Major Arcana, Upright

Question 1

0, Fool: Upright

Answer 1

Beginnings, Void, Rebirth, Renewal, New Phase, Fresh, Spontaneity, Trust, Faith, Self-Belief, Freedom, Original, Unique, Taking a Risk, Opportunities, Living, Living in the Moment/Present, Being in the Moment, Surprise, Joie de Vivre, Open to Change, Leap of Faith, Blind Faith, Convictions, Confidence, Acting on Impulse, Spur of the Moment, Taking a Chance, No Expectations, Uninhibited, Finding Yourself, Following Instincts, Pursuing a Dream, Passions, Taking Flight into the Unknown, Unchartered Territory, Expanding your Horizons, Fearless, Sky’s the Limit, Potential, Initiation, Freedom, Enthusiasm, Positivity, Optimism, Idealistic, Travel, Adventure, Journey, Carefree, Excitement, Exuberant, Spirited, Infatuation, Innocence, Purity, Simplicity, Inexperience, Naivety, Youthfulness, Inner Child, Eccentric, Unconventional, Magical, Miracles, Divine Order

Question 2

1, Magician: Upright

Answer 2

Free Will, It’s Up to You to Decide What You Want to Do, You Create Your Own Destiny, Bestowing, Pure Energy, Strong and Powerful, Conscious/Will, Self/Ego, Creative Intellect, Golden Opportunities, Miracles, Flash of Inspiration, Inspired, Magick, Power, Personal Power, Power is in one’s hands, Energy, Control, Knowledge, Leader, Intelligence, Realistic, Practical, Thought Process, Ideas, Plans, Opportunities, Ambitious, Vision, Purpose, Goals, Following a Dream, Taking Action, Making an Impact, Impressing, Selling Yourself/ideas/product, Potential, Will-Power, Focused Concentration, Mental Clarity, Understanding what you want, Motivated, Intentions, Committed, Single-Minded, Determined, Resourceful, Creative, Inventor, Skilled, Tools of Trade, Qualified, Talented, Dexterity, Self-Aware, Self-Belief/Confidence/Esteem, Striking Out Alone, Able, Vigorous, Resourceful, Craft, Cultivating a Project, Being Productive, Being in Charge, Communication, Languages, Articulation, Eloquence, Education, Teacher, Student, Study, Travel, Channeling, Elusive, Conjurer, Illusionist, Scrutiny, Realizing your potential, Believing in yourself, Using your talents, Being in charge of your own destiny, Being able to sell yourself, sell your ideas and sell a product, Using old skills in a new field, Re-inventing yourself

Question 3

2, The High Priestess: Upright

Answer 3

Shhh! Information Gained In Silence [Through Dream(s)/Intuition(s) When Awake], Subconscious, Higher-Self, Spirituality, Deep Feelings, Understanding, Passivity, Non-active, Intuition, Reflection, Receptive, Retreat, Withdraw, Solitude, Space, Time Alone, Calm, Peace, Patience, Distant, Independent, Self-Sufficient, Inner Resources, Following your Own Path, Inner Voice/Vision, Insight, Inner-Work, Guardian, Wisdom, Esoteric/Occult, Knowledge - Teaching/Learning, Spirituality, Meditation, Pious, Wise/Mysterious Woman, Pious/Sanctimonious, Counselling, Advice, Mystery, Secrets, Hidden, Concealment, Undercurrents, Hidden Agendas, Motives, Confidences, Memories, Fertility, Birthing, Hormones, Women’s Cycles, Moods, Dreams, Past Lives, Imagination, Balancing Masculine/Feminine Aspects, Sowing Seeds, Germination of Ideas/Plans, Inner Potential, Realising your Talents/Gifts

