Tarot Cards

The Lovers Traits

The Lovers Traits

The Lovers Traits

After the card of The Hierophant comes the card of The Lovers. This card symbolises the love and relationship between a man and a woman. As is shown on the card, there is an angel on a cloud above the two who is blessing them, and this symbolically means that the relationship between the man and woman is blessed by those from the kingdom of Heaven. In this article, we look thoroughly at The Lovers Traits.  Continue Reading

The Hierophant Traits

The Hierophant Traits

The Hierophant Traits

As we have been discussing in previous articles, there are 22 cards in Major arcana, each depicting the various stages of the journey of The Fool from arrival into a new life to final glory. So after meeting with The Empress and The Emperor, The Fool encounters The Hierophant. Now we will look at The Hierophant Traits.

Right before meeting with the Hierophant, The Fool is full of doubt. What if he is on the wrong road and his struggle is for naught? What if the goals and plans that he works hard for are taken away? What if everything is a lie? As you see The Fool is full of doubt and fears. He does not believe in himself and so now is the right time to meet with The Hierophant. Continue Reading

The Emperor Traits

The Emperor Traits

The Emperor Traits

The Emperor is the fourth card of the Major arcana in the tarot. The Emperor is all about advice, wisdom, authority, and leadership. As you know the major arcana is the path of The Fool to enlightenment. The Fool firstly meets with The Magician and High Priestess. As he learns how to use his own willpower in magical ways and how to control that power, he meets with The Empress and she teaches him more about caring for others. Continue Reading

The Empress Traits

The Empress Traits

The Empress Traits

The Empress is the third card in the Major arcana of the tarot. She is a symbol of feminine power, of the Feminine principle, she symbolises fertility and of course, she symbolises beauty. She is very mysterious and her message is to listen to your intuition, to listen to your feminine side. Continue Reading

The High Priestess Traits

The High Priestess Traits

The High Priestess Traits

The High Priestess is the card numbered two in the Major arcana of the tarot, although it is the third card due to The Fool being card number zero. The High Priestess and The Magician have the same meaning and value, because they balance each other out. As we know, the Major arcana is all about the journey of The Fool, so the first cards/characters/stages that he initially encounters on his journey are The Magician and The High Priestess. Both are very important for balancing life because no one can see the light without also seeing their shadow. Continue Reading

The Magician Traits

the magician traits

The Magician Traits

There are 22 cards in Major Arcana. The card that is not numbered is called The Fool, and the rest of the Major Arcana cards are all about the journey of the Fool from beginning to enlightenment. Therefore we have 21 cards that explain the path of the Fool. The first card is the Magician, which is recognised as a favourite card. Continue Reading

The Alchemy of The Magician

The Alchemy of The Magician

The Alchemy of The Magician

Know Thyself. This is the very first requirement if you would like to become an alchemist. So then, is it dangerous to practice transmutation without knowing who you are? Well, that is a very interesting question. One can practice transmutation and not look inward at themselves (which is usually done through meditation) and certain results will occur. To transmute means to harness a force and change it. ‘Trans’- is the basic prefix of the word, which indicates ‘from one thing to another,’ and ‘mutate means ‘change into a different form’. To transmute is The Alchemy of The Magician. Continue Reading

Tarot and the Kabbalah: The Magician

Tarot and the Kabbalah The Magician

Tarot and the Kabbalah: The Magician

The twenty-two Arcana (as has already been stated in the article titled Tarot and The Kabbalah), are esoteric, or hidden laws. They are symbols. So in the beginning we always begin with the number one. This article is about Arcanum one, which is the Magician. Continue Reading