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The Wheel of Fortune is a welcome, positive card.
It is the 11th card of the Major Arcana (it is called
Card No.10 because
the
first
card
of
the
Major
Arcana
is
called Card
No.0 "The Fool").
The "Wheel of Fortune" is also known as the "Wheel of Life"
and the "Wheel of Destiny".
It is not the type of wheel found in some casinos - in which
one wins or loses on the turn of the wheel. Instead, it represents
the changing of the seasons, of our stages or life, ideas,
energies, and opportunities. It encompasses the notion that:
"What goes around, comes around".
The Wheel of Fortune continues to turn, giving us fresh opportunities
to learn old lessons (not yet mastered), and also to enjoy
new challenges. As old problems move away from us we are offered
new possibilities for development, growth, and satisfaction.
Some specific terms associated with "The Wheel of Fortune" Tarot
card include:
Fortune, Good Luck, Moving
Ahead, Destiny, Change
(for Better or Worse), Abundance, Prosperity,
Cycle of Life, Life Experiences, Going
Around in Circles, (Stuck in) a Cycle,
Repeating Actions.
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The cards of the Major Arcana are widely considered to be the
most powerful cards in the Tarot Deck. The 22 cards of the Major
Arcana tell a complete story when arranged in upright and numerical
order (beginning with The
Fool). This is a story of of development and enlightenment
and is sometimes referred to as "The Fool's Journey".
Some texts also include meanings for "reversed
cards". These
are for the situation in which the cards are shuffled in both
order and orientation. The theoretical advantage to this is that
it effectively doubles the number of possible "cards" in
the deck from 78 to 156. (However, in terms of the calculation
of obtaining results according to chance alone, it is not a simple
mathematical doubling because once a card
has been
drawn
it
cannot be drawn
again in the opposite orientation in the same reading.) |
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