major arcana

English

Noun

major arcana

1. The 22 trumps of a deck of tarot cards.
   • 1977 [1969], Italo Calvino, translated by William Weaver, The Castle of Crossed Destinies:

     Besides the ten numeral cards and the four court cards (King, Queen, Knight, Page) for each of the four suits (Cups, Coins, Clubs, Swords), there are twenty-one tarots proper (also called the Major Arcana), plus The Fool.

Related terms

• minor arcana

Translations

Tarot cards

• Afrikaans: primêre tarotkaarte
• Catalan: arcans majors, triomfs majors
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大阿爾克那／大阿尔克那 (dà ā'ěrkènà)

• Czech: velká arkána
• Dutch: grote arcana
• Finnish: iso arkana
• French: arcanes majeurs m
• German: Große Arcana pl, Trumpfkarten (de) pl, Trionfi pl
• Hungarian: nagy arkánum
• Indonesian: arcana mayor
• Irish: na rúnchártaí móra m pl
• Italian: arcani maggiori, trionfi (it)
• Japanese: 大アルカナ (dai arukana)
• Norwegian: store arkana
• Polish: wielkie arkana
• Portuguese: arcanos maiores m pl
• Russian: ста́ршие арка́ны m pl (stáršije arkány)
• Slovak: veľké arkána m
• Spanish: arcanos mayores m, triunfos mayores m
• Swedish: arcana major, stora arkana