Major Arcana: 22-card study hub

What this group names

In this Rider–Waite–Smith-derived catalogue, the Major Arcana are numbered 0 through 21. Decks and lineages can change titles, order, numbering, and emphasis. Sidequest preserves a stable card identity while keeping interpretation attached to a named catalogue context.

When several Major cards appear, notice the visual and positional relationship before declaring the reading unusually important. A group label can focus attention, but it does not prove fate, scale, or inevitability.

All Major Arcana cards

• The Fool

  Major Arcana 0; observe first, then compare the Sidequest synthesis.

• The Magician

  Major Arcana 1; observe first, then compare the Sidequest synthesis.

• The High Priestess

  Major Arcana 2; observe first, then compare the Sidequest synthesis.

• The Empress

  Major Arcana 3; observe first, then compare the Sidequest synthesis.

• The Emperor

  Major Arcana 4; observe first, then compare the Sidequest synthesis.

• The Hierophant

  Major Arcana 5; observe first, then compare the Sidequest synthesis.

• The Lovers

  Major Arcana 6; observe first, then compare the Sidequest synthesis.

• The Chariot

  Major Arcana 7; observe first, then compare the Sidequest synthesis.

• Strength

  Major Arcana 8; observe first, then compare the Sidequest synthesis.

• The Hermit

  Major Arcana 9; observe first, then compare the Sidequest synthesis.

• Wheel of Fortune

  Major Arcana 10; observe first, then compare the Sidequest synthesis.

• Justice

  Major Arcana 11; observe first, then compare the Sidequest synthesis.

• The Hanged Man

  Major Arcana 12; observe first, then compare the Sidequest synthesis.

• Death

  Major Arcana 13; observe first, then compare the Sidequest synthesis.

• Temperance

  Major Arcana 14; observe first, then compare the Sidequest synthesis.

• The Devil

  Major Arcana 15; observe first, then compare the Sidequest synthesis.

• The Tower

  Major Arcana 16; observe first, then compare the Sidequest synthesis.

• The Star

  Major Arcana 17; observe first, then compare the Sidequest synthesis.

• The Moon

  Major Arcana 18; observe first, then compare the Sidequest synthesis.

• The Sun

  Major Arcana 19; observe first, then compare the Sidequest synthesis.

• Judgement

  Major Arcana 20; observe first, then compare the Sidequest synthesis.

• The World

  Major Arcana 21; observe first, then compare the Sidequest synthesis.

Study the sequence

Lay the cards in number order. Track changes in landscape, posture, direction, social setting, and repeated objects. Write what the sequence suggests in this deck, then compare a second deck before treating the pattern as a tradition-wide claim.