Major Arcana

The World

Tarot Card Meaning

The World tarot card from the Rider-Waite-Smith deck

Upright

  • completion
  • achievement
  • fulfillment
  • wholeness

The journey is complete. You've achieved integration and wholeness — celebrate before the next cycle begins.

Reversed

  • incompletion
  • shortcuts
  • delays
  • emptiness

Something remains unfinished. Don't rush to the end — complete what you started.

Symbolism

A nude figure dances within a great laurel wreath, holding two wands. In the four corners float the symbols of the evangelists — lion, bull, eagle, and angel — the completion of the soul's journey.

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