The World

Major Arcana — Card 21

Upright Meaning

The World represents the successful completion of a major life cycle — wholeness, accomplishment, integration, and the freedom that comes from genuine achievement. You have reached the end of a long journey and earned the wisdom and expansion it brought. Celebration is appropriate; a new cycle is also beginning.

Reversed Meaning

Reversed, The World signals a cycle not yet fully completed, shortcuts being taken, or resistance to the final steps of a long journey. You may be close to completion but failing to close things out properly. Alternatively, you feel incomplete in a life area and need to identify what is truly missing.

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