Tarot Card Meanings

Tarot card meanings is what tarot card signifies or prophesizes. Reading a tarot card is not an easy job, it needs regular practice and experience.

Tarot cards is a deck of cards just like the normal set of cards.
There are about 78 tarot cards. Tarot cards are further divided into two main categories ‘Major Arcana’ 22 for the numbers 0 to 21 and 56 ‘Minor Arcana’ categorized into 4 suits. The meaning of Arcana is ‘secret’. Major arcana dominate the minor arcana in reading. Some people prefer to begin with only Major arcana and then gradually, come to know about rest of the pack later.


To guess the meaning of tarot cards is quiet difficult. If the tarot cards are mixed or shuffled, some of them are upright and some are reversed thus, their meaning of the tarot card changes. For beginners it becomes complicated to read a reverse card.

The Tarot Major Arcana card Meanings -:

The Fool - Youthful folly blinded by ignorance, innocence, the novice, listen to warnings

The Magician - Skill, self-control, taking charge and action

The High Priestess - Wisdom, intuition, secrets, mysteries and tenacity

The Empress - Abundance, fertility, mother, kindliness and health

The Emperor - Ambition, willpower, benefactor, stability and father

The Hierophant - Good advice, marriage, the higher religion, self and mercy

The Lovers - Emotional success, love, sexual union, trials, overcome and beauty

The Chariot - Triumph, the driving force, war, providence, vengeance,

Strength tarot, self - discipline, fortitude, courage, energy and success

The Hermit - Caution, inertia, prudence, a lonely spiritual quest and treason

Wheel of Fortune - The hand of fate, luck a turn for the better, destiny, abundance.

Justice - control, a contract, the law, truth and balance

The hanged man – Prophesy, wisdom in difficulties, self-sacrifice, intuition, initiation

Death - Incidences which are beyond your control, new horizon, incapable of being avoided or evaded, major changes. (The tarot will not predict an actual death)

Temperance- Spirit transcending, matter, management, economy, moderation and wise counsel

The Devil - Anger, greed, deceit violence, jealousy, instinct and sexual passion.

The Tower – Calamity, catastrophe, adversity and ruin.

The Star - Goals, hope, guiding force, expectations, bright prospects and enlightenment

The Moon - Illusion, dark forces, nightmares, danger overcome through intuition and hidden fears

The Sun - Success, happiness, joy, rebirth, freedom and happy marriage.

The last Judgment - Problems overcome outcome, final result, a major decision and rebirth.

The World - Assured success, successful completion, long distance travel, recognition and harmony

The Tarot Minor Arcana card meanings -:

The Minor Arcana Tarot card is divided into four suites -:

Wands: This suit covers intellectual activities and career.

Cups: Represents emotions, love, pleasure and sensitivity.

Swords: Involves struggles, difficulties and illness.

Coins: Deal with material world, finances and property.

It is difficult to assume and guess the meaning of tarot cards. However, with regular practice, one can do this. In order to learn how to start reading the tarot cards, it is essential that we expand our imagination and assume and guess the tarot cards. After guessing the meaning of the tarot card with the help of tarot picture, read the text written on the tarot card. In this way you can learn how to get the meanings of the tarot card.