Major Arcana Flashcards
High Priestess
Study, Knowledge, severity, austerity, guarded secrets, mysteries. The occult sciences, the threshold between the material world and the spiritual or intellectual world.
Magician
Initiative, spiritual presence, ability and shrewdness, will and free thinking. The beginning of undertakings brilliant ideas.
Empress
Action, control, intelligence, practicality. Woman, mother, fertility, resolving help, well-intentioned authority.
Emperor
Strength, stability, power, security. Man, father, fertile strength. Powerful protection, solution for material problems
Hierophant
Counsel, wisdom, compassion, understanding, spiritual guidance. Ritual, formality, hierarchy. Religion, family, tradition.
Lovers
Trial, choice,test, crossroads, decision. Affectionate relationships, an encounter, the beginning of a relationship.
Chariot
Victory, success, conquest, material evolution, honors, acknowledged rewards. Violence, conflict. Resolution of a situation, radical behavior
Strength
Courage, energy, power, morality, integrity. Triumph of intelligence over brutal force, defending of just causes, idealism, defeat of evil.
Hermit
Inner search,solitude, isolation, spirituality, abandonment. Silence, chastity, separation, from material goods. answers within ones self, temptation, sacrifice.
Wheel of fortune
Cycles, seasons, recurring events, the passing of time. Luck chance opportunity, undeserved success. Precarious, return to a starting point
Justice
Law, balance, equity, justice, consequences of ones action. To be subjected to judgment, punishment, reward, impartiality, inescapability. Natural order, submission to a higher logic.
Hanged man
Sacrifice, suffering, martyrdom, ordeal. Change of perceptions, points of view, transition. Putting ones self to the test, final difficulty
Death
Transformation, change, end and beginning, sudden event, alteration surprise, understanding important things, fear, possibility of going back in time
Temperance
Moderation, calm, care, patients, serenity, peace, harmony, adaptation. virtue, understanding, listening, wait, rest.
Devil
Excess, charm, suggestion, fire and passion. Deceit, betrayal, superficiality. Originality, rebellion, turmoil, anxiety. Selfishness and questionable moralities, lies.
