Similar to how your astrological sun sign might, your tarot birth card reveals information about your soul. Although a tarot birth card has no direct relationship to astrology, it can provide information about various aspects of your life based on the time of your birth, much like your sun sign. According to Ryan Trinh, a tarot reader at the Los Angeles metaphysical store House of Intuition, a tarot birth card is interpreted in a manner similar to how we read our astrological signs. They highlight various aspects of who we are, such as our strengths, lessons to learn, and aspirational objectives.
” make reference to various aspects of who we are, such as our strengths, lessons to learn, and aspirational objectives. Tarot reading Ryan Trinh from House of Intuition
Your tarot birth card, however, cannot be just any card. Tarot birth cards can only be one of the 22 Major Arcana cards (excluding the Fool, whose number is 0), even though the average tarot deck has 78 cards. Major Arcana cards are renowned for reflecting long-term repercussions and providing wisdom to life’s lessons. On the other hand, the remaining 56 Minor Arcana cards are primarily concerned with everyday issues.
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There are a few ways in which you can find out which tarot card you are!
Choose one or more of the techniques to determine which tarot card best describes you. Thanks to West Word for the image.
There are a few methods for determining which tarot card you are. There is really no wrong way to do this, just like when you work with the cards. You can use any one method or any of them. We advise going with your gut (intuition!) and choosing the approach that seems right to you.
Use the zodiac
As we previously discussed, many tarot readers rely on the strength of our unique bond with the zodiac. Even while there is always room for interpretation, the sign you were born under already provides a wealth of information about your personality, including your strengths and shortcomings. The 12 zodiac signs are connected with specific main arcana cards. You might start to form a more intimate bond with the card once you figure out which one is yours.
Pro tip: If you were born on the border between two signs, you can either focus on the primary arcana card that speaks to you the most right away, or you can work with both for a bit to get to know them better.
Birthday/personality
Utilizing your precise birthday is yet another fantastic technique to find your tarot card representation. This is a simple approach to see how the main arcana can correspond to the precise day and year of your birth. Your number sequence would be 9+2+3+1+9+8+2=34 if your birthday were September 23, 1982. You must divide the number by two to get the total of the two numbers, 3+4=7, because the number is greater than 22 (there are 22 major arcana cards). Your tarot card in this instance would therefore be The Chariot. You might describe yourself as self-assured, at ease with who you are, and ready to go forward and accept new challenges.
Getting a customized tarot card is easy with your birthdate. picture provided by Angelorum.
Power card
Using your birthdate is a simple way to obtain a power card. Using the previous example, you would simply calculate 2+3=5, which is The Hierophant, if your birthday was on the 23rd of the month. You may start to acquire a better understanding of who you are and how you interact with the world when you combine your zodiac, birthday/personality, and power card. You can choose to work with one or all of these cards to gain a deeper understanding of who you are and what you want from relationships and life.
Shuffle and choose
Take the main arcana (plus the court cards, if you choose) and shuffle them to see which card wishes to show itself to you. Well combine them, then cut them once. The cards should be dispersed so that a good number of them are all face down. After clearing your mind for a moment, decide which card is speaking to you. This considers precisely where you are right now and which card you need to see and use right away.
You can determine which tarot card you are in a number of different ways, and it’s completely up to you whether you use one or all of them. A useful strategy to improve your relationship with your deck and gain more knowledge about how you can continue to read well in the future is to find a card that matches you.
How can I determine the tarot card for the current year?
By the way, depending on where you think the parentheses in the math formula belong and the subsequent order of operations, I think I might be calculating the year card a little differently.
My strategy is to separate out three sums for a trinity that has spiritual significance. Your birth month and day are combined to create one number. If the year is your birth year or a transiting year for a Tarot Year Card calculation, add the digits for that year separately.
You have now completed two operations. When you combine the two together, you get the third order for that beautiful, tidy trinity. Theosophic reduction is only performed once three operations for the trinity have been completed (i.e., if the sum is over 22, add the digits together for a single digit sum).
