Tarot Card Meanings: All 78 Cards

A three-card reading is the simplest classic tarot spread: one card for the past (where you've been), one for the present (where you are), and one for what you're becoming. Read together, the three cards tell a small story about the moment you're in.

The position shapes the card's meaning. In the past position, a card describes an energy that shaped you; in the present, something asking for your attention now; in the future position, a direction that's forming — an invitation rather than a fixed fate.

Each card carries traditional themes — keywords and a core meaning — but a reading comes alive where those themes meet your situation. That's why the same card can land differently on different days. The meanings on this site keep the traditional themes and frame every card, even the heavy ones, by what it's asking you to grow toward.

No — the three-card reading and the daily affirmation need no account or sign-up. You choose your cards, and the reading is written for the focus you pick and how you're feeling.

Yes. The cheat sheet puts all 78 cards on one page: upright keywords, reversed keywords and the yes or no answer for each, in deck order, and it prints cleanly if you want it beside you while you read.

A reversed card is the same energy blocked, delayed, overdone or turned inward, not simply the opposite of the upright meaning. The Sun reversed is still warmth, just dimmed or doubted. Every card page here gives the reversed meaning in full, and the reversed guide explains how to read them.

The 22 Major Arcana cards mark life's big chapters — turning points, lessons, identity shifts. The 56 Minor Arcana cards live in daily life across four suits: Wands (energy and creativity), Cups (feelings and relationships), Swords (thought and truth), and Pentacles (work, money, and home).