THE GREATER ARCANA AND THEIR DIVINATORY MEANINGS
The Magician.—Skill, diplomacy, address, subtlety; sickness, pain, loss, disaster, snares of enemies; self-confidence, will;the Querent, if male. Reversed: Physician, Magus, mentaldisease, disgrace, disquiet.
The High Priestess.—Secrets, mystery, the future as yetunrevealed; the woman who interests the Querent, if male; theQuerent herself, if female; silence, tenacity; mystery, wisdom,science. Reversed: Passion, moral or physical ardor, conceit,surface knowledge.
The Empress.—Fruitfulness, action, initiative, length ofdays; the unknown, clandestine; also difficulty, doubt, ignorance.Reversed: Light, truth, the unravelling of involved matters, public rejoicings ; according to another reading, vacillation.