Question 4

3, Empress: Upright

Answer 4

Set Off on a New Path, Give “Birth” to a New Project, Mother, Mothering, Mother Earth, Woman, Feminine Archetype, Womanly, Domestic Goddess, Natural, Creativity, Productivity, Growth, Fruitfulness, Manifestation, Smooth Passage, No Obstacles, The Right Path, Cultivating, Incubating, Abundance, Bountifulness, Plenty, Flourishing, Prosperity, Provisions, Good Housekeeping, Resourceful, Hostess, Love, Heartfelt, Unconditional Love, Being Loved & Cared For, Emotional Security, Protective, Openness, Idealistic, Freedom of Expression, Reassuring, Generosity, Sharing, Harmony, Peace, Caring, Nurturing, Cherishing, Compassion, Tenderness, Fertility, Pregnancy, Gestation, Birthing, Affection, The Physical Senses, Health, Exercise, Outside Activities, Positive Self-Image, Pleasure, Beauty, Joy, Laughter, Play, Joie de Vivre, Energetic, Passion, Sensuality, Sexuality, Physical Touch, Demonstrative Love, Marriage, Pampering, ‘Me Time’, Preening, Indulgence, Luxury, Opulence, Glamour, Wealth, Riches, Extravagance, Summer, Blooming, Nature, Nature’s Way, Gardening, Earthy, Countryside, Flower Power, Home Decorating, Animals, The Environment, Talented, Creative/Artistic, The Arts, Theatre, Crafts, Music, Dancing, Children, Working With Children, Natural Witch, Mothering, Giving Birth, Nourishing Life, Nurturing and Caring for Others, Cherishing the World, Expressing Tenderness, Working with Children, Welcoming Abundance, Enjoying Extravagance, Receiving Lavish Reward, Luxuriating in Plenty, Having More Than Enough, Feeling Rich, Experiencing the Senses, Giving and Receiving Pleasure, Focusing on the Body, Appreciating Beauty, Feeling Vibrantly Healthy, Being Earthy, Doing Physical Activity, Responding to Nature, Relating to Plants and Animals, Embracing the Natural, Feeling Connected to the Earth, Going Outdoors, Harmonizing with Natural Rhythms

Question 5

4, Emperor: Upright

Answer 5

Fathering, Establishing a Family Line, Setting Direction and Tone, Protecting and Defending, Guiding Growth, Bringing Security and Comfort, Offering Explanations, Creating Order Out of Chaos, Categorizing, Being Systematic, Providing Shape and Form, Being Organized, Applying Reason. Coordinating, Sticking to a Plan, Taking a Leadership Role, Commanding, Exerting Control, Representing the Establishment, Being in a Position of Strength, Coming in Contact with Officials, Setting Direction, Establishing Law and Order, Operating from Sound Principles, Applying Rules or Guidelines, Working Within the Legal System, Setting Standards of Behavior, Following a Regimen, Fatherhood, Establishing/Emphasizing Structure, Exercising Authority, Regulating, Regulation

Question 6

5, The Hierophant Upright http://www.tarotwikipedia.com/tarot-card-meanings/major-arcana/hierophant-tarot-card-meanings/

Answer 6

Traditions, rituals and ceremony, Spiritual guidance, Support and structure (in your community), A teacher, Following the rules, Following a leader, Having faith, Being a role model, Asking the big questions about life and death, Being in control over your emotions, Greek for high priest, The pope, Organization, Institution, Domination over matter and emotion and thought, Purity, immortality, and ritual, Supreme pastor, supreme teacher and supreme priest, Christ’s passion and sacrifice, The holy trinity, Having Christ consciousness, Fourfold physical world, Power of binding and loosing, Tree of life, A blessing, Mercy, Martyrdom, Bridging Heaven and Earth, Union between flesh and spirit, Notice in a spread if the Hierophant is blessing the other cards, Ruled by Taurus, Group consciousness, Religion, One’s belief system, Ceremony, Traditions, Kindness, Charity, Giving Guidance in form of spiritual counselling,. Assistant of/assisting in the world to spiritually attune to oneself by giving the people rules and guidelines, Organisation that is based or funded by a religious organisation or an organisation that is very set in its values, Service and being of service, Mentoring and counselling, Reminding one to seek knowledge, Reminding one to find one’s special place in this world, If what you do is nourishment to your soul and spirit then you are on the right path, Someone who is searching for meaning in life, Looking for an alternative approach when challenged, Wise teachers and friends, Walking their talk, Very educated, Classy people, Giving strength and support to those around one, Often referred to as the ‘rock’ of someone’s life, Open to another’s beliefs and ideas, Tolerant, Don’t get bound by another’s beliefs and ideas, Strongly stay by one’s own firm beliefs

