Card Meanings
Major Arcana: Meanings of All 22 Cards
The 22 Major Arcana cards tell the story of life's biggest lessons — the Fool's Journey from new beginnings to completion.
What Is the Major Arcana?
The Major Arcana are the 22 trump cards of the tarot, numbered 0 (The Fool) to XXI (The World). Read in order, they're often described as the Fool's Journey — a story of growth from innocence through challenge to wholeness. When several appear in a reading, the situation is usually significant.
The 22 Cards
The Foolbeginnings
The Magicianmanifestation
The High Priestessintuition
The Empressabundance
The Emperorauthority
The Hierophanttradition
The Loverslove
The Chariotdetermination
Strengthcourage
The Hermitintrospection
Wheel of Fortunecycles
Justicefairness
The Hanged Manpause
Deathendings
Temperancebalance
The Devilattachment
The Towersudden change
The Starhope
The Moonintuition
The Sunjoy
Judgementawakening
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