Major Arcana
The Major Arcana tells the story of growth and progress through life.
The story of the life of the Soul
is a story that takes many lifetimes.
Spirit is the source of life
The Soul emanates from Spirit
Incarnates into Life
This is the Fool 0.
The traveller on the Journey.
Through cards 1 to 9
Magician 1
High Priestess 2
Empress 3
Emperor 4
Hierophant 5
Lovers 6
Chariot 7
Justice 8
Hermit 9
The Fool descends to solid matter on Earth,
The Wheel of Life (10)
tells the story of the Fool's life on earth
and then the return.
The Fool ascends seeking enlightenment.
Reconnection to spirit.
Through cards 11 to 19
Strength 11
Hanged Man 12
Death 13
Temperance 14
Devil 15
Tower 16
Star 17
Moon 18
Sun 19
Judgment (20)
Resolves the current life
This is the Soul's return to Spirit.
The World (21)
This is the life of the Soul.
Everything
The whole story,
The story of the life of the Soul
is a story that takes many lifetimes.
Spirit is the source of life
The Soul emanates from Spirit
Incarnates into Life
This is the Fool 0.
The traveller on the Journey.
Through cards 1 to 9
Magician 1
High Priestess 2
Empress 3
Emperor 4
Hierophant 5
Lovers 6
Chariot 7
Justice 8
Hermit 9
The Fool descends to solid matter on Earth,
The Wheel of Life (10)
tells the story of the Fool's life on earth
and then the return.
The Fool ascends seeking enlightenment.
Reconnection to spirit.
Through cards 11 to 19
Strength 11
Hanged Man 12
Death 13
Temperance 14
Devil 15
Tower 16
Star 17
Moon 18
Sun 19
Judgment (20)
Resolves the current life
This is the Soul's return to Spirit.
The World (21)
This is the life of the Soul.
Everything
The whole story,
The Traveller on the Journey
The Soul
Awareness
Pure Potential
Spirituality
Inspiration
The beginning of a new phase in life
new Birth
Get in touch with the child within
Trust the universe
Lightheartedness
Limitless energy of spirit
The Soul
Awareness
Pure Potential
Spirituality
Inspiration
The beginning of a new phase in life
new Birth
Get in touch with the child within
Trust the universe
Lightheartedness
Limitless energy of spirit
Intention
Pay attention
Independence
Individuality
Start something
Aggressive
Ego
Physical
Sensory
Focused attention
Creativity & Insight
Learning Wisdom
Pay attention
Independence
Individuality
Start something
Aggressive
Ego
Physical
Sensory
Focused attention
Creativity & Insight
Learning Wisdom
Belief
Knowing
Wisdom
Intuition
Balance
Harmony
Calm
Accepting
Unrevealed Knowledge
Seeking Understanding
Passive
Rely on your intuition rather than logic
Hidden influences at work
Knowing
Wisdom
Intuition
Balance
Harmony
Calm
Accepting
Unrevealed Knowledge
Seeking Understanding
Passive
Rely on your intuition rather than logic
Hidden influences at work
Nature Child
Earth Mother
Fertile
Creative
Expression
Imagination
Thinking
Abundance
Natural Environment
Creative expression
Free Thinking
The Arts
Making something beautiful
Built Environment
Logic
Physical Boundaries
Rules
Laws
Discipline
Controlling
Stable
Physical, sensory world
Practical
Structured
Reasoned Authority
Creating order
Secure environment
Government or people in important positions
Maintaining beauty through Mercy
Logic
Physical Boundaries
Rules
Laws
Discipline
Controlling
Stable
Physical, sensory world
Practical
Structured
Reasoned Authority
Creating order
Secure environment
Government or people in important positions
Maintaining beauty through Mercy
Compassion
Principles
Values
Standards
Culture
Traditions
Teaching
Spiritual faith
Freedom vs Discipline
Balancing the emotional/feeling world
Convention & Formality
Religious/Spiritual leader
Inner teacher
Find a balance between Mercy & Severity
Apply your principles
Principles
Values
Standards
Culture
Traditions
Teaching
Spiritual faith
Freedom vs Discipline
Balancing the emotional/feeling world
Convention & Formality
Religious/Spiritual leader
Inner teacher
Find a balance between Mercy & Severity
Apply your principles
Emotional Choices
Relationships
Love
Romance
Friendships
Family
Groups
The Home
Social Thinking
We learn about ourselves through our relationships.
Healing union
Expand our understanding of ourselves.
Heart Choices
Desire to be loved & accepted for who we really are.
A strong relationship that develops our life foundation.
