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Tarot Card Meanings List — Major arcana

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Major Arcana

The Fool's Journey


The Major Arcana is a 22 card set within the tarot that is considered to be the core and the foundation for the deck. All of the deck is filled with archetypal significance, but this is most pronounced within the Major Arcana. These cards follow a storyline that tells of the spiritual travels taken from the innocent wonder of The Fool to the oneness and fulfillment of The World. In other words, these cards tell the story of humanity's spiritual evolution into enlightenment and individuation.

And so, as we follow the journey of the Fool, we can start seeing common parallels between our own stages in life and those in the cards, each card teaching a specific lesson and a concept to meditate over. Because they form the basis of the tarot, some readings can sometimes be conducted with only the Major Arcana as well.

The Fool Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings

The Fool Meaning

✦  ✦  ✦ Upright: innocence, new beginnings, free spirit Reversed: recklessness, taken advantage of, inconsideration Full Tarot Meaning

The Magician Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings

The Magician Meaning

✦  ✦  ✦ Upright: willpower, desire, creation, manifestation Reversed: trickery, illusions, out of touch Full Tarot Meaning

The High Priestess Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings

The High Priestess Meaning

✦  ✦  ✦ Upright: intuitive, unconscious, inner voice Reversed: lack of center, lost inner voice, repressed feelings Full Tarot Meaning

The Empress Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings

The Empress Meaning

✦  ✦  ✦ Upright: motherhood, fertility, nature Reversed: dependence, smothering, emptiness, nosiness Full Tarot Meaning

The Emperor Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings

The Emperor Meaning

✦  ✦  ✦ Upright: authority, structure, control, fatherhood Reversed: tyranny, rigidity, coldness Full Tarot Meaning

The Hierophant Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings

The Hierophant Meaning

✦  ✦  ✦ Upright: tradition, conformity, morality, ethics Reversed: rebellion, subversiveness, new approaches Full Tarot Meaning

The Lovers Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings

The Lovers Meaning

✦  ✦  ✦ Upright: partnerships, duality, union Reversed: loss of balance, one-sidedness, disharmony Full Tarot Meaning

The Chariot Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings

The Chariot Meaning

✦  ✦  ✦ Upright: direction, control, willpower Reversed: lack of control, lack of direction, aggression Full Tarot Meaning

Strength Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings

Strength Meaning

✦  ✦  ✦ Upright: inner strength, bravery, compassion, focus Reversed: self doubt, weakness, insecurity Full Tarot Meaning

The Hermit Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings

The Hermit Meaning

✦  ✦  ✦ Upright: contemplation, search for truth, inner guidance Reversed: loneliness, isolation, lost your way Full Tarot Meaning

The Wheel of Fortune Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings

The Wheel of Fortune Meaning

✦  ✦  ✦ Upright: change, cycles, inevitable fate Reversed: no control, clinging to control, bad luck Full Tarot Meaning

Justice Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings

Justice Meaning

✦  ✦  ✦ Upright: cause and effect, clarity, truth Reversed: dishonesty, unaccountability, unfairness Full Tarot Meaning

The Hanged Man Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings

The Hanged Man Meaning

✦  ✦  ✦ Upright: sacrifice, release, martyrdom Reversed: stalling, needless sacrifice, fear of sacrifice Full Tarot Meaning

Death Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings

Death Meaning

✦  ✦  ✦ Upright: end of cycle, beginnings, change, metamorphosis Reversed: fear of change, holding on, stagnation, decay Full Tarot Meaning

Temperance Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings

Temperance Meaning

✦  ✦  ✦ Upright: middle path, patience, finding meaning Reversed: extremes, excess, lack of balance Full Tarot Meaning

The Devil Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings

The Devil Meaning

✦  ✦  ✦ Upright: addiction, materialism, playfulness Reversed: freedom, release, restoring control Full Tarot Meaning

The Tower Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings

The Tower Meaning

✦  ✦  ✦ Upright: sudden upheaval, broken pride, disaster Reversed: disaster avoided, delayed disaster, fear of suffering Full Tarot Meaning

The Star Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings

The Star Meaning

✦  ✦  ✦ Upright: hope, faith, rejuvenation Reversed: faithlessness, discouragement, insecurity Full Tarot Meaning

The Moon Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings

The Moon Meaning

✦  ✦  ✦ Upright: unconscious, illusions, intuition Reversed: confusion, fear, misinterpretation Full Tarot Meaning

The Sun Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings

The Sun Meaning

✦  ✦  ✦ Upright: joy, success, celebration, positivity Reversed: negativity, depression, sadness Full Tarot Meaning

Judgement Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings

Judgement Meaning

✦  ✦  ✦ Upright: reflection, reckoning, awakening Reversed: lack of self awareness, doubt, self loathing Full Tarot Meaning

The World Meaning - Major Arcana Tarot Card Meanings

The World Meaning

✦  ✦  ✦ Upright: fulfillment, harmony, completion Reversed: incompletion, no closure Full Tarot Meaning

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