That is the intriguing riddle with metaphysics.
There are numerous alternative methods and correspondence schemes. Consider my investigation of elemental directional correspondences and resolving the conflicts in a prior blog article.
It’s crucial to comprehend your justification and to choose a strategy or correspondence system that supports your personal philosophy.
You should do such procedures independently before combining them in a math problem where parentheses denote the separation of ideas (left to right). Since the idea of a Base Year has been established, it only makes sense to calculate the Base Year using a different order of operations. It supports the viewpoint that each Base Year is “predetermined to the point where, simply by adding up the numbers, we can predict what the Base Year tarot card will be.
The degree of the sun in astrology is equal to the month plus the day. That then becomes an idea in and of itself. What is the sum of our birthday’s month, day, and sun sign degree? “changes a Base Year determination’s overall generalities. Therefore, it makes sense that the degree of the sun sign, as an independent concept transferred to numerology for this purpose, would be its own distinct idea and require a different set of parentheses. It seems logical to me to carry out this step in a separate predetermined order of operation, and to combine the two preset sums in the third and last predetermined order of operation.
This technique of calculation produces three operations for a trinity, matching it with Hermetic and Neo-Platonic philosophytwo ideas that have a significant impact on esoteric tarot.
So that’s the justification behind my strategy. However, it differs from the conventional approach advocated by Archetypal Tarot and the literature on tarot birth cards.
My advice is to investigate the many strategies, choose the one that works best for you, and then stay with it, i.e., be consistent. The most important factor is ultimately personal consistency.
The Fool is card 22 in the Archetypal Tarot. Key 0: The Fool can be a birth card or, in the case of the practice in this workshop, a Tarot year card.
I don’t follow 22 because my own philosophy favors the continuity of trinities and the hallowed sevens. I perform the theosophic reduction if the total exceeds 21. I prefer to view The Fool card as a symbol. But this is solely a matter of personal taste. Just do what seems to work for you; there is no right or wrong answer here.
If your birthday occurs between January 1 and June 30, according to Archetypal Tarot, your Tarot Year Cycle is more likely to be felt from one January to the next, neatly aligning with the calendar year.
However, if you were born in a late calendar season, between July 1 and December 31, you are more likely to experience the Tarot Year according to the appropriate Major Arcana card from your birthday through the next birthday or solar return.
I suggested a three-card oracle reading when considering the lessons your Tarot Year Card will teach you, but you are welcome to approach the journaling prompts as you prefer. Yes, you could use a tarot deck for this, but I’ve found that using a non-tarot deck works far better. Pick your favorite modern oracle deck, like as Lenormand, Kipper, or another.
Because there is a wider range of artistic expression when you take your Tarot Year Card from many modern decks, this is an extremely enjoyable practice. I had a Key 20: Judgement year in 2021, so if I’m studying the Judgement card, I’ll take a Key 20 from one of the several tarot decks I own and lay it out in a spread.
If you have a sizable collection of tarot decks, choose your Tarot Year card from seven, eight, or even ten different decks, and arrange the cards in a spread as you respond to the journaling questions on the handout.
Tarot Year card variations should be read as their own spread, which means you should look for symbols that strike out to you and make a note of which signs or symbols are drawing your attention. Summarize the various ways that Major Arcana card has been interpreted. As you explore the Tarot Year, take a picture of the spread.
The Tarot Year Card is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what you can accomplish with it; birth cards, personality cards, soul cards, and other cards are all covered. Learn more about Base Years, Cycle Themes, and your Karmic Year while also reading about them. This book also has an amazing reference on how to interpret your Year Cards.
Get a copy of Archetypal Tarot: What Your Birth Card Reveals About Your Personality, Path, and Potential if you desire to use the tarot for introspective psychology work, journaling, and self-exploration. Theresa Reed, the Tarot Lady, wrote the Foreword for this edition from 2021.
