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Grand Etteilla 1857 · Tarot Card 21

Grand Etteilla Tarot Card 21 — Disagreement / Disagreement, Conflict

The two inscriptions distinguish quiet dissent from an expressed conflict. The chariot image must not automatically be read as Rider–Waite–Smith victory or directed control.

Grand Etteilla Tarot Card 21 — Disagreement / Disagreement, Conflict, modern reconstruction

Original scan, page 193

What is shown on the card?

A crowned figure holding a staff stands on a chariot drawn by two horses; a landscape and mountains lie behind.

Printed meanings in the 1857 edition

Disagreement

“Disagreement” denotes a lack of accord, separated positions or an inner contradiction.

Disagreement, Conflict

“Disagreement. Conflict” intensifies the theme by adding open confrontation. The second position is not a reversal into an opposite meaning, but an escalation.

The printed pair and the book’s sentence-building method are historical evidence. Love, work and daily applications are explicitly marked TarotCards24 editorial commentary.

Commentary and difference from RWS

There is no direct RWS equivalent. Card 21 must not be equated with a similarly numbered or illustrated Rider–Waite–Smith card because Grand Etteilla uses its own sequence, printed pairs and sentence-building method.

There is no direct RWS equivalent. Card 21 must not be equated with a similarly numbered or illustrated Rider–Waite–Smith card because Grand Etteilla uses its own sequence, printed pairs and sentence-building method.

Alternative reading: Where no external conflict exists, Disagreement may reveal a contradiction between the aim, the means and actual behaviour.

Practical interpretation

Love: In relationships, it shows different expectations or open conflict. Resolution begins by naming the exact point in dispute.

Work: At work, it concerns competing goals, factions, or a conflict that blocks decisions and progress.

As a person: It may describe a combative person or someone caught between incompatible positions.

If this is your card today: State the core disagreement in one sentence and separate it from every secondary attack.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Grand Etteilla Tarot Card 21 — Disagreement / Disagreement, Conflict mean in the first position?

“Disagreement” denotes a lack of accord, separated positions or an inner contradiction.

What does Grand Etteilla Tarot Card 21 — Disagreement / Disagreement, Conflict mean in the second position?

“Disagreement. Conflict” intensifies the theme by adding open confrontation. The second position is not a reversal into an opposite meaning, but an escalation.

What does Grand Etteilla Tarot Card 21 — Disagreement / Disagreement, Conflict mean in love?

In relationships, it shows different expectations or open conflict. Resolution begins by naming the exact point in dispute.

What does Grand Etteilla Tarot Card 21 — Disagreement / Disagreement, Conflict mean at work?

At work, it concerns competing goals, factions, or a conflict that blocks decisions and progress.

What kind of person does Grand Etteilla Tarot Card 21 — Disagreement / Disagreement, Conflict describe?

It may describe a combative person or someone caught between incompatible positions.