All Tarot Card Meanings: The Ultimate Guide to Arcana

Major Arcana

The Fool

Major Arcana • 0

Upright: New beginnings, innocence, spontaneity

Reversed: Recklessness, risk-taking

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The Magician

Major Arcana • 1

Upright: Manifestation, resourcefulness, power

Reversed: Manipulation, poor planning

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The High Priestess

Major Arcana • 2

Upright: Intuition, sacred knowledge, divine feminine

Reversed: Secrets, disconnected from intuition

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The Empress

Major Arcana • 3

Upright: Femininity, beauty, nature, nurturing

Reversed: Creative block, dependence on others

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The Emperor

Major Arcana • 4

Upright: Authority, establishment, structure

Reversed: Domination, excessive control

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The Hierophant

Major Arcana • 5

Upright: Spiritual wisdom, religious beliefs, conformity

Reversed: Personal beliefs, freedom, challenging status quo

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The Lovers

Major Arcana • 6

Upright: Love, harmony, relationships, values alignment

Reversed: Self-love, disharmony, imbalance, misalignment of values

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The Chariot

Major Arcana • 7

Upright: Control, willpower, success, action, determination

Reversed: Self-discipline, opposition, lack of direction

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Strength

Major Arcana • 8

Upright: Strength, courage, persuasion, influence, compassion

Reversed: Inner strength, self-doubt, low energy, raw emotion

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The Hermit

Major Arcana • 9

Upright: Soul-searching, introspection, being alone, inner guidance

Reversed: Isolation, loneliness, withdrawal

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Wheel of Fortune

Major Arcana • 10

Upright: Good luck, karma, life cycles, destiny, a turning point

Reversed: Bad luck, resistance to change, breaking cycles

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Justice

Major Arcana • 11

Upright: Fairness, truth, cause and effect, law

Reversed: Unfairness, lack of accountability, dishonesty

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The Hanged Man

Major Arcana • 12

Upright: Pause, surrender, letting go, new perspectives

Reversed: Delays, resistance, stalling, indecision

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Death

Major Arcana • 13

Upright: Endings, change, transformation, transition

Reversed: Resistance to change, personal transformation, inner purging

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Temperance

Major Arcana • 14

Upright: Balance, moderation, patience, purpose

Reversed: Imbalance, excess, self-healing, re-alignment

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The Devil

Major Arcana • 15

Upright: Shadow self, attachment, addiction, restriction, sexuality

Reversed: Releasing limiting beliefs, exploring dark thoughts, detachment

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The Tower

Major Arcana • 16

Upright: Sudden change, upheaval, chaos, revelation, awakening

Reversed: Personal transformation, fear of change, averting disaster

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The Star

Major Arcana • 17

Upright: Hope, spirituality, renewal, inspiration, serenity

Reversed: Lack of faith, despair, discouragement

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The Moon

Major Arcana • 18

Upright: Illusion, fear, anxiety, subconscious, intuition

Reversed: Release of fear, repressed emotion, inner confusion

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The Sun

Major Arcana • 19

Upright: Joy, success, celebration, positivity

Reversed: Negativity, depression, sadness

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Judgement

Major Arcana • 20

Upright: Reflection, reckoning, awakening

Reversed: Lack of self-awareness, doubt, self-loathing

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The World

Major Arcana • 21

Upright: Accomplishment, travel, completion, fulfillment

Reversed: Lack of closure, lack of achievement, seeking personal closure

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