anguish, this initiatory arc shows how the mind learns to stop fighting itself and reach true discernment. At first the young man uses his sword as a weapon, before understanding that he will have to use it differently: the Sword of the DAL is not made for aggression or destruction, but for a freed consciousness, able to cut through illusions without ever wounding. Enter this family of right thinking to discover the power of a mind that frees itself and lights the way.

The story

Panorama of the Swords suit of the DAL Tarot: a visual story of discernment and the conquest of truth. The arc traces the apprenticeship of the red-haired pilgrim and his magpie through the rocky, steep landscapes of the mind, from pain to anger, from a boat crossing with a faceless ferryman to the circle of swords, from the awakening of thought to the final liberation of the spirit. — Guided by the bird of memory through the storms of thought: learning to measure the strength of truth without cutting oneself on one's own blade.

The court

Frieze of the Swords court, above the clouds: the Page, studious and attentive, holding his sword horizontally before the crystal altar where a parchment and a magpie quill in an inkwell rest; the Knight cleaving the wind on his steed among the peaks; the Queen, proud on her crystal throne, the Book open; and the sovereign King in the austere clarity of the summits, the Book open at his feet, as a green shoot grows from figure to figure. — The Page learns vigilance, the Knight charges into the storm, the Queen, without wounding, speaks the truth by cutting through illusions, and the King embodies the truth: the metamorphosis of right thinking.

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Pentacles

Earth & Incarnation

The Pentacles suit roots you in the density of Earth, where wisdom does not come down from the sky but dwells at the very heart of matter. The story follows the path of a woman builder, from her childhood in a womb-like cave to the forecourt of the completed cathedral, where the whole community gathers to celebrate a life fulfilled, for the good of all. From the medieval market to the patient orchards, this suit shows how to reconcile our daily needs with the protection of what we hold most dear. In the DAL, the Pentacles are the Book of stone, a primordial memory reminding us that every careful labour and every grounding gesture shapes a lasting security. Walk through this family of incarnation: its fulfilment is not an end, but the beginning of a path pursued for the good of all among the Honours.

The story

Panorama of the Pentacles suit of the DAL Tarot: a visual story of the element of Earth. The builder heroine passes through the ages, from childhood in a cave to the market, the building site, the workshop, the vine and the mosaic, while a cathedral rises, until old age, seated on the forecourt of the cathedral, finally completed beneath its rose window of light, among the orange trees: a material and spiritual heritage. — The Pentacles do not measure what one owns: they show how Earth turns work into memory and effort into shared security.

The court

Visual sequence of the Pentacles court of the DAL Tarot, the four archetypes of mastery over Earth: the Page, a red-haired young woman raising a gold pentacle; the Knight on a dapple-grey draught horse; the Queen reading the open Book in a flowering garden; and the King amid the grape harvest, on his bull-headed throne, the Book open at his feet. — The Page observes matter, the Knight sets resources in motion, the Queen preserves what lives, and the King embodies the Book of stone: the metamorphosis of rootedness.

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