Unlike the Minor Arcana, or 'Numbered Suits', The Major Arcana (or Trumps) of the Tarot represent the major turning points in our lives that we must all go through in order to evolve, and journey through life... They are the significant events that mould us, as opposed to the four numbered suits that reflect the more day to day events that we live through. Significant, dramatic, important... all these would describe the influences of the Major Arcana.
There are 22 cards in all in this unique and unnumbered suit and they incorporate the other four suits frequently, or not at all amongst their number..... They can be broken down still further into three groups of seven cards, plus 'The Fool who as 'The Traveller' journeys with us. The first group of seven cards deals mainly with the material world and the choices therein, be they personal, material, or educational. The next seven deals with all matters spiritual and intuitive, with faith and love. The last set of seven covers a combination of the first two, but shows us that we can challenge and alter the paths we find ourselves on.