Majors Flashcards
The Fool
beginning, spontaneity, faith, apparent folly
Path 11 Keter to Chokmah, Aleph, Air
A glyph of the creative light
spiritual: idea, thought, spirituality
material: folly, eccentricity, mania
Sudden impulse or impact coming from a completely strange quarter
The nothing that created god, if there were anything inside his head his innocence would be destroyed
The Magus
Action, conscious awareness, concentration, power
Path 12 Keter to Binah, Beth, Mercury
The will, embodied through the archetypal magician
Skill, wisdom, cunning, deceit, theft
The High Priestess
nonaction, unconscious awareness, potential, mystery
Path 13, Keter to Tifaret, Gimel, Moon
She is the highest initiation. She is light, the mystery behind it, and what appears before it.
Pure, exalted and gracious influence, fluctuation
The Empress
mothering, abundance, senses, nature
Path 14 Chokmah to Binah, Daleth, Venus
Love in all its forms
Beauty, happiness, pleasure, good fortune
The Emperor
Exerting will in the context of contrary forces, fathering, structure, authority, regulation
Path 28 Netzach to Yesod, Heh (Crowleys Tzaddi), Aries
Active yet organizing, commencement of the self
War, ambition, originality, over-weening confidence and megalomania, impracticability, rashness, ill-temper
The Heirophant
education, belief systems, conformity, group identification
Path 16 Chokmah to Hesed, Vau, Taurus
The link between micro and macro
Stubborn strength, toil, endurance, placidity, manifestation, explanation, goodness of heart, patience, organization
The Lovers
relationship, sexuality, personal beliefs, determining values
Path 17 binah to tifaret, Zain, Gemini
The alchemical solve, analysis, division of the prima materia (first matter) into multiple parts
Openness to inspiration, frivolity, thoughtfulness divorced from practical consideration, indecision, self-contradiction, the “high-brow”
The Chariot
Victory, will, self-assertion, hard control
Path 18 Binah to Geburah, Cheth, Cancer
He is the vehicle of life coming into form, and ultimately adepthood, and the process of crossing the abyss from embodied life.
Persona
Triumph, violence in maintaining traditional ideas, the “die-hard,” ruthlessness, obedience
Strength (Lust)
Strength, patience, compassion, soft control
tempering force with benevolence
Path 19 hesod to geburah, teth, leo
Sexual and magical power, love, death, and the union of things
Fortitude, energy and action, resort to magick, joy in desire, passion, union, a really good time
Hermit
Introspection, searching, guidance, solitude
Path 20 hesod to tifaret, Yod, Virgo
The creative force and potential going forth into manifestation
Wisdom or illumination from within, practical plans derived accordingly. retirement from participation in current events.
Wheel of Fortune
Destiny, turning point, movement, personal vision
Path 21 hesod to netzach, Kaph, Jupiter
The machinery of the universe
cycles, lack of control, momentum of things, highs and lows, intoxication of success
Justice (Adjustment)
responsibility, decision, cause and effect
Path 22 geburah to tifaret, Lamed, Libra
The rule of equilibrium over the universe, the process by which all is manifested
Karma, balance by opposites, pending decision
Hanged Man
Letting go, reversal, suspension, sacrifice
Path 23 geburah to hod, mem, water
Life as a spiritual and redeeming function of source
Enforced sacrifice, suffering, renunciation, a reversal of circumstance, being stuck between two things, awakening through passivity, a form of initiation
Death
ending, transition, elimination, inexorable forces
Path 24 tifaret to netzach, Nun, Scorpio
A compendium of universal energy in its most secret form
Transformation, metamorphosis; logical development of existing conditions, redemption through putrefaction
Temperance (Art)
balance, health, combination
Path 28 netzach to yesod, Samekh, Sagittarius
The “coagula” to the “solve” in the lovers card, the recombination
Fertile combination of forces, adaptation, ordeal, action based on accurate calculation, resolution of errors
