A standard tarot deck consists of 22 Major Arcana cards and 56 Minor Arcana cards divided into four suits. The suits are Swords, Cups, Wands (also called Staves), and Coins (also called Pentacles).

The major arcana consists of 22 cards while the minor arcana consists of 56 cards. The minor arcana is divided into four subcategories to represent the four elements or navigational directions.