The World
The World Tree card symbolizes the joy of achievements and successful efforts, marking the end of one cycle and the beginning of another. It signifies fulfillment, integration, and the realization of goals, while also highlighting the cyclic nature of life. The card carries a message of hope and optimism in the face of inevitable changes.
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Symbolism
On the card, the branches of the World Tree reflect elementals and their connection to the changing seasons. At the tree’s roots lies the serpent of wisdom, signifying that wisdom is the foundation of growth. The branches extend into the universe, balanced equally by the Sun and Moon, God and Goddess. The tree's roots transition into the twilight otherworldly realms controlled by divine forms of the Hunter and the Crone, the Lord of Shadows and the Lady of Wisdom. The image corresponds to the formula 'as above, so below,' with universal cycles flowing into earthly and individual cycles.
Card Meaning
The arcana reflects the joy of achievements and successful efforts, indicating that an end could be a prelude to a new beginning. Useful conclusions and new joyous starts lead to the Green Man as the cycle renews. The arcana brings goal achievement, honors, and material gain, which lead to greater responsibility and the realization that much more is hidden beneath the surface. The universe's movement is evident, and the cycles and essence of human life are merely markers on the soul's journey on physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional levels. It is the end of one era and the beginning of another. It is a card of hope and optimism in the face of inevitable changes, as changes are part of our lives.
Traditional Symbolism
The World Tree is traditionally depicted as an ash tree, embodying stability, connections, astral realms, spiritual and magical power. The tree's roots are gracefully entwined by a serpent, symbolizing wisdom, cyclicality, and renewal. A white crane flying by the tree speaks of cycles, transformation, and the unity of the otherworld, reality, and the underworld.
Upright Meaning
Wholeness, achievement of goals, correct conclusions, completion of a task, time for something new, ending, luck, joy, progress, achievement, realization, recognition, balance, transition, honors, perfection, consolation.
Reversed Meaning
Unfinished work or project, unresolved situation, success adds new burdens, path to achievements, retribution, fruitless efforts, need to work more.
Keywords
Completion, wholeness.
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