Tarot Quick Overview Major Arcana Flashcards
The Fool
In the upright position, The Fool is associated with new beginnings, leaps of faith and loyalty.
In the reversed position, The Fool is associated with recklessness, fearlessness, and risks.
The Magician
In the upright position, The Magician is associated with manifestation, creation, willpower, and mastery.
In the reversed position, The Magician is associated with chaos, scattered energy, and manipulation.
The High Priestess
In the upright position, The High Priestess is associated with intuition, inner voice, and a higher self.
In the reversed position, The High Priestess is associated with repression, feeling lost, and disconnection.
The Empress
In the upright position, The Empress is associated with abundance, creation, divine feminine power, and nurturing.
In the reversed position, The Empress is associated with overbearingness, smothering, insecurity, and instability.
The Emperor
In the upright position, The Emperor is associated with authority, discipline, structure, and drive.
In the reversed position, The Emperor is associated with rigidness, stubbornness, control issues, and tyranny.
The Hierophant
In the upright position, The Hierophant is associated with tradition, knowledge, education, and institutions.
In the reversed position, The Hierophant is associated with unconventionality, rebellion, innovation, and ignorance.
The Lovers
In the upright position, The Lovers is associated with balance, harmony, unity, choices, and partnerships.
In the reversed position, The Lovers is associated with disharmony, imbalance, indecision, and bad choices or avoiding choosing.
The Chariot
In the upright position, The Chariot is associated with direction, willpower, intention, and control.
In the reversed position, The Chariot is associated with a lack of direction, a lack of control, and a lack of intention.
Strength
In the upright position, Strength is associated with inner strength, compassion, confidence, overcoming self-doubt, courage, and bravery.
In the reversed position, Strength is associated with self-doubt, weakness, lack of confidence, vulnerability, fear, and cowardice.
The Hermit
In the upright position, The Hermit is associated with searching, solitude, introspection, inner journey, and learning.
In the reversed position, The Hermit is associated with loneliness, isolation, exile, withdrawal, and a need for connection.
Wheel of Fortune
In the upright position, the Wheel of Fortune is associated with good luck, fate/destiny, fortune, change, and karma.
In the reversed position, The Wheel of Fortune is associated with disruption, bad luck, disorder, unwelcome change, and setbacks.
Justice
In the upright position, Justice is associated with fairness, truth, balance, and legal matters.
In the reversed position, Justice is associated with unfavourable outcomes, stressful legal matters, dishonesty, and unfair treatment.
The Hanged Man
In the upright position, The Hanged Man is associated with slowing down, putting something on hold, and coming to a halt.
In the reversed position, The Hanged Man is associated with losing perspective, spiritual block, and unnecessary sacrifice.
Death
In the upright position, Death is associated with transition, embracing change, transformation, new beginnings, and letting go.
In the reversed position, Death is associated with fear of change, stagnancy, delayed endings, and repeating negative patterns.
Temperance/Art
In the upright position, Temperance/Art is associated with balance, peace, moderation, patience, and harmony.
In the reversed position, Temperance/Art is associated with imbalance, clashing, recklessness, and overindulgence.
The Devil
In the upright position, The Devil is associated with the shadow self, desire, temptation, manipulation, cruelty, addiction, and restriction.
In the reversed position, The Devil is associated with release, freedom, overcoming addiction, and independence.
The Tower
In the upright position, The Tower is associated with trauma, destruction, unexpected change, revelation, chaos, awakening, and warning.
In the reversed position, The Tower is associated with delaying the inevitable, fear of change, and resisting change.
The Star
In the upright position, The Star is associated with inspiration, hope, healing, and positivity.
In the reversed position, The Star is associated with Monotony, hopelessness, negativity, loss, and failure.
The Moon
In the upright position, The Moon is associated with the unconscious, intuition, and dreams.
In the reversed position, The Moon is associated with confusion, fear, and paranoia.
The Sun
In the upright position, The Sun is associated with positivity, happiness, freedom and vitality.
In the reversed position, The Sun is associated with ego, conceitedness, pessimism and unrealistic expectations.
Judgement/Aeon
In the upright position, Judgement/Aeon is associated with reflection, awakening, rebirth, transition, and decision-making.
In the reversed position, Judgement/Aeon is associated with self-doubt, poor choices, stubbornness, blame, and confusion.
The World/The Universe
In the upright position, The World/The Universe is associated with success, fulfilment, end of a cycle, positive outcome, and travel.
In the reversed position, The World/The Universe is associated with disappointment, delays, pressure, failure, and incompleteness.
