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The Trumps - Major
Arcana
What follows on the
page below is truly a brief and basic description of each card in the Major
Arcana placed here for informational purposes only. The Tarot
contains references to astrology, numerology, the Kabbalah, and even the Bible.
Time and space limitations prevent further detail on each card.
Suggested
reading for further study is: The
Pictorial Key to the Tarot by A.E. Waite.
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The
Fool:
This indicates a lack of planning, Lack of discipline. Reckless
abandon.
Reversal: The beginning of an adventure, a news start, or some
new element is making an appearance.
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The
Magician:
Skillful and Self confidence, Take the initiative, occult influence.
Reversal: Deception and trickery is involved, betrayal.
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The
High Priestess:
Wisdom, having serene knowledge, demonstrating common sense.
Reversal: Selfish, impatience, demanding.
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The
Empress:
Action and Development, Fertility, Marriage, practical, can also mean
Mother, Sister, or Wife.
Reversal: Nagging, tight wad, using feminine guile's.
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The
Emperor:
Realization, World Power, Shows gain or present wealth, strong spirit,
Endurance, Can also mean Father, Brother, Son.
Reversal: Inconsiderate and/or dominating, Bearing of Direct
pressures, worries about money, illness.
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Heirophant:
Source of goodness and kindness, good advice, having compassion,
showing humility.
Reversal: Fear, too reserved, fear of conviction, refuse to
face facts, unable to adapt.
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The
Lovers:
Love, romance, beauty, trials overcame.
Reversal: Adultery, ending of romance, lost of trust, new
trails on the horizons
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The
Chariot:
War, and deep troubles, strife and conflict, opposing viewpoints.
Reversal: Possible voyage, journey. Calming of troubles, ending
of conflict
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Strength:
Courage and fortitude, Energetic zeal, action.
Reversal: Peril and danger, warning, lost of freedom. Weakness.
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The
Hermit:
Prudence and withdrawal, caution, loner, insensitive.
Reversal: Breaking out of the shell, more involvement with the
world, making friends.
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Wheel
of Fortune:
Approaching a change, end of cycle and the beginning of a new cycle,
luck, destiny. Ending of a problem.
Reversal: Fate, beginning of new problems, change of life, bad
times.
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Justice:
Equity, Fair and honorable, good judgment, virtue and virginity.
Reversal: Prejudice and unbalanced. Lack of virtue,
un-honorable. Advice, bad judgment.
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Hanged
Man: Sacrifice and surrender. feeling or being abandon,
transition.
Reversal: A new life approaches, being found, award for
sacrifice.
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Death:
Sudden
change, accident, illness, ending, unexpected, lost of a loved one.
Reversal: Release from illness, ending of weirdness, possible
blessing in disguised, ending of suffering.
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Temperance:
Patience, Accommodating, moderation, Friendship, time for reflection.
Reversal: Unable to compromise, extreme, un-acceptance of
reality, frigidity.
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The
Devil: Revenge, violence, adverse magic, bad advice,
bondage, ill tempered person.
Reversal: Magic help, uneasy peace, freedom from bondage.
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The
Tower: Disruption, destruction, Misery and deception, ruin
and termination, chaos and corruption.
Reversal: Breaking into new areas, rebuilding
foundations.
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The
Star: Hope, satisfaction, positive prospects, destiny,
insight psychic abilities.
Reversal: Easy to influence, Mixing of past and present,
drawling in the past.
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The
Moon: Caution is advised, Danger ahead, Trickery and
deception, Scandal, Bad influences.
Reversal: Danger is passing but still present, known enemies,
caution.
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The
Sun: Triumph, Happiness, Warmth, affection, achievement in
the arts, a new friend.
Reversal: Success although not complete, limited achievements
in the arts, lost of a friend.
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Judgment:
Determination, decision, results, outcome, forgiveness.
Reversal: Call for repentance, need to forgive, rebirth.
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The
World: Perfection, ultimate change, success and assurances
rewards.
Reversal: Lost of perfect, temporary disability,
un-fulfillment.
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