Tarot Arcanum 55: Contrition

Contrition as an act of repentance. Symbolizes the human virtue of recognizing one’s own error.

Modulating Attribute: It is associated to the planet Pluto, the letter A, and the number 1. It represents the principle of voluntary repair.

Transcendental Axiom: “Do not sow an assortment of seeds in thine orchard, neither harvest them within thine heart.”

Forecasting Element: As an element of prediction it promises lamentations, spiritual afflictions, unpleasantness, unsatisfied profit, acquisition of material wealth by means of moral suffering.