Practical Tarot guide: Major-Arcana card meanings and relationships – Part 1

Part 1 of this Practical guide of Tarot Major Arcana Meanings starts with The Fool and ends with The Chariot.

0 – The Fool
The Fool and the Magician are the same person.

The Fool has the same resources, knowledge, and experience as the Magician, but the Fool “chooses” to have all that tied up in his tablecloth and assumes a passive attitude in relation to his life’s work. The Magician decides to spread his “tools” and use them actively.

The Fool is one that is on his way, on a journey, but also someone who decides not to take responsibility, attachments, etc. He is free. This free journey is temporary; he will always stop and decide to act upon life’s many tasks and challenges.

Sometimes it may seem like he really is careless and irresponsible when combined with “negative cards” (there are no negative cards).

He can also be a child, someone who’s not aware of something because of distraction or ingenuity. But he can also be someone who is on a personal process of new discoveries or life experiences.

When I see this card I have the feeling of someone who is not really there, he or she is physically or mentally somewhere else, like a bit distracted. There’s a bit of evasion in his attitude.

When seen as a child, this card symbolizes innocence and wisdom at the same time: innocent and complete trust in God and in life, with no worries at all.

I – The Magician

The Magician is the Fool who decided to stop being evasive. He recognizes it is time to act, and he decides to do so.

The “apparent Fool” then turns into The Magician who masters his cosmic profession (his hat is the symbol of the infinite). And this he enjoys and executes openly (with passion).

Profession is a key for me when I see this card because, out of my experience, this card appears almost always related to that area where you make your efforts everyday. And this is true whether you are a banker, teacher, housewife or a student.

Of course, this card relates to the statement “it’s time to be active” or “it’s time to start being active”, but in the readings I notice that some of the messages are related to work or profession when this card appears.

It may also refer to someone who is good in his job. Someone who takes good care, a good boss, a passionate employee, etc. are all included in the Magician.

Creativity and acknowledgement of relations between events that escape the eye (this is the capability inspired by the street con artist).

Building your own destiny.

So you see the Magician and the Fool are two sides of the same coin. Both are wise and trusting in their own capabilities. Both are self-confident, confident in life and in God, etc.

II – The High Priestess

This is a wise woman, although this card can refer to a man with a developed intuition. A very down to earth person which has also access to the “other world” (symbolized by the cloth spread behind her). This other world is the world of intuition.

Intelligence and intuition are her tools. Wisdom.

She knows about the secrets of life (the book of sacred writings), she is mature and practical; but she is reserved. You have to go to her in order to get the information; she won’t give it away without you asking.

She carries life and knowledge inside of her; she has the secret of life thanks to her experience.

This woman can bring wise words and ideas; she can guide others to act because of her wisdom. She knows the facts and can advice you.

I usually see her as a mature woman, not a young one. Sometimes I see her as a mother, mother in law, etc.

Depending on the cards near her, she will use her hidden knowledge to help and to heal, but she is also capable of harming and gossiping.

Feminine intuition.

This woman’s guide is intuition.
This wisdom which she carries should be heard.
This woman could be your inner voice.

She advices or guides.

III – The Empress

This wise woman is very active, also in decision making. She is in domain of herself and moves actively through life.

Most of the time, the Empress symbolizes the woman who is being read of, as long as the consultant is not emotionally unstable. If the consultant is a dependant or unstable personality, then the card representing him or her will be another card like the Fool or the Hanged Man.

Clear mind, clear words, clear actions would describe her being. Her wisdom is practical, she makes decisions.

Growth and readiness for creation. Fertility.

Creativity in action.

To go outwards and enjoy beauty.

It can also be a woman who is the boss, influential, sovereign, the wife, etc.

In contrast with the High Priestess, The Empress combines intelligence, intuition and wisdom with “action” and adopts a leading role. The High Priestess is active in mind and soul but shows a passive outward attitude.

IV – The Emperor

He is the masculine active principle. Halfway sitting and halfway standing which means he’s about to take action, he’s ready to act.

This card talks about the practical, down to earth and realistic attitude of a man who owns himself.

Maturity, authority, and practical mind are his characteristics. The Emperor is someone who makes the “correct” actions, the “good for all” above selfish goals. Fair and practical.

When I see this card I have mostly the impression of a clear minded man who is generous.

When he’s the boss, he’s fair
When the father, loving and caring
When the husband, friend and lover, correct and faithful

The Emperor is a practical and faithful man. Not only in his intentions, mostly in his actions.

