The Almanac tarot

Tarot card meanings

Every card of the seventy-eight, upright and reversed, in the Rider-Waite-Smith order: what its plate shows, what it brings into view in love and work, and the question it asks. Read as a mirror for reflection, never as a forecast.

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The Major Arcana

The twenty-two trumps, from the Fool numbered 0 to the World numbered XXI. Read in order they tell the Fool’s journey, one story of a life from its first step to its wholeness.

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Choose love, work or purpose. Your reading is written from your chart. Your reading uses your own birth details.

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The suit of Wands

Wands are the suit of Fire, given by tradition to will, work and creative drive. Fourteen cards, from the Ace to the King.

The suit of Cups

Cups are the suit of Water, given by tradition to feeling, love and the inner life. Fourteen cards, from the Ace to the King.

The suit of Swords

Swords are the suit of Air, given by tradition to thought, truth and conflict. Fourteen cards, from the Ace to the King.

The suit of Pentacles

Pentacles are the suit of Earth, given by tradition to body, money and the material world. Fourteen cards, from the Ace to the King.

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These pages explain each card on its own. Members draw from the full deck in the Almanac tarot: the card of the day, three cards, or the ten-card Celtic Cross, each card read in its place.

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Tarot is a tool for reflection, not a replacement for God, prayer, Scripture or wise counsel.

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Common questions

How many cards are in a tarot deck?

Seventy-eight: twenty-two trumps of the Major Arcana, from the Fool to the World, and fifty-six cards of the Minor Arcana in four suits of fourteen, Wands, Cups, Swords and Pentacles.

What does a reversed tarot card mean?

A reversed card is the same card read from the other side: its theme blocked, delayed, overdone or turned inward. It is not a bad omen, and every page here gives both readings.

Does the Almanac use tarot to tell the future?

No. The Almanac reads tarot as reflection rather than forecast. A card names a theme worth looking at and asks a question of it; the choices that follow stay yours.