In one of my early posts here, I already told you about the museum I once ran and my "Temple of the Secrets", where I had created a monumental artwork about the Tarot. The museum, located in the oldest building in town was filled with high quality replicas of ancient Egyptian and Greek artefacts...
The building used to be the hospital, founded in the year 1350 and rebuilt much bigger in 1432. That was, when they also added a chapel, which was used as such all the way into the 19th century. Many years later, it was to become the home of my "glass Tarot". I did my own version of the trump cards and since they are also called the "major arcana" (main secrets), I called the place "Temple of the Secrets". I combined the pictures of the cards with an invented story, of how the tarot might have come from ancient Egypt here to Bavaria in southern Germany.
Above I arranged elements I found related to the theme and also each particular card, the center resembling a winged sun from the ancient Egyptians.
I look at the row of the actual tarot cards as the journey of a human life with all the ups and downs and experiences we all make. They are explained in more detail in a series of posts I made about them in the past. To find all my major arcana in one place, I thought it might be a good idea to list them here with a short "meaning" and a link to the matching post...
If using a smartphone, you might have to hold it sideways to see all cards
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| The magician stands for actively creating, for passionate initiative and mastery | The high priestess stands for intuition, inner voice, knowledge of the right way and the mysterious | The empress stands for the blossoming garden, constant renewal and growth |
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| The emperor stands for reality, order and the implementation of ones desires, ideas and intentions | The high priest stands for knowledge, search for the deeper meaning and for a healthy trust in God | The lovers stand for devotion, great feelings and decisions from the bottom of their hearts |
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| The chariot stands for activity, adventurous spirit and the departure full of confidence | Justice stands for the well-considered, just judgement and the decision with a clear mind | The hermit brings light into the darkness and stands for truthfulness to oneself, inner concentration and wisdom |
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| The wheel of fortune, with its endless ups and downs always produces new tasks and gives the ability to take fate as it comes | Force stands for the taming of our deeper nature, passion and unrestrained vitality | The hanged man stands for not being flexible or stuck and points to a situation that requires rethinking or a willingness to make sacrifices |
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| Death stands for a natural ending of something, because the time has come, letting go, and for finally ending with old things | Temperance stands for the healthy middle way and trust in our guardian angel, who shows us the right path and helps us to find the right balance | The devil stands for temptation and dependence, a tendency to excess and also the temptation to abuse power |
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| The tower stands for liberation with a loud bang, the breaking open of encrustations and too narrow structures, or for a rebellious character | The star stands for the prospect of a wonderful future and deep confidence | The moon stands for fears and uncertainties that need to be overcome and the liberation of the unconscious |
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| The sun stands for boundless joie de vivre, reconciliation, carelessness and a little exuberance | Judgement stands for healing, redemption, liberation and an expanded consciousness | The world stands for the goal, to have arrived, to feel comfortable at the place reached, perfection |
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