Relationships
Love
Romance
Friendships
Family
Groups
The Home
Social Thinking
We learn about ourselves through our relationships.
Healing union
Expand our understanding of ourselves.
Heart Choices
Desire to be loved & accepted for who we really are.
A strong relationship that develops our life foundation.
Willpower
Experiential learning
Practical Concepts
Architect
Organised
Philosophical
Planner/Designer
Application of the mind to the physical world
Self-determination
Driving
Victory
Pulled in two directions
Controlling the opposing forces of life
Purposeful activity
Mastering Contradictions
Accomplishing great things
Desire for action
Administering Power
Experiential learning
Practical Concepts
Architect
Organised
Philosophical
Planner/Designer
Application of the mind to the physical world
Self-determination
Driving
Victory
Pulled in two directions
Controlling the opposing forces of life
Purposeful activity
Mastering Contradictions
Accomplishing great things
Desire for action
Administering Power
Unfailingly just
Caring & Fair Thinking
Empathy
Advocate
Emotional energy at a Universal level
A time of weighing & measuring
Finding a balance
between Victory/Power and Glory/Splendour
Legal matters
Participating in the legal system
Being just with others & ourselves
Search for Equilibrium
Balanced judgment
Balance & sort matters out
Act fairly & justly
Caring & Fair Thinking
Empathy
Advocate
Emotional energy at a Universal level
A time of weighing & measuring
Finding a balance
between Victory/Power and Glory/Splendour
Legal matters
Participating in the legal system
Being just with others & ourselves
Search for Equilibrium
Balanced judgment
Balance & sort matters out
Act fairly & justly
Introspection
Know yourself
Ego
Mentor
Shine your light for others
Show the way
Learned Individual
Humanitarian
High level of thinking
Intellectual ability at the Universal level
Think things over
Functional Individual
Material person
Someone who prefers their own company
Retreat
Withdrawing into one self
Shield one self from outside influences
Access inner wisdom
Solitude, being alone
Know yourself
Ego
Mentor
Shine your light for others
Show the way
Learned Individual
Humanitarian
High level of thinking
Intellectual ability at the Universal level
Think things over
Functional Individual
Material person
Someone who prefers their own company
Retreat
Withdrawing into one self
Shield one self from outside influences
Access inner wisdom
Solitude, being alone
Internal review
Weighing up
Determine future direction
Balance your functionality
Mid-life or Mid-point
Universal & Personal Cycles
Changes & Chances for improvements
The Wheel of Life
Stuck on the Wheel
Energy Flow
Downward & Upward Cycles
Weighing up
Determine future direction
Balance your functionality
Mid-life or Mid-point
Universal & Personal Cycles
Changes & Chances for improvements
The Wheel of Life
Stuck on the Wheel
Energy Flow
Downward & Upward Cycles
Endurance
Gentle Acceptance
Persuasive Persistence
Strong passive energy
Inner control of the demanding ego
Physical Control
Quiet strong individual
Iron fist in velvet glove
Inner strength
Spiritual strength
Moral courage
Mastering strong contradictory behaviours
Courage & Commitment
Analysis
Consider the reality of the world
Finding a balance
between Glory/Splendour & Victory/Power
See things a different way
Turn things upside down
Change your perspective
Emotional Struggle
ideas & concepts have got you stuck
Stop struggling
Give in & let go
Testing
Change your ways & make a sacrifice
Hopelessly stuck
Test one's patience
Exercise in humility.
Reversing false images & views
Learning the natural laws of the universe.
Suspension of affairs
Surrender to the Universe
Time for your mental outlook to undergo a change
Develop a philosophical view to life.
Consider the reality of the world
Finding a balance
between Glory/Splendour & Victory/Power
See things a different way
Turn things upside down
Change your perspective
Emotional Struggle
ideas & concepts have got you stuck
Stop struggling
Give in & let go
Testing
Change your ways & make a sacrifice
Hopelessly stuck
Test one's patience
Exercise in humility.
Reversing false images & views
Learning the natural laws of the universe.
Suspension of affairs
Surrender to the Universe
Time for your mental outlook to undergo a change
Develop a philosophical view to life.
Letting go
Release
Liberation from Physical Boundaries
Change in such a way that life will not be the same again
Unrestricted Mental processes
The death of the Ego
Return to your Foundation
Transformation
Shift in Consciousness
Expanded awareness
Complete change & fresh start in life
New opportunities & transforming powers
Experience your true nature
Release
Liberation from Physical Boundaries
Change in such a way that life will not be the same again
Unrestricted Mental processes
The death of the Ego
Return to your Foundation
Transformation
Shift in Consciousness
Expanded awareness
Complete change & fresh start in life
New opportunities & transforming powers
Experience your true nature
Find the Middle Path
Everything in moderation
Find a practical blend
Balance the physical, the emotional and the logical to attain the spiritual.
