Major Arcana
The Major Arcana is the set of 22 cards from the Tarot card game. They serve as trump cards.
Correspondences
These are the correspondences as detailed by Paul Foster case. They are usually used with the Rider Waite deck and its clones and draw heavily on Golden Dawn material. Note that this is not the only possible correspondence system.
| Name | Hebrew letter | Value | Meaning | Colour | Note |
| The Fool | Aleph | 1 | Ox | Pale yellow | E |
| The Magician | Bet | 2 | House | Yellow | E |
| The High Priestess | Gimel | 3 | Camel | Blue | G# |
| The Empress | Dalet | 4 | Door | Green | F# |
| The Emperor | Hei | 5 | Window | Red | C |
| The Hierophant | Vav | 6 | Nail or hook | Red-Orange | C# |
| The Lovers | Zayin | 7 | Sword | Orange | D |
| The Chariot | Het | 8 | Fence | Orange-Yellow | D# |
| Strength | Tet | 9 | Serpent | Yellow | E |
| The Hermit | Yodh | 10 | Hand (open) | Yellow-green | F |
| Wheel of Fortune | Kaf | 20 | Hand (closed) | Violet | A# |
| Justice | Lamed | 30 | Ox Goad | Green | F# |
| The Hanged Man | Mem | 40 | Water | Blue | G# |
| Death | Nun | 50 | Fish | Blue-Green | G |
| Temperance | Samech | 60 | Prop | Blue | G# |
| The Devil | Ayin | 70 | Eye | Blue-Violet | A |
| The Tower | Pei | 80 | Mouth | Red | C |
| The Star | Tsadi | 90 | Fish-hook | Violet | A# |
| The Moon | Qoph | 100 | Back of head | Violet-red or violet-indigo | B |
| The Sun | Resh | 200 | Head | Orange | D |
| Judgement | Shin | 300 | Tooth | Red | C |
| The World | Tav | 400 | Mark | Blue-violet or Indigo | A |
See also
References
- Highlights of Tarot, by Paul Foster Case, Publisher: Builders of the Adytum ISBN 0-938002-02-3
- Das Rider-Waite-Tarot Handbuch, by Peter Schöber-Paweska (german)ISBN 3-893385-101-1
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