Major arcana

Major Arcana
The first part of a traditional Tarot deck contains 22 Major Arcana cards. The Major cards illustrate a path through existence to it's pinnicale.

The Major Arcana of the Tarot
The standard structure of the Tarot divides the deck into two groups, the Major Arcana and the Minor Arcana.

MAJOR ARCANA. SIGNIFICATION FROM THE DIVINING POINT OF VIEW.
WE now know the signification of the minor arcana, and need only study the major arcana.

Major Arcana
General discussion of the Tarot and its traditions.
Minor Arcana
In-depth discussion of the Minor Arcana and its origins.

The Major Arcana are represented by diamonds. Each suit relates to a different kingdom; rubies are swords, emeralds are wands, topaz are cups and sapphires are pentacles. Cats appear everywhere, and their presence dominates daily life.

The Major Arcana
The Minor Arcana suits and cards (56 cards):
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Another difference between the two Trees is that the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot correlate with the 22 paths of the Hebrew Tree but do not match up with the 24 paths of the Greek Tree.

However, despite the variations in presentation, the basic structure of the standard or archetypal tarot deck consists of two groups of cards known as the "Major Arcana" and the "Minor Arcana" ("arcana" meaning "secret" or "hidden").

In part this association of the tarot with Jewish esotericism lies in the fact that there are 22 major arcana cards in the modern tarot pack and this parallels the number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet, ...

The typical Tarot deck contains 78 cards, 22 of which make up the Major Arcana (cards which belong either to no suit, i.e. Strength or Judgment, or which belong to all four suits, i.e., The Wheel of Fortune or the Magician.) There are a wide number ...

A form of , using a deck of 78 Cards: 22 Trumps or Major Arcana, and 56 Minor Arcana. The first Tarot deck seems to have appeared in Mediaeval times, though there is one legend that it goes back to Ancient Egypt.

A traditional tarot deck is made up of two sets of cards, the first (major arcana) depicting 22 pictures, such as the fool, the devil, the sun and death; the second (minor arcana) has 56 cards with kings (or lords), queens (or ladies), ...

The twenty-two paths which link the ten sefirot are identified with one of the twenty-two Hebrew letters and twenty-two Major Arcana tarot trumps).

esoteric wisdom of occult lore, the knowledge that makes the magician 'master of gold and light'. In alchemy, Arcana was the assemblage of the secret remedies. The word is also used to denote any one of the twenty-two picture cards (the Major Arcana) ...

Arcana: Half of a tarot deck which is divided into two aracanas: the major arcana consisting of the 22 trumps of importance and the lesser arcana of 56 suit cards that help to divinate the trump cards to a lesser degree.

The major arcana consists of 22 trump cards. Telepathy Communication of information from one mind to another by means other than the known perceptual senses.

in effect of the third etheric plane (the transcendent Mother in Heaven). The third etheric plane, for example, could be represented by the Qabalistic third Sephiroph - Binah, or, by the Empress card (Arthurian Tarot - Guinevere) in the Major Arcana.

See also: Tarot, The Tarot, Symbol, World, Spirit