17. The Star.—Loss, theft, privation, abandonment; another reading says—hope and bright prospects.
Reversed: Arrogance, haughtiness, impotence.
18. The Moon.—Hidden enemies, danger, calumny, darkness, terror, deception, occult forces, error.
Reversed: Instability, inconstancy, silence, lesser degrees of deception and error.
19. The Sun.—Material happiness, fortunate marriage, contentment.
Reversed: The same in a lesser sense.
20. The Last Judgment.—Change of position, renewal, outcome. Another account specifies total loss through lawsuit.
Reversed: Weakness, pusillanimity, simplicity; also deliberation, decision, sentence.
Zero. The Fool.—Folly, mania, extravagance, intoxication, delirium, frenzy, bewrayment.
Reversed: Negligence, absence, distribution, carelessness, apathy, nullity, vanity.
21. The World.—Assured success, recompense, voyage, route, emigration, flight, change of place.
Reversed: Inertia, fixity, stagnation, permanence.
It will be seen that, except where there is an irresistible suggestion conveyed by the surface meaning, that which is extracted from the Trumps Major by the divinatory art is at once artificial and arbitrary, as it seems to me, in the highest degree. But of one order are the mysteries of light and of another are those of fantasy. The allocation of a fortune-telling aspect to these cards is the story of a prolonged impertinence.
Section 4
SOME ADDITIONAL MEANINGS OF THE LESSER ARCANA
Wands.
- King.—Generally favorable; may signify a good
marriage.
Reversed: Advice that should be followed. - Queen.—A good harvest, which may be taken in several senses.
Reversed: Good-will towards the Querent, but without the opportunity to exercise it. - Knight.—A bad card; according to some readings, alienation.
Reversed: For a woman, marriage, but probably frustrated. - Page.—Young man of family in search of young lady.
Reversed: Bad news. - Ten.—Difficulties and contradictions, if near a good card.
- Nine.—Generally speaking, a bad card.
- Eight.—Domestic disputes for a married person.
- Seven.—A dark child.
- Six.—Servants may lose the confidence of their masters; a
young lady may be betrayed by a friend.
Reversed: Fulfilment of deferred hope. - Five.—Success in financial speculation.
Reversed: Quarrels may be turned to advantage. - Four.—Unexpected good fortune.
Reversed: A married woman will have beautiful children. - Three.—A very good card; collaboration will favor enterprise.
- Two.—A young lady may expect trivial disappointments.
- Ace.—Calamities of all kinds.
Reversed: A sign of birth.