How we write the card meanings
This page explains where the texts for all 78 cards come from, how we check them and how we keep them current. If you spot a mistake, tell us.
Sources
The meanings start from the public-domain written tradition of tarot, not from other websites or in-copyright books:
- A. E. Waite’s The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1910), the basis for the traditional upright and reversed meanings.
- The artwork of the 1909 deck drawn by Pamela Colman Smith, known as the Rider–Waite–Smith deck, shown on every card page and in the public domain.
- The Golden Dawn astrological and elemental correspondences (late 19th century): the planet, sign or element of each Major Arcana card and the decans of the numbered cards.
How the texts are written
Each card’s texts (meaning, symbolism, love, career, yes or no upright and reversed, how someone sees you, spread positions, pairings and FAQ) are drafted with the help of AI writing tools from the traditional sources above. Before publishing they are checked with automated quality tests (length, uniqueness across cards, consistency with the yes-or-no and correspondence data) and spot-checked. Not every page is read line by line by a person, so we correct errors as soon as they are reported.
The Spanish pages are adapted into neutral Latin American Spanish rather than translated word for word, and go through the same tests. A card’s yes-or-no verdict is identical in both languages.
Paid personal readings are different: an AI model writes them on the spot for your question and your cards, and the reading page says so.
What we don’t do
Tarot here is a tool for reflection and entertainment. Our texts make no dated predictions, give no diagnoses and are not a substitute for medical, legal, financial or mental-health advice.
Reviews and updates
Every card page shows the date it was last updated. That date comes from the change history of the card’s own text: it moves only when the content changes, not every time the site is redeployed.
Automated tests check on every change that all 78 cards are complete in both languages, that no text is repeated across cards and that the verdicts agree.
Corrections and suggestions: [email protected]. When a text is wrong we fix it, and the card’s date moves with the fix.