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major arcana en · NOUN

Meanings

1. The 22 trumps of a deck of tarot cards.
   • Besides the ten numeral cards and the four court cards (King, Queen, Knight, Page) for each of the four suits (Cups, Coins, Clubs, Swords), there are twenty-one tarots proper (also called the Major Arcana), plus The Fool. 1977 [1969], Italo Calvino, translated by William Weaver, The Castle of Crossed Destinies:

Relateds

minor arcana

Translations (26)

id arcana mayor (Tarot cards) · it arcani maggiori (Tarot cards) · pl wielkie arkana (Tarot cards) · de Trumpfkarten (Tarot cards) · de Große Arcana (Tarot cards) · af primêre tarotkaarte (Tarot cards) · nl grote arcana (Tarot cards) · es triunfos mayores (Tarot cards) · ca triomfs majors (Tarot cards) · cs velká arkána (Tarot cards) · cmn 大阿爾克那 /大阿尔克那 (Tarot cards) · ca arcans majors (Tarot cards) · ru ста́ршие арка́ны (Tarot cards) · no store arkana (Tarot cards) · fi iso arkana (Tarot cards) · it trionfi (Tarot cards) · sk veľké arkána (Tarot cards) · pt arcanos maiores (Tarot cards) · fr arcanes majeurs (Tarot cards) · es arcanos mayores (Tarot cards) · sv arcana major (Tarot cards) · de Trionfi (Tarot cards) · hu nagy arkánum (Tarot cards) · ja 大アルカナ (Tarot cards) · ga na rúnchártaí móra (Tarot cards) · sv stora arkana (Tarot cards)