The World

A cycle complete and a sense of wholeness. The journey has come round, and what was learned belongs to you now. Celebrate, and let the ending open the next road.

completion · wholeness · fulfilment · integration · arrival

Something nearly finished but not closed. A last step is missing, or you hesitate to let the chapter end. Tie off the loose thread, then move on.

incompletion · delay · loose ends · lack of closure

A barefoot dancer in a long indigo robe, a red sash and green scarves streaming around her, floats inside a large oval wreath of cherry blossom and red maple leaves. She holds a short red baton in each hand, and petals drift around her. In the four corners, resting on curling clouds, appear a white crane, a dark ox, a pale striped tiger and a traveller in a straw hat.

In Rider–Waite–Smith tarot a dancer floats inside a laurel wreath holding two wands, with an angel, an eagle, a lion and a bull in the corners: completion, wholeness and the end of the journey through the Major Arcana. The wreath is the finished circle, and the dancer is the self at ease within it. Here a traveller, a crane, a tiger and an ox stand for the four corner figures, and cherry blossom and maple join spring and autumn in one turning year.

Fulfilment and wholeness in the bond, or a relationship reaching a happy milestone. Enjoy what you have built together.

Completion, achievement and recognition. A piece of work ends well. Mark it properly before starting the next.

Choose one thing you have finished and mark it: tell someone, write it down, celebrate it in a small way. Then name the next road without rushing onto it.

Yes

The cycle is complete and the pieces are in place; the answer is yes.

What journey in your life has come full circle?