Major Arcana

MAJOR & MINOR ARCANA QUICK REFERENCE SHEET

A standard tarot deck has 78 cards, divided into 2 groups; 22 major arcana cards and 56 minor arcana cards. In the tarot, the major arcana denote important life events, lessons or milestones, while the minor arcana cards reflect day-to-day events.

The minor arcana cards are arranged into 4 suits – swords, pentacles, wands, and cups. Each suit has a ruling element and correspond to a specific area of life: Swords represent air and have to do with intellect and decisions. Pentacles represent earth, money and achievement. Wands represent fire and action. Cups represent water and emotions.

Court Cards represent a person – either yourself or someone else. They reflect personality traits and characteristics, and can give insight into motives.

CARD	KEYWORDS/MANTRA	PLANET / ASTROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION	ELEMENTS	CHAKRA
The Fool	Fresh start Leap of faith	Uranus	Air	Crown
The Magician	Power Skill	Mercury	Air	Throat
The High Priestess	Intuition Higher Wisdom	Moon	Water	Third Eye
The Empress	Fertility Abundance Creativity	Venus	Earth	Heart & Sacral
The Emperor	Authority Father Figure	Mars Aries	Fire	Root
The Heirophant	Religion Group Idea	Venus Taurus	Earth	Throat
The Lovers	Love Union Bonds	Mercury Gemini	Air	Heart
The Chariot	Victory Assertion Momentum	Moon Cancer	Water	Throat
Strength	Courage Strength	Sun Leo	Fire	Solar Plexus
The Hermit	Soul Searching Solitude	Chiron Virgo	Earth	Third Eye
The Wheel of Fortune	Karma Turning a Cycle	Jupiter	Fire	Solar Plexus
Justice	Fairness Cause & Effect	Venus Libra	Air	Heart
The Hanged Man	Letting Go Suspension	Neptune	Water	Third Eye
Death	Endings Beginning	Pluto Scorpio	Water	Heart
Temperance	Balance Healing	Jupiter Sagittarius	Fire	Solar Plexus
The Devil	Bondage Restriction	Saturn Capricorn	Earth	Root
The Tower	Sudden Change	Mars	Fire	Crown
The Star	Hope Spiritual Guidance	Uranus Aquarius	Air	Crown
The Moon	Illusion Mystery Dreams	Neptune Pisces	Water	Third Eye
The Sun	Success Vitality Youth	The Sun	Fire	Solar Plexus
Judgement	Inner Calling	Pluto	Fire	Crown
The World	Completion Accomplishment	Saturn	Earth	Root