| 单词 | major arcana |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmajor arcana major arcana n. [after French arcanes majeurs (1889)] (with plural or singular agreement) the principal cards of the tarot pack, each of which has a particular symbolic significance in cartomancy; cf. minor arcana n. at minor adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1892 A. P. Morton tr. ‘Papus’ Tarot Bohemians v. 35 The Tarot is composed of 78 cards..56 cards called the minor arcana, 22 cards called the major arcana. 1931 J. C. Locke tr. É.-J. Grillot de Givry Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy ii. vii. 282 Cartomancers divide their packs more elaborately into two series which they call the Major Arcana, numbering twenty-two cards, and the Minor Arcana, numbering fifty-six—or fifty-two according to some conventions. 1986 R. Pollack Teach yourself Fortune Telling iv. 72 Most people who interpret the Major Arcana as a sequence divide it up in some way. Some see it as two halves with the break coming at the Wheel of Fortune. The first half deals with the outer concerns of life, such as career, marriage, and the achievement of success and power. At a certain point we will realize the limitations of such things and turn inward on a quest for self-knowledge, represented by the second half. < as lemmas |
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