The Major Arcana cards address your life’s most important issues and larger themes. They often represent external forces that are outside your control.
Major Arcana cards can help you see your situation in a larger context or help you learn a life lesson from your situation.
The Major Arcana cards are sometimes referred to as the Trump Cards of a tarot deck.
The Major Arcana Cards
Dive deeper into the individual cards that make up the Major Arcana.
0 – the Fool: the start of something new
I – the Magician: with power, skill, and focus
II – the High Priestess: follow your intuition
III – the Empress: with care
IV – the Emperor: the power to control
V – the Hierophant: acquiring wisdom and knowledge
VI – the Lovers: choose love
VII – the Chariot: keep going
VIII – Strength: it starts within
IX – the Hermit: a solitary search within
X – the Wheel of Fortune: continuous motion
XI – Justice: achieving balance
XII – the Hanged Man: just wait
XIII – Death: out with the old
XIV – Temperance: your unique blend
XV – the Devil: it lives in you
XVI – the Tower: nothing will ever be the same
XVII – the Star: everything is going to be okay
XVIII – the Moon: under the surface
XIX – the Sun: experiencing the joys
XX – Judgement: call for accountability and change
XXI – the World: a completed cycle
Examples of Major Arcana Cards
The Major Arcana cards are archetypes (ideals, not real people). You can try to tap into the power they represent but you are never going to become or live as the card itself.
Here are 6 examples of major cards that I love from different decks.
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