Tag: divination
Temperance
Keywords for Temperance HEALING BALANCE WHOLENESS EQUILIBRIUM RECOVERY MODERATION UNION SELF-CONTROL HARMONY WELL-BEING In the image on this card, we see a winged, white-robed angel standing at a pool, with one foot on land and the other dipped halfway into the clear water. He holds two cups, one in each hand, and is seen pouring…
Death
Keywords for Death TRANSFORMATION METAMORPHOSIS CHANGE RELEASE EVOLUTION TRANSMUTATION LETTING GO REBIRTH RELEASING THE PAST NEW POTENTIAL In the image on the card, we enter upon a gray, gloomy morning scene. Although we can see the sun rising in the east between two towers, it still remains an overcast, cloudy, and desolate looking day. Upon…
The Hanged Man
Keywords for The Hanged Man SURRENDER REVERSAL LETTING GO SUSPENSION GIVING UP CONTROL WAITING PERIOD ACCEPTANCE SACRIFICE INVERSION RENUNCIATION In the image on this card, we see a man hanging upside down by one foot, arms tied behind his back, in a state of total suspension. He hangs from a Tau cross, made of still…
Justice
Keywords for Justice FAIRNESS BALANCE INTEGRITY EQUILIBRIUM TRUTH KARMA HONESTY ACTION/REACTION RESPONSIBILITY CAUSE/EFFECT In the image on this card, we see Justitia, the Roman personification of Justice, seated on her throne. She holds a double-edged sword in her right hand, representing choice—the need to make decisions and to act on them. She sits between two…
The Wheel of Fortune
Keywords for The Wheel of Fortune GOOD FORTUNE CHANGES LUCK MOVEMENT OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY DESTINY CYCLES OF TIME FATE KARMA The image on this card is one of the most unusual we have yet to see in the progression of the Major Arcana which we began with the Fool. The scene is one which appears to…
The Lovers
Keywords for the Lovers LOVE DESIRE RELATIONSHIP ATTRACTION INTIMACY MAKING A CHOICE CONNECTION COMMITMENT SEXUALITY UNION In The Lovers card of the Major Arcana, we come upon a scene that appears to be the Garden of Eden. To our right stands man, symbol of the conscious mind, in front of the Tree of Knowledge of…
The Hermit
Keywords for The Hermit SOLITUDE GUIDANCE WITHDRAWAL WISDOM ISOLATION INTROSPECTION SECLUSION HIGHER KNOWLEDGE LONELINESS INNER TRUTH In the image on the card, we see in front of us a somber, serious looking older man dressed in gray robes. He holds a long staff in one hand, and a lantern lit by a bright, six-pointed star…
The Chariot
Keywords for The Chariot VICTORY THE EGO SUCCESS IDENTITY INDIVIDUALITY SELF-CONTROL WILLPOWER CONFIDENCE DETERMINATION MASTERY In the image on the card, we see a decorated hero triumphantly returning home from battle. He has ventured out into the world, and proven himself victorious in what he has set out to achieve. We see our hero standing…
The Hierophant
Keywords for the Hierophant SOCIETY LEARNING CULTURE TEACHING RELIGION EDUCATION MORALITY CONFORMITY GROUP AFFILIATIONS OBEDIENCE In the image on this card, we see the Hierophant seated on his throne in the center of two pillars. He wears long, red flowing robes and an ornate gold crown. Like the Emperor, he sits on a stone throne,…
The Emperor
Keywords for the Emperor ORDER AUTHORITY REASON STRUCTURE RULES LOGIC LAWS LIMITATIONS THE ARCHETYPAL FATHER RESTRICTIONS We see the Emperor seated at his throne out in the most dry, arid desert. His throne, which is made entirely of a gray stone, bears the symbol of the Ram’s head, representing the astrological sign of Aries, on…