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The World is the last Tarot Card of The Major Arcana.
Despite the title of the card, the image depicted is not
necessarily of a Globe or Map of the World. The concepts conveyed
by
this card are more usually shown in the form of many symbols
that, together, represent fertility, creativity, and protection.
Nude female figures are common icons on "The World" Tarot Card
and are used in, for example the popular Rider-Waite and Robin
Wood Decks.
"The World" is an inherently positive, joyful card. It is
a gift and a delight whenever it appears in spreads because
it is usually interpreted in such terms as "the world is your
oyster", "all possibilities are available/open to you", "success
with a project or mission", "an opportunity to move smoothly
into the next cycle of life".
Detailed comment about this card will vary according to to
deck used - because the imagery and symbolism in individual
cards varies with the deck used and its overall theme. It is,
of course, also important to consider the position of the card
within the spread. "The World" Card is sometimes titled "The
Universe", as for example, in the Golden
Dawn Tarot Deck.
Some specific terms associated with "The World" Tarot
card include:
Completion, Success, Culmination
of Awareness, A New Beginning, Infinite Possibilities, Triumph
over all Odds.
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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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