XXI · The World
Bonnie the Cockatoo, dressed as a small astronaut, stands at the threshold of a great cosmic doorway. Before her stretches the galaxy: radiant planets, the glowing sun, the living Earth, and countless mysteries waiting in the vast dark. She gazes in awe, not at what has been completed, but at what is yet to unfold.
The World is often seen as the card of fulfillment, the closing of a cycle, the sense of having arrived. Yet Bonnie reminds us that every ending is also a beginning. The universe is larger than we imagined, and just when we think we have reached completion, another horizon opens. Her awe is not simply satisfaction but curiosity — the joy of knowing that discovery never ends.
When this card appears, it invites you to pause at the doorway of your own journey. Celebrate how far you have come, but also honor the truth that the path goes on, spiraling outward like galaxies. There is always more to learn, more to wonder at, more ways to grow.
Message of the World:
Completion is real, but never final. Let awe guide you. Each step of wholeness opens into a new mystery, and the world is always larger than the one you thought you knew.
The Tarot Midwife 