Question 7

6, The Lovers: Upright

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Answer 7

Eventually, the Fool faces two new challenges. It experiences the powerful urge for sexual union with another. Before, it was mainly self-centered. Now it feels the balancing tendency, pictured in the Lovers (6), to reach out and become half of a loving partnership. It yearns for relationship. It also needs to decide upon its own beliefs. It is well enough to conform while it learns and grows, but at some point, it must determine its own values if it is to be true to itself. It must start to question received opinion. Relationship, Sexuality, Personal Beliefs, Values, Relating to others, Establishing bonds, Feeling love, Forming a union or marriage, Acknowledging kinship, Sympathizing with another, Getting closer, Making a connection, Being intimate, Being sexual, Seeking union, Experiencing desire, Making love, Opening to another, Responding with passion, Feeling a physical attraction, Tapping inner energy, Establishing personal beliefs, Questioning received opinions, Figuring out where you stand, Staying true to yourself, Setting your own philosophy, Going by your own standards, Making up your own mind, Determining values, Struggling with temptation, Choosing between right and wrong, Facing an ethical or moral choice, Refusing to let ends justify means, Finding out what you care about, Love, Sex, Love and sex, Strong and powerful urge for (sexual) union and at its highest form and beyond ourselves, Blessed bond between the 2 people, Bond between 2 people, Relationship based on deep love–the strongest force of all–but relationship may not be sexual, although it often is or could be, Attractive force drawing any two entities together in a relationship - whether people, ideas, events, movements or groups, Tough value choices and the questioning that goes with them, Torn between two people or choices, Larger dilemmas we face when we are tempted between right and wrong, Moral or ethical crossroads - a decision point where you must choose between the high road or the low road, Personal beliefs because to make such a decision you must know where one stands, Following one’s own path can mean going against those who are urging you in a direction that is wrong for you OPPOSING CARDS: Hierophant - established beliefs Hermit - being alone, not relating, less sexuality Five of Cups - loss in relationships Three of Swords - rejection, separation REINFORCING CARDS: Some Possibilities Empress - sexual fulfillment, pleasure Two of Cups - union, marriage, connection Nine of Cups - sexual pleasure Ten of Cups - family relationships, bonding Ten of Pentacles - permanent unions, family ties

Question 8

7, Chariot: Upright http://learntarot.com/journey.htm http://www.tarotwikipedia.com/tarot-card-meanings/major-arcana/chariot-tarot-card-meanings/

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Answer 8

By the time the Fool becomes an adult, it has a strong identity and a certain mastery over himself. Through discipline and will-power, it has developed an inner control, which allows him to triumph over its environment. The Chariot (7) represents the vigorous ego that is the Fool’s crowning achievement so far. On Card 7, we see a proud, commanding figure riding victoriously through his world. One is in visible control of oneself and all one surveys. For the moment, the Fool’s assertive success is all it might wish, and it feels a certain self-satisfaction and the assured confidence of youth. Victory and success, Being a hero, Using your will power to accomplish your goals, Being assertive, Being in control, Getting your way, Looking out for your own interests, Travelling, Your vehicle, Octagram of creation, Creation, New beginnings, Protection, Stability, Perfection of work and effort, Unshakable foundation, Purification of spirit through Earthly efforts, Mystical properties, Balance, harmony and cosmic order, Fourfold world, Sexuality, Drive and energy, Drive, Inner victory over the lower forces of one’s own nature through a journey of purification, Ruled by Cancer in the zodiac, One’s will power and determination. Victory through assertiveness., Green light to charge ahead and take control of one’s life or an area of one’s life that needs one’s attention, One’s success depends on one’s will and ability to be in control and to be brave enough to move forward even in unknown territory, Being in the driving seat throughout our lives, steering our lives in the direction of our choosing, Applying willpower and motivation to create one’s own destiny, Setting goals, Speeding up the process and getting to fulfilling goals quicker, Travel, A or one’s vehicle, Very strong-willed. Determined to succeed in this world, Quite fearless, Faking it until making it, Rarely as confident as they seem. What drives one is their desire to do well, Working hard to get where one wants to be, Someone who had put in the effort in and is now reaping public recognition, Diligent, Self-composed, Self-aware, Controlling, Brave

