The Tarot
🔮The Tarot Deck has 78 cards: the powerful Major Arcana, the practical Minor Arcana, and the Court Cards – part of the Minor Arcana – which represent personalities and people.
Explore the Tarot’s Three Core Components:
✨Major Arcana – Archetypes of Fate
🌻Minor Arcana – Everyday Symbolism
👑Court Cards – Faces of the Tarot
An example Tarot card:
Understanding the Tarot Deck
Learning to read tarot cards means more than memorizing meanings—it’s about developing an intuitive relationship with the cards and their symbols. The tarot deck is traditionally divided into the Major Arcana, which represents life’s spiritual themes and transformative moments, and the Minor Arcana, which explores daily experiences, challenges, and emotional nuances.
On Fool’s Key, each tarot card is embedded with astrological associations, numerological patterns, elemental links, and birthstone correspondences. This allows you to interpret your readings with a layered perspective—perfect for beginners learning how to read tarot cards, or experienced readers looking for fresh insight.
You can use the Tarot to answer specific questions, reflect on decisions, or explore your personal growth. From single-card pulls to complex tarot spreads, Fool’s Key provides a unique, living system for interpreting the cards and discovering what resonates most in the moment.
Structure of the Tarot Deck
The Minor Arcana are a lot like a normal deck of playing cards, with four suits and each suit containing numbered cards one (or ace) through ten, as well as some royalty cards. The main difference is that the Tarot deck has four ranks for the royalty (page, knight, queen, and king), while playing cards have only three (jack, queen, and king). The royalty of the Tarot are known as the Court Cards; examples include the Queen of Wands and the Page of Pentacles. Examples of non-court Minor Arcana are the Five of Swords, the Ten of Cups, and the Ace of Wands.
The Major Arcana each have their own name, such as The Magician and Temperance. They also have a number, from 0 to 21, and together form a sequence. However, Major Arcana number 0, the Fool, is often taken out of the order, and is instead viewed as going a journey through the other arcana from 1 to 21.
Tarot Connections
Tarot is deeply connected to other symbolic systems like Astrology, Numerology, the Elements, and more. These connections enrich every card’s meaning, revealing patterns that echo across the esoteric traditions.
Build Your Holistic Tarot Practice
Understanding these links helps you read more intuitively, recognize recurring themes, and recall the layered meanings each card. Explore each link to deepen your readings and broaden your knowledge of the occult:
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Begin Your Journey with the 78 Keys
A Tarot deck holds 78 cards, split between the Major Arcana and Minor Arcana. Each card offers unique insight. Together, they form a system of symbols that reflects both life’s deepest patterns and everyday truths.
✨The Major Arcana – 22 archetypal cards that illuminate life’s big themes and spiritual milestones.
🌻The Minor Arcana – 56 cards across four suits, mirroring daily events, challenges, and opportunities.
Start with any of Fool’s Key guided Readings (no prior experience needed) — or explore the full deck to discover how the cards can guide your intuition and growth.
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Correspondences
Tarot’s Hidden Connections
Each Tarot card is a link to other powerful esoteric systems like Astrology, Numerology, and more. These Correspondences appear at the bottom of every card, offering symbolic clues to expand your understanding and guide your reading.
A Key to Deeper Meaning
Correspondences help you build an intuitive, integrated understanding of Tarot. Whether you’re just getting started or already well-versed in the occult, Correspondences open the door to more insightful and interconnected readings.
Every link you follow is a key, opening a door to the larger mystery.
Explore the systems behind these symbols:
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Tarot Cards & Astrology
Deepen Your Tarot Practice
Fool’s Key Tarot uses imagery from the classic Rider–Waite–Smith deck and features all 78 traditional tarot cards, combining timeless symbolism with layered esoteric insight. Whether you’re just beginning your journey or deepening your intuitive practice, you can explore the full meanings of the Major Arcana, Minor Arcana, and Court Cards to uncover the unique wisdom of each draw.
Each card you pull is paired with a selection of keywords and interpretive phrases—randomly drawn from a much larger pool of meanings unique to that card. The more cards you draw, the more perspectives you’ll encounter. Over time, this repetition and variation builds a deeper, more flexible understanding of the Tarot and how its messages shift across context.
Tarot meanings on Fool’s Key are further enriched by symbolic correspondences drawn from astrology, numerology, and the elements—including the zodiac signs, classical planets, asteroids, birthstones, and the twelve houses of the horoscope. This page introduces the structure of the Tarot deck and how to read it, providing a foundation before you dive into the meaning of each individual card.
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More Tarot Readings
Tarot Readings can touch every corner of life. The more you explore, the more you’ll discover how to apply the cards’ insight to different questions, challenges, and desires.
Whether you’re seeking clarity, encouragement, or inspiration, there’s a reading designed to guide your next step.
Choose a themed reading, or explore them all to see what speaks to you.
