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Tarot birth card calculator
Find the Major Arcana cards of your date of birth, and what they say about your gifts and your lessons. The sum happens in your browser.
How the sum works
Add your month, day and year of birth as whole numbers. Then add the digits of the total together until you have a number of 22 or less: that is your first card. If it has two digits, add them once more for your second card.
Born on 28 November 1969: 11 + 28 + 1969 = 2008, and 2 + 0 + 0 + 8 = 10. That is Wheel of Fortune, and since 10 has two digits, 1 + 0 = 1 gives The Magician.
This is the method of the tarot author Mary K. Greer. The larger number is your personality card, the face you show the world; the single digit is your soul card, the deeper theme you share with everyone in your family of cards below.
The nine families of birth cards
Every pair shares a soul card, from 1 to 9. Find your numbers here and read what each card brings.
Soul card 1: The Magician, Wheel of Fortune, The Sun
1 · The MagicianThe Magician as a birth card points to someone who learns by doing: a maker, a speaker, a person who likes to turn an idea into something real. The lesson is focus. You have many tools on your table; the gift grows when you choose one and use it well.
10 · Wheel of FortuneThe Wheel of Fortune as a birth card belongs to someone whose life turns through big changes and lucky chances. The lesson is moving with the turn of the wheel instead of fighting it, and noticing the patterns that repeat.
19 · The SunThe Sun as a birth card points to a warm, open person who brings joy and confidence wherever they go. The lesson is sharing your light without needing to be the center of every room, and keeping your childlike delight.
Soul card 2: The High Priestess, Justice, Judgement
2 · The High PriestessThe High Priestess as a birth card belongs to the quiet knower: someone who listens more than they speak and often senses things before they can explain them. The lesson is trusting that inner voice, and letting yourself be known by the people close to you.
11 · JusticeJustice as a birth card points to someone with a strong sense of fairness and truth, who weighs things carefully before they decide. The lesson is applying that honesty to yourself too, and accepting the results of your choices.
20 · JudgementJudgement as a birth card belongs to someone who hears a calling and is ready to rise to it. You often help others wake up to their own potential. The lesson is forgiving the past so that you can answer that call.
Soul card 3: The Empress, The Hanged Man, The World
3 · The EmpressThe Empress as a birth card points to a nurturer and a creator, someone who makes places, people and projects grow. The lesson is to care for yourself as generously as you care for others, and to enjoy what you have made.
12 · The Hanged ManThe Hanged Man as a birth card belongs to someone who sees the world from an unusual angle and grows through pause and surrender. The lesson is knowing when waiting is wisdom, and when it has become a way to avoid a choice.
21 · The WorldThe World as a birth card points to someone who seeks wholeness and completion and is at home in many places. The lesson is finishing what you start, celebrating it, and then dancing into the next circle.
Soul card 4: The Emperor, Death, The Fool
4 · The EmperorThe Emperor as a birth card belongs to the builder of structure: someone who sees how things should be organized and is willing to take charge. The lesson is leading with steadiness rather than control, and letting others help hold the walls up.
13 · DeathDeath as a birth card points to someone who goes through deep endings and beginnings, and comes out changed. You are good at letting go of what is finished. The lesson is trusting the new chapter before you can read it.
22 · The FoolThe Fool as a birth card, counted here as 22, belongs to a free spirit who keeps starting over with fresh eyes. The lesson is joining that open heart with the steady structure of The Emperor, your other card.
Soul card 5: The Hierophant, Temperance
5 · The HierophantThe Hierophant as a birth card points to a teacher and a keeper of traditions, someone who loves to learn, to mentor and to belong to something larger. The lesson is finding your own beliefs inside the ones you were given.
14 · TemperanceTemperance as a birth card belongs to a natural healer and mixer: someone who finds the middle way and brings different people together. The lesson is patience with slow processes, including your own growth.
Soul card 6: The Lovers, The Devil
6 · The LoversThe Lovers as a birth card belongs to someone shaped by relationships and choices of the heart. Partnerships matter deeply to you. The lesson is choosing by your own values, not only to please the people you love.
15 · The DevilThe Devil as a birth card points to someone with strong appetites, ambition and charisma, who knows the pull of attachments. The lesson is noticing which chains are real and which ones you could lift off yourself.
Soul card 7: The Chariot, The Tower
7 · The ChariotThe Chariot as a birth card points to a driven person who moves forward by willpower and direction. You do well with a goal in front of you. The lesson is holding opposite pulls together, rather than letting them pull you apart.
16 · The TowerThe Tower as a birth card belongs to someone who breaks down false structures and speaks truths others avoid. Sudden change has shaped you. The lesson is building again on honest ground after the lightning.
Soul card 8: Strength, The Star
8 · StrengthStrength as a birth card belongs to someone whose power is gentle: patience, courage and kindness that tame hard situations without force. The lesson is being as patient with your own wild feelings as you are with other people’s.
17 · The StarThe Star as a birth card points to a hopeful, generous spirit who helps others heal and keeps faith in the future. The lesson is letting your light be seen, and refilling your own cup as you pour for others.
Soul card 9: The Hermit, The Moon
9 · The HermitThe Hermit as a birth card points to a seeker who needs time alone to think and to find their own light. Others often come to you for wisdom. The lesson is coming back from the mountain to share what you found.
18 · The MoonThe Moon as a birth card belongs to a dreamer and an intuitive, with a rich inner world and a strong imagination. The lesson is finding your way through doubt and fear by trusting what you feel, while checking it against what is true.
Questions
What is a tarot birth card?
A birth card is a Major Arcana card worked out from your date of birth, used as a theme for your life rather than a prediction. The method was made popular by the tarot author Mary K. Greer, who also calls the pair your personality card and your soul card.
Why do I have two cards?
Most dates add up to a number between 10 and 22, which gives one card, and its digits added again give a second, single-digit card. The larger number is your personality card, the smaller your soul card. If your total is 19, you have three: The Sun, the Wheel of Fortune and The Magician.
Which number does Strength have here?
This calculator uses the Rider-Waite-Smith order, where Strength is 8 and Justice is 11. Some older decks swap them, so other calculators may show a different card for those numbers.
Is my date of birth sent anywhere?
No. The sum is done in your browser, and your date of birth is never saved or sent. Only the resulting cards are remembered in this browser, so card pages can tell you "this is your soul card". You can clear them from the home page with "Forget this".
See also the tarot cards of the zodiac signs and the full Major Arcana.
Birth cards are a theme for reflection, not a reading of your fate.