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Tarot year card calculator
Your year card is your birth month plus birth day plus the year you want to look at, reduced until the number is 21 or less. It uses the same arithmetic as the birth card, but swaps your birth year for the year in question, so it changes every year.
Year card vs birth card
Your birth card never changes and describes your lifelong theme. The year card changes every year and describes one year’s lesson and atmosphere: the birth card is who you are, the year card is the room you are walking into.
All 21 year cards
- 1 · The Magician
- 2 · The High Priestess
- 3 · The Empress
- 4 · The Emperor
- 5 · The Hierophant
- 6 · The Lovers
- 7 · The Chariot
- 8 · Strength
- 9 · The Hermit
- 10 · Wheel of Fortune
- 11 · Justice
- 12 · The Hanged Man
- 13 · Death
- 14 · Temperance
- 15 · The Devil
- 16 · The Tower
- 17 · The Star
- 18 · The Moon
- 19 · The Sun
- 20 · Judgement
- 21 · The World
Frequently asked questions
When does my year card start?
Readers use either 1 January or your birthday as the start. Both work; pick one and stay consistent.