What does the The World tarot card mean?

It is always worth looking at The World when choosing a deck. We have repeatedly been convinced that it is exactly the level of execution of the Major Arcana The World that very accurately shows how deep it is. If in any deck all the Arcana embody the Path, then The World is how the outcome is seen, the highest bar that can be "reached" on this path. It happens that a deck would be good in every way, artistic, witty, and with its own interesting findings, but The World in it is still somehow a bit flat and simple-minded. And it happens that a deck seems a little strange, awkward, but The World in it is breathtaking. If, looking at the Arcana The World, you feel admiration and joy for the creators of the deck and for yourself personally, you should take it.

What does the The World reversed mean?

In interpreting The World Reversed, three different approaches are possible. Apparently, when choosing the most suitable one, it makes sense to rely on your own observational experience. For one person, the harmless first option (see below) might work, for another, The World Reversed literally might describe the turning of life upside down, the loss of something dear, fatal events, a veritable doomsday (alas, not without victims). In the first approach, it is believed that even reversed, The World retains all its positive meanings, except perhaps with some delay in time (similarly, the Ace of Pentacles reversed is often interpreted—no matter how you spin it, it is still a blessing). The card says that the time for major changes for the better has not yet come, the expected results are still beyond the horizon, but you should not lose hope. In the second case, it is considered that such a position of the card unites success and disappointment (you dream of something, achieve your goal, and realize that it is not so great, and sometimes you completely regret and repent). In the third—the loss of a great good, of something dear, substantial (like the Ten of Cups Reversed). Sacrifice of a great goal or love. Loss of life's meaning or purpose. Other traditional meanings: Inertia, stagnation, unwillingness to change, loss of energy, apathy. Sometimes the card describes a state of emptiness after a great success, fatigue after the completion of a project, postpartum depression (literally or figuratively).

What does the The World mean for career?

In this area, the dual meaning of The World card fully manifests itself—it can mean both absolute success achieved through hard work and invested effort, and the beginning of something completely new (and a situation where one does not exclude the other).

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The World

Major Arcana

The Universe, Cosmos, Absolute

The Perfection of the Universe

The Soul of the Universe

Shekinah

The Magic Crown, The Crown of the Magi,

The Androgyne

The Kingdom of God

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Tau (from Yesod to Malkuth, from Foundation to Kingdom)

Saturn. Jupiter in Pisces as a symbol of liberation,

or Jupiter in a harmonious aspect with Saturn as an image of a happy ending.

A favorable aspect of Neptune and Pluto

The occult meaning of the card is THE REWARD

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