Key

Meaning

It opens. The Key is the answer: a solution, a breakthrough, certainty, the thing that makes the rest possible. It underlines whatever it touches as important and likely, a 'yes' in the cards.

As a person

Someone who holds the answer or opens doors.

In combinations

First in a pair, the Key names a solution or the key to the matter. Second, it describes the card before it: something that is certain, important or unlocked.

• Mountain + Key: The obstacle can be overcome; a solution to a blockage.
• Crossroads + Key: The right choice; the solution lies in deciding.
• Book + Key: A secret revealed; an exam passed; knowledge that unlocks.
• Sun + Key: Certain success; the answer is yes.
• Key + Anchor: Lasting security; a solution that holds.

As a house in the Grand Tableau

Position 33 is the house of the Key. Solutions: answers, access and certainty.