The WorldTarot card meaning

What the card shows

A dancing figure floats inside a great wreath of laurel, holding a light wand in each hand, wrapped only in a violet sash. In the four corners, the four faces that watched from the Wheel of Fortune appear again: the story has come all the way around. The wreath is tied top and bottom into the sign of infinity. Completion here is not an ending; it is a dance that finally includes everything.

The World reversed

So close, and not closed. Reversed, the World names the missing piece, the conversation not had, the last step not taken. Finish it properly or it will follow you.

The World in love

In love, the World is the closed circle: the relationship that reaches its full form, the wedding after years, the reunion that closes a story. The figure dances inside the laurel wreath with the four creatures watching. The card says what you have is whole. If you are single, it says you feel complete first, and from there you choose better.

Is The World a yes or a no?

The World answers yes, with the laurel wreath closed and the four figures watching from the corners. It is the most complete yes in the deck: what you ask can reach its end properly closed, with no loose ends. If you are about to finish something, finish it. If you are about to begin, begin knowing the circle is long and it does close.

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The World and its neighbours in the arc

Cards that often appear with it

• Judgement

  The card before it in the major arc

• The Fool

  The card after it in the major arc

• Ace of Pentacles

  The ace that speaks its element at street level

Number and correspondence

In the deck's old correspondences, The World belongs to Saturn.