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Tarot Card Meanings: All 78 Cards

Find a card by name, number or suit. The collection includes 22 Major Arcana and 56 Minor Arcana with Rider鈥揥aite鈥揝mith imagery.

Practise and compare

Study five cards from the full 78-card collection, or compare similar cards using the same situation.

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Start with the question and position

Look at the card before reading the explanation. Identify one detail, then ask how its theme could relate to your question. If the card appears in an Action position, consider a response you can choose; if it appears in a Situation position, compare its theme with what you can actually observe.

The upright and reversed meanings offer possible interpretations. Neither orientation establishes another person鈥檚 intentions or guarantees a future event. Our combination guide shows how to connect two images through a worked example.

The 22 Major Arcana

The Major Arcana provide broad themes such as choice, responsibility, transition and completion. Read them in context rather than assuming that a Major card makes a question more serious. The three interactive draw tools use this 22-card group.

  1. 0 路 The FoolBeginning with room to learn
  2. I 路 The MagicianPutting available skills into action
  3. II 路 The High PriestessQuiet observation before interpretation
  4. III 路 The EmpressCare that supports development
  5. IV 路 The EmperorClear structure and responsibility
  6. V 路 The HierophantLearning from conventions and teachers
  7. VI 路 The LoversValues expressed through choices
  8. VII 路 The ChariotCoordinating effort towards a direction
  9. VIII 路 StrengthA composed response to intensity
  10. IX 路 The HermitReflection that leads to perspective
  11. X 路 Wheel of FortuneResponding to changing conditions
  12. XI 路 JusticeFair evaluation and accountability
  13. XII 路 The Hanged ManA pause that changes perspective
  14. XIII 路 DeathEnding a phase and making a transition
  15. XIV 路 TemperanceAdjustment towards a workable balance
  16. XV 路 The DevilExamining attachments and restrictive patterns
  17. XVI 路 The TowerResponding to a challenged assumption
  18. XVII 路 The StarRenewal connected to a practical direction
  19. XVIII 路 The MoonDistinguishing observations from assumptions
  20. XIX 路 The SunClear expression and open engagement
  21. XX 路 JudgementReview that leads to a deliberate response
  22. XXI 路 The WorldBringing a cycle into a complete form

The 56 Minor Arcana

Each suit has an Ace through Ten, followed by Page, Knight, Queen and King. Suits offer recurring areas of attention, while the individual scenes give the cards their differences. These cards are available as references; they are not part of the site鈥檚 interactive 22-card draws.

Wands

Initiative, effort and the direction of an undertaking. Use the pictured situation to distinguish beginning, defending, sharing or carrying a task. Start with the revised examples and comparisons in our Wands reading guide.

Compare Wands themes and practise a reading

Cups

Relationships, feelings and what you value in connection. The scenes invite different questions about exchange, disappointment, memory and belonging. Start with the revised examples and comparisons in our Cups reading guide.

Compare Cups themes and practise a reading

Swords

Thought, communication and conflict. Attend to what is said, assumed or decided rather than treating every difficult image as a prediction. Start with the revised examples and comparisons in our Swords reading guide.

Compare Swords themes and practise a reading

Pentacles

Practical resources, learning and ongoing work. Ask how time, materials and responsibility are being used in the specific scene. Start with the revised examples and comparisons in our Pentacles reading guide.

Compare Pentacles themes and practise a reading

Choose a reading tool

Daily Draw assigns a card to your local calendar date. Three-Card Spread draws three different Major Arcana with a choice of positions. Yes/No Oracle attaches a symbolic prompt to a single random card. You can use any of them without an account.

Frequently asked questions

Are all 78 cards included in the interactive draws?

The reference collection includes all 78 cards. Daily Draw, Three-Card Spread and Yes/No Oracle use only the 22 Major Arcana. The 56 Minor Arcana remain available to browse by suit.

Is Strength VIII or XI?

In the Rider鈥揥aite鈥揝mith sequence shown here, Strength is VIII and Justice is XI. Other decks can use a different order. Check the card numbers on the deck you are reading.

Are the Minor Arcana numbered 22 to 77?

No. This directory lists them by suit and rank. Numbered Minor cards run from Ace through Ten, followed by four court cards in each suit; they do not continue the printed Major Arcana sequence.