Wait, what’s a hierophant? It’s a Greek word for “high priest” (~the more you know~), and this card is sometimes also called the Pope. The story of the Major Arcana is called "The Fool's Journey"-because the very first tarot card or Card 0 in the tarot, is called The Fool, and we follow him as he moves through the world. Laid out in order, they tell a story of a person setting out into the world and encountering different figures and challenges, growing and changing as they do so. In the tarot, the Major Arcana consists of 22 cards that represent your spiritual path and journey. (BTW, if your tarot deck isn't styled after the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, it's likely styled after the Thoth Tarot or the Tarot of Marseilles-both also have a Major and Minor Arcana, but the specific tarot cards have different names.) But for the most part, if you know the cards of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, you can work with *most* tarot decks.
They will use different imagery, some will change the names slightly (such as the Page of Wands becoming the Princess of Wands in the Mystic Mondays Tarot, or the King of Cups becoming the Ruler of Cups in the Weaver Tarot), and some might even add an extra card (like the Fountain card in the Fountain Tarot). Most tarot decks published today (like the Cosmo Tarot, hello!) are based on the Rider-Waite-Smith deck. If it doesn't, it's part of the Major Arcana. Take a look at your tarot card: If it has one of those suits, like the Ace of Pentacles or the Five of Swords or the Queen of Wands, it's part of the Minor Arcana. The Major Arcana contains the "name" cards like Death, the Devil, and the Lovers, and the Minor Arcana is divided into four suits (Pentacles, Cups, Wands, and Swords). Called the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, it contains 78 tarot cards, divided into a Major Arcana of 22 cards and a Minor Arcana of 56 cards. See, tarot reading has been a *thing* since the 1400s, but the tarot deck you're probably familiar with was published in 1909. To understand the Major Arcana, first we need to talk a bit about tarot history. Need a Tarot Deck? Wait, what is the Major Arcana?
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