Tarot Card Takeover

      

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Heya! I'm Mackerel, welcome to this

week's #takeover about Tarot Cards.

Be sure to check out all our

amazing takeovers:

↳ Suit of Swords by Ghost

• Suit of Wands by Theo

↳ Suit of Cups by Kai

• Major Arcana by Mackerel

↳ Suit of Pentacles by Nathan

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Major Arcana are the trump cards of the tarot pack. There are usually 22 cards in a standard pack, which contains 78 cards. The Major Arcana cards are typically numbered from 0 to 21.

Various interpretations of the Major Arcana developed in stages, and continue to play a big part in the influence on practitioners' explanations of the Major Arcana.

                 0 |              The Fool

UPRIGHT: Beginnings, innocence,

spontaneity, a free spirit

REVERSED: Holding back,

recklessness, risk-taking

                 1 |              The Magician

UPRIGHT: Manifestation, resourcefulness,

power, inspired action

REVERSED: Manipulation, poor planning,

untapped talents

                 2 |              The High Priestess

UPRIGHT: Intuition, sacred knowledge,

divine feminine, the subconscious mind

REVERSED: Secrets, disconnected from

intuition, withdrawal and silence

                 3 |              The Empress

UPRIGHT: Femininity, beauty,

nature, nurturing, abundance

REVERSED: Creative block,

dependence on others

                 4 |              The Emperor

UPRIGHT: Authority, establishment,

structure, a father figure

REVERSED: Domination, excessive

control, lack of discipline, inflexibility

                 5 |              The Hierophant

UPRIGHT: Spiritual wisdom, religious

beliefs, conformity, tradition,institutions

REVERSED: Personal beliefs, freedom,

challenging the status quo

                 6 |              The Lovers

UPRIGHT: Love, harmony, relationships,

values alignment, choices

REVERSED: Self-love, disharmony,

imbalance, misalignment of values

                 7 |              The Chariot

UPRIGHT: Control, willpower,

success, action, determination

REVERSED: Self-discipline,

opposition, lack of direction

                 8 |              Strength

UPRIGHT: Strength, courage,

persuasion, influence, comion

REVERSED: Inner strength, self-doubt,

low energy, raw emotion

                 9 |              The Hermit

UPRIGHT: Soul-searching, introspection,

being alone, inner guidance

REVERSED: Isolation, loneliness,

withdrawal

               10 |              Wheel of Fortune

UPRIGHT: Good luck, karma, life

cycles, destiny, a turning point

REVERSED: Bad luck, resistance to

change, breaking cycles

               11 |              Justice

UPRIGHT: Justice, fairness, truth,

cause and effect, law

REVERSED: Unfairness, lack of

ability, dishonesty

               12 |              The Hanged Man

UPRIGHT: Pause, surrender,

letting go, new perspectives

REVERSED: Delays, resistance,

stalling, indecision

               13 |              Death

UPRIGHT: Endings, change,

transformation, transition

REVERSED: Resistance to change,

personal transformation, inner purging

               14 |              Temperance

UPRIGHT: Balance, moderation,

patience, purpose

REVERSED: Imbalance, excess,

self-healing, re-alignment

               15 |              The Devil

UPRIGHT: Shadow self, attachment,

addiction, restriction, sexuality

REVERSED: Releasing limiting beliefs,

exploring dark thoughts, detachment

               16 |              The Tower

UPRIGHT: Sudden change, upheaval,

chaos, revelation, awakening

REVERSED: Personal transformation,

fear of change, averting disaster

               17 |              The Star

UPRIGHT: Hope, faith, purpose,

renewal, spirituality

REVERSED: Lack of faith, despair,

self-trust, disconnection

               18 |              The Moon

UPRIGHT: Illusion, fear, anxiety,

subconscious, intuition

REVERSED: Release of fear,

repressed emotion, inner confusion

               19 |              The Sun

UPRIGHT: Positivity, fun, warmth,

success, vitality

REVERSED: Inner child, feeling down,

overly optimistic

               20 |              Judgement

UPRIGHT: Judgement, rebirth,

inner calling, absolution

REVERSED: Self-doubt, inner critic,

ignoring the call

               21 |              The world

UPRIGHT: Completion, integration,

accomplishment, travel

REVERSED: Seeking personal

closure, short-cuts, delays

Major Arcana

• Major Arcana often symbolizes an energetic overview of a situation.

• Multiple of these cards in a reading indicate one that can significantly impact an individual’s course.

• Major Arcana cards can also be drawn to emphasize and extend upon a certain message.

Minor Arcana

• Minor Arcana cards occupy the smaller events that occur in daily life.

• They are separated in four suits, which are the Swords, Cups, Wands, and Pentacles.

• They operate on a much smaller significance and time-frame.

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Until next time, bye bye!

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