Online Tarot School • Quick Reference
Beginner Tarot Cheat Sheet
The Deck
78 cards = 22 Major Arcana + 56 Minor Arcana.
Wands
Action • passion • creativity
Cups
Emotion • relationships • intuition
Swords
Thought • communication • decisions
Pentacles
Work • money • home • resources
Number Clues
Ace beginning • 2 choice/balance • 3 growth • 4 structure • 5 friction/change • 6 adjustment • 7 evaluation • 8 movement/mastery • 9 nearing completion • 10 culmination/transition.
Court Shortcut
Page learning • Knight pursuit • Queen embodied mastery • King directed mastery.
Read One Card
LOOK → FEEL → CONNECT → INTERPRET
Starter Spread
Situation → Challenge → Guidance
Connect Cards
Because → But → Therefore — or use however, meanwhile, and as a result.
Better Questions
What should I understand…? What can I focus on…? What am I overlooking…? What is within my control…?
Reminder: Read tentatively, preserve agency, and use tarot for reflection rather than certainty.