The World
The World
The World celebrates completion and wholeness. A chapter is coming to a fulfilling close, and you can honour how far you have come. Enjoy this sense of arrival before the next journey begins.
Love Deep harmony and fulfilment are highlighted. Celebrate the bond you have built.
Work A project or goal may reach completion. Take pride in your achievement.
Money A sense of security and accomplishment is present. Enjoy the rewards of your effort.
Wellbeing You may feel whole and at peace. Celebrate how far you have come.
Growth You are integrating everything you have learned. A new cycle awaits.
Reversed, The World suggests that something is not yet fully finished. Look for loose ends and give them attention. Completion is close.
Love Unresolved matters may need care. Honest conversation brings closure.
Work A project may need final touches. Finish what you started.
Money Small details may need attention. Tie up loose ends.
Wellbeing You may feel almost there. Be patient with yourself.
Growth Reflect on what still needs integration before you move on.
Symbols in the glass
- laurel wreath success and completion
- dancing figure harmony and freedom
- two wands balance and mastery
- four creatures wholeness and the four fixed signs
- red ribbons the infinite cycle
- purple sash wisdom and fulfilment
A dancing figure wrapped in a purple sash holds a wand in each hand and floats within a large oval laurel wreath tied with red ribbons. In the four corners are a lion, a bull, an eagle and a human face.
Deeper lore
- Element
- Earth
- Astrology
- Saturn (Golden Dawn also assigns Earth to this card)
- Hebrew letter
- Tav (ת)
- Tree of Life path
- 32: Yesod to Malkuth
- Golden Dawn title
- The Great One of the Night of Time
- Number
- Twenty-one reduces to three, creation, marking completion that seeds the next beginning.
- Names
- The World · Le Monde · 世界
Waite, 1911
Waite (1911) lists: assured success, recompense, voyage, route, emigration, flight, change of place. Reversed: inertia, fixity, stagnation, permanence.
What have I accomplished that I have not yet fully celebrated?
Ask Iris about this cardFor reflection and entertainment. Meanings follow the Smith-Waite tradition.