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

• Archetypal mind

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