Major Arcana · XXI
The World
The World symbolizes full completion, success, harmony, wholeness, and achieving the desired result. In its upright position, this card suggests absolute positive energies and favorable circumstances, often related to travel or global success.
- Number
- XXI
- Arcana
- Major Arcana · Major Arcana
- Element
- Spirit
- Planet / sign
- Saturn
Advice of the card
Celebrate your achievements! You have successfully completed an important cycle. Enjoy the feeling of wholeness and prepare for a new global stage.
Upright
General meaning
The World symbolizes full completion, success, harmony, wholeness, and achieving the desired result. In its upright position, this card suggests absolute positive energies and favorable circumstances, often related to travel or global success.
In love and relationships
In matters of love, The World suggests positive developments, deep harmony, strong marriage, and a feeling of complete happiness and satisfaction in the relationship.
In career and work
In career matters, The World indicates opportunities for maximum growth, success in international projects, reaching the peak of your career, or receiving the highest award.
Reversed
General meaning
When reversed, The World indicates incompleteness, delays in achieving the goal, a feeling of lack of wholeness, or inability to enjoy success. Challenges require attention to details.
In love and relationships
In relationships, the reversed World suggests unwillingness to commit, stagnation, or the feeling that one partner is holding the other back from development.
In career and work
In work situations, the reversed World may indicate obstacles due to incomplete project closure, bureaucratic delays, or rejecting global opportunities.
Card symbolism
- Spirit is the special element of the Major Arcana, pointing to fateful, transpersonal forces.
- Astrological correspondence: Saturn.
Yes or no
Leans “yes”
The answer depends on your question and neighbouring cards in a spread; reversed, the meaning may shift.
FAQ
What does The World mean in Tarot?+
The World symbolizes full completion, success, harmony, wholeness, and achieving the desired result. In its upright position, this card suggests absolute positive energies and favorable circumstances, often related to travel or global success.
What does The World mean reversed?+
When reversed, The World indicates incompleteness, delays in achieving the goal, a feeling of lack of wholeness, or inability to enjoy success. Challenges require attention to details.
What does The World mean in love?+
In matters of love, The World suggests positive developments, deep harmony, strong marriage, and a feeling of complete happiness and satisfaction in the relationship.
Is The World a yes or a no?+
Leans “yes”.
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