MAJOR ARCANA

Key 2
THE HIGH PRIESTESS

DIVINATORY MEANING: Unrevealed future, hidden influences at work. Of special value for artists, poets, composers, mystics. When this card appears in a man's reading, it represents the perfect woman all men dream of; in a woman's reading, it may indicate that she can find such virtues in herself or in a friend.
REVERSED MEANING: Conceit, sensual enjoyment. Accepting surface knowledge.

Key 3
THE EMPRESS

DIVINATORY MEANING: Material wealth, marriage, fertility for would-be parents, for farmers, or for people in the creative arts. If its not in the best placement in relation to other cards, it sometimes indicates luxury or dissipation.
REVERSED MEANING: Infertility, loss of material possessions, inaction, frittering away of resources. Possibility of destruction by war and famine. Poverty may disrupt home. Psychological problems may cause instability.

Key 4
THE EMPEROR

DIVINATORY MEANING: Leadership, mental activity, domination. War-making power, authority, paternity. The fruites of toil, the results of action. Controlled and directed sexual drive.
REVERSED MEANING: Loss of control. Serious injury in battle. Emotional immaturity and bondage to parents. Possibility of being defrauded of one's inheritance.

Key 5
THE HIEROPHANT

DIVINATORY MEANING: Preference for the outer forms of religion, the ritual, the creed, the ceremony. The importance of socialapproval; the need to conform to society.
REVERSED MEANING: Openness to new ideas, unconventionality. The card of the inventor as well as the hippie. Take care that you do not become superstitious.

Key 6
THE LOVERS

DIVINATORY MEANING: Choice, temptation, attraction. The struggle between sacred and profane love. harmony of the inner and outer aspects of life.
REVERSED MEANING: Quarrels, infidelity, danger of a broken marriage. Need to stabilize the emotions. Possibility of a wrong choice.

Key 7
THE CHARIOT

DIVINATORY MEANING: Triumph, success, control over the forces of nature, thus triump over ill health as well as money difficulties or enemies of any sort, including ones own lower animal passions. This is a card of those who achieve greatness. It may also indicate travel in comfort. Mental and physical powers should lead to fulfillment.
REVERSED MEANING: Decadent desires, possibility of ill health, restlessness and desire for change, an unethical victory.

Key 8
STRENGTH

DIVINATORY MEANING: Force of character, spiritual power overcomeing material power, love triumphing over hate, the higher nature over carnal desires.
REVERSED MEANING: Domination of the material. Discord, lack of moral force, fear of the unknown in ourselfes, abuse of power.

Key 9
THE HERMIT

DIVINATORY MEANING: Silent counsel, prudence, discretion. Receiving wisdom from above; instruction from an expert in your field. A meeting with one who will guide the seeker on the path to material or spiritual ends. Attainment of goals. A journey may be necessary in order to gain knowledge.
REVERSED MEANING: Refusal to listen to wisdome. Immaturity, foolish vices. Rejection of maturity; the tendency to be a perpetual Peter Pan.

Key 10
THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE

DIVINATORY MEANING: Success, unexpected turn of luck, change of fortune for the better, new conditions. Creative evolution within the laws of chance.
REVERSED MEANING: Failure of an enterprise, setbacks. New conditions require courage. You will reap what you have sown.

Key 11
JUSTICE

DIVINATORY MEANING: Justice will be done. Balance is required. Lawsuits will be won. The balance personality demands elimination of excess baggage, wrong ideas,uselessforms of education. A mixture of the right ingredients is welcome -- as in science, chemistry, and cooking. May betoken the desire for education, with a well-balanced mind as its objective.
REVERSED MEANING: Injustice, inequality, legal complications. Advice to use mercy and understanding when judging others, and to avoid excessive tendency to severity.

Key 12
THE HANGED MAN

DIVINATORY MEANING: In spiritual matters, wisdome, prophetic power. A pause in one's life, suspended decisions. Self-surrender leads to the transformation of the personality. Material temptation is conquered.
REVERSED MEANING: Arrogance, preoccupation with the ego, resistance to spiritual influences. Absorption in physical matters. Wasted effort. False prophecy.

Key 13
DEATH

DIVINATORY MEANING: Transformation, change, destruction followed by renewal. The change may be in consciousness. Birth of new ideas, new opportunities.
REVERSED MEANING: Disaster, political upheaval, revolution, anarchy. Death of a political figure. Temporary stagnation. Tendency to inertia.

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