The Psychology of the Tarot - The World

The World, the final card of the Major Arcana, represents wholeness, fulfilment, and the completion of a long journey. Yet completion is not merely the end of a process. In psychological terms, it is the reconciliation of the opposing forces within the personality and the emergence of a more complete Self.

In this session, we will explore the symbolism of the World card through mythology, alchemy, the world’s religious traditions, and the analytical psychology of Jung, and archetypal psychology. Along the way, we will examine the process of individuation, the coincidentia oppositorum (the union of opposites), and what it means to become whole.

Overview

The Tarot is far more than a tool of divination, a means of discerning “the will of the gods.” At its deepest level, it is a symbolic map of the psyche.

The Major Arcana form a sequence of archetypal images that reflect what Jung described as the great patterns of the collective unconscious.

In this workshop series, we will enter this world as a psychological journey. Card by card, we will explore the intelligence embodied in each image, uncover its gifts and its shadows, and examine how these archetypal forces operate within one's own life.