Majors Flashcards
- Juggler
(up) crafty and dexterous, ingenuity. Having initiative, self-confidence, performing, persuading, being streetwise, calculating, spinning a tale. (DOWN) uses sleight of hand, performance, entrepreneur, charlatan, deception, trickery, manipulation, poor planning, latent talents, dishonest trading, being distracted.
As a person: showman, performer, entrepeneur, charlatan, a mountebank, street-seller, fence, cheat, scam-artist, a charmer or fast-talker, a flâneur
(sequential pairing) For vulnerable people, the juggler sees the fool coming, and how he might be manipulated or taken advantage of.
0 fool
Direction: right
(up) Innocence, carefree, optimism, spontaneity, foolishness, unburdened, uncommitted, wandering, acting the fool, unpredictability. Humor
(down) Naivety, foolishness,recklessness, risk-taking,irresponsible, disorganization, craziness, heedless action. Sloth.
Person: vagabond, hitch-hiker, wayfarer, pilgrim, vagrant, mad person. An unreliable person. Someone who disagrees with you
(Rite of passage) Gap year
(Motion and pace) an unfortunate journey
II Popess
direction: left
(Up) knowledge. Mystery. wisdom. revelation. spiritual counsel. learning. guidance. teaching. study. sub Rosa. silence. discretion. secrets. meditation. female suffrage and liberation. inviolability
(down) hidden agendas, needing to listen to the inner voice, rumor, false revelations, spiritual credulity, tampered with.
As a person: a woman with spiritual authority. an abbeys, fortune-teller, oracle, divine, sibyl, midwife,godmother,aunt,confidante,headmistress,teacher. a single woman. a trangendered or cross dressing man.
(SEQUENTIAL PAIRING) popess + empress: can express female solidarity or, if badly aspects, show a divergence of female values, such as between single vs married woman or clashes between career and home, utility and elegance or academic and vocational work
III Empress
Direction: right
(UP) beauty, abundance, fertility, motherhood, harmony,grace,beneficence,care,protection, Sponsorship,creation, culture, Design, ornament, luxury, peace. nurture. natural world feminism and women’s mysteries.
(DOWN) creative block, dependence on others, overprotective, poor design. Unasthetic. Unwanted pregnancy, infertility.
AS A PERSON: mother, goddess, cult-woman, female celebrity, a pregnant woman. A manager, a madame.
(RITE OF PASSAGE) motherhood
IIII Emporer
Direction: left
(UP) authority. organization, protection, stability, fatherhood, potency, politics, dynamism, authorized things. The masculin and men’s mysteries.
(down) Domination. Excessive control. rigidity. inflexibility. tyranny. abuse of power. authoritarianism, militancy, belligerence.
As a person: Father. ruler. leader. commander. a dictator. autocrat. governor. patron. boss.
(rite of passage) Fatherhood
(sequential pairing) emperor and pope: when temporal and spiritual powers combine or face off, there are often wars, social unrest, and upheaval in the world. it can show a strategic coming together of different male values or an argument over them. it can signify collusion where political experience is egged on by religious values.
V pope
Direction: right.
(Up) tradition. heritage. religion. revelation. inspiration. insight. spiritual counsel. education. tuition. mandated. ordained. blessed. meditation. marriage ceremony.
(DOWN) restriction. challenging yhe status quo, unconventionality. cults. spiritual corruption or subversion. divorce.
As a person. godfather. celebrant. priest. cult man. tutor. headmaster.
(sequential pairing) pope and lovers. a traditional combination speaking of marriage or contract. it also might reveal religious interference in a relationship.
VI Lovers
Driection: Eros looks right; the male, left; the older woman, right; the young, woman, left. Decide whose gaze is stronger.
(UP) sexual love. emotional ties, relating, desire, passion, choice, decision, reassurance in your relationship, first love, the voice of the heart.
(DOWN) disharmonious relationship, unbalanced desires, vascillation, a choice between heart and head, a love triangle, ambivalence.
As a person. A couple. some one on the pull. a matchmaker.
(rote of passage) marriage
VII Chariot.
direction: left
(UP) Triumph, victory, reward, prestige, honor, celebrity, fame, self discipline, clear intentions, travel, progress, will, control, determination, insight.
