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Anne W. Brigman (1869–1950), “Finis”

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔐𝔞𝔧𝔬𝔯 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔞𝔫𝔞 (22 𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔰)

These represent big life lessons and major themes. When you see cards like The Fool, The Sun, or The Tower, they point to karmic events or significant turning points that are often outside your immediate control.

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔐𝔦𝔫𝔬𝔯 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔞𝔫𝔞 (56 𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔰)

These deal with the day to day stuff your thoughts, feelings, and actions. They are divided into four suits.

Wands (Fire) Passion, energy, creativity, and drive.

Cups (Water) Emotions, relationships, and intuition.

Swords (Air) Logic, communication, conflict, and the mind.

Pentacles (Earth) Money, work, health, and physical stability.

Pages are usually messengers or new beginnings.

Knights are action and movement.

Kings/Queens are mastery and maturity.

The Major Arcana consists of 22 cards (numbered 0 to 21). Think of them as the Big Boss cards of the deck. While the Minor Arcana deals with daily drama, the Major Arcana deals with life changing events, spiritual lessons, and the Big Picture. In Tarot, these cards tell a story called The Fool’s Journey. It starts with The Fool (0) an innocent person starting a new adventure and ends with The World (21) complete success and enlightenment.

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔞𝔯𝔩𝔶 𝔖𝔱𝔞𝔤𝔢𝔰 (𝔖𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔒𝔲𝔱)

0 The Fool New beginnings, taking a leap of faith, innocence.

I The Magician Manifestation, having the tools to succeed, action.

II The High Priestess Intuition, secrets, the subconscious mind.

III The Empress Fertility, nature, abundance, The Mother.

IV The Emperor structure, authority, logic, The Father.

V The Hierophant Tradition, education, conventional systems.

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔐𝔦𝔡𝔡𝔩𝔢 𝔖𝔱𝔞𝔤𝔢𝔰 (𝔏𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔏𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔬𝔫𝔰)

VI The Lovers Choices, alignment, harmony in relationships.

VII The Chariot Determination, victory, willpower (moving forward fast).

VIII Strength Inner power, courage, taming your inner beast.

IX The Hermit Self reflection, soul searching, being alone to think.

X Wheel of Fortune Luck, cycles, a turning point in fate.

XI Justice Fairness, truth, cause and effect (Karma).

𝔗𝔥𝔢 ℌ𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔏𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔬𝔫𝔰 (𝔗𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔰𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔪𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫)

XII The Hanged Man Letting go, seeing things from a new perspective, pause.

XIII Death The end of a cycle, transformation, making room for the new.

XIV Temperance Balance, patience, finding the middle ground.

XV The Devil Shadow self, addiction, being trapped by your own mind.

XVI The Tower Sudden upheaval, chaos, a wake up call that destroys the old.

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔩 𝔖𝔱𝔞𝔤𝔢𝔰 (𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔘𝔫𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔢 & 𝔖𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔦𝔱)

XVII The Star Hope, healing, inspiration, light at the end of the tunnel.

XVIII The Moon Illusion, fear, anxiety, things not being what they seem.

XIX The Sun Absolute joy, success, warmth, vitality.

XX Judgement Reflection, a calling, making a final decision.