Question 9

8, Strength: Upright http://learntarot.com/journey.htm

Answer 9

Over time, life presents the Fool with new challenges, some that cause suffering and disillusionment. It has many occasions to draw on the quality of Strength (8). It is pressed to develop its courage and resolve and find the heart to keep going despite setbacks. The Fool also discovers the quiet attributes of patience and tolerance. It realizes the willful command of the Chariot must be tempered by kindliness and the softer power of a loving approach. At times, intense passions surface, just when the Fool thought it had everything, including itself, under control.

Question 10

9, The Hermit: Upright http://learntarot.com/chmaj.htm

Answer 10

Introspection, Searching, Guidance, Solitude

Question 11

10, The Wheel of Fortune: Upright http://learntarot.com/chmaj.htm

Answer 11

Destiny, Turning Point, Movement, Personal Vision

Question 12

11, Justice: Upright http://learntarot.com/chmaj.htm

Answer 12

Justice, Responsibility, Decision, Cause and Effect

Question 13

12, The Hanged Man: Upright http://learntarot.com/chmaj.htm

Answer 13

Letting Go, Reversal, Suspension, Sacrifice

Question 14

13, Death: Upright http://learntarot.com/chmaj.htm

Answer 14

Ending, Transition, Elimination, Inexorable Forces

Question 15

14, Temperance: Upright http://learntarot.com/chmaj.htm

Answer 15

Temperance, Balance, Health, Combination

Question 16

15, The Devil: Upright http://learntarot.com/chmaj.htm

Answer 16

Bondage, Materialism, Ignorance, Hopelessness

Question 17

16, The Tower: Upright

Answer 17

Going Through Sudden Change, Experiencing Upheaval, Disrupted Plans, Surprised, Undergoing a Crisis, Having Routines Shaken Up, Being in Chaos, Releasing, Exploding, Having an Emotional Outburst, Erupting in Anger, Crashing Through Ego Defenses, Breaking Through Pretense, Letting Everything Go, Falling Down, Being Humbled, Experiencing a Crash, Toppling from the Heights, Having a Downturn in Fortune, Suffering a Blow to the Ego, Having a Revelation, Suddenly Realizing the truth, Exposing What was Hidden, Having a Burst of Insight, Seeing Through Illusions, Getting the Answer, Seeing Everything in a Flash, If we are not flexible enough, our spines become rigid, Sudden and Unexpected Changes.

