Tarot card meanings
All 78 cards of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, with the original 1909 art by Pamela Colman Smith. Pick a card for its upright and reversed meaning.
Major Arcana · Wands · Cups · Swords · Pentacles
Major Arcana
The 22 Major Arcana are the trump cards of the deck, numbered 0 to 21 from The Fool to The World. Read in order they tell the story of a journey, and in a reading they tend to point to big themes and turning points rather than day-to-day events.
Wands
Wands are the suit of fire: energy, ambition, creativity and action. Wands cards often come up around new projects, work you care about and the drive to make things happen.
Cups
Cups are the suit of water: feelings, relationships, love and intuition. Cups cards tend to describe how you feel about something and how you connect with other people.
Swords
Swords are the suit of air: thoughts, words, decisions and conflict. Swords cards can be sharp, because they deal with truth, worry and the hard choices made in the head.
Pentacles
Pentacles (also called coins or disks) are the suit of earth: money, work, health, home and the practical side of life. Pentacles cards are about building things that last.
Meanings here are one common reading of the cards, written for this site. Tarot is for reflection and entertainment; it can't predict the future, and it isn't advice.