Learn the cards
All 78 meanings in two traditions, the spreads that hold them, and a few small tools that draw for real. A reference to keep open beside any reading.
The modern pictorial tradition — a scene on every card.
The older woodcut tradition — trumps renumbered, pips read by count.
Draw something · free, no account
Major arcana · 22 cards
The departure
0 — VII · the self sets out
The trial
VIII — XIV · the inner work
The return
XV — XXI · unmaking and renewal
The first septenary
Le Mat · I — VII · the stations of life
The second septenary
VIII — XIV · trial and measure
The third septenary
XV — XXI · the great forces
Minor arcana · 56 cards
No scenes on the pips — every minor is read from its number and its suit.
Spreads · 16 ways to lay the cards
Clock & calendar
Small pulls on a rhythm
For a question
Two to five cards, shaped to it
Guides
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Printed decks in every tradition, each with its ISBN and shop links.The library
One library · two traditions
The modern pictorial tradition — a scene on every card.
The older woodcut tradition — trumps renumbered, pips read by count.
The 22 majors
The Fool’s journey
The three septenaries
Act I · 0 — VII
The departure
the self sets out
Act II · VIII — XIV
The trial
the inner work
Act III · XV — XXI
The return
unmaking and renewal
Septenary I · Le Mat · I — VII
The first septenary
the stations of life
Septenary II · VIII — XIV
The second septenary
trial and measure
Septenary III · XV — XXI
The third septenary
the great forces
The 56 minors
Read by scene
Read by count
Wands
Fire · will and work
Cups
Water · feeling and relation
Swords
Air · thought and truth
Pentacles
Earth · matter and means
Courts: Page · Knight · Queen · King
Every minor carries a scene — read the picture first, the number second.
Batons
Bâtons · will and work
Cups
Coupes · feeling and relation
Swords
Épées · thought and conflict
Coins
Deniers · matter and means
Courts: Valet · Cavalier · Queen · King
No scenes on the pips — every minor is read from its number and its suit.