Tarot Birth Card Calculator

Your birth card, its partner card and your name card

Tarot birth cards come from the 22 Major Arcana. The birth card is the classic reduction: month plus day plus the full year, digit-summed until it falls between 0 and 21, which is the range the trumps are numbered in. The partner card is the single-digit reduction of that, which is what pairs a high trump with a low one. The name card comes from your name under the Pythagorean letter values. Unlike a tarot reading, which changes with every draw, birth cards are fixed for life.

Calculated from the name and birth date in your profile above — check your full name via "Edit" for an accurate result.

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Tarot Birth Card Calculator — FAQ

Is this the same as a tarot reading?

No. A reading is drawn fresh each time and changes; birth cards are computed from a date and never change. They are closer to a natal chart than to a spread.

Why do some people have only one card and not a pair?

When the birth total already reduces to a single digit, the partner card would be the same card, so only one is shown. That happens for a minority of birth dates.

Does the year matter, or only the day and month?

The full year is part of the sum. Adding the year's digits first instead of the year itself is a common shortcut and it gives a different card for roughly half of all birth dates, so this calculator uses the full year.

Does this use a fixed or moving definition of a day (e.g. across time zones)?

The calculation only uses the calendar date in your profile (DD/MM/YYYY) — it doesn't depend on time of day or time zone, unlike birth-chart calculators which need an exact time.