Queen of Tarot

Card Meaning When Upright

Solitude, Retreat, Abandonment, Solitary, Hermit;

Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings

there is among your circle of acquaintances some one who wishes to be united to you in marriage; consent, and you will not repent it.

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Riches, Fortune, Opulence, Magnificence, Grandeur;

Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings

if to-morrow morning, about seven o'clock some one inquires of you concerning any thing whatever, give no answer, and you will escape a great vexation.

Card Meaning When Upright

Attempt, Hope, Desire, Wish, Expectation;

Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings

general good luck; for example, a present; an inheritance; success in business; the finding of a treasure.

Card Meaning When Upright

Hope, Confidence, Desire, Attempt, Wish;

Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings

by means of a lost letter a secret will be revealed, and this will cause much sorrow; an officer will restore the letter, and all will end well.

Card Meaning When Upright

Good Fortune, Success, Unexpected Luck;

Card Description

A wheel of seven spokes (the two halves of the double-headed cards make it eight spokes, which is incorrect) revolving (between two uprights), On the ascending side is an animal ascending, and on the descending side is a sort of monkey descending; both forms are bound to the wheel. Above it is the form of an angel (or a sphinx in some) holding a sword in one hand and a crown in the other. This very complicated symbol is much disfigured, and has been well restored by Levi. It symbolises Fortune, good or bad.

Card Meaning When Upright

A fair Girl, Friendship, Attachment, Tenderness;

Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings

parents and children live together in unity and love; the parents will receive birth-day gifts from their children.

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Confidence, Security, Honour, Good Faith;

Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings

a long journey by railroad, and great advantages therefrom.

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Friendship, Valour, Firmness, Courage;

Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings

your heart is set upon money; you will obtain it if you love one person exclusively.

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A Lawyer, a Man of Law, Power, Command, Superiority, Authority;

Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings

you will be drawn into difficulty on account of politics; but you will be so fortunate as to save the life of a person high in station, who will advance you, and you will become prosperous and renowned.

Card Meaning When Upright

Twilight, Deception, Error;

Card Description

The moon shining in the heavens, drops of dew falling, a wolf and a dog howling at the Moon, and halted at the foot of two towers, a path which loses itself in the horizon (and is sprinkled with drops of blood, a crayfish emblematic of the sign Cancer, ruled over by the Moon, crawls through water in the foreground towards the land). It symbolisesTwilight, Deception, and Error.

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Love, Attachment, Friendship, Sincerity, Affection;

Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings

a marriage; fidelity in wedlock

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Self-sacrifice, Sacrifice, Devotion, Bound;

Card Description

This extraordinary symbol is almost unintelligible in the double-headed cards. Properly, it represents a man hung head downwards from a sort of gibbet by one foot (his hands are bound behind his back in such a manner that his body forms a triangle with the point downwards), and his legs a cross above it. (Two sacks or weights are attached to his armpits.) He symbolises Sacrifice.

Card Meaning When Upright

Mercy, Beneficence Kindness, Goodness;

Card Description

He is crowned with the papal tiara, and seated between the two pillars of Hermes and of Solomon, with his right hand he makes the sign of esoterism, and with his left he leans upon a staff surmounted by a triple cross. (Before him kneel two ministers.) He is the symbol of Mercy and Beneficence.

Card Meaning When Upright

Tears, Affliction, Grief, Sorrow;

Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings

good fortune in marriage; ill fortune at the gaming table. You will lose much money at gaming; at last you will give up the practice, and in ripe old age you will be blessed by the birth of a daughter, whom you will name Fortuna.

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A fair Woman, Success, Happiness, Advantage, Pleasure;

Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings

the lady is loved; quiet love; the person will obtain a rich wife; betrothal; marriage; the lady will consent.

Card Meaning When Upright

Will, Will-Power, Dexterity;

Card Description

Before a table covered with the appliances of his art stands the figure of a juggler, one hand upraised holding a wand (in some packs, a cup), the other pointing downwards. He wears a cap of maintenance like that of the kings, whose wide brim forms a sort of aureole round his head. His body and arms form the shape of the Hebrew letter Aleph, to which this card corresponds. He symbolises Will.

Card Meaning When Upright

Man living in the country, Country Gentleman, Knowledge, Education;

Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings

vexation, quarrels, strife – a duel – murder and bloodshed, of which, however, the person inquiring of the cards is innocent. This card signifies also an age of eighty years and upward.

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An Ecclesiastic, a Priest, Conscience. Probity, Good Faith, Integrity;

Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings

temptation to infidelity; the temptation is withstood.

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Triumph, Victory, Overcoming obstacles;

Card Description

This is a most complicated and important symbol, which has been restored by Eliphas Levi. It represents a Conqueror crowned and bearing a sceptre, riding in a cubical chariot, surmounted by four columns and a canopy, and drawn by two horses, one of which looks straight forward, while the other turns his head towards him. (Two wheels are shown in the complete single-headed figure.) It represents Triumph, and Victory of Justice and Judgment.

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Idea, Sentiment, Reflection, Project;

Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings

misfortune threatens the family, but love is proof against all trials.