If you aren't familiar with it, or even if you are, there is a pretty good and succinct description of it on Wiki
Basically, it is an explanation of how we develop (or don't) psychologically. It is most often represented as a pyramid, although Maslow himself never represented it that way.
In pyramid form it looks as if we move through a progression of stages although most psychologists agree that the stages constantly overlap in life.
The pyramid is shown most often in 5 stages.
What struck me is how those stages can correspond to the 5 suits of the Tarot.
(No doubt someone has already thought of this and there is very likely a deck out there call Maslow's Tarot or something similar.)
I would categorise it like this:
Psycological Needs - Coins (Pentacles)
Safety needs - Wands
Belonginess and Love - Cups (obviously)
Esteem Needs - Swords
Self Actualisation - The Major Arcana
There is probably a spread out there for Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, but I wonder if attaching the suits to the different categories might not yield some interesting results.
Has anyone tried this?
Do you agree with my connections of the suits?
