Tarot
A 78 card deck used for reflection and divination, read in spreads against a question.
What is tarot?
Tarot is a deck of 78 cards, read in spreads against a question. Twenty two cards form the Major Arcana, archetypal figures from The Fool to The World. Fifty six form the Minor Arcana, four suits of fourteen: Wands, Cups, Swords and Pentacles. A tarot reading is the interpretation of a spread: which cards fell, where, upright or reversed, and in combination.
The deck began as playing cards in fifteenth century Europe, and took its esoteric form through centuries of use in France, England and beyond. Its symbols are older than the cards: elements, seasons, stages of life.
What the cards do and do not do
Cards do not decide anything. A spread is a mirror: the reader interprets symbols against your situation, surfacing what you already sense. Used honestly, it is a reflective tool of real value. Used dishonestly, it is a prop for cold reading and fear selling.
No card guarantees an outcome. Any reader who promises one from a spread is selling certainty that does not exist.
Tarot on this site
The free yes no and three card tools here draw genuinely from all 78 cards with traditional meanings, for reflection. SshreeVidhyaa's own readings use no cards: she moved from tarot to pure intuition years ago, and the tarot reading page explains that path honestly.
Tarot questions
Common questions about tarot.
Do reversed cards mean the opposite?
Traditionally they suggest the blocked, internal or exaggerated form of the card's energy rather than a simple opposite.
Is tarot connected to astrology?
They are separate systems often practised together. Astrology works from birth data; tarot works from a spread. SshreeVidhyaa uses neither.
Can I read tarot for myself?
Many do, for reflection. The classic difficulty is bias: we read the cards we want. The free tools here keep the draw honest.
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