WHAT IS MY TAROT CARD?
Your birth date adds up to one of the 22 Major Arcana — your birth card. Enter it below to find yours.
How the calculation works
The method comes from tarot scholar Mary K. Greer and is the one most readers use. Add your birth month, day and full year together as plain numbers, then keep adding the digits of the result until you reach 22 or less. That number is your birth card — 22 counts as the Fool, which is numbered 0.
Worked example: June 15, 1995 → 6 + 15 + 1995 = 2016 → 2 + 0 + 1 + 6 = 9 → the Hermit.
If your first result has two digits (10–22), reducing it once more gives a second card. The two work as a pair: the higher number is your Personality card — how you move through the world — and the single digit is your Soul card, the quieter pattern underneath. People whose dates reduce to 19 get the only triple in the system: the Sun, the Wheel of Fortune and the Magician.
Can my birth card be a Minor Arcana card?
No. The reduction always lands between 1 and 22, so birth cards are always Major Arcana — the deck’s 22 core archetypes. The four suits describe situations; the majors describe people and life patterns, which is why they’re used here.
Is this the same as "which tarot card represents me"?
It’s the most common answer to that question, because it’s fixed: your birth date doesn’t change, so your card doesn’t either. The other approach is to draw a card and read it as a mirror of where you are right now — for that, use the daily draw.
What do I do with my birth card?
Read its page — upright and reversed, in love, work and money — and notice which parts land. Many readers treat their birth card as a recurring theme: the lesson that keeps showing up in different costumes. It’s a lens for self-reflection, not a verdict.