The Cards > Major Arcana

The 22 Major Arcana cards of the Tarot represent major life events, long-term universal influences, or important society-level concepts. Woodblock Dreams Tarot conceives of the Major Arcana cards as a “hero’s journey” taken by the first card, The Fool. This journey moves a person from basic principles of materiality through a cycle of social conditioning, and then into yet another progression of inner growth and development to arrive at a final state of fulfillment/liberation. A Major Arcana card is always given extra weight in a reading.