Major Meaning Flashcards
Spiritually represents ideas and thoughts, which endeavor to transcend earth. In material maters, reveals folly, eccentricity, even mania. Sudden, unexpected impulse.
0 - THE FOOL
Skill. Wisdom. Adroitness. Elasticity. Craft, Cunning, Deceit. Theft. Sometimes esoteric wisdom or power. Messages. Business transactions. Learning or intelligence interfering with the matter in hand.
I - THE MAGUS
Pure, exalted and gracious influence enters the matter, bringing change, alternation, increase and decrease, fluctuation. Exuberance should be tempered and careful balance maintained.
II - THE PRIETESS
Love. Beauty. Happiness. Pleasure. Success. Fruitfulness. Good fortune. Graciousness. Elegance. Gentleness. Influenced. Dissipation. Promiscuity. Idleness. Sensuality
III - THE EMPRESS
War. Conquest. Victory. Strife. power. Stability. Originality. Government. Energy. Ambition. Influenced. Arrogance. Megalomania. Rashness
IV - THE EMPEROR
Divine wisdom. Inspiration. Stubborn strength. Toil. Endurance. Persistence. Teaching. Help from superiors. Patience. Organization. Peace. Goodness of heart.
V - THE HIEROPHANT
Inspiration. Intuition. Intelligence. Innocence. Attraction. Beauty. Love Influenced. Self-contradiction. Instability. Indecision. Superficiality. Infatuation.
VI - THE LOVERS
Triumph. Victory. Hope. Obedience. Faithfulness. Health. Success, though sometimes not enduring. Influenced. Abrupt departure from traditional ideas.
VII - THE CHARIOT
Justice. Balance. Adjustment. Suspension of action pending decision. May refer to lawsuits, trials, marriages, contracts.
VIII - ADJUSTMENT
Illumination from within. Divine inspiration. Wisdom. Circumspection. Retirement
IX - THE HERMIT
Change of fortune, generally good. Destiny
X - FORTUNE
Courage. Strength. Energy. Use of magical power. Control of the life force. Great love affair.
XI - LUST
Redemption through sacrifice. New perspectives. Punishment. Loss. Defeat. Failure. Suffering
XII - THE HANGED MAN
Transformation. Change, voluntary or involuntary, perhaps sudden and unexpected. Illusory death. Release through destruction.
XIII - DEATH
Combination of forces. Realization. Action based on accurate calculation. Economy. Management. Success after elaborate maneuvers. Escape
XIV - ART