Tarot meanings & definitions

Study the definitions of all 78 Tarot cards from a range of sources! Click on the cards below for the full meanings of each card,

• Major
• Wands
• Cups
• Swords
• Disks

Compare the meanings of the tarot cards between the main versions. The definition section has been expanded to give you probably the most comprehensive list of meanings to choose from:

• My definitions based upon years of reading the tarot
• Rider-Waite by A.E. Waite
• Golden Dawn meanings probably by McGregor Mathers
• Book of Thoth by Aleister Crowley and Frieda Harris, including his mnemonics for the Major Arcana
• McGregor Mathers, Head of the Golden Dawn (see how the meanings slightly differ to the Golden Dawn meanings above)
• Etteilla, the French card reader
• Thierens, an enthusiastic amateur astrologer and tarot reader under the thrall of A.E. Waite
• Ouspensky (Major Arcana only)
• Links to Liber 777