Tarot Birth Card Calculator
Your birthday reduces to one or two Major Arcana cards. Enter it to find your tarot birth cards and what they say about you.
What are tarot birth cards?
Birth cards are the Major Arcana cards your birthdate reduces to, using simple numerology. Readers treat them as the long themes of a life, the lessons you keep returning to and the way you tend to meet the world.
How birth cards are calculated.
Take someone born June 15, 1985. Written as numbers, that birthday adds up like this.
- 06 + 15 + 19 + 85 = 125Month, day, and the year in two halves
- 12 + 5 = 17The Star, your first card
- 1 + 7 = 8Strength, your second card
Split the year
Break the year into two pairs. 1985 becomes 19 and 85.
Add it all up
Month plus day plus both halves of the year.
Reduce to 22 or under
Three digits add the first two to the last. Anything over 22 adds its digits together.
Reduce once more
The first number is your first card. Add its digits again for the second.
Most people end up with two cards that work as a pair. A few dates reduce to a single card and stay there. And anyone whose first card is The Sun gets three, because nineteen reduces to ten and then to one, giving The Sun, Wheel of Fortune, and The Magician together.
Once you have your cards, open each one to see how it reads in love, work, and the rest of life.
Frequently asked questions.
What is a tarot birth card?
A tarot birth card is the Major Arcana card your birthdate reduces to through simple numerology. Most people have two, a pair that readers treat as the long themes of a life and the way you tend to meet the world.
How do I calculate my tarot birth card?
Add the month, the day, and the year split into two pairs. Reduce the total until it is 22 or under. That number is your first card, and adding its digits again gives the second. The calculator above does the arithmetic for you.
Can I have three birth cards?
Yes, when the total reduces to 19. The Sun reduces to Wheel of Fortune and then to The Magician, so people born to 19 carry all three.
What happens if my number is 22?
Twenty-two reads as The Fool, which is numbered zero in the deck. Its digits add to four, so it pairs with The Emperor.
Is a birth card the same as a life path number?
They come from similar arithmetic, but a life path number stays a number. Birth cards turn the result into pictures you can read, with meanings you can apply to love, work, and the rest of life.