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THE FOOL

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Upright: Ready for anything, nothing to fear. New beginning, adventure

Reversed: What if I fall? I can’t do that. Not ready. Afraid to start something new.

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THE MAGICIAN

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  1. Upright: having the power to change your life/ situation. Having the power to cure an illness.

Reversed: no power to change things, incurable.

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The High Priestess

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  1. Upright: the ideal, not settling, in a perfect world…

Reversed: settling, settling for less than you want . Not ideal

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The Empress

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  1. Upright: emotionally ready to be a wife/mother. the idea of being a wife/mother.

Reversed: not emotionally ready to be a wife/mother, no longer wanting to be one, divorced.

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The Emperor

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Upright: emotionally ready to be a husband/father. The chairman of a company. The president of a country. Very high leader.

Reversed: domineering husband/father, a bully. Lousy husband/father. Incompetent leader

Tip: With the hierophant, he is a man in high power (the president)

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The Hierophant

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  1. Upright: A government. A foreign person. A foreign country. Tradition, 9-5 job, social institutions, government processes working in your favor.

Reversed: non traditional, unorthodox, bad court decision

Tip: alternative medicine

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The Lovers

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  1. Upright: Lifestyle change, time for a lifestyle change.

Reversed: Needing to make a lifestyle change, not ready for a lifestyle change. Not ready to make a life altering choice

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The Chariot

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  1. Upright: having one’s act together. a vehicle. short trips.

Reversed: not having one’s act together. a bad or unreliable vehicle. stalls. no movement. inbalance.

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Strength

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  1. Upright: believe and faith in yourself, god. Health. the ability to control one’s desires and urges. physical strength. self love.

Reversed: no faith in self/god. Infection. despair. compromised immune system. excess.

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The Hermit

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  1. Upright: Shedding light on something. wisdom. a wise person. a person trained to illuminate the dark places. aloneness. solitude. looking withing.

Reversed: refusal to listed to good advice.

Tip: with moon it indicates ‘therapy’.

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The Wheel of Fortune

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  1. Upright: It’s time. The tide is in and it’s time to launch something. Time to take a big step.

Reversed: it’s not time. The time is out. Not time to do something big.

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Justice

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  1. Upright: getting what you deserved or earned. a legal decision. a legal document. the law. balance. weight issues

Reversed: Not getting what you deserve or have earned. Injustice. Legal issues. Out of balance.

Tip: With temperance is weight out of control.

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The Hanged Man

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  1. Upright: hanging around. Patience. Something pending.

Reversed: when is it my turn?

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Death

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  1. Upright: maturity, maturing, slow growth, rebirth, a new cycle beginning

Reversed: immaturity, grow up already, still in bondage to early family conditioning.

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Temperance

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  1. Upright: holistic health. balance. eating right. drinking in moderation. hormonal balance. water intake. friendship. cooking. desire to heal.

Reversed: Out of control habit. too much salt/sugar in the diet. too little water. not holistically healthy.

Tip: With the devil this can mean addiction, obesity or alcoholism.

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The Devil

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  1. Upright: Malignant. chronic. toxic. very bad. crutch issues. sick. great sex.

Reversed: not bad, toxic or malignant. healed. letting go of unhealthy crutches

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The Tower

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  1. Upright: shake up your life, your life is being shaken up. radical change. electronic things.

Tip: could show up to relfect stroke or nuerological problem.

Reversed: conflict, inner conflict. conflict with another.

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The Star

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  1. Upright: aspirations, big dreams, lifelong dreams, hope

Reversed: depression

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The Moon

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  1. Upright: mother. the womb. instincts. the public. the unconscious controlling mother. dreams while sleeping. reproductive symptoms. one bodily organ.

Reversed: Reunion. going back to someone or something.

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The Sun

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  1. Upright: a new life at any age, daytime, the life force, enthusiasm, baby, birth

Reversed: same as upright

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Judgement

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  1. Upright: wake up call, realizing something, making a major announcement. Hearing a major announcement.

Reversed: not realizing, needing to realize something, not aware of something, needing to be aware.

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The World

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  1. Upright: successful completion, closure, end of a cycle. christmas season.

Reversed: no successful completion, no closure, unfinished business that will stay unfinished.

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