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Tarot Birth Card Calculator

A tarot birth card is the major arcana card that a date of birth reduces to. The month, day and year are added together and the total is reduced digit by digit until it falls within the twenty-two major arcana. The result never changes: the same date always returns the same card.

Your date of birth

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How the birth card is calculated

Add the dateThe month, the day and the four-digit year are added together as plain numbers.Reduce the totalWhile the total is greater than twenty-two, its digits are added together again.Read the cardThe final number is the major arcana card, which runs from zero to twenty-one. A total of twenty-two is read as The Fool.Reduce once more for the soul cardIf the birth card is numbered ten or higher, its digits are reduced to a single digit for the soul card.

There is no randomness anywhere in this. Two people born on the same day share the same birth card, and your own card will be the same every time you return.

The twenty-two major arcana

Every birth card is one of these twenty-two. The keywords below are the recorded entries for the Merolot Arcana deck, which follows Rider-Waite-Smith naming.

Major arcana numbers and their recorded keywords
No.	Card	Keywords
0	The Fool	New beginnings, innocence, spontaneity, free spirit
I	The Magician	Manifestation, resourcefulness, power, inspired action
II	The High Priestess	Intuition, mystery, inner knowledge, subconscious
III	The Empress	Abundance, fertility, nurturing, nature, sensuality
IV	The Emperor	Authority, structure, control, father figure, stability
V	The Hierophant	Tradition, conformity, spirituality, institutions, beliefs
VI	The Lovers	Love, harmony, relationships, choices, alignment
VII	The Chariot	Willpower, determination, success, control, victory
VIII	Strength	Courage, patience, compassion, inner strength, bravery
IX	The Hermit	Solitude, introspection, guidance, wisdom, soul-searching
X	Wheel of Fortune	Change, cycles, destiny, luck, turning point
XI	Justice	Fairness, truth, law, cause and effect, balance
XII	The Hanged Man	Surrender, letting go, new perspective, pause, sacrifice
XIII	Death	Endings, transformation, transition, change, release
XIV	Temperance	Balance, moderation, patience, harmony, purpose
XV	The Devil	Shadow self, attachment, addiction, restriction, materialism
XVI	The Tower	Sudden change, upheaval, revelation, awakening, chaos
XVII	The Star	Hope, faith, renewal, inspiration, serenity

What a birth card is and is not

A birth card is a numerological reading of a date, not an astrological one. It uses no birth time, no place and no planetary position, which is why it needs nothing beyond the date itself.

It describes a theme people often recognise in themselves rather than a fixed trait, and it predicts nothing. Treat it as a starting point for reflection, not as a verdict about who someone is.

THE ASTROLOGY SIDE

See your birth chart too

The birth card comes from the date alone. A birth chart uses the time and place as well, and describes the sky at the moment of birth rather than the arithmetic of a date.

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The birth card stays the same for a lifetime, which is precisely what makes it a poor prediction and a decent mirror.