Question 18

17, The Star: Upright http://learntarot.com/chmaj.htm

Answer 18

Hope, Inspiration, Generosity, Serenity

Question 19

18, The Moon: Upright http://learntarot.com/chmaj.htm

Answer 19

Fear, Illusion, Imagination, Bewilderment

Question 20

19, The Sun: Upright http://learntarot.com/chmaj.htm

Answer 20

Enlightenment, Greatness, Vitality, Assurance

Question 21

20, Judgment: Upright

Answer 21

When One Door Closes Another One Opens–Unlock It, Longing to Go Back to What Was/What Your Ideas Used to be/What You Wanted/Dreams that You Had, Days of Sitting on the Fence are Done, Finding a Reason to Keep Living, Feeling refreshed and Looking Forward to Moving On, Casual Interest Turned into a Dominating Philosophy of Life that You Are Pursuing As Your True Calling, Able to Brush Aside the Ambiguities and Obfuscations of the Past and Clarify Exactly What it is You Have Been Through, It’s Time to Take a Stand As the Hardest Choices Become Obvious After the Simplest of Appraisals, Bringing Clarity of Judgement and Positive Decisions Made, Self Judgement (You come to Love Not by Finding the Perfect Person but by Learning to See an Imperfect Person Perfectly), Courts, Judges, Jury, May be Awaiting the Final Judgment in Your Case with the Outcome Generally Working in Your Favor, Confessing, Realization of How Past Created the Present, Heeding the Inner Call and Awakening to Your Spiritual Purpose, Transforming to Reinvent Yourself, Karmic Relationship, Past Life Connection, Relationship once thought dead brought back to life again as a result of honesty, clear communication and the mutual working through of issues and problems, Long Lasting/Permanent Effect, Renewing and Healing of an Old Issue that Got ‘Dragged Out’ is Now Recognized to be Healed and Forgiven, At Crossroads, You’re At a Major Turning Point Where You’re Evaluating the Actions You’ve Taken and the Consequences of Those Actions. You’ll Need to Make a Decision Through This Process of Judgement About What You Will and Won’t continue in Your Life and What You’ve Learned From Your Journey So Far, Judgment’s impact does not portend that this is a unique occurrence that can happen only once in a lifetime - the presence of this card may mark one great turn of events in your life, but you are just as likely to have many others, as you are none at all, The card carries no weight as to how often a big change might occur, only that its impact is absolute and influential.

Question 22

22, The World: Upright http://learntarot.com/chmaj.htm

Answer 22

Integration, Accomplishment, Involvement, Fulfillment

Question 23

Group 1 of Major Arcana, Upright: The 3 Steps to Empowerment (Number 1 Through 7)

Answer 23

When your Tarot reading features one of the twenty-two cards that belong to the Major Arcana, the discussion will fixate on your relationship to power. Is it in your hands, out of your hands or being properly utilized regardless of control?

The Tarot is divided into three sections: The Minor Arcana is a set of forty suited cards, led by Aces and followed by the numbers two through ten. Following these are the sixteen court cards: a King, Queen, Knight and Page for each suit. All of these cards are in service of the Tarot deck’s most important and powerful cards - the Major Arcana.

Each of the Major Arcana cards is distinct and carries a specific, powerful message. At the core of each one is a lesson in how to manifest the energies of the cosmos. The cards in the Major Arcana speak about many subjects and offer unique perspectives, but the theme of all these cards is total empowerment.

The result of any Tarot reading featuring a card from the Major Arcana should be for your reader to give you a clearer sense of harnessing and actualizing your own control over destiny and satisfaction.

1, The Magician, Upright: The card numbered one is the epitome of power and personal control. When this card appears in reference to another person, it represents a liar who has successfully begun a con. When the Magician refers to you, the reading is an indication that you have all the tools at your disposal for doing what you want.

2, The High Priestess, Upright: Card number two is the High Priestess. A sense of empowerment like no other is yours when you possess knowledge. Having the answer is its own reward. There is a great satisfaction in being able to share what you know, but you may learn it is often wise to wait until asked to tell it like it is.

When the High Priestess represents someone else, your reading indicates that a person close to you knows a lot more than he or she is letting on. People who are not good at lying learn to be good at leaving out important information. When you are the High Priestess in your own reading, you are empowered by knowing lots more than the competition.

3, The Empress, Upright: when you are able to treat yourself to the good life, to nice things, to enhancing your material world, your inner Empress is in charge. Expect to see the number three card in your Tarot reading at times when your desires are leading you to conquer old mental and emotional blocks.

When the Empress card represents someone else in your reading, this could indicate the chance that a buyer has materialized for something you want to sell. Are you looking to part with some valuable property? If the Empress represents you in your Tarot reading, you are enjoying the power to choose what is right for you and to buy it.

4, The Emperor, Upright: Card number four of the Tarot deck holds a central seat of power. It is one thing to be empowered to make choices that move your life ahead. But it is another thing to have power and hold sway over the fate of others. The Emperor is a card with this type of potency.

When this card represents another person in your Tarot reading, it means that your life is being controlled in part by a parent, partner, boss or other authority figure. When this card appears as an indication of your fate, you will have the ultimate answer to your own destiny through your actions.

5, The Hierophant, Upright: if your involvement with a group is growing, the Hierophant card empowers you to find a good place for yourself. This is the Tarot’s number five card and it oversees all of your interactions when you take on the identity of a group or organization.

If the Hierophant represents another person in your reading, you are discovering a new hero who speaks what you feel. If this card represents you, your membership is opening doors.

