The World tarot card from the Simply Tarot deck

The World Tarot Card Meaning

The Completion
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Fulfilment • Completion • Freedom

A time of material success, reward and achievement. You should feel happy and proud as this is the result of hard work and commitment. You are free from anxiety, negativity and insecurities. With this new found freedom and confidence the world is your oyster and possibilities are endless.

This is one of the most positive cards in the deck and denotes achievement and success for the Subject. They have completed or accomplished something noteworthy. The Subject has worked hard and sacrificed a lot to achieve this, refusing to give up when things got tough.

This is the final card in the Major Arcana which denotes the end of a cycle, project or venture; that this particular journey, from The Fool at the beginning through all the stages of the Major Arcana, with all of its trials and successes is completed. The Subject has overcome problems and hurdles and now possess all the skills and abilities to work through life successfully.

There could be an award or some sort of formal recognition externally. Whatever form it takes, the Subject rightly deserves it for their perseverance and endurance. This is a happy time but, more specifically, the Subject is freed from anxiety or a burden of some responsibility that has been a worry to them. Negative perceptions and insecurities no longer hold them back, or warp their thoughts, and they’re finally achieving balance. They should enjoy this time.
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Love & Relationships

Emotional wholeness changes the way connection is experienced. A relationship can flourish beautifully here, though fulfilment no longer depends entirely on another person completing what feels missing within. Love grows healthier when shared between two whole lives rather than two unfinished halves.
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Material Life

Something long worked toward is finally becoming complete. Stab
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Notes from the Artist

The couple in the picture stand arm in arm looking toward the land of their new future.

Behind them they have laid the symbols of the experience they have gathered along the way. The Cup, The Wand, The Pentacle and The Sword - emotion, effort, material stability and intellect. They now can carry those skills and lessons learned with them into any other venture they undertake.

They are happy and proud as they survey their true destination and the promise it brings.

They have stepped through an oval of nature's abundance representing the cycle/circle of life's journey:

From the beginning to the end.
From naivety to wisdom.
From The Fool to The World.

From the archive

The Original Artwork, Reimagined

Before The World became part of the Simply Tarot collection you see today, it was drawn and painted by hand for the original 2011 Tarot House Deck. The style has evolved, but the meaning and character of the card remain at its heart.

Original hand-painted The World tarot card by Patricia House from the 2011 Tarot House Deck
2011 Original 2011 artwork The World Hand-painted by Patricia House
Two people, holding each other, look at a land of plenty and the sea. They have stepped through an oval of natural growth into this beautiful World.
Today The World reimagined The current Simply Tarot artwork

The original first edition

Buy the Original 2011 Deck

The card shown above is part of the original 78-card Tarot House Deck. Every image was drawn and painted by Patricia House before the deck was professionally printed by Cartamundi in the UK. A limited number from the original print run are still available.

  • 78-card first-edition deck
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  • Short meanings leaflet
  • Brocade drawstring bag

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