Tarot Book
Interpretations by Katherine Evans
0 The Fool | I The Magician | II The High Priestess | III The Empress |
V The Heirophant | VI The Lovers | VII The Chariot | VIII Strength
| IX The Hermit | X The Wheel of Fortune
XI Justice | XII The Hanged Man | XIII Death | XIV Temperance |
XV The Devil | XVI The Tower | XVII The Star | XVIII The Moon
| XIX The Sun | XX Judgement | XXI The World
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22 Major Arcana
Represent Major Themes - Spiritual / Life Lessons - Archetypes.
The energies are reflecting life-cycles that need to be worked through, to end the repeats and
Karmic Lessons. The Major Arcana presents Spiritual Challenges, it is good to take note and as they can be seen as higher purpose calling. What you do now matters.
These are my interpretations and are suggestions - the Tarot have core collective meanings where we can meet, but at the end of the day it is in the moment and what arises to see, as the intuitive impulse plays a huge part of the reading and the knowledge is fluid and unfolding,
I have written this Free Tarot Book knowing there is much prejudice and preconceived incorrect opinions about using the Tarot, mostly made by people who don't use them.
I am aware many transforming use the Tarot and find them a useful tool that assists in self-discovering. I start with the Major Arcana and will perhaps move to the whole pack in the future.
Good fortune and please don't believe a word I say, this is about you finding your way. I wish you perfect Taroting!
0 The Fool
The Time Is Now, You Are Ready!
The Fool suggests Trusting The Impulse - Trust Self - Free Spirit Ready To Journey. Unlimited Potential - Possibility, Moving With Synchronicity, Inspired Action, Not Thinking or Planning. Beginnings, Not Been Before, Starting Off, On the Edge of Something. The Unknown Is Beckoning, Childlike Innocence, Guided by Purity.
Reversed
Thinking You Are Not Ready, Fear of The Unknown, Standstill - Risky Business - Disregarding Consequence - Reckless Behaviour -
Inner Journeying
Transformational Tips: Come To Now - Let Go The Thinking, Be guided by instinct.
Planet: Uranus
Element: Air
I The Magician
Be clear about intention. Is it for your highest good, or is ego manipulating?
Conscious Mind, be clear of what you are asking. Alchemy, Elemental forces, Magic, an energy that is beneath creation there for wielding, easily used for, greed, money, money, money, and misaligned manifesting that is not aligned higher purpose, nature and harmony.
Taking action, Commitment, Focus, and Clarity.
Using your skills to manifest, you have your own unique capability, Purity of Intention is Key, lest to incur Karmic Energy.
Planet: Mercury
Element: Air
Reversed
What Is In the Way of Manifesting? Be Clear on Intentions as the Tricky trickster, might be tricking. Alchemy is a blending of skills with love and truth infused into the creating, The Reversed suggests there is forcing and manipulating and ego beneath with its need for greed is dominating.
Transformational Tips: The Mind Is A Tool - Look For Overthinking and Intellectualizing and what is behind the manifesting.
II The High Priestess
Being Open, Flowing and Receptive To What Is Happening, This Is Not About logic and reasoning, rather discovering the Sacred Self hidden beneath.
Subconscious Mind, Intuition, Gut Instinct, Sacred Mysteries, Seen and Unseen, a magical influence of Feminine Divine Mystery.
Ability to see through feelings and their influences.
Moving gently, Walking meditation, grace under pressure.
Moon and Water Influences, suggest flowing of feelings that are probably engulfing the psyche, unless there is alert, attentive listening, there will be an overwhelming.
Withdrawing from the outerworld, and as the veil is pulled back allowing a passive and receptive energy that is trusting the Universe and its mysteries.
Reversed
Secrets Listen with your voice, not others whisperings that might be gossiping, mistruths that are poison to the psyche.
If things are hidden from view, time to stop the world and listen to what you subconscious is showing you, this is not a time to be afraid you. The Intuition is a flow with gentle nudging, time to align with trust, not thinking thinking.
Transformational Tips: To access the Intution, the inner mystery, remember to breathe consciously, clearing the psyche of debris.
