• All cards symbolize a journey

The World

• Ultimate wisdom about something

0 The Fool

• Starting something new
• No research

1 The Magician

• Communicates with the above, and brings it below
• Calling for confidence & energy
• Communication
• Won't last long
• Initial energy

2 The High Priestess

• Moon symbolises stays through the fazes of moon
• Sits between black & white
• Non judgemental
• Goes back to a time when women held the knowledge
• Get in touch with inner knowledge
• Be still and get in touch with inner wisdom

3 The Empress

• Symbolises Mother Earth
• Flowing river of life
• Holding baby rattle
• Welcoming
• Able to create
• Pregnancy card
• Nurturing, well fed

4 The Emperor

• Connected with Earth
• Gets things done
• Conservative
• Not a good card w/ new love

5 The Hierophant

• Your connection to a tradition, religious or cultural
• Following rules engrained in you
• Spiritual teacher or you are the teacher

6 The Lovers

• Two people in love
• Going to encounter deep love
• Can mean love of self

7 The Chariot

• Two sphinx's/sphyx's???(can't read what I put!) going separate ways
• He has to pull them together
• At a crossroads
• People pulling you in different directions
• Overwhelmed with life
• Chario is a call for you to help yourself forward
• A lot of work /strength

8 Strength

• Encountering a situation where you will need strength/courage
• Maintain courage yo tame lion

9 The Hermit

• Challenge to face and/or exhausted
• Spend time alone
• Turn off television/put book down
• Look inside to find answer to question
• Slow down
• Unable to resolve an issue, take time alone to find answer

10 Wheel Of Fortune

• Symbolises the wheel of life
• Can't avoid the circle of life
• Call to accept where you are in life
• Call for acknowledgement
• Soul is timeless
• Reminder of age
• Be where you are
• Be in the moment

11 Justice

• Finding the truth in a situation
• Very difficult situation
• Call to dig down and find the truth
• If it covers you, you are/will be finding the truth
• Outside truth will be expressed

12__The Hanged Man__

• Uncomfortable
• Having the ability to see things in a different perspective
• Being different/outside of the box
• Can be a call to look at things differently
• Not something you can make happen

13 Death/Transition

• Represents black plague
• Things still went on despite it^^
• End of a way of being in the world
• New beginning

14 Temperance

• Card of balance
• Figured out how to live a balanced life
• Achieving a sense of balance
• Alchemy
• Always means the same, straight forward card

15 The Devil/Materialism

• Chained to something
• Someone is manipulating you
• Test
• Just when you think you have it figured out...
• Devil can mean watch your actions and words

16 The Tower

• Very close to death in it's meaning
• Change uncontrolled
• Abrupt change
• Beyond your control
• Struck by lightening

17 The Star

• Growth/fertility
• Hope
• Can't see the future ahead but it will work out
• Dark/night

18 The Moon

• Card of Cancers astrology
• Moon relates to sign of Cancer
• Introspection
• Internal info you need to get hold of and bring to the front
• Acknowledging phases of the moon
• Growth
• Good idea to right down dreams
• Instincts

19 The Sun

• Enlightenment
• Got a plan/commitment
• Feeling strong/nourished

20 Judgement

• Represents judgement day
• You're doing what you wanted
• One away from wisdom???
• Acknowledgement of who you are

21 The World

• Wisdom
• Acquired wisdom that is yours to keep
• Don't have to take the journey again

RYDERDECK/OTHERINFO

• European tradition
• 'Arcana' latin for 'secrets'
• Oldest tarot deck is from 15th century Italy 1441
• 20th/21st century tarot became an artform
• Rumour gypsies had tarot cards around 15th century
• Jewish and Christian symbolism
• It's a myth that you shouldn't buy your own deck
• Do not share cards
• Keep them in a nice bag? :/
• Respect the cards
• Some people put aces in major deck, aces mean a gift