Archetypal 22 card section of the Tarot.
The twenty-two Tarot trumps, starting with The Fool and climaxing with The World. Drawn upon ancient archetypes and compiled into a system in the Middle Ages, the Major Arcana illustrate various individuals, concepts, and life situations that most people will have to encounter at some point in their lives. In a Tarot reading, the trumps are generally related to the most important life events - those involving humanity, the world and its life forms, customs, laws, and other major sociological issues. It used to be believed that the Tarot deck developed first, and then the trumps gradually were dropped from the game pack. Now, however, Tarot scholars believe that the Major Arcana, with all their esoteric and religious symbols, developed separately from the game pack, and were joined into one deck around 1400.
Twenty-two special cards of the Tarot which are of deep spiritual significance and contain elements of philosophy, embodying answers to the mysteries of creation, the origin of life and the nature of man.
The 22 big guns of the tarot; see tarot.
The 22 cards, Fool through the World of the Tarot Deck.
The twenty-two Tarot trumps, starting with The Fool and climaxing with The World. The Major Arcana are generally associated with the greater issues: humanity, the world and its life forms, and major sociological issues.
Latin for Great Secrets, i.e., in a Tarot deck, all non-suited cards ( Trumps and Fool). In contrast to Minor Arcana. For details concerning the Major Arcana, click here.
the Major Arcana (the greater secrets) consists of twenty-two cards, often called trumps or keys, that represent the major forces at work in the universe, major psychological archetypes, and a metaphysical or spiritual progression of human life. When Major Arcana cards appear in a reading, they often signal more significant events or opportunities for personal growth and change than the Minor Arcana cards would.
The 22 Trump Cards depicting dominant occurrences in a Tarot deck.
The 22 Trump cards of the Tarot deck; They are numbered from 0 to 21, with titles such as "The Fool," and "The Hanged Man," representing the action of two Sephirah in conjunction
The Major Arcana (Trumps Major, Major Trumps) of the Tarot deck consists of 22 cards. The name Major Arcana is used only in esoteric practice; Tarot decks for playing call them Trumps and usually only show a Roman numeral on each card, plus some decoration that is identical on all of them. In esoteric sets, each Major Arcanum depicts a scene, mostly featuring a person or several people, with many symbolic elements.