The card that “starts” the major arcana in the traditional Rider Waite tarot is The Fool. The deck has a major arcana and a minor arcana. The major arcana is composed of twenty two cards. The minor arcana has the four suits (Wands, Swords, Cups and Pentacles).
The major arcana is the journey of The Fool. He starts the deck, he starts the journey. This is a card (sometimes referred to as a “key”) that speaks to new beginnings. New journeys. Heading off into the great unknown, with only a little rucksack and your pet companion with you. There’s a naive energy about this card. A young, impromptu energy. It reminds me of high school student heading off to college away from home. Not knowing exactly what awaits them, but eager for the trip.
If this card presents in the reversed position (not all readers read reversals, I do), it can literally mean somebody is being “foolish.” Making foolish decisions or choices. Not really thinking things through at all.
You can use tarot cards in spell work and manifestation work. If there’s a particular energy I am trying to draw in, I will go through the deck and find the card or cards that I think speak to what it is I want or am requesting help with. I lay them out, light a candle and light some incense and ask that the energies of these cards, what they stand for, what they suggest or encourage, will be drawn to me for the specific reason I have.
You can use the major arcana (or any card for that matter) as a focus point for meditation. You can pick a card every few days and use that as your point of attention when meditation. Not for any particular reason…just to focus on what that cards means to you. What it symbolizes. How it resonates with you. It’s a good way to become familiar with the deck and a good way to tune into how you’re resonating with those energies at that time.
When on the brink of a new adventure, a new job, a new home, a new marriage or relationship, call on this energy to guide you through your journey. You have all you need with you in your rucksack and with your pet companion. You just need some faith to go along with it.
Be open to what calls you…
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