The 2011 book Who Are You in the Tarot: Discover Your Birth and Year Cards and Uncover Your Destiny has been updated. I own both and adore them.
What did tarot cards’ original purposes entail?
Tarot cards were initially used to play games. A text written by Martiano da Tortona before 1425 contains a very brief explanation of the rules for a deck that resembles the tarot. Before the earliest known detailed explanation of game rules for a French variation in 1637, there are two centuries of hazy accounts of game play or game vocabulary. There are numerous regional variations in the tarot game. Although the game of tarocchini has persisted in Bologna and is still played in Piedmont and Sicily, it is less well-liked in Italy than it is elsewhere.
Tarot experienced its greatest resurgence in the 18th century, when it rose to prominence as one of the most played card games across all of Europe with the exception of Ireland, Britain, the Iberian peninsula, and the Ottoman Balkans. France has the largest tarot game community, and French tarot has undergone another rebirth since the 1970s. Within the boundaries of the old Austro-Hungarian empire, central Europe is a popular location for playing the regional tarot games known as tarock, tarok, or tarokk.
Can you interpret tarot cards for yourself?
It’s normal to be a little clumsy when you first start practicing the tarot. Tarot study is similar to learning a new languageit takes time to become proficient. But what happens if you no longer require the booklet and have intimate familiarity with the deck? Are you able to read yourself? No, except for a few rare instances. Simply put, it’s a horrible idea.
You see, the majority of us turn to astrology or tarot when we’re looking for clarity amid a period of ambiguity. In contrast to astrology, which is quite technical, our consciousness restricts our capacity to read tarot cards. Working with your personal interpretation of the cards, you are not constrained by short- and long-term cycles like the planets’ orbits. It might be tricky to go beyond your current circumstances while utilizing the tarot to better understand a trying scenario. Even if all the cards are spread out in front of you, putting them together requires such a broad perspective that it is all but impossible to fully understand the meaning of each card. Basically, any biases you already have will always be reflected in your tarot reading!
What exactly is a powercard?
Capricorn: XV- The Devil (I Use)control, indulgence, enslavement of oneself, rage, endurance, influence, boundaries, and restrictions.
Hope, healing, optimism, brighter days ahead, balance, clarity, faith, spiritual direction, insight, and inspiration are all attributes of the sign of Aquarius.
The Moon in Pisces represents ambiguity, delusion, shifting feelings, hidden depths, darkness, challenges, secrets, and the truth.
Divine your personality card
Finding a tarot card that fits your personality will help you use them. The Major Arcana card that matches to the total is found by adding the digits from your birthday, according to Alvarez. If your birthday is September 25, 1985, for example, you would add 9+2+5+1+9+8+9 = 43, and then 4+3 = 7. She continues, “If the total is between 1 and 22, your personality card is the Major Arcana card with the appropriate number.” Calculate the total of the two digits as shown above if the sum is more than 22.
Level up with your power card
According to Alvarez, “Your power card is supposed to represent your special strengths.” “Pick the Major Arcana card whose number corresponds to the day of your birth. If you were born between days 23 and 31, follow the same procedure as previously and add those two digits to determine your power card.” You will be able to see the wider picture of who you are and what you need to look for in order to find balance and happiness, she says, once you discover your power, personality, and zodiac cards.
Set an intention with a “know thyself” tarot spread
Clear your mind before beginning this kind of tarot card reading. According to Alvarez, “this straightforward tarot spread can be utilized to discover characteristics of yourself and how you might meet your genuine wants and desires.” “Make sure you’re calm and collected before consulting the cards. Take a few deep breaths, light a candle or incense, smudge the area, or select your favorite crystal, then just set the intention to receive precise information that is for your highest good.”
Pull three cards, shuffle the deck, and then arrange them face-up from left to right. Read the descriptions of each card and sincerely consider its significance and how it relates to you, advises Alvarez. Solitaire, on the other hand, cannot.
