Tarot Card Meanings
What every card in the Tarot deck means, upright and reversed, in plain words. Start with the Major Arcana, the big turning points, or go straight to a suit.
Major Arcana
The 22 big turning points, from The Fool to The World.
- The Foolbeginnings
- The Magicianmanifestation
- The High Priestessintuition
- The Empressabundance
- The Emperorstructure
- The Hierophanttradition
- The Loversunion
- The Chariotwillpower
- Strengthcourage
- The Hermitsolitude
- Wheel of Fortunecycles
- Justicetruth
- The Hanged Mansurrender
- Deathending
- Temperancebalance
- The Devilshadow
- The Towerupheaval
- The Starhope
- The Moonillusion
- The Sunjoy
- Judgementawakening
- The Worldcompletion
Wands
Fire: passion, creativity, will and the spark to begin.
Cups
Water: emotion, intuition, relationships and depth.
Swords
Air: the mind, truth, conflict and clarity.
- Ace of Swordsclarity
- Two of Swordsstalemate
- Three of Swordsheartbreak
- Four of Swordsrest
- Five of Swordshollow win
- Six of Swordstransition
- Seven of Swordsdeception
- Eight of Swordsfeeling trapped
- Nine of Swordsanxiety
- Ten of Swordsending
- Page of Swordscuriosity
- Knight of Swordsdrive
- Queen of Swordsclarity
- King of Swordsauthority
Pentacles
Earth: the body, work, money and what is real.
- Ace of Pentaclesopportunity
- Two of Pentaclesjuggling
- Three of Pentaclescollaboration
- Four of Pentaclesholding on
- Five of Pentacleshardship
- Six of Pentaclesgenerosity
- Seven of Pentaclespatience
- Eight of Pentaclesmastery
- Nine of Pentaclesself-sufficiency
- Ten of Pentacleslegacy
- Page of Pentaclesstudent
- Knight of Pentaclesdiligence
- Queen of Pentaclesnurture
- King of Pentaclesmastery
