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The World Tarot Card Meaning
The World tarot card means completion, achievement and wholeness. Completion. A full circle.
Upright
- Completion
- achievement
- wholeness
Reversed
- Loose ends
- a delay near the finish
- shortcuts
Yes or no
Yes
The World is card XXI of the 22 major arcana.
What the card shows
A dancing figure draped in a sash holds a wand in each hand inside an oval wreath. In the four corners of the card are the heads of a man, an eagle, a bull and a lion.
This is the card as drawn by Pamela Colman Smith for the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith deck, which is in the public domain.
Upright meaning
The World is the last numbered card of the major arcana and is read as completion. A long effort pays off, a cycle closes, things come together. It can also mean travel.
The World reversed
Reversed, it is read as nearly there: loose ends, a delay just before the finish, or a goal reached by cutting corners.
Yes or no?
In a yes or no question, The World is usually read as a yes. Readers differ on some cards, so treat this as one common reading. You can ask a yes or no question and draw a card for it.
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