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Tarot Card Meanings: All 78 Cards
Explore upright, reversed, love, career, and yes/no meanings across the complete Rider-Waite deck, then open any card for deeper symbolism.
Browse by suit, search by name, then jump directly into a reading once the symbolism feels familiar.
This library page is maintained as the main card-index surface for the site. The editorial goal is to make the deck browsable by structure first, so users can move from broad deck literacy into specific card pages without losing orientation.
Total Deck
78 cards in the standard tarot deck.
Major Arcana
22 cards covering archetypal themes and turning points.
Minor Arcana
56 cards across Wands, Cups, Swords, and Pentacles.
Library Use
Search by name, filter by suit, then open the full card page.
Core Takeaways
- +The fastest path into tarot literacy is to understand how the deck is grouped before memorizing individual card blurbs.
- +Major Arcana and Minor Arcana answer different kinds of questions: larger life currents versus everyday dynamics.
- +A card library works best when it supports both scan-level browsing and direct jumps into deeper interpretation pages.
How This Page Was Built
- +We surface the deck in suit and arcana groupings first because that mirrors how most readers actually learn the system.
- +The library is designed to bridge browsing and reading flow, so card exploration feeds directly into live readings.
- +Schema on this page emphasizes list structure because search intent here is often navigational or reference-based.
Sources Referenced
A.E. Waite, 1910
Foundational Rider-Waite-Smith reference for card structure and symbolism.
Helen Farley, 2009
Academic history of tarot's development from card game to divinatory system.
Rachel Pollack, 1980
Widely used modern interpretive framework for card interactions and spread reading.
Full bibliography: References. Review process: Editorial Policy.
Major Arcana
22 archetypal cards
Minor Arcana
56 everyday cards
Court Cards
Pages, Knights, Queens, Kings
Wands
Action, fire, desire
Cups
Love, emotion, intuition
Swords
Thought, conflict, truth
Pentacles
Work, money, stability
Reversed Meanings
All 78 reversals
Love Meanings
Relationship readings
Career Meanings
Work and purpose
Money Meanings
Finance and security
Yes / No Meanings
Direct card answers
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