Subpersonalities

Also, there are personality traits that we have learned (or chosen) to dislike. It may be very difficult to acknowledge such traits within ourselves, but that does not mean they are absent. Our self-image may be as much about what we are not, as it is about what we are. In Jungian terms, the personality traits we refuse to acknowledge in ourselves make up our shadow, a kind of mirror image of who we think we are. Refusing to acknowledge our own shadow, we often find ourselves at odds with other people who exhibit those traits as part of their outward personality-they can become symbols of everything we hope to defeat and suppress, or everything that we secretly long for.

Each court card thus represents some aspect of yourself-perhaps your self-image (the significator), a mask, a former self, a future self, an ideal self, or a shadow self (like the nemesis). Because of this, every court card that appears in a reading has the potential to cast light on the workings of your own personality, even while it may also represent another person. When you identify a court card with someone else, then that person is a teacher, guide, or model for you to better understand how their personality type is also a subpersonality in yourself. You can specifically determine how that personality manifests in you and what it has to offer. A fully integrated personality seeks to understand and accept all parts of him- or herself.
每个人都有展现自身性格不同面向的本领，没有人会只局限在单一类型的个性。
我们自认为的性格倾向很可能会随着时间而改变，因为我们会成长、发现新的的人生方向，然后逐渐或有时突然变成跟年轻时候的我们不一样，通常这种改变过程会让我们的个性变得更加灵活。
随着时间改变，我们也学会了隐藏我们原本的个性倾向，做出别人期待我们表现的行为。我们每一个人都有一整套不同的人格“面具”，面对不同的情况就带上不同的面具。
此外，在人生过程中，我们也已经学会或有意选择不喜欢某些人格特质，要我们承认自己拥有这些特质可能非常困难，但这并不表示他们不存在。我们的自我形象，可能跟我们真实的自己完全不同，也可能相当一致。以荣格学派的用语来说就是：我们拒绝承认自己拥有的那些人格特征，构成了我们的阴影，它会成为一种镜像，反照出我们的真实样貌。如果我们拒绝承认自己的阴影，我们就会经常与那些表现出来那些特征的人处不来——因为他们成为一种象征，我们在他们身上看到我们想要去克服和压抑的东西，或是我们暗暗渴望的东西。敌对牌，就是你认为跟自己最不像的那张宫廷牌，它可能包含了你不想对外人承认的那些性格特征，甚至连对你自己都不想承认。
如此说来，每一张宫廷牌其实都代表了你自己的某一个性格面向——可能是你的自我形象（象征牌）、面具、前世我、未来我、理想我，或是阴影我（比如敌对牌），因此占卜牌阵中出现的每一张宫廷牌，都有可能会揭露你自己性格的运作模式，虽然它也可能是代表另一个人。当你认出某一张宫廷牌是代表某个人，那么那个人就是你的老师、人生向导或是典范，你会更加了解到，他们的人格类型其实也是你自身“次人格”的一部分。你可以清楚地知道，那个性格在你身上如何展现以及它有带给你什么启示。一个已经完全整合的人格，会致力去了解和接受他或她自己内在的所有面向。