The twentytwo Trump cards of the Tarot deck, usually called the 'Major Arcana',
can be seen in a multitude of ways. Please note that there are actually only 21
Trumps when the Fool, although mostly depicted with a zero, has no real number.
One would be the procession of the Fool from his beginning through 21 levels up to
the highest plane represented by the Universe.
Another would be the Qabalistic way starting the sequence from the Universe as the
material perspective connecting the Earth (Malkuth) with the Foundation of Yesod,
consequently rising up to the pure spirit (The Fool)
Yet another would be the Triumphal Procession rooted in Renaissance art as described
by Gertrude Moakley, starting with the Magician as the poor bagatino, going through
the popular allegories of those times.
In a symbiosis of all this, the Trumps represent archetypes, universal imagery and
symbolism that responds very well to our collective, culturally influenced
unconsciousness.
The Trumps are as follows: