Every tarot card can provide some valuable insights into your life, but there are certain cards out there that stand out in the crowd. You can normally relate to them at a higher level because they signify your journey in life.
Finding your tarot birth card will provide more precise guidance and can become your best ally in getting messages from the universe. With these thoughts in mind, let’s explore tarot birth cards, how to find yours, and what it’s trying to tell you.
What’s Your Tarot Birth Card?
Your tarot birth card is based on your date of birth. It defines a central point in your journey and highlights the most important lessons to succeed in life. Each card has its own meaning. For instance, the Hermit may indicate the necessity to understand and embrace solitude.
There’s no such thing as the best or worst card. Each card has its strengths and beauty.
In classic tarot decks, cards in Major Arcana provide the best possible information. They dominate the deck and highlight important turning points in life. They have more layers of interpretation, each of them ready to identify significant elements that could change your life.
When looking for your tarot birth card, you’ll find out that most people only have two cards. In some cases, people may have three cards. No matter what cards you reveal, they can be combined to showcase your most important strengths and obstacles, as well as your path in life.
How to Calculate Your Tarot Birth Card
Different tarot readers have different ways to calculate the tarot birth card. Some people split the birth date into pairs of two and add them together. Others simply add every digit in the birth date. Unsurprisingly, results are usually identical.
There are also people who keep doing the math operations until they end up with just one card. However, most readers prefer pairs of cards for more detailed interpretations.
Break your birthday into four pairs of two digits: one pair for the day, one for the month, and two for the year, in order. For instance, if you were born on 11/02/1960, the operation would be 11+02+19+60. In this case, the final result would be 92. Add these two cards, and you’ll have 11. That’s your first birth card.
Add them again, and you’ll get 1+1=2, which is your second card.
Sometimes, if you add the last two digits and you get a single digit number, simply add 9 to it and you’ll be able to find both cards.
For instance, if you were born on 11/10/2000, the final result will be 41, leading to number 5. Add 9, and you’ll have 14 for your second card.
Then, you may also have a final result based on three digits, such as 11/05/1990, leading to 125. Take the first two digits as a number and add them to the last one. In this case, 12+5=17. This is your first card. Your second card would be 1+7=8.
You may have three birth cards if you end up with number 19, because apart from 19, you’ll also have 10 and 1.
Different Combinations for Your Tarot Birth Card
There are all kinds of combinations when exploring your tarot birth card:
- Magician (1) and Wheel of Fortune (10): flexibility and creativity, but also self-blame and apathy
- Empress (3) and Hanged Man (12): self-reflection and generosity, but also procrastination and suspicion
- Hierophant (5) and Temperance (14): synthesis and understanding, but also pride and fear
- High Priestess (2) and Justice (11): intuition and curiosity, but also shame and insensitivity
- Emperor (4) and Death (13): responsibility and security, but also rigidity and superiority
- Lovers (6) and Devil (15): confidence and improvement, but also delusion and overindulgence
- Chariot (7) and Tower (16): drive and mastery, but also fear of commitment and catastrophizing
- Hermit (9) and Moon (18): trustworthiness and calmness, but also avoidance and distance
- High Priestess (2) and Judgment (20): purpose and perspective, but also restlessness and withholding
- Strength (8) and Star (17): tenderness and courage, but also guilt and naivety
- Magician (1), Wheel of Fortune (10), and Sun (19): forgiveness and competence, but also overwhelm and fear of improvement
- Empress (3) and World (21): unity and satisfaction, but also impatience and aimlessness
How to Work With Your Tarot Birth Card
The first step is to identify your tarot birth card, then you can learn more about it and its meanings. While learning about them, try to figure out if you can see yourself in your cards. Are they related to any memories? Are there any relevant interpretations? Do they have anything in common? How do they interact?
Then, it’s just as important to look for your cards in a reading. If they do turn up in a reading, their message is extremely important, so it has to be taken very seriously. No other card is more relevant in terms of defining your journey in life.
Also, don’t be surprised to find associated images in day-to-day events as well. Imagery from these cards may pop up out of nowhere. They could be in a book or maybe a shop window or a movie. Such happenings are good signs. The universe is telling you that you’re on the right path.
Last, but not least, it’s your responsibility to educate yourself on the deeper meanings of these cards, as this sort of education can offer valuable insights as well.
Bottom line, you birth tarot card is simply a different level when it comes to a tarot reading. Seeing it in a spread resonates with you and gives your reading more authenticity and clarity. Don’t panic if you don’t see it there though, it’s not a general rule to draw it whenever you get a reading.
