Draw a single card for daily guidance, or a 3-card spread to explore Past · Present · Future. Full 78-card Rider-Waite deck.
A tarot reading turns a shuffled deck into a prompt for reflection. This tool draws from the full 78-card Rider-Waite deck — the most widely used system in the world — and shows both upright and reversed meanings for every card.
The 78 cards split into two groups. The 22 Major Arcana (The Fool, The Magician, Death, The Tower and so on) point to big, archetypal life themes and turning points. The 56 Minor Arcana describe everyday situations through four suits — Wands (drive and creativity), Cups (emotions and relationships), Swords (thought and conflict) and Pentacles (work, money and the body) — each running Ace through Ten plus four court cards.
A single card is ideal for a quick focus or a question of the day. The three-card spread is the classic Past · Present · Future layout: the first card shows what led here, the second the current situation, and the third where things are heading. The same three slots also read cleanly as situation · action · outcome.
When a card lands upside down it is reversed. A reversal usually softens, delays, blocks or internalises the upright meaning rather than flipping it to the opposite. Read it as a nuance, not a contradiction.
Individual meanings are only the start — the real reading comes from how the cards relate. Notice the balance of suits, whether Major Arcana dominate (big forces at play), and how each card colours the ones beside it. Browse full card meanings in the tarot encyclopedia.
A standard tarot deck has 78 cards: 22 Major Arcana (life themes and turning points) and 56 Minor Arcana split across four suits — Wands, Cups, Swords and Pentacles — each running Ace through Ten plus four court cards.
The most common three-card layout is Past, Present and Future: the first card shows what led here, the second the current situation, and the third the likely direction if things continue. The same three positions can also be read as situation, action and outcome.
A reversed card is one that appears upside down. It usually softens, blocks, internalises or inverts the card's upright meaning rather than negating it. This tool shows both upright and reversed interpretations.
The 22 Major Arcana cards point to large, archetypal life themes; the 56 Minor Arcana cards describe everyday situations and their practical detail through the four suits.
Yes. Each draw shuffles the full 78-card deck in your browser using JavaScript and selects the cards at random, including whether each one lands upright or reversed. Nothing is pre-set or sent to a server.