Major Arcana Cheat Sheet
| # | Card | Keywords | Yes/No | Advice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | The Fool | new beginnings, freedom, trust, a leap | Yes | Take the first small step today; you'll learn the rest on the way. |
| I | The Magician | skill, focus, manifestation, initiative | Yes | Choose one goal and put all four tools — mind, heart, will and hands — behind it. |
| II | The High Priestess | intuition, secrets, patience, inner voice | Maybe | Wait one more day before deciding and notice what your body tells you. |
| III | The Empress | abundance, nurture, creativity, comfort | Yes | Do one thing purely for your own comfort this week — guilt-free. |
| IV | The Emperor | structure, authority, stability, boundaries | Yes | Write the plan down and set one non-negotiable boundary. |
| V | The Hierophant | tradition, learning, mentors, belonging | Yes | Ask someone experienced for guidance before you decide. |
| VI | The Lovers | love, alignment, choice, partnership | Yes | Make the choice that matches who you want to become. |
| VII | The Chariot | willpower, momentum, victory, focus | Yes | Name the single goal you're steering toward and say no to distractions. |
| VIII | Strength | courage, patience, compassion, self-control | Yes | Respond, don't react — take three breaths before your next hard conversation. |
| IX | The Hermit | reflection, solitude, wisdom, guidance | Maybe | Schedule an hour alone with no screens and one question to think about. |
| X | Wheel of Fortune | luck, cycles, change, turning points | Yes | Say yes to the opportunity that appears this month. |
| XI | Justice | truth, fairness, cause and effect, decisions | Maybe | Make the decision you could explain to anyone without embarrassment. |
| XII | The Hanged Man | pause, surrender, new perspective, waiting | Maybe | Look at the problem from the other person's point of view. |
| XIII | Death | endings, transformation, release, renewal | No | End one thing that no longer serves you. |
| XIV | Temperance | balance, moderation, patience, healing | Yes | Find the middle option between the two extremes you're considering. |
| XV | The Devil | attachment, temptation, habits, materialism | No | Name one habit you want to loosen and replace it with something better. |
| XVI | The Tower | sudden change, revelation, upheaval, truth | No | Stop propping up what is clearly falling apart. |
| XVII | The Star | hope, healing, inspiration, renewal | Yes | Write down one thing you're genuinely hopeful about. |
| XVIII | The Moon | uncertainty, illusion, intuition, dreams | No | Separate what you know from what you fear. |
| XIX | The Sun | joy, success, clarity, vitality | Yes | Celebrate a win, however small. |
| XX | Judgement | awakening, reckoning, calling, second chances | Yes | Forgive yourself for one past mistake and act on the lesson. |
| XXI | The World | completion, achievement, wholeness, travel | Yes | Finish what you started before beginning something new. |
How to Use It
- Glance at the keywords, then look at the card image.
- Let your intuition fill in the gaps.
- Click a card name for love, money and reversed meanings.
Suits Cheat Sheet
Cups = feelings, Wands = action, Swords = thoughts, Pentacles = money and the material world. Details in the four suits explained.
The Fool's Journey in Three Acts
Readers often group the Major Arcana into a story. Act 1 (I–VII): learning about the world — skills, intuition, nurture, structure, tradition, love and willpower. Act 2 (VIII–XIV): learning about yourself — strength, reflection, fate, fairness, surrender, endings and balance. Act 3 (XV–XXI): confronting shadows and finding meaning — temptation, upheaval, hope, illusion, joy, awakening and completion.
Quick Memory Tricks
- Even numbers in the first act are often receptive (High Priestess, Emperor, Lovers); odd numbers active.
- Cards with 'light' imagery (Star, Sun, World) lean positive.
- Cards with falling, chains or night imagery (Tower, Devil, Moon) are warnings — not doom.
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