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A Quick Intro To The Meaning Of Tarot Cards

In tarot, each card represents a universal truth. The cards we pull show the lessons we need to learn to become more evolved beings.

Contrary to common belief, tarot doesn’t predict the future. The cards are a tool to help access your inner wisdom. While they do have their traditional meanings, how you interpret them is up to you.

The Meaning Of The Major Arcana

There are 22 Major Arcana cards each 78 card deck. The Major Arcana represent the larger life stages we are likely to encounter. From the naïve “Fool” beginning his journey, to the moment we come full circle at “The World” card.

0 – The Fool

UPRIGHT: New beginnings, innocence, spontaneity, as well as a free spirit.

REVERSED: Holding back, recklessness, and therefore risk-taking.

 

 

 

1 – The Magician

UPRIGHT: Manifestation, resourcefulness, power, as well as inspired action.

REVERSED: Manipulation, poor planning, and untapped talents.

 

 

 

2 – The Priestess

UPRIGHT: Intuition, sacred knowledge, divine feminine, consequently the subconscious mind.

REVERSED: Secrets, as well as disconnected from intuition, withdrawal and silence.

 

 

3 – The Empress

UPRIGHT: Femininity, beauty, nature, additionally nurturing and abundance.

REVERSED: Creative block as well as dependence on others.

 

 

 

4 – The Emperor

UPRIGHT: Authority, establishment, structure, for example a father figure.

REVERSED: Domination, excessive control, lack of discipline, such as inflexibility.

 

 

 

5 – The Hierophant

UPRIGHT: Spiritual wisdom as well as religious beliefs, conformity, tradition, including institutions.

REVERSED: Personal beliefs and freedom, for example challenging the status quo.

 

 

6 – The Lovers

UPRIGHT: Love, harmony, relationships, values alignment, and therfore choices.

REVERSED: Self-love, disharmony, imbalance, such as a misalignment of values.

 

 

7 – The Chariot

UPRIGHT: Control, willpower, success, action, and determination.

REVERSED: Self-discipline, opposition, and thus a lack of direction.

 

 

 

8 – Strength

UPRIGHT: Strength, courage, persuasion, influence, and therefore compassion.

REVERSED: Inner strength, self-doubt, low energy, thus results in raw emotion.

 

 

9 – The Hermit

UPRIGHT: Soul-searching, introspection, being alone, an thus inner guidance.

REVERSED: Isolation, loneliness, and also withdrawal.

 

 

 

10 – The Wheel Of Fortune

UPRIGHT: Good luck, karma, life cycles, destiny, for example a turning point.

REVERSED: Bad luck, resistance to change, moreover breaking cycles.

 

 

 

11 – Justice

UPRIGHT: Justice, fairness, truth, as well as cause and effect, and subsequently law.

REVERSED: Unfairness, lack of accountability, as well as dishonesty.

 

 

 

12 – The Hanged Man

UPRIGHT: Pause, surrender, letting go, resulting in new perspectives.

REVERSED: Delays, resistance, resulting in stalling and indecision.

 

 

 

13 – Death

UPRIGHT: Endings, change, transformation, thus transition.

REVERSED: Resistance to change, but likewise personal transformation and inner purging.

 

 

 

14 – Temperance

UPRIGHT: Balance and moderation, as well as patience and purpose.

REVERSED: Imbalance, excess, self-healing, as well as needing re-alignment.

 

 

 

15 – The Devil

UPRIGHT: Shadow self, attachment, addiction, restriction, and certainly sexuality.

REVERSED: Releasing limiting beliefs, exploring dark thoughts, as well as detachment.

 

 

16 – The Tower

UPRIGHT: A sudden change, resulting in upheaval and chaos, but also revelation and awakening.

REVERSED: Personal transformation, but also a fear of change, or likewise averting disaster.

 

 

17 –  The Star

UPRIGHT: Hope, faith, purpose, renewal, and similarly spirituality.

REVERSED: Lack of faith, despair, and subsequently lack of self-trust. Likewise, feelings of disconnection.

 

 

 

18 – The Moon

UPRIGHT: Illusion, fear, anxiety, but also intuition.