6, The Lovers, Upright: This card is the Tarot’s card of partnership. Card number six indicates that finding yourself can often be an excursion as a union. This card empowers you to learn more about yourself through your interactions with another person and to grow more empowered because of it. The Lovers card always refers to both of you.

7, The Chariot, Upright: the Tarot’s cycle of empowerment peaks at card number seven. The Chariot arrives in a blaze when you make your point and are acknowledged as the source of having been right. The Chariot is when you are proven correct. This is the card of victory. You are empowered to take charge because you are acknowledged as having won. This is your moment in the sun.

Question 24

Group 2 of Major Arcana, Upright: The Transformation Cards (Number 8 Through 14)

Answer 24

Tarot’s Major Arcana: The Transformation Cards

The Tarot Deck includes 78 cards. Each of these carries a special message and unleashes a particular energy when they appear in your Tarot reading. The most important cards in the deck, though, are the members of the Major Arcana. These 21 cards are unique forces of nature. They indicate core personality traits, motives and themes that you may encounter in the future.

The first seven cards of the Major Arcana deal with the theme of personal empowerment. Cards numbered 8 through 14 are the second of three sets within this group of powerful cards. This set of cards deals with the subject of transformation.

Change is a constant in the world, so how we deal with it determines the outcome of many situations we will face in life. Sometimes we resist the natural evolution of things and are able to remain comfortable. Other times we stay still for just a minute too long and lose all of the momentum we have recently gained. One of these Tarot cards describes the transformation you will undergo.

Strength

Card number 8 of the Tarot represents the change that can occur when you exercise your options. This card manifests as standing your ground and fighting, staying committed to a cause, and having the willpower to abandon bad habits. When this card represents another person, it can be a lawyer or patron at your side. If it reflects you, the change you are about to undergo will leave you more self-assured than ever.

The Hermit

This card is numbered 9. This is the card that transforms you by isolating your development. This might be a physical separation ahead. Some occurrence that changes the way you relate to those around you may be the catalyst allowing you to get in touch with yourself. If this card represents another person, you will become obsessed with a single, specific artist or philosopher. Your whole outlook on the things you value will change.

The Wheel of Fortune

Numbered 10, the Tarot’s first double-digit card takes us for quite a spin. This is the card of dual transformation. Not only does this card indicate that you will be undergoing a great and total change, it also underscores that you will recognize the coming tide and be able to make the most of it. This card does not represent you or another person as much as it represents fate.

Justice

Justice, the card with the matching ones, number 11, represents the type of change that occurs as a final chapter. It is natural for us to strive for the world to be one way, to have wrongs righted and for the whole story to have a happy ending. At some point, though, your pursuit of justice might become an obsession. You can often lose touch with reality in the quest for your reality to be imposed upon others. This card represents the change that can occur when the facts sink in as deeply as the verdict.

When this card represents another person in your Tarot reading, it means that your life is being controlled in part by a parent, partner, boss or other authority figure. When this card appears as an indication of your fate, you will have the ultimate answer to your own destiny through your actions.

The Hanged Man

When you do nothing, the Tarot card numbered 12 is likely to appear. This is the card that represents acquiescing to your fate. Whether it is giving up and walking away, avoiding confrontation, or just dawdling, the Hanged Man indicates that your present is transforming without your participation. When you finally go to make a move, you may be in a world playing chess while you were finally ready to move your checkers chip. If this card represents someone else, a person is blocking your development by ignoring you. It is probably not even on purpose.

Death

This card bears the unlucky number 13, but the end of something that it represents is not necessarily a bad thing. When this card appears in your Tarot reading, you can be assured that the change that is on its way is going to be complete. The whole world is about to be turned upside down. You may have a new set of friends and residence in a relatively short period of time. Your day-to-day interactions are going to be permanently altered.

Temperance

The even, unshakable card of Temperance carries the number 14. Temperance allows you to cope with winds of change. It is a source of will power in the struggles you are about to face. As change swirls about, being able to go with the flow is as advanced a consciousness as you can hope to have. If this card represents another person in your life, you are looking toward a role model who can teach you how to best cope with the transformation you are currently undergoing. If this card represents you, you will benefit greatly from the coming changes.

