Tarot Card Meanings

The commonly interpreted meanings of tarot cards are as follows:

0. The fool: The ability to take risks and do things without thought which can be beneficial or not.
1. Magician/ juggler: Refers to taking action, being conscious, being aware, concentrating and holding power.
2. The Female Pope/ high priestess: Taking no action in situations, using your unconsciousness, seeing potential and mystery.
3. The Empress: Represents the possibilities of the future.
4. The Emperor: Represents the father figure, creating structure, having authority, and regulation.
5. The Pope/ hierophant: Having an education, having a belief system, conforming and identifying with different groups.
6. The Lovers: Represents the power of love in all facets of life.
7. The Chariot: Represents taking control of your life and steering it in the direction that you want it to go.
8. Justice: Relates to laws and truth. And suggests you weigh up both sides of every story before coming to a conclusion.
9. The Hermit: Suggests taking a good look at oneself, searching for answers, guidance and respecting solitude.
10. The wheel of Fortune: Refers to the constant changes present in life and points out that change is possible in every aspect of life and must be expected.
11. Strength: Involves having strength, being patient, having compassion, and achieving control through peaceful means.
12. The Hanged Man: Your life is in the hands of someone else who will decide what your future will be.
13. Death: Refers to an ending, transition, elimination or changes you have no control over.
14. Temperance: The struggle to obtain balance and harmony in life.
15. The Devil: Excepting unwanted situations, focusing on the material aspects of life, being ignorant, and feeling hopeless.
16. The Tower: Something dramatic is going to happen which you have no control over however you can control the ways in which you respond.
17. The Star: When all is well in life and you can appreciate the beauty of the world around you.
18. The Moon: Represents feeling fear, believing false illusions, stimulating your imagination, and feeling lost.
19. The Sun: Being enlightened, feeling greatness, vitality or assured.
20. The Day Of Judgment: Making judgments, experiencing rebirths, realising your place in life, feeling like a fresh new person.
21. The World: Material rewards, recognition and new beginnings.