The individual archetypes

Major Arcana Birth Card Meanings

This index covers all 21 Major Arcana cards this calculator can return. Each guide explains the card’s symbolic theme, strength, tension, and supported birth-card combinations.

  1. The Magician tarot card artworkI

    The Magician

    initiative · focus · resourcefulness

  2. The High Priestess tarot card artworkII

    The High Priestess

    intuition · stillness · discernment

  3. The Empress tarot card artworkIII

    The Empress

    care · creativity · growth

  4. The Emperor tarot card artworkIV

    The Emperor

    structure · stability · leadership

  5. The Hierophant tarot card artworkV

    The Hierophant

    learning · tradition · guidance

  6. The Lovers tarot card artworkVI

    The Lovers

    choice · connection · alignment

  7. The Chariot tarot card artworkVII

    The Chariot

    direction · resolve · momentum

  8. Strength tarot card artworkVIII

    Strength

    courage · patience · self-trust

  9. The Hermit tarot card artworkIX

    The Hermit

    inquiry · solitude · wisdom

  10. Wheel of Fortune tarot card artworkX

    Wheel of Fortune

    change · cycles · opportunity

  11. Justice tarot card artworkXI

    Justice

    truth · balance · accountability

  12. The Hanged Man tarot card artworkXII

    The Hanged Man

    pause · perspective · release

  13. Death tarot card artworkXIII

    Death

    ending · renewal · transition

  14. Temperance tarot card artworkXIV

    Temperance

    integration · moderation · flow

  15. The Devil tarot card artworkXV

    The Devil

    desire · attachment · choice

  16. The Tower tarot card artworkXVI

    The Tower

    revelation · disruption · truth

  17. The Star tarot card artworkXVII

    The Star

    hope · openness · renewal

  18. The Moon tarot card artworkXVIII

    The Moon

    imagination · uncertainty · sensitivity

  19. The Sun tarot card artworkXIX

    The Sun

    clarity · vitality · expression

  20. Judgement tarot card artworkXX

    Judgement

    awakening · review · calling

  21. The World tarot card artworkXXI

    The World

    completion · belonging · wholeness

A useful boundary

Symbols for reflection, not fixed labels

These meanings are editorial prompts rather than predictions or personality diagnoses. A card can highlight a question without defining who you are.