Rider Waite Major

Rider-Waite Major Arcana

Divinatory meanings, keywords, attributes and descriptions for the twenty-two cards of the Rider-Waite Major Arcana tarot deck

12 The Hanged Man – Rider-Waite

12 The Hanged Man – Rider-Waite

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnat7IFA7fP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Rider-Waite The gallows from which he is suspended forms a Tau cross, while the figure - from the position of the legs - forms a fylfot cross. There is a nimbus about the head of the seeming martyr....

13 Death – Rider-Waite

13 Death – Rider-Waite

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Du3sntWL3IY Rider-Waite https://www.instagram.com/p/BmipY3gghPn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link The veil or mask of life is perpetuated in change, transformation and passage from lower to higher, and this is more fitly represented in the...

14 Temperance – Rider-Waite

14 Temperance – Rider-Waite

Rider-Waite https://www.instagram.com/p/BmkZEHxAKIh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link A winged angel, with the sign of the sun upon his forehead and on his breast the square and triangle of the septenary. I speak of him in the masculine sense, but the figure is neither...

15 The Devil – Rider-Waite

15 The Devil – Rider-Waite

Rider-Waite https://www.instagram.com/p/BmkaD3AAgoT/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link The design is an accommodation, mean or harmony, between several motives mentioned in the first part. The Horned Goat of Mendes, with wings like those of a bat, is standing on an altar....

16 The Tower – Rider-Waite

16 The Tower – Rider-Waite

Rider-Waite https://www.instagram.com/p/BmkiIVsAqlB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Occult explanations attached to this card are meagre and mostly disconcerting. It is idle to indicate that it depicts min in all its aspects, because it bears this evidence on the...

17 The Star – Rider-Waite

17 The Star – Rider-Waite

Rider-Waite https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmke8LLAUNd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link A great, radiant star of eight rays, surrounded by seven lesser stars - also of eight rays. The female figure in the foreground is entirely naked. Her left knee is on the land and her...

18 The Moon – Rider-Waite

18 The Moon – Rider-Waite

Rider-Waite The Moon divinatory meanings The Moon tarot  arcana indicates deception, chaos and confusion. In relationships, expect a foggy picture - does the client have a boyfriend? She isn't sure. Does she want the man? She isn't sure. Does she desire to keep...

19 The Sun – Rider-Waite

19 The Sun – Rider-Waite

Rider-Waite https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmkhh5ogdjU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link The naked child mounted on a white horse and displaying a red standard has been mentioned already as the better symbolism connected with this card. It is the destiny of the Supernatural...

20 Judgement – Rider-Waite

20 Judgement – Rider-Waite

Rider-Waite https://www.instagram.com/p/BmiuaSygbiD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link I have said that this symbol is essentially invariable in all Tarot sets, or at least the variations do not alter its character. The great angel is here encompassed by clouds, but he...

21 The World – Rider-Waite

21 The World – Rider-Waite

Rider-Waite The  Universe shows the end of a phase, which has its new beginnings as a seed within. Moving to a new home or country; emigration. https://www.instagram.com/p/BmkjcRlAI6O/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link As this final message of the Major Trumps is...