Adjust & Stabilise
Balance & Control
Equilibrium
Self moderation
Be severe on yourself
Learn good management & co-ordination
Adapt to situations in life
Find the right mix
Everything in moderation
Find a practical blend
Balance the physical, the emotional and the logical to attain the spiritual.
Adjust & Stabilise
Balance & Control
Equilibrium
Self moderation
Be severe on yourself
Learn good management & co-ordination
Adapt to situations in life
Find the right mix
Willing bondage to the physical, material world
Emotional Control
Addiction
Base values & principles
Chained to the world
Understanding of the world
Lack of moderation
Dependence
Don't get involved with evil matters.
Re-evaluate your life
Beware of behaving wrongly
Become more assertive
Slave to Mercy
Watch other people's motives.
Lustful, wild romance
Guilty feelings
Dealing with wrong people in material affairs.
Acknowledge the hidden facets of our personality.
A co-dependent relationship
Find a balance between severity & mercy
Emotional Control
Addiction
Base values & principles
Chained to the world
Understanding of the world
Lack of moderation
Dependence
Don't get involved with evil matters.
Re-evaluate your life
Beware of behaving wrongly
Become more assertive
Slave to Mercy
Watch other people's motives.
Lustful, wild romance
Guilty feelings
Dealing with wrong people in material affairs.
Acknowledge the hidden facets of our personality.
A co-dependent relationship
Find a balance between severity & mercy
Breaking down
ending outdated beliefs, behaviours, relationships
Emotional Breakdown
Clearing the site preparing for rebuilding
Argument clears the air
Crisis of some kind
In hindsight the crisis will be a blessing
A wake up call for your own good
Bursting boundaries that are too narrow or restrictive
Liberation, breakthrough to freedom
Beauty regained
Phases of upheaval
Insecurity
Surprising changes
Sudden event out of the blue
Change & Awakening
The end of something
ending outdated beliefs, behaviours, relationships
Emotional Breakdown
Clearing the site preparing for rebuilding
Argument clears the air
Crisis of some kind
In hindsight the crisis will be a blessing
A wake up call for your own good
Bursting boundaries that are too narrow or restrictive
Liberation, breakthrough to freedom
Beauty regained
Phases of upheaval
Insecurity
Surprising changes
Sudden event out of the blue
Change & Awakening
The end of something
Hope
Rebuilding
Awakening of self-realisation
Developing new way of thinking
Nurturing the earth
Vision of a better future
Re-establishing beauty
Seeking to understand the bigger picture
Trust in the future
Problems will soon be solved
New situations, enterprises of study & creative pursuits will go well.
Regeneration & Healing
Connect with your inner talents
We are the star of our own lives
Use our ideas to nourish ourselves and our world
Develop a new understanding.
Rebuilding
Awakening of self-realisation
Developing new way of thinking
Nurturing the earth
Vision of a better future
Re-establishing beauty
Seeking to understand the bigger picture
Trust in the future
Problems will soon be solved
New situations, enterprises of study & creative pursuits will go well.
Regeneration & Healing
Connect with your inner talents
We are the star of our own lives
Use our ideas to nourish ourselves and our world
Develop a new understanding.
Cycles of inner development
Highly charged emotions
Feelings of confusion
Understanding & acknowledging our shadow side.
Emotional advocate
The learning of Wisdom
Inner knowledge
Depth of Understanding
Keeping it together
Deep-seated fears
Individuated being
Soul Consciousness
fun
Nothing to hide
Self-actualisation
fulfilment
Purity of thought
Joy & Happiness
True Reconciliation
Carefree
Light-heartedness
Triumphant renewal
Success
Achievement of desires
Enjoyment of life's little pleasures
Everything will work out well
Soul Consciousness
fun
Nothing to hide
Self-actualisation
fulfilment
Purity of thought
Joy & Happiness
True Reconciliation
Carefree
Light-heartedness
Triumphant renewal
Success
Achievement of desires
Enjoyment of life's little pleasures
Everything will work out well
Rebirth
Consideration of needs
Judgment
Preparation
Ending of a Cycle
Be true to yourself
Look back and survey your life
Reincarnation
A wake-up call to new opportunities
Healing
Transformation
Freeing oneself & feeling redeemed.
Find peace of mind.
Attainment of a goal
Completeness
Actual Existence
Happening now
Everything
Arriving
Taking one's place
Found one's home
The essence of one spirit
Successful completion
Bringing everything together