REVERSED: Release of fear, repressed emotion, and likewise inner confusion.

 

 

 

19 – The Sun

UPRIGHT: Positivity, fun, warmth, in addition to success, as well as vitality.

REVERSED: Inner child resulting in feeling down, as well as being overly optimistic.

 

 

 

20 – Judgement

UPRIGHT: Judgement, rebirth, inner calling, similarly absolution.

REVERSED: Self-doubt, inner critic, as well as ignoring the call.

 

 

 

21 – The World

UPRIGHT: Completion and integration, such as accomplishment, also travel.

REVERSED: Seeking personal closure, short-cuts, resulting in delays.

 

 

 

The Meaning Of The Minor Arcana

There are 56 Minor Arcana cards in a 78 card deck. The Minor Arcana represent our day-to-day issues.

The Minor Arcana is set up like a deck of playing cards with four suits and four court cards. This gives us a wide spectrum of people and situations you may encounter in your daily life. 

The Meaning of Tarot Cards: Suit Of Cups

The Suit of Cups represents your relationships both with yourself and others.

Ace Of Cups

UPRIGHT: Love and new relationships, as wells as compassion and creativity.

REVERSED: Self-love, intuition, felling as though repressed emotions.

 

 

 

2 Of Cups

UPRIGHT: Unified love, partnership, as well as mutual attraction.

REVERSED: Self-love, break-ups, disharmony, and certainly distrust.

 

 

 

3 Of Cups

UPRIGHT: Celebration, friendship, creativity, in other words collaborations.

REVERSED: Independence, alone time, hardcore partying, but also a ‘three’s a crowd’ result.

 

 

4 Of Cups

UPRIGHT: Meditation, contemplation, and apathy, as well as reevaluation.

REVERSED: Retreat, withdrawal, in other words checking in for alignment.

 

 

 

5 Of Cups

UPRIGHT: Regret, failure, disappointment, resulting pessimism.

REVERSED: Personal setbacks, self-forgiveness, as well as moving on.

 

 

 

6 Of Cups

UPRIGHT: Revisiting the past, childhood memories, in addition to innocence and joy.

REVERSED: Living in the past, forgiveness, resulting in a lacking playfulness.

 

 

7 Of Cups

UPRIGHT: Opportunities, choices, wishful thinking, but also illusion.

REVERSED: Alignment, personal values, in addition to being overwhelmed by choices.

 

 

 

8 Of Cups

UPRIGHT: Disappointment and abandonment, likewise withdrawal or escapism.

REVERSED: Trying one more time, but also indecision, aimless drifting, as well as walking away.

 

 

9 Of Cups

UPRIGHT: Contentment, satisfaction, gratitude, for example a wish come true.

REVERSED: Inner happiness, materialism, dissatisfaction, such as resulting from indulgence.

 

 

10 Of Cups

UPRIGHT: Divine love, blissful relationships, harmony, in the same vein as alignment.

REVERSED: Disconnection such as from misaligned values, as well as struggling relationships.

 

 

Page Of Cups

UPRIGHT: Creative opportunities and intuitive messages in addition to curiosity and possibility.

REVERSED: New ideas in the same vein as doubting intuition, creative blocks, and emotional immaturity.

 

 

Knight Of Cups

UPRIGHT: Creativity, romance, charm, imagination, and beauty.

REVERSED: Overactive imagination resulting in unrealistic, jealous, or moody results.

 

 

 

Queen Of Cups

UPRIGHT: Compassionate, caring, thus emotionally stable, intuitive, and therefore in flow.

REVERSED: Inner feelings, self-care, self-love, as a result of codependency.

 

 

 

King Of Cups

UPRIGHT: Emotionally balanced, compassionate, therefore diplomatic.

REVERSED: Self-compassion, inner feelings, moodiness, in other words emotionally manipulative.

 

 

 

The Meaning Of Tarot Cards: Suit Of Pentacles

The Suit of Pentacles represents your finances and material possessions.

Ace Of Pentacles

UPRIGHT: A new financial or career opportunity, as a result of manifestation. In other words, abundance.

