by Madhavi Ghare | Knowledge |
The journey of The Fool in the Major Arcana is full of meanings, on the practical, mental and, most importantly on the spiritual level of life. One of the main concepts that the Major Arcana tries to convey is the concept of Cycles.
Cycles are a very important part of life itself. And what better tools to show us how, and on what levels these cycles come into play in our lives!
I have chosen 3 pairs of cards that talk of different kinds of cycles. I shall be looking at the first pair today, and the second and third pair in the following two weeks.
So, lets begin with our first pair of cards that talk about cycles.
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by Madhavi Ghare | Knowledge |
The positions of the Strength and Justice Cards in a Tarot deck has long been a source of controversy and discussion among all Tarotists. Traditionally, the Justice card was numbered 8th in the Major Arcana, while the Strength card was numbered the 11th. However, when A. E. Waite published the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot card deck, he changed all that. He put Strength as the 8th card and Justice as the 11th card in the Major Arcana sequence. Naturally, he was quite criticized for this. Following that, when Aleister Crowley published the Thoth Tarot deck, he put the Strength and Justice cards back in their former positions.
Lets look at this placement from both the angles, and understand their respective significance.
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by Madhavi Ghare | Knowledge |
Remember that one weird time when you were thinking about your friend, and then she called you? Or how about that time when you were thinking about something you had lost (or misplaced) somewhere around your house, and then you stumble upon it just by accident? Or how about the ‘bad’ feeling you got when you met someone new, and then this person turned out to be someone you wish you had never met?
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by Madhavi Ghare | Knowledge
Meanings for the Tarot cards are often derived from the pictures on the cards. Understanding of these pictures depends upon your understanding of the picture by itself, and of the different symbols (if any) present within the image. Many a times, all these things interact with each other to bring about the meaning of a card. Thus, it is evident that the meanings of these Tarot cards are also largely based on our perception of the image.
However, it is due to this inherent flexibility within our perceptions that it is possible to assign a particular meaning to a card. Of course, it follows that this assignment has to be logical. Let us look at how these things come about.
