| A common question is, "What are the names of | | | | is able to apply them to any spread, extracting |
| Tarot cards?" Even though it seems to be a | | | | answers from their placement within that layout. |
| straight-forward thing to ask, the answer can be a | | | | What are the names of Tarot cards in the Major |
| little more complex. The questions itself is better slit | | | | Arcana? There are 22 cards in this part of the deck, |
| into two different inquiries: 1) What are the names of | | | | all different. The Major Arcana does not have suits, |
| Tarot cards in the Minor Arcana?, and 2) What are | | | | although different meanings may be indicated by |
| the names of Tarot cards in the Major Arcana? | | | | whether the card is dealt upright, or upside down. |
| Together, these two sets contain all 78 cards of the | | | | When counted, the Fool is card 0, and the counts |
| commonly used tarot deck, as we are about to | | | | goes up from there, from 0-21. The Fool, The |
| examine. | | | | Magician, the High Priestess, The Empress, and The |
| What are the names of Tarot cards in the Minor | | | | Emperor are the first 5 cards. After these, the next |
| Arcana? This is the portion of the deck which is most | | | | five are The Hierophant, The Lovers, The Chariot, |
| closely related to regular playing cards. There are 4 | | | | Strength, and The Hermit. The Wheel of Fortune, |
| suits, Cups, Wands, Swords, and Pentacles, and each | | | | Justice, The Hanged Man, Death, and Temperance |
| suit contains 14 cards. What are the names of tarot | | | | are cards 9-15 (Remember, The Fool was card 0, not |
| cards in each suit? They are numbered, starting at | | | | 1!). Following those, The Devil, The Tower, The Star, |
| one: Ace(one), Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, | | | | The Moon, and The Sun are listed. And finally, the |
| Eight, Nine, Ten. After the tenth one, names are | | | | last two are Judgment (which can also be |
| assigned to the last four: Page, Knight, Queen, and | | | | Rejuvenation), and The World. It will be important |
| King. In Tarot, each suit holds special meanings which | | | | that any potential Tarot reader understand these, as |
| are applied to interpretation. In time, and with | | | | their meanings are crucial to understanding the |
| practice, a reader learns these individual meanings and | | | | divination of such a reading. |