REVERSED: Lost opportunity resulting from lack of planning and foresight.

 

 

2 Of Pentacles

UPRIGHT: Multiple priorities as well a time management, prioritization, moreover adaptability.

REVERSED: Over-committed and disorganization, resulting in reprioritization.

 

 

3 Of Pentacles

UPRIGHT: Teamwork, collaboration, learning, and most importantly implementation.

REVERSED: Disharmony, misalignment, leading to working alone.

 

 

 

4 Of Pentacles

UPRIGHT: Saving money as well as security resulting from conservatism and control.

REVERSED: Overspending as well as greed, moreover resulting in self-protection.

 

 

5 Of Pentacles

UPRIGHT: Financial loss, poverty, lack mindset, isolation, worry.

REVERSED: Recovery from financial loss, spiritual poverty.

 

 

 

6 Of Pentacles

UPRIGHT: Giving, receiving, and sharing wealth in the same vein as generosity and charity.

REVERSED: Self-care in relation to unpaid debts as well as one-sided charity.

 

 

7 Of Pentacles

UPRIGHT: Long-term view similar to sustainable results in relation to perseverance and investment.

REVERSED: Lack of long-term vision resulting in limited success or reward.

 

 

8 Of Pentacles

UPRIGHT: Apprenticeship in addition to repetitive tasks, similarly mastery in skill as well as development.

REVERSED: Self-development leading to perfectionism as well as misdirected activity.

 

 

9 Of Pentacles

UPRIGHT: Abundance, luxury, self-sufficiency. In short, financial independence.

REVERSED: Self-worth, over-investment in work, leading to hustling.

 

 

 

10 Of Pentacles

UPRIGHT: Wealth, financial security, and family. To sum up, long-term success and contribution.

REVERSED: The dark side of wealth, and as a result leading to financial failure or loss.

 

 

Page Of Pentacles

UPRIGHT: Manifestation and financial opportunity in line with skill development.

REVERSED: Lack of progress and procrastination, resulting in having to learn from failure.

 

 

Knight Of Pentacles

UPRIGHT: Hard work and productivity, as well as routine and conservatism.

REVERSED: Lacking self-discipline, followed by boredom, further feelings of ‘stuck’ in addition to perfectionism.

 

 

Queen Of Pentacles

UPRIGHT: Nurturing and practical in the same vein as providing financially. In other words, a working parent.

REVERSED: Financial independence, self-care, resulting in a work-home conflict.

 

 

King Of Pentacles

UPRIGHT: Wealth, business, and leadership, thus security and discipline, leading to abundance.

REVERSED: Financially inept, as well as obsessed with wealth and status, in the same vein as being stubborn.

 

 

The Meaning Of Tarot Cards: Suit Of Swords

The Suit of Swords represents communication, including your thought process and actions.

Ace Of Swords

UPRIGHT: Breakthroughs, new ideas, as well as mental clarity and success.

REVERSED: Inner clarity, re-thinking an idea, clouded judgement.

 

 

 

2 Of Swords

UPRIGHT: Difficult decisions, weighing up options, resulting in an impasse, avoidance.

REVERSED: Indecision, confusion, information overload, thus a stalemate.

 

 

 

3 Of Swords

UPRIGHT: Heartbreak, emotional pain, sorrow, grief, hurt.

REVERSED: Negative self-talk, releasing pain, optimism, forgiveness.

 

 

 

4 Of Swords

UPRIGHT: Rest, relaxation, meditation, contemplation, recuperation.

REVERSED: Exhaustion, burn-out, deep contemplation, stagnation.

 

 

 

5 Of Swords

UPRIGHT: Conflict, disagreements, competition, defeat, winning at all costs.

REVERSED: Reconciliation, making amends, past resentment.

 

 

 

6 Of Swords

UPRIGHT: Transition, change, rite of passage, releasing baggage.

REVERSED: Personal transition, resistance to change, unfinished business.

 

 

 

7 Of Swords

UPRIGHT: Betrayal, deception, getting away with something, acting strategically.

