Major Flashcards
Emperor
4
- Authority
- Father figure
- Structure
- Regulation
- Solid foundation
Creating order out of chaos, authority, leadership, strength, establishing law and order. The carvings on the wall bear the symbols of the domain, and of dominion. The eagle rises above mountains and sea, night and day, and all the earthly creatures bow. But even though the imagery of the carvings may be magnificent, still a wall is a man-made edifice; man’s measure and means of controlling the wildness of the world by attempting to carve it into unchanging stone. The Emperor is a man rooted in his ways and views and regimens, but confident that this is the right and way of things; structure.
Chariot
7
- Control
- Will power
- Victory
- Assertion
Achieving victory, focusing intent and will, establishing an identity, self-confidence, maintaining descipline, assuming the reins of power and authority.
Sun
20
- Fun
- Warmth
- Love
- Positivity
- Enlightenment
- Vitality
Enlightenment and understanding, glory, achieving prominence, vitality, radiant joy and energy, invigoration, health, assurance, confidence.
High Priestess
2
- Intuition
- Higher Power
- Mystery
Wisdom, knowledge, learning, intuition, purity, virtue. The Owl is a keeper of knowledge, and he bears a key to unlock mysteries. The pomegranate is an icon of Persephone, who tasted the seeds and thus tied herself to Hades – it is a fruit of fertility and death; and the moons embroidered upon her garments wax and wane. The new crescent, and gibbous moon that create the full cycle, embraced in one.
Tower
16
- Disaster
- Shaken foundations
- Sudden change
- Revelation
Upheaval and sudden change, crisis, releasing all emotion, suffering a blow to the ego, revelation and seeing through illusions.
Devil
16
- Bondage
- Addiction
- Sexuality
- Materialism
Losing independence, addiction and enslavement, caught up in the material, overindulgement, choosing to stay in the dark, pleasures, lust, and desire.
Wheel of Fortune
10
- Luck
- Karma
- Destiny
- Turning point
Destiny, the weaving of life’s threads coming together, fate, turning points, movement and change, patterns and cycles, an interconnected world.
Death
13
- Endings
- Begninngs
- Life cycle
- Transition
Closing the door to the past and opening a new one, going through transition, changing status, shedding the old and excess, inexorable forces and sweeping changes.
Magician
1
- Power
- Skill
- Concentration
- Action
Originality, creativity, skill, will-power, self-confidence, dexterity and slight of hand. It is about grasping the unseen around you, and harnessing it to become reality. This Magician draws upon relics representative of the elements: Fire in his lantern, the voice of the Sea in the shell, a breath of Wind in the raven’s feather, and Earth from the leaves.
Strength
8
- Stregth
- Courage
- Patience
- Soft control
Unshakeable resolve, calm composure and patience, compassion, persuasion and soft control, tempered force.
Empress
3
- Femininity
- Mother Nature
- Nurture
- Birth
- Fertility
- Birth
- Nature
experiencing the senses, and embracing the natural
Judgment
21
- Judgement
- Rebirth
- Inner calling
Making a judgment, reawakening, the mystery of birth and death, hearing a call, absolution
Temperance
14
- Balance
- Moderation
- Patience
Harmony and equilibrium, balancing of opposites, creating synthesis, healing.
Hanged Man
12
- Suspension
- Letting go
- Sacrifice
- Martyrdom
Letting go and surrendering to experience and emotional release. Accepting what is, and giving up control, reversing your view of the world and seeing things in a new light. Suspending action. Sacrifice.
Star
18
- Hope
- Spirituality
- Renewal
- Inspiration
Regaining hope, faith in the future, inspiration, tranquility amid trouble, harmony, offering without reservations, sharing and being generous.
Silver gilded footsteps
glide on silver flowing streams
with the silver glowing starlight
etching night in silver seams
Hermit
9
- Soul searching
- Introspection
- Being alone
- Guidance
Being introspective, seeking, solitude and withdrawing from the world, giving or receiving guidance.
Justice
11
- Justice
- Fairness
- Karma
- Cause and Effect
Balance, harmony, equilibrium, assuming responsibility, weighing all sides of an issue before making a decision, choosing with full awareness.
Lovers
6
- Love
- Union
- Bonds
- Alignment
- Romance
Union, balance, energy, flow, passion, melding of heart and mind, forming a union or marriage. Though it can be romantic in nature, it is not necessarily so. The lovers is also about determining values and struggling with choices – the innocence embodied in the turtledoves is a contrast to the shiny red apple in the embrace of the snake, one of the oldest symbols of temptation.
World
22
- Completion
- Integration
- Accomplishment
Achieving balance, realizing goals and prospering, attainment of the heart’s desire, fulfillment, peace of mind
Hierophant
5
- Group Identification
- Conformity
- Tradition
- Religion
The Hierophant’s roots are deep reaching, entwined around secrets and traditions and the ages. Ritual and cermony, pursuing knowledge and deeper meaning, the rigidity of a belief system.
Fool
0
- Beginning
- Innocence
- Spontaneity
- Care-free
The Fool is a symbol for new beginnings and adventures, pleasure, passion, thoughtless and rash. Like the Fool, you may stand upon the precipice gazing out into the unknown; and there is either an oblivious foolishness to the terrible plunge you may experience, or else a wild spirit of adventure and great faith and knowledge in that which can and will bear you up and guide through the times to come. There are unlimited possibilities opening up for the seeker.
Moon
19
- Illusion
- Fear
- Insecurity
- Mystery
Fears and anxieties, believing illusions, experiencing distortion and chasing after fantasy, dreams and visions, disorientation.
- You demi-puppets that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, Whereof ewe not bites; and you, whose pastime Is to make midnight mushrooms…
- Shakespeare - The Tempest (Act V, scene i)*
