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More Major Arcana Cards:
0 - The Fool
1 - The Magician
2 - The High Priestess
3 - The Empress
4 - The Emperor
5 - The Hierophant
6 - The Lovers
7 - The Chariot
8 - Strength
9 - The Hermit
10 - Wheel of Fortune
11 - Justice
12 - The Hanged Man
13 - Death
14 - Temperance
15 - The Devil
16 - The Tower
17 - The Star
18 - The Moon
19 - The Sun
20 - Judgement
21 - The World

Other Tarot Cards:
Suit of Cups
Suit of Pentacles
Suit of Swords
Suit of Wands

 

2 - The High Priestess

The High Priestess card includes an element of mystery and is generally associated with sacred (or higher) knowledge not yet fully revealed. The High Priestess is card number 2.

Images appearing on the High Priestess card vary considerably, even among modern Tarot Decks. The theme of this card is of inner knowledge connecting each individual with the natural world. This card is also associated with feminine wisdom and intuition – although part of the message of this card is the need to balance all things, including the masculine with the feminine.

Some possible interpretations of this card include the need to search for and recognize the spiritual component of an issue, the benefit of trusting ones intuition, the need to research an issue (to consider other aspects of it), or advice to await further information.

 

The Major Arcana cards are thought to be the most powerful cards in the Tarot. They tell a complete story when arranged in upright and numerical order. It is a story of development and enlightenment, sometimes called "The Fool's Journey".

Some texts include meanings for "reversed cards", which apply when the cards are shuffled in both order and orientation. This doubles the number of possible "cards" in the deck from 78 to 156. (In terms of the probabilities of obtaining results by chance alone, it is not a simple doubling as once a card has been drawn it cannot be selected again in the opposite orientation in the same reading.)

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