Intelligent man

Authority, man capable of making decisions, man in position to make decisions.

Material power

V -The Pope

He represents spirituality and morality; everything wise

This card symbols the importance of the card directly in the direction of his pointing finger. I usually meditate on the right hand side neighbour card; its combination with the Pope shows you something you’re overseeing, something you didn’t know had importance or something you didn’t know had to do with your question; and this is always something you should pay attention to.

The Pope’s signalling finger shows you the way or tells you: “look! So it is!”

Wisdom, experience, capability of seeing the great picture. Authority.

Doing God’s will or the “right thing”.

VI – Love

This card talks about human relationships and social contacts, and also the influence these relationships may have on you to manipulate, restrict or push you into action, through “rationality or social mores”.

It also represents the spiritual world which rules over rationality and social influences (Cupid, the angel of love). This force that is in each one of us, guides us to make our own heart felt decisions; the longing for love and goodness, the “urge to do the right thing”.

In relation to love matters, it is the tension between sensuality as a direction to choose from and heart as the other direction (will power).

Choice

Heart over sensual and temporary satisfaction.

Relationship based on love and choice.

VII – The Chariot

Movement and decisions

Time has come to make a decision and to concentrate your efforts on a goal. Mind, heart and body in the same direction will drive you forwards. If your heart and your mind don’t agree in which direction to go, it would be the same as having a chariot with two horses who want to gallop in opposite directions at the same time: there’s no way to advance.

When awaiting an event, this card signals that it’s moving; the decisions were made or will be made soon.

The moment to act is now. Choose your way or direction and make it true.

This card is always influenced by the cards next to it. It shows an easy road or a bumpy one depending on if it’s a positive or a “negative card” (there are no negative cards) right next to it. This card next to the moon means, it’s still a long way to go but the direction is correct; keep your eyes open so you don’t miss your goal.

The word “road” in this case can be a life path, a company where you want to work, a job or project to do, a course of action; everything that means making a decision of going consequently in a direction.

A deep intention that is carried through and made real.

This card alone as an answer related to a task means success, it moves.

The right choice.

This card also represents the decision of “moving on” into the next stage of life

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at: atika@mindspiritmotion.com
I’l be delighted to help you in any way possible.

Continue reading the Practical Tarot guide:
Major-Arcana card meanings and relationships – Part 2
Major-Arcana card meanings and relationships – Part 3
Major-Arcana card meanings and relationships – Introduction

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Practical Tarot guide: Major-Arcana card meanings and relationships – Introduction

This tutorial is a very personal work that comes out of my long experience with the Tarot cards, specifically the Major Arcana. I will concentrate on the practical side: all I see, feel and experience when I do my card readings.

This being a personal point of view, I suggest you don’t necessarily learn by heart all that is written in this guide, or in any book. I myself never did that. Instead try to understand the principles and the images. Let your mind-intuition guide you, listen to yourself and your hunches. One card can have so many meanings, most of all when related to so many other cards, questions, lives, etc. Read and “feel” the meanings; ask yourself:

• What are these cards trying to tell me?
• What is the relationship between them?
• What is their relationship to reality or that which I am asking?

It is important that you understand the symbology, archetype or principle-essence of the card more than formulas written on a book. Understanding means “interpreting”. But more than concentrating on the meaning of one card, it is very important to understand the relationship between the cards, the “whole picture”. If you add to this mix your intuition, than I guess there’s no stopping you!

Is my answer or interpretation right?
Please don’t expect to get the right answers. There are no right answers in the first place. Remember that a card reading session is time-bound. We are human beings with Free-Will. In this moment you might be headed in one direction, but if you change your mind, you will head in another direction. You ultimately decide how your life will be. Isn’t that good news?

How to keep track of my learning process?

I suggest you take card reading as an experiment, at least at the beginning. That’s why I strongly recommend you to have a diary with all your questions followed by the answers obtained in your card reading sessions. You can check afterwards if your interpretations went in the same direction of the events you asked.

Does the death card mean I’m going to die?
Negative cards are not really negative cards. We live in a dual world.  Like every process in life, there is growth and decadence, light and darkness, open and hidden, etc. We are all born to grow up, mature, grow old physically, die on earth as a material being and then be born again in other more spiritual realities. And this cycle repeats itself until achievement of eternity and complete realisation of God, our Father’s Reality.

