Rider-Waite catalog
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Browse the Rider-Waite deck used in Taroter. Read upright and reversed meanings, short notes, and tags for every Major and Minor Arcana card.
Meanings here are study notes for the deck, not predictions. Open any card for upright and reversed readings. Live sessions are on the home page.
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Major Arcana
The FoolMajor 0 · ar00The Fool is the open beginning of the Major Arcana: innocence, potential, and the willingness to step into a path before it is fully mapped.
The MagicianMajor 1 · ar01The Magician is conscious will put to work: skill, focus, and the power to turn intention into action.
The High PriestessMajor 2 · ar02The High Priestess is inner knowing, hidden knowledge, and the quiet side of wisdom that does not rush to speak.
The EmpressMajor 3 · ar03The Empress is growth, care, and creative abundance: the living world tended into form.
The EmperorMajor 4 · ar04The Emperor is structure, authority, and stable order: the frame that holds chaos in check.
The HierophantMajor 5 · ar05The Hierophant is shared teaching, tradition, and the formal paths by which belief and knowledge are passed on.
The LoversMajor 6 · ar06The Lovers is union and choice: love, partnership, and the alignment of desire with what you truly value.
The ChariotMajor 7 · ar07The Chariot is directed will and hard-won progress: victory through discipline and control of opposing forces.
StrengthMajor 8 · ar08Strength is courage with gentleness: mastery of instinct through patience rather than force.
The HermitMajor 9 · ar09The Hermit is deliberate solitude and inner guidance: withdrawal that clarifies rather than escapes.
Wheel of FortuneMajor 10 · ar10Wheel of Fortune is the turning of cycles: change of luck, timing, and forces larger than one plan.
JusticeMajor 11 · ar11Justice is fairness, truth, and cause and effect made visible: the measure of what is owed.
The Hanged ManMajor 12 · ar12The Hanged Man is voluntary pause and inverted sight: surrender that buys a new way of seeing.
DeathMajor 13 · ar13Death is necessary ending and deep change: what cannot continue is cleared so something else can begin.
TemperanceMajor 14 · ar14Temperance is balance and blending: patience that mixes opposites into a workable middle.
The DevilMajor 15 · ar15The Devil is bondage and appetite: the shadow ties of fear, habit, and material obsession that feel inescapable.
The TowerMajor 16 · ar16The Tower is sudden upheaval and revealed truth: a false structure breaks so reality can enter.
The StarMajor 17 · ar17The Star is quiet hope and replenishment: healing inspiration after crisis, without forced cheer.
The MoonMajor 18 · ar18The Moon is uncertainty and the deep mind: dreams, fear, and perception that is only half clear.
The SunMajor 19 · ar19The Sun is clarity, vitality, and open success: warmth you can feel without decoding a riddle.
JudgementMajor 20 · ar20Judgement is awakening and reckoning: a call to rise into a life that matches what you now know.
The WorldMajor 21 · ar21The World is completion and integration: a cycle fulfilled, with skill and experience belonging together.Wands
Ace of WandsWands · Ace · waacThe Ace of Wands is the first spark of will in the fire suit: a clean impulse to begin, invent, or act.
Two of WandsWands · Two · wa02The Two of Wands is planning from a position of power: you already hold something, and now you choose where to aim it.
Three of WandsWands · Three · wa03The Three of Wands is established effort looking outward: work already launched, and results moving toward you.
Four of WandsWands · Four · wa04The Four of Wands is a stable celebration in the fire suit: harmony after effort, a homecoming of work and people.
Five of WandsWands · Five · wa05The Five of Wands is contested will: rivalry, sparring, and the noisy struggle that comes when many drives collide.
Six of WandsWands · Six · wa06The Six of Wands is public victory in the fire suit: recognition after contest, and confidence riding in the open.
Seven of WandsWands · Seven · wa07The Seven of Wands is defense from higher ground: holding your position when pressure comes from every side.
Eight of WandsWands · Eight · wa08The Eight of Wands is swift motion toward a clear end: messages, travel, and events that refuse to wait.
Nine of WandsWands · Nine · wa09The Nine of Wands is resilience after hard rounds: strength in opposition, still upright and still watching.
Ten of WandsWands · Ten · wa10The Ten of Wands is burdened success: too much responsibility carried alone after fire has done its work.
Page of WandsWands · Page · wapaThe Page of Wands is the messenger of fresh fire: curious will, news of adventure, and enthusiasm still learning form.
Knight of WandsWands · Knight · waknThe Knight of Wands is passion in motion: departure, pursuit, and bold travel driven by appetite for the next fire.
Queen of WandsWands · Queen · waquThe Queen of Wands is sovereign warmth: creative confidence, social fire, and will that hosts rather than merely conquers.
King of WandsWands · King · wakiThe King of Wands is mature fire in command: visionary leadership that owns enterprise without losing conscience.Cups
Ace of CupsCups · Ace · cuacThe Ace of Cups is the suit's opening gift: fresh feeling, love, and emotional possibility arriving before you have shaped them.
Two of CupsCups · Two · cu02The Two of Cups is mutual feeling: two people meeting in affection, partnership, or honest attraction.
Three of CupsCups · Three · cu03The Three of Cups is shared celebration: friendship, community joy, and the pleasure of belonging.
