Sakura Cards
May. 6th, 2010 10:12 pm"In the manga series, there are nineteen cards specifically named, while the anime series has fifty-three (fifty-two in the series proper, the last from the second movie). The Clow Cards were created by the half-English, half-Chinese sorcerer Clow Reed. After Clow's death the cards were sealed in the Clow Book, only to be released in contemporary times when a new 'chosen one' appeared. The cards represent a combination of Eastern and Western magic centered on the concepts of natural forces and elements. Each Clow Card has its own personality, ranging from good-natured to violent, and its own powers that are mostly centered around an elemental force or performing a specific task. When in use or acting on their own, the cards assume alternative forms that vary from card to card. The original Clow Cards fall under a specific sign, sun or moon, corresponding to the guardians Cerberus and Yue.
The nineteen cards in the manga are The Light, The Dark, The Windy, The Earthy, The Firery, The Wood, The Watery, The Flower, The Fly, The Jump, The Erase, The Mirror, The Maze, The Illusion, The Sword, The Shield, The Shadow, The Thunder, and The Glow."
Sakura manages to transform the Clow Cards into Sakura Cards in the second half of the series after she discovers her own form of magic, one that corresponds to the Stars rather than the Sun or the Moon.
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**All the information in this post has been taken from The Cardcaptor Sakura wiki (with a bit of editing) because they explain it far better than I ever could.