Pip Cards

Together the pips make up forty of the Minor Arcana’s fifty-six cards, the other sixteen being Court Cards. In many older decks, such as the Marseille, the pips show only the right number of suit symbols. In Rider–Waite–Smith style decks, each one has a full scene.

Reading a pip is a matter of combining two things: the theme of the suit and the meaning of the number.

In readings, pips tend to describe the situations and experiences going on around you.