Question 25

Group 3 of Major Arcana, Upright: The Enlightenment Cards (Number 15 Through 22 plus 0)

Answer 25

Tarot’s Major Arcana: The Enlightenment Cards

The Major Arcana is the hub of the Tarot deck. These 21 cards are the psychological backbone that reveals your future, lets you understand your present and explains your past. A few of these cards in one tarot reading add potency to the discussion.

The Major Arcana is divided into three groups: Cards 1 through 7 reveal your personal ways of empowerment. Cards 8 through 14 reveal transformations that express a coming reality. The final part of this trio expresses an evolution of empowering those around you and elevating the larger consciousness. When empowerment is universally available, enlightened will lead the way.

Most of the Tarot deck deals with personal issues, rarely going beyond one-on-one relationships. But this small segment of cards carries a powerful energy that allows you to affect surroundings beyond your immediate sphere of influence. The Major Arcana cycle that begins with controlling yourself, and moves on to adjusting to change, climaxes in influencing the course of other peoples’ lives as well as your own.

The Devil

Card number 15 looks scary, but the level of power concealed by this evil beast is an energy that can have deep impact, when harnessed. The negative side of this card is addiction, co-dependency and self-destruction. But all that dark energy is a raging furnace that can heat up a drive to become empowered in the quest to be vindicated.

If you have something to prove, the Devil card allows you the perfect voice in which to address those who need to hear your story. And this is not just a card of talk. This is a card that gets results.

The Tower

When the Tarot’s number 16 card is revealed, chaos reigns. Whole systems are upset. This card often leaves people fretting amidst the sudden and intense changes, but this is not one of the Major Arcana’s cards indicating the transformative effects of change.

This card comes later, after our consciousness has adjusted and can accept change. This card is the opportunity to benefit from the instability of others. This is the card that challenges you to lead those who need stability. The Tower is being cracked in half from forces beyond our control.

Many run and hide. Others use the situation to establish a new order of things. This is the type of empowerment that the third wing of the Major Arcana delivers.

The Star

Numbered 17, this card delivers the inspiration for you to take to the masses. Your message and force of personality are often not enough to get things across to other people. The Star, though, provides key inspiration to you, insight into what others are looking for and the serendipity for you to be able to deliver exactly that.

You are empowered to make the connection, and not just to one person. The star is an intuitive card, one that insists you follow your instinct on how to best approach people for maximum effect on their lives.

The Moon

When your emotions are under control, card number 18 may be the best card in the entire Tarot deck to draw. The Moon is a card that underscores how you emotionally connect to people.

The actual moon in the sky controls the tides and the Moon Tarot card influences our emotions as a collective being.

This is a card with an unlimited potential to nourish and heal the sad and lonely near to you. This card allows you to reach out to those most hungry for affection and provide for the need to feel at equilibrium with the universe.

The Sun

This is the card numbered 19 in the Tarot’s Major Arcana and it is the core indicator of the power of your ego. When you live and die by your self-perception, the presence of this card allows you to carry that psychological projection to greater heights.

You might actually become that which you already believe you are. This is the card of fame and glory, success and admiration. Can you back up your feelings of greatness with actual deeds?

Judgement

The results of the outside world are revealed in Tarot card number 20. Like the Tower, you have little control over the events indicated by this card. This card speaks to final outcomes.

But this card allows you to live by the law that gets laid down and in doing so, to serve as an example of acceptance. While the Tower indicates the changes that occur under a state of chaos, Judgement appears when change is dished out in an organized and absolute manner.

The World

This final card of the Major Arcana, number 21, allows us all to soak up the good life. This is a chance to have it all and enjoy it. The time period covered in your tarot reading featuring the World is a blessed moment, and living well serves to empower all of the people you encounter, touched as they are with your good fortune.

The Fool

Numbered 0, the Fool is not considered to be part of the three stages of the Major Arcana. Does the Fool come before card number 1, the Magician, or after card number 21? There is absolutely no development taking place with the Fool and, as illustrated, he simply waltzes by the events and circumstances oblivious to anything beyond enjoying the moment.