(DOWN) lack of control and direction. wayward out of kilter, over confident, dragging away the spoils, notoriety, boasting your win.
As a person. A traveler, driver, the winner, a celebrity, prize giver, a general.
(rite of passage) graduation.
(motion/pace) fast
(sequential pairing) chariot and justice.
someone in a tearing hurry to hear the truth. chariots speed meeting Justice’s delay.
VIII Justice
Direction: faces forward
(UP) equity. impartiality. fairness. perception of motives. scrutiny. integrity. honesty. truth. being heard. a court case, law or process. an investigation or examination. Sharing out equally. being even handed. human rights. codes of honor. precision. mitigation. vindication. being authentic.
(DOWN) Unfairness. inequality. lack of accountability. dishonesty. injustice. inability to judge clearly. criticism. not being listened to. predjud8ce and partiality. corrupt laws. Blame. punishment. a sense of persecution.
As a person. A judge. assessor. examiner. inspector. member of police. lawyer.
IX Hermit
Direction: left.
(UP) guidance. introspection. maturity. old. memory. foresight. time. listening to your guide or the spirit of life (vida). contemplation. caution. Voice of conscience. examining the past.
(DOWN)isolation. loneliness. withdrawal. retirement. depression. asceticism. forgetfulness obstacles.
delay.
As a person. an elder or older person. A solitary or recluse. a celibate person or widow/er. a time-keeper, referee, or expert witness. A historian or archeologist. A trustworthy person or caretaker. A trusty retainer.
( rite of passage) retirement/old age.
(motion and pace) slow, having to go back on things.
(sequential pairing) hermit and wheel.
the slowness of the hermit meets the unexpected movements of the wheel. Expect time collapses and elisions as things speed up suddenly. all the time you thought you had vanishes.
X Wheel of Fortune
Direction: wheel turns to the left.
(UP) evolution. Cycle change. sequential patterns. phase of cycles of time. luck. lottery. fortune-telling. rejoicing in your own or another’s good fortune. Ambition. regulation. buearacracy. following a course, route or circuit. Cycles of life and nature. Cycles of the elements.
(DOWN) Bad luck. devolution. external forces or circumstances out of control. Cycles of misfortune. being cast down. schadenfreude. things repeating. failure. unregulated. enterprises. going through the motions.
As a person. Fortune teller, croupier, gambler, forecaster.
(motion and pace) retrograde/fast forward
(sequential pairing) wheel and fortitude this speaks of a cycle/phase you must endure.
XI Fortitude
Direction: right.
(UP) Enduring strength. fortitude. the courage to withstand challenges. perseverance. controlling urges. self discipline. restraint. moral strength. physical resilience. firmly resolved. expertise. mastery. being yourself. daring. bravery and winning through.
(DOWN) weakness. self doubt. lack of self discipline. giving into urges. forceful dominance. over controlled. doing violence to yourself. a bad piece of work. mangling something. audacity. manipulation.
(AS A PERDON) a manager. troubleshooter. trainer. coach. survivor. a wrangler. animal trainer. a hero.
XII Hanged man
Direction: Faces forward
(UP) a time of purification or purity. Hiatus. waiting. delay. procrastination. self-sacrifice. devotion. sticking to your agenda. bound by obligations. painted into a corner. exclusion. exile. Starting out on the wrong foot. penniless.
(DOWN) Martyrdom. indecision. sitting on the fence. deception. betrayal. passing the buck. blaming others. Torture. being in the frame. being found guilty. A scapegoat. Punishment. Ostraciszation. notoriety. being pilloried.
(AS A PERSON) A traitor or betrayer. a criminal or wrongdoer. A prisoner. a martyr. someone who suffers or dines out on misfortune.
(motion/pace) delay
(sequential pairing) hanged man and death. this is a traditional pairing that signifies someone getting their just punishment for their deeds. it represents capital punishment.
XIII Death
Direction: right
(UP) Endings. cancelation. termination. cessation. ruthless yet compassionate action. liberation. freedom. transition. separation. division. closure. harvest. back to basics, essential matters.
(DOWN)
resistance to change. unable to move on. stagnation. mortality. death bereavement. a stark uncompromising truth. things are stripped bare.
(AS A PERSON) loss assessor. mortician. farmer. forensic scientist. gardener. surgeon. refuse collector.
