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In my research I found the story of the Major Arcana Cards and thought it might be of interest to someone.
Tarot
MAJOR ARCANA
O. The Fool: The journey of life begins with ignorance and hope.
1. The Magician We begin by exploring our creative energy and understanding how tools and capabilities will function in our lives.
2. The High Priestess: We begin to see how the tools we possess can be used to manipulate the material world. We also gain some intuition and begin to grasp the spiritual side of life.
3. The Empress: We now encounter the duality of masculinity and femininity. Feminine nurturing and healing.
4. The Emperor: We now encounter the duality of masculinity and femininity. Masculine dominion and authority.
5. Hie rophant: This is the spiritual authority outside the home and the mother/father influence. The spiritual leader also provides guidance. This is strict and conservative along traditional lines.
6. The Lovers: For the first time we begin to explore material pleasures in the form of personal contact and relationships.
7. The Chariot: We now learn to balance and control the passions we are beginning to experience. We learn the art of compromise and control.
8. Strength: We begin to develop the self-confidence and inner strength required to be a whole person.
9. The Hermit: It is now time to look within ourselves and develop our inner reflective abilities.
10. The Wheel of Fortune: We learn to handle the ups and downs of life, the fortunes, and the misfortunes that come our way.
11. Justice: We can now couple our knowledge of fortune and fate with the idea of justice and fair play.
12. The Hanged Man: With our understanding of justice, we learn which battles to fight and which ones to pass on. We learn self-control and sacrifice.
13. Death: This is a major turning point. We have gained much of our knowledge about life and now must learn to translate that information into something meaningful in our lives. This is the time to meet the major changes of our lives.
14. Temperance: Having conquered the major changes of our life, we learn a new sense of integrity and balance.
15. The Devil: If we are overconfident after our emergence, the devil reminds us of our shortcomings, we must confront our own demons.
16. The Tower: We learn to adjust to catastrophe and over come our temptations and weaknesses.
17. The Star: We now begin to realize that the point of enlightenment can be attained and begin to lay our path to attainment.
18. The Moon: We also learn this path to fulfillment will not be an easy one, and many obstacles still remain.
19. The Sun: We break through the darkness brought by the moon and can now understand the path to spiritual and material riches.
20. Judgment: We are now transformed into an enlightened creature in the spiritual world. We have a grasp of ultimate justice and understand our role in life.
21: The World: We now complete the circle, translating our spiritual enlightenment into worldly action after viewing the ultimate truths of life and are able to act accordingly.
The King: The King of any suit represents a completion point; there’s no higher position to attain. A cycle has been completed that has begun with the ace. It is either time to consolidate your position or move on. The level of the king is where one releases and lets go, completes old things and prepares for a new and more fulfilling way of life.
The Queen: The Queen is a mature woman who has all the strengths and weakness of the King of the same suit, but a ruler in her own right. With the Queen you are at a level of maturity and the self-confidence that comes with it. You know when to compromise, or when to take a firm stand. You cannot be intimidated by any situation. Yet you remain able to grow and evolve, be flexible through understanding.
The Knight: At the level of the Knight you are fully aware or your direction and your aims are clear. You want to get on with it in the fastest way possible. You are feeling a sense of dedication—to an idea, a project, or a person. After risks you are focused to accomplish your goal and make the risks worthwhile.
The Page: The Page represents a level of taking risks in order to succeed at something. It involves being low man on the totem pole in order to learn. Challenging yourself, developing your inner resources, taking something to a greater stage of development. You may be hesitant in case you are not fully prepared, but you still hope the situation will turn out as you anticipate.
Wands: Mental activity, the outer world, work or career.
Pentacles: Money, security, the physical world.
Swords: Self. Obstacles one is facing. Spiritual issues.
Cups: Love, romance. The unconscious.
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