major arcana

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

major arcana

noun

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.

Translations

Every language

noun Tarot cards

Español	arcanos mayores, triunfos mayores
日本語	大アルカナ dai arukana
中文	大阿爾克那 /大阿尔克那 dà ā'ěrkènà
Português	arcanos maiores
Français	arcanes majeurs
Deutsch	Große Arcana, Trumpfkarten, Trionfi
Italiano	arcani maggiori, trionfi
Русский	ста́ршие арка́ны stáršije arkány

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"major arcana." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/major%20arcana. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

major arcana. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/major%20arcana

Chicago

"major arcana." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/major%20arcana.

BibTeX

@misc{major_arcana_2026,
  title = {major arcana},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/major%20arcana},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}