Familiarize yourself with the traditional meanings
During intuitive tarot readings, your intuition will direct you in conveying messages, but Rose thinks it’s still beneficial to comprehend the conventional meaning of each card. She advises developing a regular tarot reading ritual where you ask your trusted tarot deck questions about your life and keep a journal of the readings you do for yourself to explore the meanings of the cards. According to Rose, intuition can come through more clearly the more you connect with yourself and your deck.
How should my tarot deck be cleaned?
While rearranging the cards in the tarot deck is a good approach to purify and clear their energy, there are some circumstances in which you might wish to perform a more specialized ritual. If you’re just getting started with tarot, cleaning your deck can be an excellent place to start.
You might want to clean your tarot deck for a variety of reasons, including:
- beginning with a fresh deck
- Doing readings for others
- You think you need to recharge.
- Your card readings seem a touch “odd” or “disconnected”
- Your deck hasn’t been used recently.
- Your deck has been handled by others
- You think you’ve been utilizing your deck a lot. A LOT, especially for books with strong emotional content
Why should you cleanse or clear your tarot deck?
Tarot deck cleansing helps keep the energy flowing between you and your deck. Consider it as a little spiritual hygiene to maintain a strong and clear connection. It’s not necessary, but if you have any of the aforementioned symptoms, try a few of the energetic cleansing techniques listed below and note which ones seem to work the best for you.
How often should you cleanse your tarot deck?
This is another way of stating USE YOUR INTUITION: there are no hard and fast laws. Don’t stress if you don’t believe it is necessary for your deck. Alternately, if you like to cleanse them once per week or once per month, that’s great. If it feels appropriate to you, you can even place your favorite crystal on the balcony each night.
If you frequently place crystals on your deck and store it on an altar while not in use, you might not feel the need to cleanse it frequently because this quick ritual will likely be sufficient to keep your deck feeling nice.
There are numerous ways to cleanse your cards, just as there are numerous reasons why you might desire to do so.
Different ways to cleanse your tarot deck
Use holy smoke. Light a dried rosemary, lavender, cedar, sage, or palo santo cleansing wand until it begins to smoke. Hold the smoke a safe distance below the deck while holding the burning herbs in one hand and the deck in the other so that the smoke drifts upward onto the cards. Turn the deck so that the smoke covers it from all angles. Next, safely put your deck to the ground and put out the fire.
On the deck, set a selenite stone (or a black tourmaline or a transparent quartz). It works well to leave it like way for an hour, but I prefer to leave it overnight.
Set them on display during a new moon. The New Moon is energy of a blank slate; you can purify the deck by setting it on a window sill on a new moon night. At this moment, you can also make a brand-new intention for your deck.
Place the cards in a salty dish. A strong and stabilizing cleaner is salt. My preferred choice for a thorough cleansing is this. Allow it to sit anywhere from one to eight hours in a dry area.
Unorderly shuffle. Spread the cards out on the ground, then shuffle them around like a child playing in dirt. This method’s freedom and randomization serve as an excellent reset.
the shuffle and sort. Set up the deck in rows of seven cards across, commencing with the Major Arcana numbers 0 to 22. (see photo above). Next, arrange the cards, Ace through King, one for each suit, as follows: Swords, Pentacles, Cups, and Wands. View the deck in this configuration, then mix everything up (like the chaotic!) and shuffle it thoroughly.
What tarot card has the most influence?
The Fool is typically seen as a card from the Major Arcana when performing a tarot reading. Contrary to popular belief, the Fool does not fall under either category in tarot card games. Instead, the Fool serves a function that is distinct from both the simple suit cards and the trump cards. As a result, the Fool has no number assigned to it in the majority of tarot decks that were initially created for playing games. Although Waite assigns the Fool the number 0, in his book, the Fool is discussed between Judgment (number 20) and The World (number 21). The Tarocco Piemontese is the only traditional game deck that numbers the Fool 0. Since the 1930s, the corner index for the Fool in Tarot Nouveau decks has frequently been a black inverted mullet. The Fool is one of the most expensive cards in practically all tarot games.
