FAQ

Tarot is a deck of 78 cards, made up of 22 Major Arcana and 56 Minor Arcana, each carrying its own symbols and story. In a reading, the cards you draw and the positions they land in help you look at your situation, feelings and choices from new angles. We use the widely loved Rider-Waite-Smith system, with original artwork for every card.

Yes. Every feature is free, permanently, including all spreads, all three reading depths, Tarot Academy and every fortune. There is no VIP, PRO, subscription, points system or paid unlock, and membership status never affects your draw. If we ever need support to keep running, we may consider non-intrusive ads, sponsorship or merchandise, but none of it will affect draws or readings, and no feature will ever be put behind a payment.

No. Every interpretation comes from a curated, human-written database of meanings for all 78 cards, assembled by a fixed, rule-based engine according to spread position, orientation and topic. That means the same card in the same position always reads the same way, and every sentence has a clear source.

No. Tarot readings are for entertainment and self-reflection only; they are not medical, psychological, legal, investment or other professional advice, and they cannot guarantee any outcome. For important decisions about your health, legal matters or money, please talk to a qualified professional. If you are in crisis, please contact your local emergency services or a crisis helpline right away.

An upright card appears the right way up and usually shows its energy flowing clearly and directly. A reversed card appears upside down and is often read as energy that is blocked, turned inward, delayed or in need of adjustment. A reversal is not a "bad card"; it is more like a nudge to notice something you may have overlooked. To dig deeper, see the lessons in Tarot Academy.

Every reading starts with a fresh shuffle using cryptographically secure randomness, so results cannot be predicted or manipulated. No card appears twice in the same reading, and each card is independently upright or reversed, with a 50/50 chance by default. Everyone uses the same draw engine, and membership status never affects the result. Each draw also records its engine, meaning and rule versions, so your past readings stay exactly as they were even when meanings are updated later.

No. The text of your question plays no part in the draw; which cards come up is decided purely by secure randomness. Your question is there to help you focus, so that as you read the interpretation you can connect the cards to what truly matters to you.

Yes. Turn on upright-only mode and every card will appear upright, with interpretations using upright meanings only. It is a great choice if you are just starting out and want to learn the core meanings first. Once you feel comfortable, adding reversals brings more nuance to your readings.

For a simple question or a daily check-in, a single card works beautifully; to understand how a situation has unfolded, try the three-card Past, Present, Future spread. For a difficult choice, a relationship or a more complex situation, pick one of the advanced spreads designed for it. Every spread on the Spreads page explains what it suits and how challenging it is, and starting simple is always fine.

Basic gives you the core meaning of each card in its position, short and clear. Deep weaves in your chosen topic, the spread positions and the relationships between cards for a fuller analysis with practical advice. Expert adds advanced perspectives such as elemental balance, numerology and the ratio of Major to Minor Arcana. All three depths are completely free, so choose whichever suits you.

Fortunes draw cards for today, this week, this month and this year, each offering a theme to reflect on for that period. Once a card is drawn it is saved, so refreshing or coming back later the same day shows the same daily fortune, and a new card arrives the next day. This lets you sit with one message instead of redrawing until you get the answer you want, and the weekly, monthly and yearly fortunes work the same way.

Nothing to worry about. Your draw is saved before the cards are turned over, so refreshing the page, closing the tab or losing your connection never triggers a new draw. When you return to that reading, you will see the same cards. It also means no one can keep refreshing to swap in the cards they want.

Yes. You can draw cards straight away as a guest; a random cookie identifies your browser so your guest readings are kept. If you later sign up in the same browser, those guest readings are linked to your new account automatically. To see your readings on other devices, keep a journal or export your data, we recommend creating a free account.

Each draw is saved before the cards are turned over, together with the meaning and rule versions in use at the time, so your history never changes even if card meanings are revised later. When you are signed in, you can look back at past readings at any time and add journal entries or notes. All of your records are private to you by default.

To stop bots and abuse, we apply sensible limits to very high volumes of activity in a short time, such as rapid-fire draws, sign-in attempts or verification emails. Most people never run into them, and waiting a moment is all it takes. These limits exist only to protect the service and will never become something you can pay to remove.

Go to Settings, choose to delete your account and confirm with your password. Your readings, journal, favorites and notes are then removed and cannot be recovered. Where the law requires it, we may keep minimal security and audit logs for a limited period. We recommend exporting a copy of your data first.

Create a share link from the reading result page. You decide whether your question is included; if you leave it out, people with the link see only the spread, the cards and the interpretation. You can revoke a share link at any time, and it stops working immediately. A reading you never share stays visible only to you.

Your readings, journal and notes are visible only to you by default, and private reading pages are set so search engines do not index them. Administrators cannot freely browse private content; if access is genuinely needed for support or a security investigation, they must state a reason, and every access is recorded in an audit log. We never sell your data, and we do not use third-party ad trackers.

Yes. At any time, you can export your readings, journal, notes and favorites as JSON or PDF from Settings. JSON is handy for backups or moving to other tools, while PDF is easy to read and print. Exporting is completely free.

Start with Tarot Academy. It begins with the structure of the deck, the Major and Minor Arcana, the elements and numbers, then moves on to spreads and reading techniques, with a short quiz after each lesson to help you review. Pair it with your daily fortune and jot down your observations in the journal, and you will steadily build your own feel for the cards.