The Major Arcana

Question 1

0 - The Fool

Answer 1

Upright: new beginnings, a leap of faith, a fresh start, journey of the soul, impulse, innocence.
Reversed: an invitation to wait, false start, holding back, recklessness, unblocking the impulse of the soul

Question 2

1 - The Magician

Answer 2

Upright: channelling inspiration, manifesting power, willpower, creative discipline, skills, resourcefulness
Reversed: blocked channel, removing blocks to manifestation, regaining personal discipline, feeling disempowered, manipulation, claiming willpower

Question 3

2 - The High Priestess

Answer 3

Upright: deep inner knowing, divine wisdom, intuition, psychic powers, foresight, fertility
Reversed: disconnected from intuition, removing blockages to intuition, avoiding life, strengthen intuition, deeper involvement with life

Question 4

3 - The Empress

Answer 4

Upright: birth, creative growth, the divine feminine, open to receive, abundant beauty
Reversed: overcoming creative blocks, suppressed desires or emotions, feeling dissatisfied, removing blockages to abundance, overprotective, focus on self-care

Question 5

4 - The Emperor

Answer 5

Upright: divine masculine, taking up space, personal power, stable order, structures, boundaries
Reversed: reining in personal power, misuse of powers, re-establish order, releasing control, regaining self-control

Question 6

5 - The Heirophant

Answer 6

Upright: inner teacher, learning through education, tradition, religious or spiritual beliefs
Reversed: rejection of traditional beliefs, nonconformist, originality, overbearing tradition, releasing rigidity, ignoring your inner teacher

Question 7

6 - The Lovers

Answer 7

Upright: aligned choices, major decisions, soul resonance, partnership, love, harmonious union
Reversed: accepting oneself, mending disunion, rethinking a partnership, making better choices, feeling out of alignment, difficulty in trusting

Question 8

7 - The Chariot

Answer 8

Upright: evolution, moving forward, a journey, focused determination, taking charge, victory
Reversed: re-entering the conscious evolution, slowing down, rethinking direction, handling obstacles, feeling like giving up, retracing your steps

Question 9

8 - Strength

Answer 9

Upright: inner strength, courage, connection to source, inner witnessing, taming the passions, self-compassion
Reversed: disconnected from source, weakness, passions run amok, inner torment, feeling powerless

Question 10

9 - The Hermit

Answer 10

Upright: re-assessment, inner seeking, intentional solitude, deep healing, a guiding light, soul searching
Reversed: waking up from hibernation, end of withdrawal, withdrawing out of fear, feeling lonely, looking without

Question 11

10 - Wheel of Fortune

Answer 11

Upright: cycles of life, greater forces at work, a turning point, universal laws in operation, divine timing, spiritual destiny
Reversed: operating against the current, re-aligning with the Universe, overcoming setbacks, resistance to life cycles

Question 12

11 - Justice

Answer 12

Upright: seeing the truth, self honesty, accepting responsibility, a fair decision, equilibrium, justice
Reversed: clouded vision, avoiding the truth, imbalance, facing injustice, not being accountable

Question 13

12 - The Hanged Man

Answer 13

Upright: mystical awareness, a higher perspective, suspension, surrender, awakening through trial, sacrifice
Reversed: end of suspension, old perspectives, losing faith, refusing to accept, stalling, indecision

Question 14

13 - Death

Answer 14

Upright: deep transformation, the end of a cycle, a major ending, a significant transition, releasing old patterns, embracing change
Reversed: resistance to change, avoiding transformation, stuck in old ways, inner transformation

Question 15

14 - Temperance

Answer 15

Upright: integration, renewal after destruction, conscious moderation, the middle way, harmonious balance, alchemical union
Reversed: fragmentation, disharmony, conflicting interests, going to extremes, spiritual thirst

Question 16

15 - The Devil

Answer 16

Upright: bondage, self-sabotaging behaviours, personal cycles of shame, co-dependence, playful sexuality, mastery over the material
Reversed: unshackled, obstacles removed, overcoming self-defeating habits, playtime is over, materialistic motivations, blockage to materialization

Question 17

16 - The Tower

Answer 17

Upright: crumbling of the inessential, collapse of egoic structures, sudden change, upheaval, clearing away of the old, a jolt of awakening
Reversed: restoration after upheaval, fresh start, disaster avoided, misplacing fears, resistance

Question 18

17 - The Star

Answer 18

Upright: hope, faith, mental healing, a guiding sign, high vision, collective awareness
Reversed: feeling hopeless, lack of faith, removing blockages of healing, neglecting mental health, individualism

Question 19

18 - The Moon

Answer 19

Upright: dark night of the soul, a time of uncertainty, seeing through illusions, facing fears, a journey through the subconscious, shadow work
Reversed: end of uncertainty, fears released, avoiding fears, resistance to shadow work

Question 20

19 - The Sun

Answer 20

Upright: clarity, awakening to inner radiance, conscious joy, wonder, energy, positivity
Reversed: clouding joy, realizing the joy, clarity delayed, feeling down, ambiguous outlook, overly optimistic

Question 21

20 - Judgement

Answer 21

Upright: inner calling, judgement, recognition that leads to rebirth, breakthrough, forgiveness
Reversed: ignored call, feeling stuck, removing blockages to renewal, fear of the unknown, inability to forgive

Question 22

21 - The World

Answer 22

Upright: completion of a journey, fulfillment of a cycle, accomplishment, achievement, mastery, synthesis
Reversed inner fulfillment, lack of closure, stagnation, feeling unfulfilled, a hiatus, delayed success