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Tarot Meaning - a symbolic awakening
of self awareness
The Tarot meaning of the 22 major cards walk through
life from entering the world as a new born to re-birth in a
short review of the Tarot Meaning of each card.
The tarot meaning of the first card, The Fool is representative of the newly born child entering the world, pure, innocent, and unaware of itself as a separate person; it is still enveloped in its unconscious.
The second of the tarots, The Magician and its tarot meaning is symbolic of the awakening of self-awareness and the appearance of the individual ego. The card shows a man wielding magical weapons of consciousness and which he will use to conquer the world.
The next four tarots, The High Priestess, The Empress, The Emperor, and The High Priest, refer to the most important powers that the infant ego will meet which means: male and female, material and spiritual. These tarot meanings will channel the individual to his surroundings to the four functions of Intuition, Feeling, Sensation and Thought. They are primary to his development and growth.
The VI is The Lovers and the tarot meaning of this one indicates the first important choice in life, changing from adolescence and the comfort of family in favour of a mate. The tarot meaning of this
This is followed by The Chariot that signifies moving on and adapting to society and constructing a safe ‘vehicle’ in which to best travel and proceed through the world.
The tarot meaning of number eight, Justice coincides with the onset of physical maturity, and indicates that until now the individual’s development has been one-sided, the conscious aspect having been developed at the expense of the unconscious. The time has come when the balance must be checked if psychic flow and development is not likely to cease and stagnate. Justice is the tarot meaning and voice of conscience.
The Hermit appears to be a lonely figure but the tarot meaning of this card describes the process of self-examination which will follow if the individual listens to the prompting the conscience is receiving. . The widening and moving on by the Charioteer has come to an end, and a new and narrower path must now be found.
The meaning of the next card, the Hermit is a strange tarot but one of the nicest cards of the pack in that it means that oneself realises that insurmountable difficulties are common to all mankind not just to him alone. This realisation and insight that his sufferings are not peculiar to him alone, gives him the ability to detach himself enough to subdue the fears within. This is the same in meaning as the woman in the Fortitude tarot as she is seen overcoming the lion. Only by confronting the fears can the unconscious be disarmed and the full extent of the tarot meaning of this card can be understood.
The Hanged Man tarot meaning symbolises the reversal of values and its aims which should take place during the second half of life. It means that courage is needed to renounce the past in favour of an uncertain future. But the sacrifice must be made for psychic progress to continue.
The next usually frightens people, Death but the tarot meaning of this card is not of physical death but death of the old self to make way for the new. This transformation must now take place so that the energy locked within might be released and therefore meaning that the individual is directed towards the maturity of the better and higher self.
This is followed by Temperance with the tarot meaning of the demands and powers of life having resulted in a renewal of contact and the greatest challenge of the quest where the descent into bad and evil or that which was lost, has ended in victory meaning that the consciousness and unconscious are balanced and the imbalance shown earlier by Justice is being corrected.
The tarot meaning of The Devil indicates that the dangers of the journey are not yet over, however, the forces of the unconscious have been released and the seeker must either submit to the mindless powers of instinct, or, its tarot meaning is that they must absorb these powers and change them into a much more positive form.
The reverse tarot meaning of the Devil, Satan is the glorious angel Lucifer, the light bringer which can be interpreted in meaning with receiving a helping hand to show the way or perhaps a sign will be given to help the individual follow the right path.
The next tarot meaning of the Tower, graphically describes the gift of Lucifer. His light is the fire of enlightenment which descends like a flash of lightening, destroying everything in its path which is not compatible with its own nature. It is the surge of power which is felt when the psychological blocks between the lower and higher selves are removed, and the light of God irradiates the personality.
The Star is a symbol of higher consciousness, the Evening Star tarot meaning acts as a guide during the darkness which must follow the blinding brilliance of the divine lightening-bolt. Usually good things begin to happen particularly with a positive approach to life.
The Moon symbolises the final great trial which must be gone through, the dark night of the soul which follows the withdrawal of the inward light, and everything is seen as illusion. The tarot meaning is that the test here is one of faith.
The Sun tarot meaning represents the reconciliation of the opposites, the coming together of the mortal and immortal self. This card is similar to the marriage of the royal brother and sister in alchemy. The night is past and a new day is dawning. Judgement shows the rebirth of the whole self, Therefore figures are seen rising from the dead on the Day of Judgement. The tarot meaning of The World is full circle and the androgynous figure dancing within an encircling
It can also be seen as meaning and representing a child in the womb, in which case it leads naturally on to the card at the beginning of the sequence, the Fool, the newborn child commencing its journey through life. This would accord well with the Gnostic doctrines regarding reincarnation and the succession of lives leading on to higher and still higher attainment. The Tarot meaning throughout the cards links the world of man with the world of the spirit, binding together all levels of reality and opening inner doors which were closed. A large part of the reading interpretation of these tarot card meanings lie in the fact that their imagery cannot be fitted into any hard and fast rule, they can never by fully comprehended in any one manner, therefore, they offer new and very original insights to everyone who studies them. |
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