The death card means that something is completely finished in order to start a new epoch in life. Death intrinsically implies “re-birth”. Evolution is universe’s motivation!

The death card is many times a desirable card. It can mean the end of a sad period in life and the beginning of something new and beautiful.

How do I ask the cards?
The information that you receive from the cards comes from a huge mass comparable with the mass of all the oceans together. One has to give specific coordinates in order to get an accurate answer. For me it’s like diving into the sea: molecules of water connected with zillions of other water molecules, carry my petitions and connect me to the answers. To some it may sound rude, but I feel it a bit like surfing in the internet. You can google everything!

It does help to first know what it is you want to know. Complete names and horoscope signs, birthdates or even pictures are altogether good in order to make better “hits”.

Before we start I would like you to know that I am here to help you with your cards, so feel free to make all the questions you want; feel free to contact me at: atika@mindspiritmotion.com

Continue reading the Practical Tarot guide:
Major-Arcana card meanings and relationships – Part 1
Major-Arcana card meanings and relationships – Part 2
Major-Arcana card meanings and relationships – Part 3

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Fear free among spiritual beings

Every now and then I meet people, who speak about their fears when feeling an unpleasant “something” or “someone” around them.

I lived myself also two very short periods of my youth and young adulthood without being able to sleep well or at all. Being such a “visual” and “skin” person (I feel or sense everything); I was perceiving spiritual beings who would rejoice at my fear and ignorance. They got a kick at me being able to see them.

These spiritual beings, called in some religions “fallen angels”, have total lack of strength or power whatsoever since the times of Jesus of Nazareth’s resurrection, specifically since the time of the Pouring of the Spirit of Truth at Pentecost.

There are 2 very important things you must know by heart:

• There is absolutely no way possible for a spiritual being to do anything bad or good to you if you don’t want to. Nothing, absolutely nothing can interfere with your supreme universal right: FREE WILL.

• Your Guardian Angel has full power – given to them by God, our eternal Father, and the Universal laws – to guard your life and see that you are in complete use of your right of Free Will.

We choose. We are free will creatures. And this is a strong privilege in the Universe; it makes us big in our own smallness.

We, as evolution beings of animal origin, are at the very beginning of the spiritual ladder of universal hierarchy. Our Eternal Father has created the mechanisms by which his love reaches every single one of us, universal beings, throughout the whole creation; and this fact is exactly that which protects us and makes us mighty:

• The Cell of God in our minds, located in a place in our brains between the eyes. It is “the” major goal in life to turn into more spiritual beings in order to widen our contact with this cell of the Eternal Father in ourselves.
• The Spirit of Truth, the presence of the eternal Son, which was poured about all of human kind here on Earth at Pentecost
• And the loving watch care of our Guardian Angel whose source of origin is the Holy Spirit.

Consciousness of the importance of our place in the universe makes you strong.

I remember two techniques I used to get rid of my fears:

* I would visualize the whole amount of ideas, images, feelings, words, etc that go through our minds the whole day as small squares of a movie film; like if each thought or image were a small trailer of a whole movie.
The point here is that as soon as you stop on an image or a “movie trailer” automatically the whole film regarding this image would load. So I just had to take care of which film I would “download” and which I would just ignore.
There are sometimes bad images that scare you, and the more you stop on them, the more your fear grows. Instead, just look at the trailer and let it go, that’s not a movie you want to see.
Concentrate on good films; promote constructive energies and harmonious feelings, etc.

* Technique number two is one I started to use as soon as I gained consciousness of our human powers. And it doesn’t matter if your fears have foundation or not, all you have to do is simply “command” in an authoritarian tone of voice(don’t ask kindly here, please) :

You will leave this place (my house, etc) immediately! Now!

You have complete power to do it. And that’s all there is to it. A self-reliant and confident attitude works wonders to expel all fears.

Note: Please observe that I emphasize “getting rid of fear”.
I’m not saying here that spiritual entities don’t exist; there are countless light beings and very very few dark ones. But I do have to say that many times our fears are a product of our imagination, religious tradition or just simple superstition.

Here, I concentrate on you and your mighty powers. Whether “lower energies” are present or not is wholly irrelevant and of no importance whatsoever to our lives.

The important point in this whole situation is you and your ever growing universal consciousness.

If you want to read more about the presence of God in Mankind, Guardian Angels, a description of what happened at Pentecost related by “light Angels” I recommend a book that changed my life: The Urantia Book.

You can also read The Urantia Book for free in the internet: www.urantia.org

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