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The Chariot is the seventh card of the Major Arcana in tarot. It shows a young man, looking like a prince, with a crown on his head. He is standing in a chariot, pulled by two sphinxes. One of them is black and the other one is white. The prince is holding a wand or a sword in his right hand. This card is predominated by Cancer and its numerical value is twelve. Read the rest of this entry »

The fourteenth Major Arcana card in tarot is called temperance. It shows a winged figure, perhaps an angel, wearing a white robe, pouring water from one chalice to another. There is a triangle on the robe. One of the angel’s feet is standing in the water. On the horizon we can see some mountains and a light above them. The numerical value for Temperance is twelve. It is ruled by Sagittarius. Read the rest of this entry »

The eighth Major Arcana card in tarot is named Strength. It pictures a woman in a white robe holding the lion’s jaws and closing them. Over her head there is a lemniscate, just like the one over the Magician. Around her waist we can see a chain of flowers and there is also a wreath on her head. The numerical value for this card is twelve and it is ruled by Leo. Read the rest of this entry »

The eleventh Major Arcana card in tarot pictures Justice in shape of a woman figure sitting on a throne between two pillars with a sword in one hand and a scale in the other. She is wearing a red robe and a crown. We can see a purple veil between the pillars behind the woman. The numerical value for this card is twelve. It is predominated by Libra. In some decks Justice is numbered the eighth card. The other ones concider it the twelfth. Read the rest of this entry »

The Hanged Man as the twelfth Major Arcana card in tarot pictures a man hanged upside down by one foot on a tree or a wooden beam. He has a nimbus about his head. There are leaves on the tree, which is a sign that it is living wood. We can see from the man’s face that he is in trance, not pain, as the situation might suggest. The numerical value for the Hanged Man is three and it is predominated by Water. Read the rest of this entry »

Death is the thirteenth card of the Major Arcana in tarot. It shows a skeleton knight in black armor on the white horse. He is holding a black banner with a white flower on it. There are dead and dying people from all social classes around the rider, which tells us that to death everyone is equal. In the background we can see the setting sun between the two pillars. It is claimed to be a symbol of immortality. Death is predominated by Scorpio. Its numerical value is twelve. Read the rest of this entry »

The fifteenth card of the Major Arcana in tarot is called the Devil. It depicts a winged demon with two horns and a reversed pentagram between them. His right hand is raised up. He is holding a flaming torch in his left hand. Below the Devil there are naked man and woman, chained to the demon’s seat. This card is predominated by Capricorn. Its numerical value is twelve. Read the rest of this entry »

The eighteenth card of the Major Arcana in tarot is the Moon. It is large and bright, with sixteen chief rays and sixteen secondary rays. Two beasts, reminding dogs are howling at it and there is a crayfish coming out of the water. We can see a path between the beasts. The Moon is frowning, suspended between two pillars. The numerical value for this card is twelve. It is predominated by Pisces. Read the rest of this entry »

The Star is the seventeenth Major Arcana card in tarot. It depicts naked blond woman, kneeling by the water, with one foot in it and the other on the land. She is holding a jug in each hand and pouring out water from them. We can see the stars in the blue sky above the woman. One of them is big and golden, the other seven are white. The Star is ruled by Aquarius and its numerical value is twelve. Read the rest of this entry »

The Tower is the sixteeenth Major Arcana card in tarot. It shows a tower hit by a lightening. It is collapsing, the flames are coming out of the windows. Two people are falling down from the tower. The background is black with grey clouds of smoke. The Tower is predominated by Mars. The numerical value for this card is nine.

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