Planet: Moon
Element: Water
III The Empress
The energy of Nature growing and fertility - Earth Mother
Mother Energy, that carries the ability to nurture the stages of Seed, Growing and ripening. May Suggest Pregnancy and giving birth to a Human Being, or creatively speaking. This is the energy of growing anything to abundant outcome. Sensuality, getting into the body and experiencing the senses, this Empress energy is earthly and grounding.
Bringing ideas to fruition with the Mother Feminine Energy that is Caring and Compassionate as a Mother to her child. Give Life To Your Creativity, Nurture your plant growing, Beautify what is around you. Embodiment of Nature, natural cycles, Earthly and Cosmic Alignment.
Reversed
Self-Care Is Needed, time to mother the inner child with compassionate energy. Disconnection with Nature will halt creativity and ones own senses leaving a self that flighty and ungrounded.
Transformational Tips: Get out into Mother Nature, to bring balance and harmony to life experience and breath life into what it is you are creating.
Planet: Venus
Element: Earth
IV The Emperor
Father Energy, The Emperor is the masculine, leading by demonstration, fearless, strong, and not afraid of confrontation.
The energy is red, at the root of things, commanding Authority, establishing boundaries with walls of strength, stability and security. There is a sense of Being Right About Things, the Emperor is rigid with Rules, Regulations to uphold integrity. The principle of organising, a sense to protect with practicality and focus behind actioning.
Reversed
Lack of Dicipline, Poor Planning and Structuring
Controlling Excessively,Inflexible/Oppressive Authority
Lack of Committment, Shying away from Leadership
Standing Up To Domination if that is happening.
Transformational Tips: Leading the way is not about following another, or controlling with overbearing energy. Rather pioneering into new territory trusting ones strength to create boundaries.
Sign: Aries
Element: Fire
V The Hierophant
The Mentor, Spiritual Teacher in its highest turning knowledge into wisdom and then actioning. Possibility of trapping the psyche by holding up beliefs to believe. Structure and Discipline, presenting a foundation. Book learning, making beliefs that invent boundaries around Spirituality. Religion and Tradition in the way of discovering ones own spiritual awakening.
The Hierophant teaches ways to connect with ones own spiritual values,Teacher/Student, they arrive simultaneously.
Spiritual Knowledge, Spiritual Values, Establishment
Religion, Institutions.
Create You Own
Spiritual Tradition
Reversed
Freestyle Spirituality, Challenging Institutions, Rebelling Confines of Conformity, Self-Guidance, Teaching Self, Being Ones Own Guru. Ending belief and seeing the light beyond believing anything!
Transformational Tips: Belief is Believing, forming a make believe reality. Even if you think its a 'good belief' You can believe anything you want to, then follow it thinking its true.
Sign: Taurus
Element: Earth
VI The Lovers
The Card of Love, time to question what Love is?
.Love is an energy, intelligence. This is not about loving baked beans, or a romantic notion of what you think another should be. This Lovers card suggests sexual honesty and vulnerability, a nakedness that is truth baring, Divine Intelligence guiding us through the temptations, and deviant energies. 11:11 Male and Female walking together through the gate.
Choices, focus on Love and Relationships, Aligning With Love Beneath Your Choices Higher Purpose and Values, Meeting a soulmate, being open and vulnerable.
If there is indecision, Take the High Road and meet the challenges that are beckoning and give possibility discover the love within.
Reversed
Misaligned choices
Disharmony in relationships
Tough Choices, Self-Worth needs questioning.
Temptation of lust, a one minute wonder, will deviate away from purity and the soul mate you seek.
Transformational Tip: To Discover what love is, is to see what love is not.
Sign: Gemini
Element: Air
VII The Chariot
The Chariot speaks of tenacity, to keep going that nobody can give. Moving forward,movement spiritual and physical travelling. Dig deep to get through the obstacles, suggests strength of will, to face and overcome opposing forces that arise in the mind.
Determination without forcing, Facing the challenges bring spiritual transformation, Focus and willpower to keep going. This is an inside job, everything is happening within, there is no escaping.
Success, Spiritual Warrior in action.
Reversed
What is in the way of moving forward?
