| Last time, we looked at a simplified tarot card | | | | energy and drive needed to win the current battle. |
| reading technique using only the 22 major arcana | | | | That you are on the path to success. That all you |
| cards, and we got as far as the Tower. We will | | | | desire is now in the process of falling with your orbit. |
| resume in this article with the 17th card, the Star. | | | | At we believe that it may occasionally be a warning |
| The Star is a symbol of inspiration and hope, as | | | | that over-confidence can be dangerous, although the |
| anyone who has ever looked up on a cloud-free night | | | | card needs to be reversed for this - see the later |
| will understand. In readings, the Star reminds us that | | | | article on reading plans. |
| there is light at the end of the tunnel, no matter how | | | | Card 20 is 'Judgment'. On Judgment day, all are |
| grim the current situation may be. The Star is a | | | | judged, and the way in which this judgment is |
| promise that better times are on the way, and now | | | | metered out says as much about the judge as the |
| is NOT the time to despair. In a broader sense, | | | | judged. This card alerts you to the need to choose - |
| (according to everyone at !) if you have been holding | | | | if you face a question or choice, now is the time to |
| back, now might be the time for a big push. Although | | | | make up your mind. The right minded way of course |
| the Star is Hope, it is not a practical card - you must | | | | is to judge without condemning, or leaving no |
| supply that real-world practicality yourself. Above all, | | | | possibility of parole (future opportunity and choice). It |
| the Star reminds you that you are on the right track, | | | | may also alert you that you yourself are being |
| and only need to take positive right-minded action to | | | | judged somehow, and the test is actually in how you |
| realize your goals. | | | | respond to the judgment, not whether you are guilty |
| The next card in the Major Arcana is the Moon. This | | | | or not. Above all, Judgment means that renewal and |
| card informs us that the world we see is only a very | | | | change is at hand, and with change comes |
| small part of reality, and it is only the filters of our | | | | opportunity. |
| consciousness that stop us experiencing the universe | | | | Finally we have the World. Associated with happiness, |
| fully in all its glory. Like the Star, the Moon is a card | | | | the World is that feeling of totality we get when |
| of Hope. Whatever you desire can be yours, if you | | | | 'everything is ok'. This feeling is transitory - life's |
| follow the right path to get it. The Moon may also | | | | challenges always see to that, but when they come, |
| reflect hidden fears and worries, the kind that come | | | | they must be embraced without fear. Like the Sun, |
| in nightmares. It is also a warning against deception - | | | | the World is a positive card, and puts you on notice |
| do not follow an illusion in the moonlight, unless you | | | | that your desires are indeed fulfill-able, BUT... you will |
| really want to be lost in the dark. If you are already | | | | need to work for them. To take the World, we |
| lost, the Moon tells you in no uncertain terms that | | | | must also give ourselves over into its service. |
| now is the time to find the path again. | | | | And together with card 0, the Fool, that makes 22 |
| Next up, as you might have guessed is the Sun. A | | | | major arcana cards. Next time, we will explore the |
| very positive card, the Sun essentially confirms what | | | | methods of using the cards and the patterns most |
| you may already be feeling, that you have the | | | | suitable for fast reliable readings. |