These 22 cards are all named, usually beginning with 0 The Fool and ending with 21 The World

The first 11 cards represent the first halve of life, positive acting and outward development.

The second 11 reflect later in life, a more inward-looking stage and being more meditative.

Please note that many times the cards 11 Strength and 8 Justice are reversed.

0 The Fool (Green Man) - Originally this card symbolized the sacred dance of fertility, now it has more to do with fresh challenges and potentiality. Also known as" The Holy Iinnocent", a wise man and trickster, humanities contradictions. Relates the God to Ostara by his awakening of Mother Earth at spring.

Magician (The Witch )- A master of the arts, it symbolizes progress in worldly understanding and success. Raised and directed power.

2 High Priestess - Light being shed on a problem, female influence, creativity, intuition. Relates to Imbolc and purification.

3 Empress (Mother Earth) - Solid stability and natural growth, the Earth Mother, birth, loving, embracing, bountiful. The Goddess at Ostara's equinox.

4 Emperor (Horned God) - For woman -achievement through controlled aggression. For men -energy, strength of will, authority. Lithas summer solstice.

5 High Priest - Spiritual power, rational knowledge, teacher, advisor.

6 Lovers (Lord and Lady Greenwood) - Relates to love relationships, good marriage, positive decisions. Renewal of Beltain.

7 Chariot - Progress, achievement, obstacles overcome.

8 Justice (Scales) - Suggests the person is to be judged, usually positive, used to refer to blind justice

9 Hermit (Father Time) - A need for inner growth, reevaluation. Relates to the winter solstice.

10 Wheel of Fortune - Destiny will work itself out positively, new stages beginnings, luck will play a part it used to symbolize the old and wise bearing the burdens of the youth and foolish. Fate.

11 Strength (Crone) - Setbacks overcome by inner resources, also courage and fiber.

12 Hanged Man (The Shaman) - Sacrifice, risk, originally it symbolized Odin on the Yggdrasil Tree, enlightenment through self-sacrifice

13 Death (Lord of Shadows) - Major change, setbacks that bring new understandings, endings. relates to the mystical Samhain closeness to the Otherworld.

14 Temperance (Balance) - Balance of the complex, the need for moderation, used to symbolize the goddess Diana pouring wine to let it breath.

15 The Devil (Destroyer) - Impotent energy, willing bondage, unnecessary worries over the trite.

16 Tower (The Wild Hunt) - Sudden change, world turned upside-down, old beliefs toppled by enlightenment. The freeing of the spirit by the Ride of the Wild Hunt.

17 Star - Hope, creativity. Faery blessings.

18 Moon - Walking between the worlds, exposing deception inner truths, reflection. Lunar esbats.

19 Sun - Success, contentment, relates to the height of power of the Oak King and the energy of Lughnassadh that produces a bountiful harvest.

20 Judgement (Harvest) - Good changes are made, renewed energy, awakening. Relates to the Mabon harvest of the wine of life.

21 The World (Universe) - Totality, wholeness, union with the All, perfection, conclusion.

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