The 78 cards, plainly explained.

Twenty-two cards, life's bigger turns.

From The Fool's leap to The World's closure, the Major Arcana is the deck's spine. These are the cards that mark stages, not events · the chapters of a life rather than the weather of a week.

• 0
  The Fool
  A fresh start, taken on instinct.
• I
  The Magician
  You have everything you need on the table in front of you.
• II
  The High Priestess
  Listen to the part of you that already knows.
• III
  The Empress
  Tend the garden you're already in.
• IV
  The Emperor
  Build the structure that holds the work.
• V
  The Hierophant
  There is wisdom in the well-worn path · for now.
• VI
  The Lovers
  The choice that comes from your values, not your fear.
• VII
  The Chariot
  Two opposing forces, one steady hand on the reins.
• VIII
  Strength
  Soft hand on a strong lion.
• IX
  The Hermit
  Withdraw to listen. Then come back.
• X
  Wheel of Fortune
  The cycle turns, ready or not.
• XI
  Justice
  What you put out comes back, measured.
• XII
  The Hanged Man
  Stop fighting the position. Look from there.
• XIII
  Death
  Something ends. Something else can now begin.
• XIV
  Temperance
  Mix the elements slowly. The blend is the point.
• XV
  The Devil
  The chains are looser than they look.
• XVI
  The Tower
  The lightning hits the structure that was already cracked.
• XVII
  The Star
  After the Tower, the soft sky.
• XVIII
  The Moon
  Walk through it. The path is real, even if you can't see it yet.
• XIX
  The Sun
  The day arrives. You're in it.
• XX
  Judgement
  The call you can hear. Answer.
• XXI
  The World
  The cycle closes. The next one waits.

Fifty-six cards, day-to-day life.

Four suits, Ace through King, mapping onto the four elements and the four corners of a life. Cups for feeling, Wands for action, Swords for thought, Pentacles for the body and the work and the bank account.