Self-knowledge

The twenty-two Tarot Trumps illustrate the chapters of an Archetypal story. The Archetypal story is the perennial adventure of a hero who defeats an adversary. It is the fable of the knight who slays the dragon and rescues the princess. The Archetypal story is an allegory of conscious development. It can be recognized in the Gospel account of the life of Christ, the Star Wars saga of George Lucas, J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit, the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe, and the science fiction series Doctor Who.