Different Kinds of Tarot Cards

  The deck used for Tarot card reading contains seventy- eight cards each with its own different symbolic picture with an individual Tarot meaning. The standard deck is made up of four suits of fourteen cards, which are similar to playing cards.  These are called the pip cards or Minor Arcana. The other twenty-two are known as the Major Arcana.  When giving a Tarot card reading these have more symbolic importance and for this reason are often known as the Greater Secret or Greater Mysteries.

The different kinds of Tarot cards in the Major Arcana are numbered from naught to twenty-one. At naught is The Fool, the most complex and contradictory.  The Tarot meanings can indicate impulsive risk taking, yet on the other someone who refuses to be held back by what life throws at him/her. The Tarot meanings of the Magician indicate reaching goals by using knowledge and will. However if this card is badly aspected it can show the trickery, deception and manipulation of others. The High Priestess identifies with the Mona Lisa’s smile, whilst The Empress has strong apron strings and the Emporer represents power.
The Tarot meanings of the Hierophant are that of the Church. This can be the church of politics, religion or public opinion. In a Tarot card reading The Lovers show that true love overcomes everything. The Chariot sets targets and acts to accomplish them. Tarot meanings of the Strength card are a complete belief in ones cause, and the motivation to do whatever is necessary. The Hermit knows that you have to look inwards, when you can see no way out and The Wheel of Fortune is a symbol of the cyclic nature of all actuality.
When Tarot card reading, Justice tell you to judge each case on its intrinsic worth and The Hanged Man points to the fact that too much stress on the short term will cost you in the long. Death tells you to clear the decks because a new journey is about to start. The Tarot meanings or Temperance let you know that it is good to have a little of what you fancy, whereas The Devil tempts you with the unlocked cage, but will you be fearless enough to leave. The Tower knows that that does not kill us makes us tougher.
The Tarot meanings of The Star show the future begins now and of The Moon that tomorrow buds at midnight, whereas The Sun indicates that even being on cloud nine, sooner or later becomes boring. Judgment is the hurricane in the thorn tree and the last of the different kind of Tarot cards in The Major Arcana, The World says the journey is over, so its time to start again.