Tarot card meanings
The complete 78-card reference: upright and reversed meanings, plus what each card says about love, work and what's ahead.
Not sure where to start? Find your personal arcana from your date of birth.
How to use this tarot reference
A tarot deck holds 78 cards: 22 Major Tarotari (the big, fate-shaping themes) and 56 Minor across four suits — Cups (feeling), Wands (energy and action), Swords (thought) and Pentacles (money and the material). Every card has an upright and a reversed meaning, plus its own shading in love, work and the future.
Don't try to memorise everything at once. Open the card you need and read its symbolism in the context of your question. To learn how cards read together, see card combinations, and to put the meanings to work, lay out a tarot spread or take your question to Mira.
Frequently asked
How many cards are in a tarot deck?
78: 22 Major Tarotari and 56 Minor (14 in each of the four suits).
What does a reversed card mean?
A reversed position usually weakens, blocks or inverts the card's core meaning.
Do I have to memorise all the meanings?
No. Lean on your intuition and the card's imagery, and look the exact readings up here — they stick with practice.