A Focus on Self Dicipline
Personal determination, Inner Commitment, be kind to yourself allow yourself to see what is happening through spiritual eyes, be aware of sitting in the right and wrong of something.
Opposing / Lack of Direction
Transformational Tip: When being pulled in opposite directions, perhaps look for the path with least resistance.
Sign: Cancer
Element: Water
VIII Strength
The Lion energy within is perhaps angry, roaring at everything and everybody, ready to attack or defend with ferocious energy. To tame this beast, the ego manipulations. requires a gentle heart beat,that truth, purity and compassion brings, this is not about forcing, rather a natural surrendering when meeting Divine wisdom within.
Endurance, Enduring, Compassion, Perseverance when facing obstacles, Courage: facing the fear and doing it anyway, being loyal to your passions, to the higher forces, get into nature and tune in.
Reversed
Hidden Strength Within, the Core Strength of being.
Outbursts of feelings,Acting from ego.
Transformational Tip: Lionheart that is roaring, look to see the truth of things, discover the Peace in your heartbeat, where courage and all you need, is already existing.
Sign: Leo
Element: Fire
IX The Hermit
The time has come to let go of the world do a 180 degree turn and focus what is happening within, to discover what it means to be-self-guiding.
The whole picture might not be seen; however, trust and aligning with the light within, allowing it to illuminate where you are heading, without the thinking thinking, planning and fixing. The Hermit energy beckons us to deepness that brings natural authority and wisdom, rising above the cacophony of the world view and others' opinions. Aloneness is a strength independent of others, the Hermit is slow and deliberate, walking meditation as he traverses the mountain peaks, knowing that rushing is violent and destroys Peace. Guided from within, Peace of I, Stillness and Meditation, regardless of what is happening.
Reversed
Isolated/Isolation
Withdrawing/Withdrawn
Have strength to Go Deeper Into Your Spiritual Self, breath work and letting go of social media is a good thing.
Shine the light within.
Transformational Tip: You are already the Peace and Stillness that you seek.
Sign: Virgo
Element: Earth
X Wheel of Fortune
Energies converging where threads can be tied off and released, a moving on into new experiences. The wheel is forever turning and either you resist or go with.
The Wheel of Fortune, Cycles of Life
Karma, Consequence
A Significant, auspicious turning point,
Embracing The Now so as to
meet what is needed for the shifting.
Reversed
Breaking Cycles
Resisting Change
Get Life Back on Track
Transformational Tip: Cyclic patterns will keep happening, until responsibility is actioned, clearing karmic energy.
Planet: Jupiter
XI Justice
Justice suggests accountabilty for the actions taken, a reckoning is happening, I suggest this is not about dividing into right or wrong, or good and bad, rather to discover balance and harmony as the scales are measuring the ability to be responsible, accept the consequences and live from truth and compassion for the ignorance seen.
The choices made have consequence, thoughts, words and deeds all have karmic implication and Justice card indicates its time to reap the Cause and Effect, what you put out, affects you first. With the Shadow Working and self-discovering, it might be time to dig deep and just accept things have not been played fairly perhaps see the decisions you have made are not born from harmony, what can be done to level the scales? Act accordingly.
Spiritual Lore: turning to spiritual practice that involves generating compassionate energy aiding balance in life. Justice being the scales and World Law, this could mean courts and legal dealings.
Justice suggests one is seeking Truth and that might mean seeing the lies too.
Reversed
Inner Work and Accountability Is Needed
You maybe hard on yourself, Unfair Decision Making, A Questioning of Morality
Time to Own Up to Dishonesty
Transformational Tips: Things are perhaps not black and white, as there is Truth within a lie and, a Lie Within a Truth.
Sign: Libra
Element: Air
XII The Hanged Man
The Hanged Man is the signal to pause and surrender the need r
to be scribble speed. Instead of doing, fixing, mending,
this time suggests allowing new perspectives to be realized
and you will know when that is happening, as there is
synchronicity and the way forward opens out effortlessly.
This time of waiting, is needed an ordering before the next step
can be taken. A time of discovering, what might be blocking,
what is it you are thinking? The Hanged Man gives self space
to align with intuition, enlightenment from within, instead of
forcing and racing ahead without Pause and acting unconsciously.
