Arcanum 0, The Fool, The Materialist

Attributes:  Overly materialistic, one who is slave to desire and blinded by self-interest, failure, folly

Universal Principle:  Decay, dissipation, the isolated system

Arcanum 1, The Magician

Attributes:  The Prime Mover, the creative force, the unity principle, singleness, aspiration, will, the action principle, initiative, beginning, potential, impulsiveness, the masculine quality

Universal Principle:  Irreversible process, the open system

Arcanum 2, The High Priestess, Veiled Isis

Attributes:  Duality, polarity, form, receptivity, passivity, perception, discrimination, knowledge, insight, intuition, occult science, the feminine quality

Universal Principle:  Duality, differentiation

Arcanum 3, The Empress, Isis Unveiled

Attributes:  The active union of male and female principles, union of polar opposites, marriage, partnership, fecundity, gestation, generation

Universal Principle:  Coupling, supercriticality

Arcanum 4, The Emperor, The Sovereign

Attributes:  Realization, result, solution, triumph over obstacles, confidence, authority, abundant creative energy, knowledge gained through experience, the setting of things in order

Universal Principle:  Critical mass, the critical fluctuation

Arcanum 5, The Pope, The Hierophant

Attributes:  Religion, the universal law, the regulator of the infinite manifestations of being, the preserver of the status quo, the keeper of peace, fortunate influences

Universal Principle:  The homogeneous steady state

Arcanum 6, The Lovers

Attributes:  A time to decide among opposing alternatives, temptation

Universal Principle:  Bifurcation, the critical point

Arcanum 7, The Chariot, The Conqueror

Attributes:  Victory, conquest, attainment, success earned by hard work or active effort

Universal Principle:  Exponential growth, spontaneous symmetry-breaking

Arcanum 8, Justice, The Balance

Attributes:  Justice, equilibrium, balance, every action brings forth a reaction

Universal Principle:  The limits to growth, counterbalance

Arcanum 9, The Hermit, The Sage

Attributes:  Wisdom, prudence, discretion in all things, perfection of form, circumspection, protection, experience gained in the journey of life

Universal Principle:  Adaptive self-stabilization, autonomy

Arcanum 10, The Wheel of Fortune

Attributes:  Change of Fortune, the inevitable cycles of nature, the completion of one cycle and the beginning of the next

Universal Principle:  The periodic state