The Major Arcana numbers 1 to 22 follow the same numerological cycle as the numbers 1 through 9 in the numerology, but continue in the Wheel of Fortune(#10) on a higher turn of the spiral as a compound number ( 1+0=1).
In the Minor Arcana, the Aces are read as a number 1 because they indicate a fresh start or new beginning. There are no 10s in numerology except as a compound number. The number 10 in the Tarot is read as a number 1 (1+0=1) and represents that a cycle is rebeginning that signals a major change from one thing or place to another . The number 10 also points to a time when one must come to terms with something that may have been avoided in the past.
I have divided each number into three sections to provide insight into their meanings. The first is the hidden and underlying message, the second is both the positive and negative, the third is what it means if there are multiples.
Number 1
Message: Inspiration and aspiration. It deals with that which is about to take form, take shape, or manifest.
Positive & Negative: Creation, ideas, beginnings, will, invention, originality, drive, incentive, determination, independence. Willfullness, selfishness, undue force.
Multiples: Many 1s indicate that a situation is about to begin, or is in the beginning stages, and some or all of the positive or negative elements mentioned above will be involved.
Number 2
Message: Assimilate and envision. It is the intellet directed, and its function is to imagine. It is the cooperator whose success is not gained by force, but by patience.
Positive & Negative: Waiting, sharing, balance, receptivity, diplomacy, gentle persuasion, application, agreement, insight. Intolerance, Impatience, imbalance.
Multiples: Many 2s indicate a waiting period where there will be partial success but more to be revealed later. They can also indicate a reconciliation, a reunion, and/or an element of surprise.
Number 3
Message: Expression. It is the cementing factor of the numbers 1 and 2, and its power is through its word, which goes forth in order to bring into being that which is desired and envisioned.
Positive & Negative: Communicating, feeling, enjoying, sharing, self expressing, love. friendship, popularity. Withholding communication, scattered energy, overreacting, overindulging, criticism.
Multiples: Many 3s indicate group activities or situations involving more than one person. They can delay, but with the promise of future success.
Number 4
Mesage: Manifestation. It is the result of a well built foundation and proper application. It is that which comes forth as a result of desire, imagination, and emoting.
Positive & Negative: Practical application, formation, foundation, concentration, organization, working, building, planning. Plodding, exacting or dull work, too much attention on the material, limitation, blocks, and opposition.
Multiples: Fruitation or manifestation of an idea, along with the foundation or space where things can grow.
Number 5
Message: Change, expansion, and re-creation. It also represents the desire to know, which demands that one must look to both the material and the spiritual realm in order to extract the truth.
Positive & Negative: Curiosity, spirituality, new thinking, new opportunities, magnetism, attraction, good fortune, travel and adventure. Defeatism, dogmatism, fear of change, misfortune, failure.
Multiples: Many 5s indicate change, challenge, and fluctuations (lucky and unlucky). They also indicate material prosperity but spiritual poverty, if not properly balanced or understood.
Number 6
Message: Adjustment. It is the balancing factor that unlocks the mystery of the number 5, as it provides the ability to discern both the higher and the lower, andbring the into harmony.
Positive & Negative: Harmony, service, balance, compassion, responsibility, social conscious, domesticity, love, care comfort, concern. Disharmony, discord, lack of concern or responsibility towards others, too fixed in opinons or beliefs, anxiety, interference.
Multiples: Many 6s indicate adjustments in thoughts, attitudes, or conditions. They also represent the ability to transcend difficulties.
Number 7
Message: Faith. Faith in the things that can't be seen, but nevertheless exist. The number 7s must know the ultimate truths, and it is only through experience that its intellectual and spiritual understanding develops, and faith in the unseen is attained.
Positive & Negative: Faith, obsevation, investagation, discrimination, medication, discovery, knowledge, wisdom, perfection. Fear, faithlessness, skepticism, pessimism, doubt, ignorance, escapism.
Multiples: Many 7s indicate a period of introspection or solitude. They also indicate unlooked for advantages or gains through things that come unexpectedly.
Number 8
Message: Power. Power that springs from within and enables one to accomplish that which one sets out to do.
Positive & Negative: Capabilities, (spiritual) fortitude, success, recognition, accomplishment, attainment, enlargement. Abuse of power, overemotionalism, strain, oppression, and lack.
Multiples: Many 8s indicate a positive change of mind or status because the beneficial qualities of the number 8 are rarely diluted, even when some or all of the negative aspects mentioned above are involved.
Number 9
Message: Completion. It must complete whatever it has begun because it is the final stage or culmination of all of the preceding cycles and numbers. But contained within its depth also lie the seeds of a new beginning about to take root.
Positive & Negative: Fulfillment, selflessness, impersonal love, magnetism, idealism( in its highest form), giver of wisdom or inspiration. Personal loss, emotional extremes, having to let go of something cherished.
Multiples: Many 9s in a reading mean that situations or events are nearing completion, or have just been completed, and another plateau awaits.
Message: Faith. Faith in the things that can't be seen, but nevertheless exist. The number 7s must know the ultimate truths, and it is only through experience that its intellectual and spiritual understanding develops, and faith in the unseen is attained.
Positive & Negative: Faith, obsevation, investagation, discrimination, medication, discovery, knowledge, wisdom, perfection. Fear, faithlessness, skepticism, pessimism, doubt, ignorance, escapism.
Multiples: Many 7s indicate a period of introspection or solitude. They also indicate unlooked for advantages or gains through things that come unexpectedly.
Number 8
Message: Power. Power that springs from within and enables one to accomplish that which one sets out to do.
Positive & Negative: Capabilities, (spiritual) fortitude, success, recognition, accomplishment, attainment, enlargement. Abuse of power, overemotionalism, strain, oppression, and lack.
Multiples: Many 8s indicate a positive change of mind or status because the beneficial qualities of the number 8 are rarely diluted, even when some or all of the negative aspects mentioned above are involved.
Number 9
Message: Completion. It must complete whatever it has begun because it is the final stage or culmination of all of the preceding cycles and numbers. But contained within its depth also lie the seeds of a new beginning about to take root.
Positive & Negative: Fulfillment, selflessness, impersonal love, magnetism, idealism( in its highest form), giver of wisdom or inspiration. Personal loss, emotional extremes, having to let go of something cherished.
Multiples: Many 9s in a reading mean that situations or events are nearing completion, or have just been completed, and another plateau awaits.
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