Four of CupsCups · Four · cu04The Four of Cups is emotional fatigue: satiety, withdrawal, and an offer you cannot yet see as useful.
Five of CupsCups · Five · cu05The Five of Cups is grief and regret: attention fixed on what spilled while something still stands.
Six of CupsCups · Six · cu06The Six of Cups is memory and innocence: the past returning as comfort, childhood, or old affection.
Seven of CupsCups · Seven · cu07The Seven of Cups is imagination at full tilt: many visions, options, and fantasies competing for belief.
Eight of CupsCups · Eight · cu08The Eight of Cups is leaving: walking away from emotional comfort that no longer feels enough.
Nine of CupsCups · Nine · cu09The Nine of Cups is personal satisfaction: the wish granted and the body at ease with what it has.
Ten of CupsCups · Ten · cu10The Ten of Cups is lasting emotional plenty: shared love, family peace, and a heart at rest in belonging.
Page of CupsCups · Page · cupaThe Page of Cups is a gentle messenger of feeling: curiosity, sensitivity, and news that touches the heart.
Knight of CupsCups · Knight · cuknThe Knight of Cups is feeling in motion: an invitation, romantic approach, or offer carried with charm.
Queen of CupsCups · Queen · cuquThe Queen of Cups is deep empathy and intuitive care: feeling held with honesty and vision.
King of CupsCups · King · cukiThe King of Cups is emotional authority: calm mastery of feeling in counsel, care, and public roles.Swords
Ace of SwordsSwords · Ace · swacThe Ace of Swords is a breakthrough of mind: a clear idea, a hard truth, or a decision that cuts through fog.
Two of SwordsSwords · Two · sw02The Two of Swords is a stalemate of the mind: two choices held apart while the heart stays closed.
Three of SwordsSwords · Three · sw03The Three of Swords is sorrow that arrives as knowledge: rupture, grief, and a truth that hurts because it is true.
Four of SwordsSwords · Four · sw04The Four of Swords is rest after conflict: a retreat of the mind so the body and judgment can recover.
Five of SwordsSwords · Five · sw05The Five of Swords is a win that costs dignity: conflict won by force, spite, or humiliation.
Six of SwordsSwords · Six · sw06The Six of Swords is passage out of trouble: a mental and practical move toward calmer ground.
Seven of SwordsSwords · Seven · sw07The Seven of Swords is strategy on the sly: taking what you can get away with, or working around the rules.
Eight of SwordsSwords · Eight · sw08The Eight of Swords is feeling trapped by thought: restriction that looks solid until you test it.
Nine of SwordsSwords · Nine · sw09The Nine of Swords is private anguish: worry, guilt, and dread that thrives at night in the mind.
Ten of SwordsSwords · Ten · sw10The Ten of Swords is an ending that feels total: collapse, betrayal, or the last blow in a long fight.
Page of SwordsSwords · Page · swpaThe Page of Swords is a restless, watchful mind: curiosity, news, and ideas that are still learning their edge.
Knight of SwordsSwords · Knight · swknThe Knight of Swords charges with ideas: speed, direct speech, and conflict entered at a gallop.
Queen of SwordsSwords · Queen · swquThe Queen of Swords is clear judgment shaped by experience: honesty, independence, and a mind that has known loss.
King of SwordsSwords · King · swkiThe King of Swords is authority of intellect: law, judgment, and decisions made with a cool head.Pentacles
Ace of PentaclesPentacles · Ace · peacThe Ace of Pentacles is the first solid opening in the earth suit: a real chance in money, work, body, or craft.
Two of PentaclesPentacles · Two · pe02The Two of Pentacles is the juggle of material life: time, money, and duties kept in motion together.
Three of PentaclesPentacles · Three · pe03The Three of Pentacles is skilled work done well, often with collaborators who respect the craft.
Four of PentaclesPentacles · Four · pe04The Four of Pentacles is holding what you have: security through control of money, space, and risk.
Five of PentaclesPentacles · Five · pe05The Five of Pentacles is material hardship and exclusion: cold, scarcity, and feeling shut out of help.
Six of PentaclesPentacles · Six · pe06The Six of Pentacles is giving and receiving in the material world: charity, fair pay, and weighed exchange.
Seven of PentaclesPentacles · Seven · pe07The Seven of Pentacles is the pause after labor: assessing growth, patience, and whether the investment still pays.
Eight of PentaclesPentacles · Eight · pe08The Eight of Pentacles is apprenticeship and repetition: skill built by focused practice.
Nine of PentaclesPentacles · Nine · pe09The Nine of Pentacles is self-sufficient comfort: enjoyed results of work, taste, and personal sovereignty.
Ten of PentaclesPentacles · Ten · pe10The Ten of Pentacles is lasting material foundation: family wealth, home, lineage, and shared security.
Page of PentaclesPentacles · Page · pepaThe Page of Pentacles is the student of earth: curiosity about skill, study, money, and practical news.
Knight of PentaclesPentacles · Knight · peknThe Knight of Pentacles is steady duty: reliable progress through method, patience, and thorough work.
Queen of PentaclesPentacles · Queen · pequThe Queen of Pentacles is practical care: abundance tended through body, home, money, and generous sense.
King of PentaclesPentacles · King · pekiThe King of Pentacles is mastery of material life: steady enterprise, sound judgment, and durable provision.