World --

Upright: Completion, integration, accomplishment, travel

Reversed: Seeking personal closure, short-cuts, delays

The world is completion. The last card in the Major Arcana, you're at the end of a long journey. This card is an indication of acceptance and satisfaction. You have done the work and can now look out upon the view. The World is about the outside view, the outer contemplation, after a kind of inner culmination. You have achieved a goal and now must integrate the result as your own. There is no need to prove yourself. You have come to know your self-worth. There should be no urge for attainment. You have arrived and stabilized yourself. You have the realization that the power is in your hands. The World card expresses certainty, completion, positive energy, reward, and satisfaction. It reveals major, resolute change.

The World card indicates the cyclical nature of life and a progression through these cycles. The female stands on air above the world. She is above and below, able to step into consciousness at will. She is between Heaven and Earth with an all-knowing look in her eyes that shows her wisdom gained through life's experiences. She asserts our bond of giving back to the world, sharing what we have learned and gained. She is almost nestling the world. This is a reciprocal relationship. One in which the difficulties feed the successes. The female breathes the sweet scent of success which surrounds and highlights her. In turn, she reflects this success upon the world.

A female Dia de los Muertos style portrait shows a woman's face high above the air, indicating your consciousness, with a look of knowing. The Earth-the rest of humanity-nuzzled below her, ready for her sharing of wisdom. She has come to know herself fully, through life's lessons. This earth element card indicates that we are at the end of an instructive phase and are now entering a practice stage. It is heavy and light. It has gone through us. We have incorporated it. It is complete.