Major Arcana

Question 1

I. The Magician

Answer 1

Skill, diplomacy, address, sickness, pain, loss, disaster, self-confidence, will, the Querent (if male), a man who interests the Querent
Reversed: Physician, Magus, mental illness, disgrace, disquiet

Question 2

II. The High Priestess

Answer 2

Secrets, mystery, the future as yet unrevealed, a woman who interests the Querent, the Querent (if female), silence, tenacity, wisdom, science
Reversed: Passion, moral or physical enthusiasm, conceit, surface knowledge.

Question 3

III. The Empress

Answer 3

Fruitfulness, initiative, action, long days, clandestine, the unknown, difficulty, doubt, ignorance
Reversed: Light, truth, the unraveling of involved matters, public rejoice, indecision

Question 4

IV. The Emperor

Answer 4

Stability, power, aid, protection, a great person, conviction, reason
Reversed: Benevolence, compassion, credit, confusion to enemies, obstruction, immaturity

Question 5

V. The Heirophant

Answer 5

Marriage alliance, captivity, servitude, mercy, goodness, inspiration, a mana to whom the Querent has recourse
Reversed: Society, good understanding, concord, over-kindness, weakness

Question 6

VI. The Lovers

Answer 6

Attraction, love, beauty, trials overcome

Reversed: Failure, foolish designs

Question 7

VII. The Chariot

Answer 7

Succor, providence, war, triumph, presumption, vengeance, trouble
Reversed: Riot, quarrel, dispute, litigation, defeat

Question 8

VIII. Strength

Answer 8

Power, energy, action, courage, magnanimity,

Reversed: Abuse of power, despotism, weakness, discord

Question 9

IX. The Hermit

Answer 9

Prudence, treason, dissimulation, corruption, roguery

Reversed: Concealment, disguise, policy, fear, unreasoned caution

Question 10

X. Wheel of Fortune

Answer 10

Destiny, fortune, success, luck, felicity

Reversed: Increase, abundance, superfluity

Question 11

XI. Justice

Answer 11

Equity, rightness, probity, executive

Reversed: Law in all departments, bigotry, bias, excessive severity

Question 12

XII. The Hanged Man

Answer 12

Wisdom, trials, circumspection, discernment, sacrifice, intuition, divination, prophecy
Reversed: Selfishness, the crowd, body politic

Question 13

XIII. Death

Answer 13

End, mortality, destruction, corruption

Reversed: Inertia, sleep, lethargy, petrifaction, somnambulism

Question 14

XIV. Temperance

Answer 14

Economy, moderation, frugality, management, accommodation
Reversed: Things connected with churches, religions, sects, the priesthood, unfortunate combinations, disunion, competing interests

Question 15

XV. The Devil

Answer 15

Ravage, violence, force, vehemence, extraordinary efforts, fatality, that which is predestined but not for this reason evil
Reversed: Evil fatality, weakness, pettiness, blindness

Question 16

XVI. The Tower

Answer 16

Misery, distress, ruin, indigence, adversity, calamity, disgrace, deception
Reversed: According to one account, the same in a lesser degree, oppression, imprisonment, tyranny

Question 17

XVII. The Star

Answer 17

Loss, theft, privation, abandonment, hope and bright prospects in the future
Reversed: Arrogance, impotence, haughtiness

Question 18

XVIII. The Moon

Answer 18

Hidden enemies, danger, calumny, darkness, terror, deception, error
Reversed: Instability, inconstancy, silence, lesser degrees of deception and error

Question 19

XIX. The Sun

Answer 19

Material happiness, fortunate marriage, contentment

Reversed: The same in a lesser sense

Question 20

XX. Judgement

Answer 20

Change of position, renewal, outcome

Reversed: Weakness, pusillanimity, simplicity, deliberation, decision, sentence

Question 21

XXI. The World

Answer 21

Assured success, route, voyage, emigration, flight, change of place
Reversed: Inertia, fixity, stagnation, permanence

Question 22

0. The Fool

Answer 22

Folly, mania, extravagance, intoxication, delirium, frenzy, bewrayment
Reversed: Negligence, absence, distribution, carelessness, apathy, nullity, vanity