Tarot Major Arcana

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The Major Arcana contains 22 cards. This number is not accidental: it corresponds to the 22 letters of the ancient Hebrew alphabet (which form the basis of Kabbalah) and to the 22 elements of classical astrology: the 12 astrological signs and the 10 „planets“ (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.). The Major Arcana reveal a person's inner state, motives and goals, and what is happening in their soul.

With the help of the Major Arcana people can get to know themselves better, understand their destiny and see how best to realize themselves.

Below you will find the explanation and meaning of each Tarot Major Arcanum. Click on the cards below to read the card's explanation.

0: The Fool Tarot card meaning

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I: The Magician Tarot card meaning

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II: The High Priestess Tarot card meaning

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III: The Empress Tarot card meaning

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IV: The Emperor Tarot card meaning

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V: The Hierophant Tarot card meaning

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VI: The Lovers Tarot card meaning

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VII: The Chariot Tarot card meaning

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VIII: Strength Tarot card meaning

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IX: The Hermit Tarot card meaning

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X: The Wheel of Fortune Tarot card meaning

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XI: Justice Tarot card meaning

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XII: The Hanged Man Tarot card meaning

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XIII: Death Tarot card meaning

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XIV: Temperance Tarot card meaning

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XV: The Devil Tarot card meaning

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XVI: The Tower Tarot card meaning

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XVII: The Star Tarot card meaning

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XVIII: The Moon Tarot card meaning

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XIX: The Sun Tarot card meaning

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XX: Judgement Tarot card meaning

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XXI: The World Tarot card meaning

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To better understand each of the Tarot cards, you can use various practices for exploring and living through the Tarot arcana. One such practice, which helps build a closer connection with the Tarot arcana, is Tarot meditation, which you can also find on the tar.host YouTube channel. Tarot meditations can help you literally merge with the energy of each arcanum and feel it within yourself.

The practices of exploring the Tarot arcana offer an indescribable experience in studying the energies of the arcana. In meditation and, for example, in Tarot card colouring or drawing practices, you can also observe and study your own response to each of the arcana's energies. On our website you can also find a wonderful tool — the meditative Tarot colouring book, which contains black-and-white illustrations of all 22 Major Arcana. This book is designed specifically for the colouring practice.

During meditation and colouring practices everyone experiences something of their own, because each person experiences their own individual and unrepeatable reflection of the arcanum. Some of us see the arcanum and the symbolism it contains in a new light, on another level or from another angle. For someone else, such practices bring a breakthrough and the chance to move to a new level. Bear in mind that during such practices certain blocks may also be released, and old wounds and traumas may be reopened under the influence of a particular arcanum.