XIV Temperance
Direction: left.
(UP) moderation. controlling appetites and desires. self restraint. good measure. sufficiency. balance. reconciliation. integration. fusion. mediation. adaptability. blending. combining. mixing. medication. modesty. patience. good regulation or flow. health. sobriety. voice of conscience.
(DOWN) Imbalance. excess. going to extremes. lack of longterm vision. over medicating. addiction. drunkenness. hedonism licenciousness.
(AS A PERSON) a brewer. a wine maker. a crofter or any self sufficient profession. a regulator.
(sequential pairing) temperance and devil: despite all urging,s and good advice to the contrary, someone is taking the road to ruin. this is also yhe traditional combination for poisoning.
XVI Tower
Direction: tower’s top fall to the left. (rude awakening?)
(UP) shocking change. trauma. upheaval. act of God. loss of cost security. physical collapse. financial crash. a disaster. an accident. the unavoidable. homelessness. destitution. exile. destruction. downfall. prison break.
(DOWN) avoidance of disaster. fear of change. transfiguration. shape-shifting. coming back from disaster or collapse. shoring up something that has been condemned.
(AS A PERSON) Agony aunt. a doomster. a risk assessor. ambulance chaser. demolition merchant.
(motion/pace) down/fall.
(sequential pairing) tower and star: when these two cards come together, they signal an epoch-making change around the topic under discussion.
XVII Star
Direction: left (seeing things with new eyes?)
(UP) hope. vision. inspiration. faith. generosity. live of another’s benefit. benefaction. blessing. refreshment. simplicity. back to nature. (consciousness and physical reality?) integration into conscious and subconscious mind.
(DOWN) Lack of faith. despair. discouragement. over-exposure. wishful thinking. gliding the lily. complicating thongs unnecessarily. neglect of the soul.
(AS A PERSON)A generous friend. a donor or benefactor. muse or daimon. the emergency services.
XVIII Moon
Direction: left.
(UP)
Dreams and visions. Emotions. Your inner conditions. Anxieties and niggling little fears. Flow. subconscious understandings. strangers and foreigners. uncertainty. mutability. gradual change. night and nocturnal matters.
(DOWN) illusions. ebbing. nightmares. suspicions and suppositions. a growth vagueness.
(AS A PERSON) Psychological therapist. scout. spiritualist. psychic. navigator.
(sequential pairing) moon and sun: these cards together symbolize day and night on one level; but they also mean displeasure that passes. when the sun proceeds the moon, it is showing trouble that dies not pass away, or a mixture of joy and sorrow.
XIX Sun
Direction: Faces forward
(UP) Day and daytime matters, conscious understanding. your outer condition and well-being. reassurance. safety. encouragement. success. enthusiasm. warmth. joy . wholeness. companionship. friendship. enlightenment. radiance. cheerfulness. happiness. play. leisure. pleasure.
(DOWN) Temporary depression. lack of success. burnout. mania. happiness and well-being are restricted in some way. overcast. a bus man’s holiday.
(AS A PERSON) Siblings. friends. relatives. the community. or people in your life/circle.
(rite of passage) birth
XX Judgement
Direction: faces forward
(UP) Regeneration. renewal. resurrection. restoration. re-membering. reincarnation. recapitulation or recycling. A final outcome. day of reckoning. resolution. ancestral healing. a wake-up call. conversion. turning point. vocation.
(DOWN) self-doubt. refusal to self-examine. unavoidable scrutiny. everything hidden or secret is discovered. postponement. under sentence. forgetfulness. recalcitrant.
(AS A PERSON) whistle-blower. ancestors. readjuster. missionary. ordained. a zombie.
(motion/pace) up or returning.
(sequential pairing) judgement and the world: something immense is being announced to the world at large. This could herald the return of a movement, or an idea that becomes current in everyday world.
XXI World
Direction: to the left
(UP) completion. culmination. attainment. perfection. conclusion. androgyny. world soul. eternity. universal. opportunities open up. a worldview or outlook. Life itself. a long journey. becoming part of a whole.
(DOWN) lack of completion. being put in your place. stuck in a world not if your choosing. wanting to breakout or leave home. a painfully won independence.
(AS A PERSON) travel agent. a guide. dancer.
(motion/pace) a felicitous journey
(rite of passage) leaving home
