Tarot: The meaning of the 78 cards at a glance

1. The Magician: This card stands for courage, creativity, a thirst for adventure, a new relationship and a new job.
2. The High Priestess: She stands for the inner voice, the soul, intuition and inspiration.
3. The Ruler: Love, feelings, fertility and pregnancy are the meanings of this card.
4. The Ruler: In contrast to the Ruler, the Ruler stands for the father figure, the masculine, vitality, strength and growing up.
5. The Hierophant: This card is also called the Pope, Master or High Priest and expresses the moral, religious and traditional aspects.
6. The Lovers: This is about love, longing, partnership and decisions.
7. The Chariot: The Victory Chariot expresses success and new beginnings.
8. Power:  This card stands for vitality, joie de vivre and enjoyment.
9. The Hermit: The Hermit can be interpreted as a retreat from everyday life, meditation, divine or cosmic powers.
10. Wheel of Fortune: The Wheel of Fortune indicates a new phase in life or a change of perspective.
11. Justice: This is about taking stock, making a judgment or decision or accepting an outcome.
12. The Hanged Man: The Hanged Man stands for a test (of faith) and a new perspective.
13. Death: Death represents the end of a phase of life, a new beginning and a transformation.
14. Moderation: Facing transience, reconciliation and the right measure are possible interpretations of this card.
15. The devil: The devil is about selfishness, sexuality, addiction, attachment and magic.
16. The Tower: This card, also known as Lightning or the House of God, stands for liberation, important events and energy.
17. The Star: The Star stands for clarity, transparency, truth and beauty.
18. The Moon: The Moon expresses longing, dreams and the state of the soul.
19. The sun: The sun means happiness, confidence, light-heartedness, fulfillment and warm-heartedness.
20. Judgement: This card stands for revelation, resurrection and breaking away from the past.
21. The World: The World symbolizes our spiritual home, inner peace, but also the awareness of boundaries.
22. The Fool: The Fool expresses indifference, independence and breaking free from constraints.

Lesser Arcana – Row of Wands

 The 56 cards of the Minor Arcana are divided into four rows: Wands, Cups, Swords and Coins. The row of wands represents the element of fire and generally stands for energy, creativity, power, commitment, identity and success.

1. King of Wands: This card stands for strength of will, determination, authority and a leadership personality, but also for the man of your life.
2. Queen of Wands: She stands for trust, security and warmth as well as openness and virtue.
3. Knight of Wands: He symbolizes energy, commitment and immediate action.
4. Jack of Wands: He symbolizes drive, a thirst for adventure and departure;
5. As of Wands: This card stands for birth and new beginnings, but also for creativity and energy.
6. Two Wands: Contradiction, addition or two possibilities are possible interpretations of the card.
7. Three Wands: Breaking new ground and Realizing goals is what this card stands for.
8. Four Wands: They stand for creating clarity, being open and expressing your identity.
9. Five Wands: This card indicates a challenge or competition that requires a lot of energy.
10. Six Wands: They stand for victory, recognition and the harmony of strengths and weaknesses.
11. Seven Wands: This card is about overcoming moral standards, envy and discouragement.
12. Eight Wands: They express harmony with nature but also a state of suspension.
13. Nine Wands: Reducing fears, acknowledging the many possibilities you have and fulfilling your wishes, that’s what this card expresses.
14. Ten Wands: They stand for responsibility, a life task and a higher level 

Row of the Cups

 In card reading the Row of Cups stands for the element of water. It expresses the unconscious, feelings, moods, meaning and significance as well as joy and sadness.

1. King of Cups: He stands for passion and tenderness, but also for maturity and sentimentality. 
2. Queen of Cups: She symbolizes honesty, wisdom and gentleness.
3. Knight of Cups: This card expresses idealism, inspiration and harmony of knowledge and feeling.
4. Jack of Cups: It stands for a friendly gesture and for a tangible event such as a marriage proposal.
5. As of Cups: The card expresses festivity, growth and fertility.
6. Two Cups: They represent an important encounter and the clarification of feelings.
7. Three Cups: The card expresses gratitude, recovery, happiness and fulfillment.
8. Four Cups: They stand for emerging from a crisis, coming to terms with something, regrouping and finding your bearings.
9. Five Cups: They signify loss, grief and disappointment, but also new beginnings.
10. Six Cups: This card stands for pleasure, joy, remembrance and nostalgia.
11. Seven Cups: Surpassing yourself and reaping the success you deserve is what this card expresses. 
12. Eight Cups: You stand for taking stock, freeing yourself and going your own way.
13. Nine Cups: Fulfillment, closure, relaxation and joie de vivre are possible interpretations of this card.
14. Ten Cups: They stand for a state of perfect contentment, energy, happiness and joy.

Row of swords

 The Swords series symbolizes the element of air. The cards stand for knowledge and insights, for decisions and assessments, for the spiritual, for freedom and for learning.

1. King of Swords:  He is the representation of reason and intelligence, of law, politics and strictness.
2. Queen of Swords: She stands for independence and solitude, for justice and understanding.
3. Knight of Swords: He illustrates logic and arguments, criticism and rethinking.
4. Jack of Swords: He symbolizes news and plans, but also stands for espionage and observation.
5. As of Swords: This card shows clarity, triumph and exaggeration. 
6. Two Swords: On the one hand, they stand for conversations and discussions, but also for making the unconscious conscious.
7. Three Swords: They can stand for understanding and reason, but also for separation and heartache.
8. Four Swords: Taking a break and organizing your thoughts is what this card calls for.
9. Five Swords: They stand for defeat and failure, but also for a turnaround and learning from the past.
10. Six Swords: One meaning of this card can be to free yourself from constraints, to reorient yourself and to set off.
11. Seven Swords: They stand for going your own way and freeing yourself as well as for unusual ideas.
12. Eight swords: They symbolize dependence, external control and bias.
13. Nine swords: They express that fear and conflict should be ended.
14. Ten swords: They stand for the end or a low point, but also for a detachment from the past 

Coin series

 The row of coins embodies the element earth. It stands for the body, nature, products and material things, for practical things and for work.

1. King of Pentacles: This card embodies a successful businessman, possessions and pleasure, but also jealousy.
2. Queen of Pentacles: She also represents prosperity, but also tranquillity, a focus on nature, healing power and fertility.
3. Knight of Pentacles: He stands for hard work, diligence and perseverance as well as responsibility.
4. Jack of Pentacles: He embodies a gift or an offer.
5. As of Pentacles: The card stands for contentment, prosperity and wealth. 
6. Two of Pentacles: Paying more attention to things and illuminating all aspects of an opportunity is what this card stands for.
7. Three Coins: They stand for talents, profession and vocation as well as business.
8. Four Coins: Financial security and the need for material security are possible interpretations of this card.
9. Five coins: They stand for poverty, hardship and suffering.
10. Six Coins: Balance, relaxation and luxury can be interpreted with this card.
11. Seven Coins: Surprises or signs from the past want to be interpreted with this card.
12. Eight Coins: They stand for fruitful work and success.
13. Nine coins: They express hidden talents and the results of creative work.
14. Ten Coins: This card symbolizes practical skills, contribution to the world as well as stability and security.