Major Arcana
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The Sun
Here comes the sun,Here comes the sun, and I sayIt’s alright Little darlin’, it’s been a long, cold, lonely winterLittle darlin’, it feels like years since it’s been here… Little darlin’, the smile’s returning to their facesLittle darlin’, it seems like years since it’s been here… Sun, sun, sun, here it comes… Little darlin’, I feel that ice is slowly meltingLittle darlin’, it seems like years since it’s been clear Here comes the sun,Here comes the sunIt’s alright It’s alright ‘Here Comes The Sun’ by The Beatles (Harrison) Welcome to my circle of sunshine! It’s my belief that every card in the Tarot has both positive and negative connotations (and…
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The Moon
Johnny, take a walk with your sister the moonLet her pale light in, to fill up your room.You’ve been living underground, eating from a canYou’ve been running away from what you don’t understand. She’s slippy, you’re sliding down.She’ll be there when you hit the ground. It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright.She moves in mysterious ways… She’s the wave, she turns the tideShe sees the man inside the child… Move you, spirits move youMove, spirits move you, oh yeah.Does it move you?She moves with it.Lift my days, and light up my nights, oh. “Mysterious Ways” by U2 (Hewson/Clayton/Mullen/Evans) Welcome to my circle of The Moon! The Moon is the wild card…
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The Emperor
“Regrets, I’ve had a fewBut then again too few to mentionI did what I had to doI saw it through without exemptionI planned each charted courseEach careful step along the bywayAnd more, much, much moreI did it my way Yes, there were times I’m sure you knewWhen I bit off more than I could chewBut through it all, when there was doubtI ate it up and spit it outI faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way For what is a man, what has he got?If not himself then he has naughtTo say the things he truly feelsAnd not the words of one who kneelsThe record…
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The Empress
“I can cast a spell of secrets you can tellMix a special brew, put fire inside of youAnytime you feel danger or fearThen instantly I will appear, ’cause I’m every womanIt’s all in meAnything you want done babyI do it naturally Oh, I can sense your needs like rain onto the seedsI can make a rhyme of confusion in your mindAnd when it comes down to some good old fashioned loveI got it, I got it, I got it, got it, baby, baby I’m every womanIt’s all in meAnything you want done babyI do it naturally” ‘I’m Every Woman’ by Chaka Khan (Nickolas/Valerie) Welcome to the loving embrace of the…
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The Star
In a tree by the brook, there’s a songbird who sings Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven… And as we wind on down the road Our shadows taller than our soul There walks a lady we all know Who shines white light and wants to show How everything still turns to gold And if you listen very hard The tune will come to you at last When all are one and one is all, yeah To be a rock and not to roll ‘Stairway to Heaven’ by Led Zeppelin (Page/Plant) Welcome to my Circle of Stars! I had lots of songs I could pick for this card, but ultimately…
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The Tower
The summer sunIt blows my mindIt’s falling down on all that I’ve ever knownTime to kiss the world goodbyeFalling down on all that I’ve ever knownIs all that I’ve ever known A dying screamIt makes no soundCalling out to all that I’ve ever knownHere am I, lost and foundCalling out to all ‘Falling Down’ (Chemical Brothers Remix) by Oasis (N. Gallagher) Welcome to my circle of destruction! The Tower is a Big Card. It has Big Phallic Energy, lol. I’ve heard it described as the anchor of the deck, the Tarot’s heaviest card. It’s certainly a chaotic card that shows the razing to the ground of all that was previously…
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The High Priestess
“She is like a cat in the darkAnd then she is the darkness She rules her life like a fine skylarkAnd when the sky is starless All your life you’ve never seenWoman taken by the windWould you stay if she promised you heaven?Will you ever win?” ‘Rhiannon’ by Fleetwood Mac (Nicks) Welcome to the inner circle! My Tarot journal entry has lots of CAPITALISED prompts for the High Priestess card (lol): “stillness”, “stop and listen!”, “patience”. This is a card whose message I really need to let into my life, because I’m not always great at this. I am resolutely not religious, but I also always think of the words…
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The Magician
‘One dream, one soul One prize, one goal One golden glance of what should be (It’s a kind of magic) One shaft of light that shows the way No mortal man can win this day (It’s a kind of magic) The bell that rings inside your mind Is challenging the doors of time (It’s a kind of magic) The waiting seems eternity The day will dawn of sanity (Is this a kind of magic? It’s a kind of magic) There can be only one This rage that lasts a thousand years Will soon be done This flame that burns inside of me I’m hearing secret harmonies (It’s a kind of…
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The Devil
‘It’s unfortunate that when we feel a stone We can roll ourselves over ’cause we’re uncomfortable Oh well, the devil makes us sin But we like it when we’re spinning in his grin. – Love is like a sin, my love For the ones that feel it the most Look at her with her eyes like a flame She will love you like a fly will never love you again’ ‘Paradise Circus’ by Massive Attack (Del Naja / Marshall / Sandoval / Brown / Jackson) Welcome to my Devil’s chains! The Devil is definitely viewed by many as a negative card, and while it certainly has some… not great connotations,…
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The Fool
“Fools rush in, where wise men never go But wise men never fall in love So how are they to know? When we met, I felt my life being So open up your heart and let This fool rush in” ‘Fools Rush In’ by Bow Wow Wow (Mercer / Bloom) Welcome to my chain of fools! I had a soft spot for The Fool right from the first time I looked through a Tarot deck, and these lyrics got stuck in my head*. The song plays in my internal jukebox every time The Fool makes an appearance for me now! I’ve always loved the glorious, fearless naivety of this card;…
