.MOTT Study Guides

In these preliminary study guides (listed below), we will consider each of the Major Arcana or Trumps in numerical order, beginning with the unnumbered Fool and continuing from Roman numeral I (The Magician) through Roman numeral XXI (The World).  New students should be aware that, in Meditations on the Tarot, our Anonymous Author examines The Fool in Letter XXI and The World in Letter XXII.  The beginning student should also  be aware that in the Rider Waite Smith deck, The Fool is numbered “0” (zero) and the numbers for Justice and Force have been reversed.  Please see our Tarot History pages to learn more about the Waite Smith tarot.

NOTE:  Don’t neglect the primary text.  The spiritual essence of these letters cannot be captured by any summary or commentary, however accurate and detailed.  Spending quality time with our anonymous author is essential.  Nevertheless, these study guides should offer a good review for those already familiar with the letters and may also help to focus the new student’s attention on the core issue(s) being discussed.   

— The Fool
I: The Magician
II: The High Priestess
III: The Empress
IV: The Emperor
V: The Pope
VI: The Lover
VII: The Chariot
VIII: Justice
IX: The Hermit
X: The Wheel of Fortune
XI: Force
XII: The Hanged Man
XIII: Death
XIV: Temperance
XV: The Devil
XVI: The Tower of Destruction
XVII: The Star
XVIII: The Moon
XIX: The Sun
XX: The Judgement
XXI: The World

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