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So, now we learned about the Minor Arcana cards. Now it's time to learn about the Major
Arcana cards. Right, and there are 22 Major Arcana cards in total. If you look at the
top of each card, in this particular deck they are numbered, and it begins with zero,
and each one of them will have a number on top. So, again, this is in this deck, it might
change from deck to deck, pretty much not because they're pretty set on what the Major
Arcana are in each deck. We'll just focus on three of them right now. The first card
is call the Fool, and it's really, it's being foolish, and it?s really not looking at what's
in front of your face. Sometimes, if you notice the picture on here as well, is that the dog
down here is trying to get his attention and he's just looking off into oblivion, not paying
attention, he's being very foolish, the dog could represent something pretty important
in someone's life about the attention that needs to be paid attention to. So, the pictures
will tell the story too of what the card is, and that's not only in the Major Arcana, it's
also in the Minor Arcana. The next card is the Magician, and knowledge is power. If you
look at him he's got all the elements around him of what he's trying to conjure, if you
will, but it's basically knowledge is power. Now, the book that comes with the deck, gives
a written meaning of each card. So, in this particular case I'll read it. It says "knowledge
is power and empowerment through the understanding of our own abilities and the world around
us. Intelligence and initiative", and that is the Magician. The next card is called the
High Priestess, and basically she looks very, very regal. The High Priestess is a Queen
but it is really your own female intuition. It's dealing with the ultimate female of knowledge.
Most females in today?s societies are credited with a lot of intuition and that's pretty
much what the High Priestess is. It talks about female intuition, spiritual awareness,
and acceptance of life's mysteries and that is what female intuition is, really. So, those
are the beginning of the Major Arcana and we'll look at the other cards in just a moment.
Great, can't wait to do that.