REVERSED: Imposter syndrome, self-deceit, keeping secrets.

 

 

 

8 Of Swords

UPRIGHT: Negative thoughts, self-imposed restriction, imprisonment, victim mentality

REVERSED: Self-limiting beliefs, inner critic, releasing negative thoughts, open to new perspectives.

 

 

9 Of Swords

UPRIGHT: Anxiety, worry, fear, depression, nightmares.

REVERSED: Inner turmoil, deep-seated fears, secrets, releasing worry.

 

 

 

10 Of Swords

UPRIGHT: Painful endings, deep wounds, betrayal, loss, crisis.

REVERSED: Recovery, regeneration, resisting an inevitable end.

 

 

 

Page Of Swords

UPRIGHT: New ideas, curiosity, thirst for knowledge, new ways of communicating.

REVERSED: Self-expression, all talk and no action, haphazard action, haste.

 

 

Knight Of Swords

UPRIGHT: Ambitious, action-oriented, driven to succeed, fast-thinking.

REVERSED: Restless, unfocused, impulsive, burn-out.

 

 

 

Queen Of Swords

UPRIGHT: Independent, unbiased judgement, clear boundaries, direct communication.

REVERSED: Overly-emotional, easily influenced, cold-hearted.

 

 

 

King Of Swords

UPRIGHT: Mental clarity, intellectual power, authority, truth.

REVERSED: Quiet power, inner truth, misuse of power, manipulation.

 

 

 

The Meaning Of Tarot Cards: Suit Of Wands

The Suit of Wands represents your purpose, motivation, and passions.

Ace Of Wands

UPRIGHT: Inspiration, new opportunities, growth, potential.

REVERSED: An emerging idea, lack of direction, distractions, delays.

 

 

 

2 Of Wands

UPRIGHT: Future planning, progress, decisions, discovery.

REVERSED: Personal goals, inner alignment, fear of unknown, lack of planning.

 

 

 

3 Of Wands

UPRIGHT: Progress, expansion, foresight, overseas opportunities.

REVERSED: Playing small, lack of foresight, unexpected delays.

 

 

 

4 Of Wands

UPRIGHT: Celebration, joy, harmony, relaxation, homecoming.

REVERSED: Personal celebration, inner harmony, conflict with others, transition.

 

 

 

5 Of Wands

UPRIGHT: Conflict, disagreements, competition, tension, diversity.

REVERSED: Inner conflict, conflict avoidance, tension release.

 

 

 

6 Of Wands

UPRIGHT: Success, public recognition, progress, self-confidence.

REVERSED: Private achievement, personal definition of success, fall from grace, egotism.

 

 

 

7 Of Wands

UPRIGHT: Challenge, competition, protection, perseverance.

REVERSED: Exhaustion, giving up, overwhelmed.

 

 

 

8 Of Wands

UPRIGHT: Movement, fast paced change, action, alignment, air travel.

REVERSED: Delays, frustration, resisting change, internal alignment.

 

 

 

9 Of Wands

UPRIGHT: Resilience, courage, persistence, test of faith, boundaries.

REVERSED: Inner resources, struggle, overwhelm, defensive, paranoia.

 

 

 

10 Of Wands

UPRIGHT: Burden, extra responsibility, hard work, completion.

REVERSED: Doing it all, carrying the burden, delegation, release.

 

 

 

Page Of Wands

UPRIGHT: Inspiration, ideas, discovery, limitless potential, free spirit.

REVERSED: Newly-formed ideas, redirecting energy, self-limiting beliefs, a spiritual path.

 

 

 

Knight Of Wands

UPRIGHT: Energy, passion, inspired action, adventure, impulsiveness.

REVERSED: Passion project, haste, scattered energy, delays, frustration.

 

 

 

Queen Of Wands

UPRIGHT: Courage, confidence, independence, social butterfly, determination.

REVERSED: Self-respect, self-confidence, introverted, re-establish sense of self.

 

 

King Of Wands

UPRIGHT: Courage, confidence, independence, social butterfly, determination.

REVERSED: Self-respect, self-confidence, introverted, re-establish sense of self.

 

 

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