The grimoire

Tarot encyclopedia

Seventy-eight cards. One living conversation.

Begin with the architecture of the deck and a set of anchor cards. Meanings deepen through position, question, imagery, and relationship to surrounding cards.

When the path tangles, find the thread.

The deck at a glance

22 cards

Major Arcana

Large archetypal movements: identity, change, choice, consequence, initiation, integration, and completion.

Fire

Wands

Desire, will, creativity, conflict, momentum, work, and the cost of carrying too much.

Water

Cups

Emotion, intimacy, imagination, grief, receptivity, memory, and relational exchange.

Air

Swords

Thought, language, truth, conflict, strategy, decision, and the stories that shape perception.

Earth

Pentacles

Body, money, craft, home, health, resources, responsibility, and what becomes tangible over time.

People · roles · approaches

Court cards

They may signal a person, a role you are inhabiting, a developmental stage, or a way of meeting the situation.

Anchor cards

Beginning · openness · risk

The Fool

The step before proof. Curiosity and possibility, paired with the need to notice the edge.

Intuition · privacy · gestation

The High Priestess

Knowledge not ready for performance. Listen, observe, and allow the hidden pattern to take shape.

Choice · values · relationship

The Lovers

More than romance: the alignment—or conflict—between desire, value, promise, and action.

Ending · transition · release

Death

Rarely a literal death prediction. More often, the necessary end of a form that cannot accompany the next chapter.

Attachment · appetite · shadow

The Devil

A binding pattern sustained by fear, pleasure, shame, denial, or the belief that no choice remains.

Hope · repair · orientation

The Star

A quieter hope after upheaval: honesty, replenishment, and the light that helps you find direction again.

A card is not a verdict

Reversals are optional, difficult cards are contextual, and no single draw should be used to diagnose illness or condemn a relationship. Read the card, the position, the question, and the surrounding story together.