Tarot Major Arcana: the Fool's Journey
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Fool’s Journey
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The Fool
The Fool
You start the journey as a Fool, naive and carefree, excited by all the new experiences.
The Magician
The MagicianIn search of knowledge, you proceed as a Magician, manipulating the inanimate world around you and finding out the boundaries.
The High
Priestess
The High
PriestessSoon you realize that there are other kinds of knowing, and as a High Priestess, you start freeing your intuition.
This doesn’t prove to be enough, though...
The Empress
The Empress
You find that everything in nature has to be in balance.
Through the mother stereotype, the Empress, you start to listen to the emotional world.
The Emperor
The Emperor
Through father stereotype, Emperor, you discover authority and rules.
The Hierophant
The Hierophant
Finally, you become interested in the mysteries of outer world.
Through Hierophantyou learn it’s ways and beliefs and how to become a part of it.
The Lovers
The Lovers
A need arises for a deeper connection with others – Lovers.
However, it proves difficult to find a balance between passion and reality.
The Chariot
The ChariotYou become aware of your value and you are no longer a child. With Chariot, you take off alone into the wide world, decisive and self-confident.
However, you are quickly forced to develop discipline and willpower.
Strength
Strength
Soon, you confront your first real problems and challenges and you discover your inner Strength.
The Hermit
The Hermit
This leads to a quest for answers.
As a Hermit in isolation, you strive to understand all the whys and acquire a deeper understanding of the universe.
The Wheel of
Fortune
The Wheel of
FortuneThrough the Wheel of Fortune, you accept fate as a legitimate factor in life and the whole universe.
You begin to understand that your complete past creates the present.
Justice
Justice
Finally, through Justice, you accept responsibility for your own life and realize that right now, your each and every tiniest action makes your future.
The Hanged
Man
The Hanged
ManYou understand now that you have just scratched the surface.
As a Hanged Man you look at the world from a reversed perspective.
Death
Death
Transformation represented by Death begins, and you feel the whole life phase is painfully ending.
Temperance
Temperance
You develop a strong inner balance, and through Temperance, you start to apply the newly discovered powers of moderation and flexibility.
The Devil
The Devil
Through the Devilcome painful confrontations with chains of your own dark depths.
The Tower
The Tower
You free yourself of your own self-deceptions and ignorance only when your whole world is brought down, represented as the Tower.
The Star
The Star
The goal is finally clear as a Star,and it gives you hope and faith to continue on calmly.
The Moon
The Moon
But it’s not over yet; the last challenge is the Moon whose illusions seduce and confuse you so that you need to learn to discern illusion from truth.
The Sun
The Sun
After the doubts and tricks of night, the Sun brings the crystal clarity and confidence of the day.
Judgement
Judgement
Finally, you stop and take inventory of all that is behind you – a moment of Judgment.
However hard won your experiences have been, you rise above your ego, your shortcomings and your limitations.
The World
The World
You have successfully integrated all parts of yourself into a fully-complete and balanced whole. Through the World, you reach a new level of happiness and fulfillment.
You are ready for a new journey.
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