Surrender the need to be the Martyr, (the poor me), here you are your own worst enemy, sabotaging unconciously. The Hanged Man suggests
looking within and seeing if you doing this. Trying to force the
way through will only make matters more difficult, no amount of
push, pull is going to topple the upside down man hanging from the tree.
Reversed
Resisting the need to Pause
Thinking you are Blocked and on Hold.
Transformational Tips: Surrender the Need to Control
Planet: Neptune Pisces
XIII Death
The Past and Present drop away and Now is all there is, this can be a cold hard truth making you face yourself, with no escaping. Death means the end, finality, a new stage of life, one door closes and another opens, revealing opportunity and possibility. Death maybe physical or psychological, either way there is no going back and what was - the past way of life is gone. When Death happens, there maybe for many a lamenting, a holding, either when somebody has died, or traps locked in the mind. When not embracing Death the pain and suffering will just repeat. Death is asking for us to let go of resistance, to embrace acceptance and the unknown, it means humbling and surrendering to what is.
Psychological death: an ending of thought, thinking that is not serving, feelings overwhelming, patterns repeating, the old comfortable ways. Embracing Death, dropping the energy brings a clear cut reality, the white horse the messenger rides, speaks of truth, purity, a time of cleansing and transforming and is essential to the cycle of life. Life Death and Birth.
Death
Transformation
Opportunity
Reversed
Resisting Endings
Limbo
Self-transforming
Embrace Yourself
Transformational Tips: When the Past and Present drop away, it is seen that Now is all there is.
Sign: Scorpio
Element: Water
XIV Temperance
After the Death comes the balancing, healing. This is not black or white rather a blending of energies, patience and stabilising is happening. An integration of grace with life unfolding, enlightened mind guiding. Clearing of the old has left space to see that moderation, calm approach, and flow is needed to realise the serenity of fulfilling higher purpose that is beckoning. It might be time to connect with community, like minds that resonate with your energy.
Balance - Alchemy, blending of energies, flowing intuitively. Spiritual Purpose unfolding.
Patience, rushing is violent.
Moderation is Key
Reversed
Imbalance
Find your own flow
Transformational Tips:
Sign: Sagittarius
Element: Fire
XV The Devil
This is the card of shadow working, where the hidden negative patterns are revealed. When the Devil shows, it's asking to be faced, to confront the darker part of yourself, things you are dependant on, behaviours, the thinking that is negative and repeating, this can be a hard task master and well, we all have the shadow within that needs the light shining on it. If you look at the male and female with the chains around their neck, you can see they can be taken off easily, so don't be tricked there is nothing you can do, when facing the shadow self within you. This is the signal the time to be breaking free of those repeats that are constraining self, moving away from a quick fix, instant gratification, and going in, seeing the trickery, and taking responsibility, making choices that lead you into the light and realising the short term pleasuring is not serving. Time to dig deep and allow the Love to be guiding.
Attachment
Restriction
Shadow Self
Sexuality - Bondage
Negative Patterns
Trickery of Thinking
Reversed
Going through a dark place
Hiding Fears
Confronting Negative Beliefs
Releasing Negative Beliefs
Transformational Tips:
Sign: Capricorn
Element: Earth
XVI The Tower
When the catalyst hits, in this case the lightening striking the Tower, life is uprooted and it's not ever going to be the same. Often it's a shock, out of the blue, and what was thought to carved in stone, safe and comfortable is ripped asunder and there is destruction, upheaval that reaches the core of being. As the rubble of a past life shattered lies at ones feet, there is no putting back together, this is a place where the physical, spiritual, mental, are all effected and there is no escaping.
The Tower is not about re-building, re-doing take the 're' off. Re is repeat. The Tower clears, allows space for beginnings, (unless you want to sit there and lament in misery) there is clarity, insights, transformational energy, a reaching depth of being, where the falsehoods, illusions, lies, assumptions are shown in the light. It is not an easy card to deal with although it blasts through the foundations of life that are not solid, true, or serving the highest good.
