Major Arcana — 22 archetypes of the soul's journey
From the Fool to the World: the Major Arcana are the backbone of tarot — 22 archetypes describing a person's entire journey through life.
The Fool's journey
The Major Arcana are read as a single story — the Fool's journey. The Fool (0) sets out with trust; he meets the Magician (will) and the High Priestess (intuition), learns from the Empress and the Emperor, passes the trials of the Lovers, the Chariot and Strength, descends inward with the Hermit, experiences the Wheel of Fortune and Justice, dies symbolically in Death and the Tower, only to reach Judgement and the fullness of the World through the Star, the Moon and the Sun. This is a map of every great transformation in your life.
All 22 Major Arcana cards
Tarot archetypes
Each of the 22 arcana is an archetype — a universal pattern of the psyche described by Jung: the Magician archetype (creative will), the High Priestess archetype (the unconscious and mystery), the Empress archetype (abundance and the mother), the Tower archetype (the collapse of falsehood), the Sun archetype (joy and vitality). When a card appears in a spread, that archetype activates in your life.
Major Arcana in the Matrix of Destiny
The same 22 energies build your Matrix of Destiny: from your birth date we calculate which arcana stand in your center, your karma, and your lines of love and money. Tarot shows the energy of the moment — the Matrix shows the energy of your whole life.