Numbers:
Ace - new beginnings
Two - duality and choice
Three - growth and creation
Four - stability and structure
Five - chaos and choice
Six - harmony and re-adjustment
Seven - reflection and evaluation (finding justice)
Eight - movement (to get out or feed back into the cycle)
Nine - getting close to end of cycle (reaping what you sow)
Ten - end of cycle
Wands - wants/goals - water
Cups - emotions - fire
Swords - mental growth - air
Pentacles - material - earth
So I have 2 decks, one is my public one and one is my private one. It's not that I can't use one deck for both, I just prefer not to. Tarot is a way to connect with yourself, rather than talking to a god. A lot of divination is just communication with our inner selves.