Meaning of the Tarot of Marseille cards

Meaning of the 22 major arcana of the Tarot of Marseille

Love, health, work and money are pivotal subjects in our respective lives, and we attach great importance and a great deal of time to them.

Moreover, when one of these 4 subjects fails us, it is our whole ship that begins to sink, and we have great difficulty keeping our heads above water. That is why, to reassure ourselves before trouble strikes or to pull ourselves out of a dead end once the harm is already done, we take pleasure in taking refuge in reading a daily horoscope or in a psychic session.

In tarology, which remains the most famous form of divinatory art, it is the cards that will reveal a wealth of information to help us overcome these troubles before they arrive or to get out of them as best we can if we are already entangled in difficulties.

It also happens, in the best of cases, that one has the cards read simply to make sure that the positivity in which our life is settled can continue over the long term. In any case, this divinatory reading, and above all the interpretation of the cards drawn, will reveal who we really are, what is happening to us now and what will happen to us later.

These are the most representative of a deck of Tarot of Marseille cards.

Indeed, one can even perform certain readings using only them. These 22 arcana or major cards have the particularity of bearing illustrations depicting various characters or objects symbolising very specific character traits of human nature.

Thus, one finds for example cards depicting The Hierophant, The Magician, The Devil, The Lovers or indeed The Hanged Man.

And still others that are even more symbolic, named The World, The Wheel of Fortune or The Tower. These cards are numbered from 1 to 21; only the last, named The Fool, is without a number, for it represents the somewhat wandering person along the path of life that we follow through all these cards. For placed end to end, these 21 numbered major arcana form the initiatory journey of a life, with all that this can represent of the positive as well as the negative.

Moreover, all is well as long as these major cards are drawn upright. If, on the other hand, one of them were to come out reversed, it would be a sign of disappointment and would invite you to a certain reflection.

We thus see that the Tarot of Marseille deck is far more than a psychic accessory. For it is a true spiritual quest that we witness through the representations of these 22 major arcana. A quest within a cycle where a subject draws on multiple experiences to better build himself and thus reach high levels of skill.

These so-called minor cards are somewhat similar to the cards of a more traditional deck. They are divided into 4 series known as suits. Each of these suits is made up of 14 cards, running from the Ace to the King.

The big difference from a traditional deck of cards lies in the fact that here, in addition to the jack, the queen and the king, there is a card called the knight. Each of these suits of 14 cards bears a very specific name and has its own meaning. This is how one finds:

• The Wands, which represent the experience gained over the course of a life.
• The Cups, which embody all that relates to feelings and emotions.
• The Pentacles, which symbolise everything related to material matters.
• The Swords, which refer us to everything connected to the mind and the spirit.

Within these suits, each of the 14 cards will have its say. That is to say, each of them will have revelations to make when it is drawn, regarding the personality of a given subject and above all their qualities and flaws. All these cards therefore have their own meanings and their influences can be negative or positive, depending on whether they are drawn reversed or upright.

Meaning of the 22 major arcana of the Tarot of Marseille