Tarot flashcards

How the flashcards work

Each card sits in one of five boxes. A card you know moves up a box and comes back less often; a card you are still learning stays near the front. It is a simple version of the Leitner method that language learners use, and it means a few minutes a day goes a long way. Your boxes are saved in this browser only.

New to the cards? Start with the free course, or the glossary. For a four-week plan that pairs these flashcards with patterns instead of lists, read how to memorize the tarot cards.

A five-minute practice, step by step

1. Look before you flip. Say what you see: the Three of Swords shows a heart pierced by three swords under rain clouds.
2. Guess the meaning in your own words. "Heartache, something that hurts to know." Close is good enough.
3. Flip and compare. The keywords read heartbreak, grief, painful truth. You were close, so mark it as known.
4. Add one personal link. When did you last feel that? A memory makes a card stick far better than a list does.

Suits first, then numbers

If 78 cards feel like a lot, learn the four suits as moods: Wands for energy and drive, Cups for feelings, Swords for thoughts and words, Pentacles for body, money and daily life. Then learn what the numbers do: aces begin, fives bring a struggle, tens complete. A card such as the Five of Cups then explains itself: a struggle, in the world of feelings.

Reversals can wait

Learn the upright meanings first. Many readers never use reversed cards at all, and the ones who do often read them as the same energy turned inward, blocked or softened, rather than as the opposite. You can read more about it in the lesson on reversals.

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