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![]() | On 11 August 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved to The World (tarot card). The result of the discussion was moved to "tarot" ( 'small t' ). |
The article is just personal opinions from an occult enthusiast about the nature and meaning of a particular tarot card. No peer reviewed books or journal articles are cited. No references or footnotes are given. When a new statement is added, the source needs to be cited, and the source needs to be verifiable, and reliable. Waite is not an unbiased, factual source on the history or evolution of tarot cards. The work can be cited properly, however: "Waite's opinion in his book The Pictorial Key to the Tarot ... etc" The other sources are definitely of questionable academic weight.
The card in question has a history of over 500 years in European card games in which it is used as trump card (see Tarocchi). The article is unbalanced in that it only features the recent uses of the card for divination. This makes the article biased due to its recentism. Since the article ignores use of the card for game play in Europe and other parts of the world, it offers an anglo-american perspective that raises NPOV issues. There are academic sources and sources from international organizations discussing the history and evolution of the "World" card as well as its use in games. Such sources need to be utilized. - Parsa 08:02, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
If we do not include everything about a subject, we are not viewing it with a NPOV. Highcount. 11:58, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
The gaming aspect is anything but non-existant. This is where you are wrong. Tarot cards games are still currently played and there are currently efforts to have these games imported outside Europe. The occult signifigance of tarot cards lies only in the minds of occultists and those who take what they claim at face value. Smiloid 02:14, 20 March 2007 (UTC) The occult is not the only modern use of tarot cards Smiloid 02:16, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
I hate to revive such an ancient discussion, but Waite did not subscribe to the divinatory meanings of the cards and included them in his book mostly as a sop for those who did. Waite's interest in the Tarot was always in a psychosexual and alchemical context, which is noticeable both in statements he makes and in the alchemical symbolism used in the cards. It is a peculiar feature of these Tarot articles that they seem to entirely miss this point. Kramden ( talk) 21:24, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
I made some copy editing changes, but I forgot to sign in, so they appear anonymous. I did change a little bit of the phrasing to make what I think are clear changes. I looked up basilisk, and no common definition calls it a snake, so I changed it to the more generic reptile. I tried to make this clearer to the average reader. Kkuchenb ( talk) 02:40, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I made some further copy editing changes, and changed the title of the trivia section (discouraged by Wikipedia) to The World Card in Popular Culture because the items have to do with computer games and a manga comic. I also deleted the last item, which was an unsubstantiated claim about tarot in general, not the World card. That info should be included on the tarot page. Kkuchenb ( talk) 03:10, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
The book "The Tarot" by Robert M. Place is referenced twice but there is no such book.
Robert M. Place has a few books which contain the words "The Tarot" somewhere in the title, but no single book called just "The Tarot", so it's not clear what is actually being referenced here. 139.138.69.196 ( talk) 03:23, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I am new to editing Wikipedia. The information I would like to add is from a book called "The New Mythic Tarot" by Juliet Sharman-Burke and Liz Greene.
This is the information I want to add: "On an inner level, the image of the woman (Hermaphroditus in Greek Mythology) is to show wholeness unrelated to sexual identification but rather of combined male and female energy, and to show an integration of opposites that arise in the personality charged by both energies. Opposite qualities between male and female that create turmoil in our life are joined in this card, and the image of becoming whole is an ideal goal, not something that can be possessed rather than achieved".
I want to add this information because I have a tarot deck and booklet that uses Greek Mythology to explain the meaning of the cards. The World is a card that I really resonate with, and for this reason I would like to add something from a bit of a different interpretation of what The World means (coming from a lens of Greek Mythology) to add to what is written on this Wiki page and enhance it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vickisorin ( talk • contribs) 20:16, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
Correction needed. Aquarius is NOT an air sign. It's a water sign. Also the Eagle should be the AIR symbol 2600:1700:977F:E810:D896:A31C:CF35:7A2A ( talk) 21:52, 3 November 2023 (UTC)