Dominant suit

A dominant suit is the predominance, in a reading, of cards belonging to the same Minor Arcana suit: Wands, Cups, Swords or Pentacles (Coins in the Tarot de Marseille). According to tradition, it steers the reading toward the area associated with that suit, for instance action and energy for Wands, feelings for Cups, thought and conflict for Swords, material matters for Pentacles. It provides a useful frame for interpreting the whole.