Rider-Waite-Smith 1909
The most widely used deck in the English-speaking world. Every card, including the numbered suit cards, shows a scene. Strength is VIII and Justice is XI.
Cards
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Three well-known decks, four spreads. The cards are shuffled on your device and nothing is recorded. Use a spread to look at a question from several sides.
02The decksAttributed
Tarot de Marseille from the 1500s
The classic French pattern, older than the occult tarot. The trumps have French names, the numbered suit cards show only repeated symbols, and Justice is VIII and Strength (La Force) is XI.
Thoth 1969
Designed by Aleister Crowley and painted by Lady Frieda Harris. It renames several trumps, gives every numbered card a title, and calls the coin suit Disks.
03How it worksCalculated
The shuffle uses your browser's secure random numbers and gives every card the same chance in every position. It cannot be steered, and no draw is stored or sent anywhere.
The meanings are a common modern reading that grew from the Rider-Waite-Smith tradition, shown here under each deck's own card names. Each deck's own guidebook adds its own symbolism, and readers differ on every card. A reversed card is read as the same energy blocked, turned inward or in excess.
A tarot reading is a way of asking better questions. It is not a forecast, and it is not advice about health, money or the law.