Catalyst
Unexpected
Awakening
Change
Chaos
The truth remains
Reversed
Personal Transformation
Spiritual Awakening
Belief Systems Crumbling
You can not stop gravity
Transformational Tips:
Planet: Mars
XVII The Star
Often the word 'hope' is connected with the Star, hope suggests a grasping and wishing. I care to elevate the Stars representation to Trust and Trusting. After the experience of the Tower falling, the destruction paved way for the illusions and lies beneath life to be seen, this is of course ongoing. The Star is the trust,the trust of self that is opening to Divine connection to Source Intelligence, where love, calm and compassion are happening. The yellow eight pointed Star suggests Higher Self integration, the nakedness being open and vulnerable to see the deceptions, so as to live authentically.
Higher Purpose Is Guiding, with a trust in self and Universal Intelligence, ending of the insular way of thinking. Inspiration, soul purpose, Self-Transforming are all part of Star's energy. Ascending into the limitless potential of what it is to be a human being., or other wise known keeping aspiring to ones highest potential. Reach for the Stars!
Reversed
Lack of Trust
Despairing
Disconnection
Transformational Tips:
Planet: Aquarius
Element: Air
XVIII The Moon
The Moon Mysteries are now being revealed, Self is opening to the psychic, sensitive, the intuitive, listening with the inner voice and the need for meditation and peaceful pursuits to calm the mind, maybe the inner nudging
La Luna showing too the incorrect projections, the illusions, doubts, fears, indecisions, anxiousness held in the the Subconscious, an overflowing of feelings that are intense, feelingful.
The Moon energy may trigger past-life, childhood, memories that have been buried deep, being revealed in a dreamlike state. Navigating life with the intuition guiding often suggests one has a calling to healing, shamanic working, meditation, spiritual arts that connect self to the dream-time, inner guidance. Where the waters go from murky to clarity with the practice of diciplines. The black crayfish suggests the feelings coming to the surface and deal with them consciously, don't let go back to the deep and remain hidden from view.
Illusion
Negative
Anxiety
Lunar Cycles
Wild and Tame Psyche
Allowing Intuition To Lead
Reversed
Release/facing of fear
Burying of Feelings
Inner Confusion
Transformational Tips:
Sign: Pisces
Element: Water
XIX The Sun
After the deep introspection and secret world of the Moon, the Sun is the antipode, energetic, bright, shining, the Light and clarity of what is happening. The naked child on the white horse suggests openness, purity instead of the linear old ways guiding. There is a childlike innocence steering, an attainment of consciousness from within, your inner spirit that acts on impulse free from judgement of what others think, one that is vital, and actions are positive and life giving. A creative time, doors opening, with bright sunny outlook and energy. Tune In to your inner self, the love that is there now exisiting.
Shine Your Light In All Directions
Reversed
Inner Child
Setbacks
Not feeling sunny!
Transformational Tips:
Planet: Sun
XX Judgement
There is a Judgement happening of some kind - discernment when viewing the past is needed. This is a time of setting self free and aligning with the cosmic energetic light within. An awakening, a calling, the urge to rise up and out of the confines of the box, the old ways, the patterns and repeats. There might be a decision that is beckoning, presenting the opportunity to let go or the old self, into a version of reality that has not yet been. This is about absolution, debts are cleared, let go of the fear, guilt and sadness, a time of integrating and releasing the old dead past that is not serving.
Spiritual Awakening, Heeding Your Inner Calling, Judgement is inescapable, so are the obstacles in life, allow compassion be the tune that is sounding.
Reversed
Not listening with inner calling
Soul voice
Self-doubt
Negative Judgment
Transformational Tips:
Planet: Pluto
XXI The World
Life is a flow, where endings and beginnings are like a seamless stitching in the fabric of reality. Accomplishment that something is completed, and an integration is happening a space for self to step forward in the creation. If there are loose ends that need tying now is the time for completion. The World is your oyster suggests the scope of living, travelling, movement and success are beckoning
A Cycle is Complete
A New Cycle Begins
Seemlessly Flowing
Reversed
Short-cuts
Hold Ups
Personal completing of things, tying up loose ends
Transformational Tips:
Planet: Saturn