# Quiz: What Major Arcana (tarot) are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 31, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722 "2014-05-31T21:49:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Boogly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722/21 "2014-06-01T08:47:13Z")
Strength checking in… > [@](#): > > You Scored as VIII - Strength > Strength is not just physical strength, it also means emotional and spiritual strength. It is the Strength to do what you know is right in the face of opposition. Strength to defy convention and authority. Stength does not have to be used directly. It can be inner strength that supports one in the face of attacks on what they hold dear. The person of Strength remains true to their beliefs. In a Tarot reading, this card can indicate overcoming of obstacles and refusal to be beaten down. If badly aspected this card can indicate loss of faith, failure of Will. with a tie breaker for high priestess. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722/22 "2014-06-01T11:22:02Z")
Empress at 94 percent, followed by Death at 88 percent. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722/23 "2014-06-01T15:57:16Z")
The Lovers, followed by The Sun, then The High Priestess. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722/24 "2014-06-01T17:03:39Z")
Tie between the High Priestess and the Empress, with the tie breaker giving me the first. > [@](#): > > II - The High Priestess > The High Priestess is a card of intuition, instinct and hidden knowledge. She knows all your secrets, you can hide nothing from her. Yet you will never know the secrets she herself protects. If well aspected in a Tarot spread, this card can indicate the use of intuition to solve problems; trust to your instincts. If badly aspected, it can mean suppression and ignoring of such instincts - following your head at the expense of your heart. > [@](#): > > III - The Empress > The Empress is a maternal symbol. She is the mother figure who loves, nurtures and protects. She will protect you, she will always be there when you are in trouble. When you fall over and graze your knee, the Empress will kiss it better. Yet she is not a weak figure. Her compassion is strength. If her children are threatened she will stop at nothing to protect them. If well aspected in a Tarot spread, the Empress can symbolise security, protection and unconditional love. If badly aspected it can represent over-protectiveness, fear of risk taking and refusal to face the real world. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722/25 "2014-06-01T17:29:50Z")
> [@Boogly](#): > > Strength checking in… > > with a tie breaker for high priestess. Maybe we ought to go lion-wrasslin’ sometime. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722/26 "2014-06-01T17:56:13Z")
Scored as XV: The Devil (with Death following right behind) > [@](#): > > Despite its fearsome appearance, The Devil is a card of weakness. It is one of the few cards in the Tarot deck that almost always has negative connotations when it occurs in a reading. When the Devil appears in a Tarot spread it can represent lack of achievement through negative thoughts. It suggests character flaws such as greed, bitterness and authoritarianism. All these things can ultimately destroy a person. The rest of the Tarot spread will determine whether or not the querent will overcome their problems or continue blindly on. It fits. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722/27 "2014-06-01T18:43:38Z")
I miss _Carnivale_. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722/28 "2014-06-01T19:07:01Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I am The Lovers. I already closed the tab, so I don’t have the description, but it was about strong relationships or something. Me too. Here it is: You Scored as VI: The Lovers This is a card symbolising couples, relationships and strong bonds. The love does not have to be physical, nor even called by that name. This card indicates the trust and openness of such a relationship. The two Lovers have no secrets from each other. In a Tarot reading this card can indicate the forging of a new relationship, the strengthening of an existing one or simply the two Lovers working together to overcome problems. This Card Reversed can represnt the loss of trust, possibly leading to the breakdown of the relationship, decption, pain ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722/29 "2014-06-01T20:49:50Z")
Death. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722/30 "2014-06-01T20:56:51Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Death. ☹ Eh, the Death card just means endings, transitions and change. ---
**Author:** ![eclectic\_wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac91a4/32.png) [@eclectic\_wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eclectic_wench)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722/31 "2014-06-01T22:03:47Z")
The High Priestess. The poll shows such a skew towards that, the Empress and Death that I’m wondering if the quiz is skewed towards those. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722/32 "2014-06-01T22:14:33Z")
Just looked like a fun exercise to me. I do wonder what answers you need to get one of the ones which haven’t been chosen yet… ---
**Author:** ![eclectic\_wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac91a4/32.png) [@eclectic\_wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eclectic_wench)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722/33 "2014-06-01T22:28:25Z")
It is fun 🙂 And yeah, I was tempted to go through it deliberately trying to get the Star or the World… ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722/34 "2014-06-01T22:53:53Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Just looked like a fun exercise to me. I do wonder what answers you need to get one of the ones which haven’t been chosen yet… Going right down the center, and then chosing “You have a good sense of right and wrong” as the tiebreaker got me, unsurprisingly: > [@](#): > > You Scored as XI: Justice > The blindfold arbiter weighs the evidence and passes judgement without fear or favour. There can be no appeal.Justice is not necessarily the same as Law. True justice seeks out the spirit of the law, not just its letter. If a law is bad then true Justice will set that law aside. This is the sacred responsibility of those given the power to judge. If well aspected in a Tarot reading, this card can indicate settlement of disputes, the achievement of a just outcome. If badly aspected this card can indicate corruption and failure of justice. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722/35 "2014-06-02T00:56:23Z")
How long should it take to calculate the results? Perhaps my answers sent it into meltdown. I pulled the plug after two minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722/36 "2014-06-02T01:11:09Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Yep, spot on, both well and badly aspected, um, aspects. > > (Second was High Priestess, which is pretty accurate, too. When I do Tarot, I have a hard time distinguishing between the two sometimes.) Same, first and second. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722/37 "2014-06-02T01:17:21Z")
Mine came down to High Priestess, in a tiebreaker over Sun. Which doesn’t seem to match me well at all. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722/38 "2014-06-02T01:32:49Z")
Another _Death_, with _The Sun_ coming in a close second. That was fun. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722/39 "2014-06-02T04:00:23Z")
You Scored as II - The High Priestess The High Priestess is a card of intuition, instinct and hidden knowledge. She knows all your secrets, you can hide nothing from her. Yet you will never know the secrets she herself protects.If well aspected in a Tarot spread, this card can indicate the use of intuition to solve problems; trust to your instincts. If badly aspected, it can mean suppression and ignoring of such instincts - following your head at the expense of your heart. Woulda probably liked something more…masculine. But hey, whatever. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722/40 "2014-06-02T04:30:10Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > You Scored as II - The High Priestess > > Woulda probably liked something more…masculine. But hey, whatever. When we call you Babe, just think “Babe Ruth”. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-major-arcana-tarot-are-you/689722.md?page=3)