Grasping Tarot Card Meanings of the Major Arcana

Tarot Card Meanings

Tarot reading is a very intuitive affair and needs expertize as well as skill. To learn to read tarot cards, one must have a basic understanding of the tarot card meaning of each card, know the fundamental character traits of people represented by the different suits and should be familiar with the different tarot card spreads in tarot.

A single deck of tarot cards contains 78 cards with symbolic pictures. The 'Major Arcana' contains 22 cards while the 'Minor Arcana' has 56 cards. The symbols of tarot cards and their meanings are associated with an emotion, event or a situation in your life. The cards are pulled out according to your query and the meanings predict something relevant to your life. You can get the details from the following content.

Tarot card represent different meaning when they are held upright or reversed. You can get better understanding of tarot psychic reading if you familiar with the meaning of the cards.

Here is the Tarot Card Meanings List of ‘Major Arcana’

The Card	Upright	Reverse
The Fool	beginnings possibilities, pleasure, thoughtlessness, adventure, opportunity	indecision, hesitation, injustice, apathy, bad choice
The Magician	creativity, self-confidence, dexterity, sleight of hand, will-power, skill	delay, unimaginative, insecurity, lack of self confidence
The Empress	development, accomplishment action, evolution	inaction, lack of concentration, vacillation, anxiety, infidelity
The High	Priestess knowledge, wisdom, learning, intuition, impatience, virtue, purity	selfishness, shallowness, misunderstanding, ignorance
The Hierophant	mercy, conformity, forgiveness, social approval, bonded, inspiration	vulnerability, unconventionality, foolish generosity, impotence, frailty, unorthodoxy
The Lovers	harmony, trust, romance, optimism, honor, love, harmony	separation, frustration, unreliability ,fickleness, untrustworthy
The Hermit	inner strength, prudence, withdrawal, caution, vigilance	hastiness, rashness, immaturity, imprudence, foolishness
The Chariot	perseverance, rushed decision, turmoil, vengeance, adversity	vanquishment, defeat, failure, unsuccessful
Strength	courage, conviction, strength, determination, action, heroism, virility	pettiness, sickness, unfaithfulness, weakness
Justice	equality, righteousness, virtue, honor, harmony, balance false	accusation, unfairness, abuse, biased
The Wheel of Fortune	unexpected events, advancement, destiny, fortune, progress	interruption, outside influences, failure, bad luck
The Moon	double-dealing Deception, disillusionment, trickery, error, danger, disgrace trifling	mistakes, deception discovered, negative advantage
The Sun	accomplishment, success, love, joy, happy marriage, satisfaction	loneliness, canceled plans, unhappiness, break ups
The Star	balance, pleasure, optimism, insight, spiritual love, hope, faith	disappointment, bad luck, imbalance, broken dreams
The Devil	downfall, unexpected failure, controversy, ravage, disaster, ill tempered	release, enlightenment, divorce, recovery
The Hanged Man	change, reversal, boredom, improvement, rebirth, suspension, change	false prophecy, useless sacrifice, unwillingness
Death	unexpected change, loss, failure, transformation, death, bad luck	immobility, slow changes, cheating, death, stagnation
Temperance	temperance, patience, good influence, confidence, moderation	conflict, disunion, frustration, impatience, discord
The Tower	disruption, abandonment, end of friendship, bankruptcy, downfall, unexpected events	entrapment, imprisonment, old ways, rustic
Judgment or Rejuvenation	awakening, renewal, rejuvenation, rebirth, improvement, promotion, atonement, judgment	disappointment, indecision, death, failure, ill health, theft, worry
The World	perfection, recognition, success, fulfillment, eternal life	lack of vision, disappointment, imperfection