The standard tarot card deck consist of 22 Major Arcana cards and 56 Minor Arcana cards equaling a total of 78 total in a deck. The Minor Arcana is divided into four suits; wands, cups, pentacles and swords. Every card in the tarot deck is relevant in understanding the system behind this divination tool. Albeit, the Major Arcana (also known as the trump cards) are the foundation of the tarot deck and provide greater understanding of ourselves in their illustration of human consciousness. Continue reading “Tarot Basics: The Major Arcana”