With this guide, you will be able to get support to start your learning journey in tarot. Whether you use Bunny Tarot, Petit Garden Edition, Petit Arcanarium , or any of our thematic Boosters, you will be able to perform readings from the simplest to the most complex.
The guide is divided into:
- Major Arcana (from 0 to 21) and Minor Arcana (Cups, Swords, Wands, and Pentacles).
- Keywords (which succinctly summarize the meaning of the card).
- Interpretation in upright position and reversed position.
- Flower that represents it (in the case of the Major Arcana).
I hope this guide is very useful to you.
MAJOR ARCANA:
0. The Fool
Beginnings, changes, novelty
Upright: The Fool can indicate a new adventure, a radical change in life, or a person open to new experiences and adventures.
Reversed: The reversed Fool can mean recklessness, lack of planning, or a person who acts without considering the consequences.
Flower: Harebells // Campanula Rotundifolia
1. The Magician
Creativity, magic, skill
Upright: The Magician represents the ability to manifest your desires, creativity, and problem-solving skills.
Reversed: The reversed Magician can indicate manipulation, deceit, or lack of practical skills.
Flower: Fuchsias // Fuchsia
2. The High Priestess
Feminine intuition, wisdom
Upright: The High Priestess represents intuition, hidden knowledge, and feminine wisdom.
Reversed: The reversed High Priestess can indicate ignorance, lack of trust in your intuition, or a lack of connection with your inner self.
Flower: Rose
3. The Empress
Motherly love, feminine energy, creativity
Upright: The Empress represents feminine qualities such as creativity, fertility, spiritual abundance, and motherly love.
Reversed: The reversed Empress can indicate lack of self-care, selfishness, or problems at home.
Flower: Cosmos // Cosmos Bipinnatus
4. The Emperor
Power, authority, material stability
Upright: The Emperor represents characteristics socially identified as masculine, such as power, authority, structure, and stability. In the Bunny Tarot Petit Garden Edition, this card is the second part of the Empress, and if you combine them, you will have a pleasant surprise in the background.
Reversed: The reversed Emperor can indicate abuse of power, lack of leadership, or lack of structure in life.
Flower: Cosmos // Cosmos Bipinnatus
5. The Hierophant
Spirituality, tradition
Upright: The Hierophant represents the ultimate spiritual authority on earth. It represents spirituality, religion, tradition, and education.
Reversed: Dogmatism, lack of spirituality, or inadequate education.
Flowers: Forget-me-nots // Myosotis and Dog Rose // Rosa Canina
6. The Lovers
Romantic love, passions, fulfilled desires
Upright: The Lovers represent freedom of choice, assertiveness, passion, and romantic love. It is a very powerful energy that can transform the world around us.
Reversed: The reversed Lovers can indicate indecision, lack of self-love, or a wrong choice.
Flower: Roses // Rosa Gallica
7. The Chariot
Movement, travel, success
Upright: The Chariot represents victory, action, determination, and success. Everything starts with movement.
Reversed: The reversed Chariot can indicate lack of direction, lack of control, or failure. Feeling stuck.
Flower: Violet // Viola cornuta minor
8. Strength
Perseverance, courage, willpower
Upright: Strength represents not only physical strength but also bravery, patience, kindness, and inner strength.
Reversed: The reversed Strength can indicate weakness, lack of patience, or lack of kindness.
Flower: Saffron // Crocus Sativus
9. The Hermit
Isolation, silence, wisdom, inner peace
Upright: The Hermit represents wisdom, introspection, and voluntary isolation. It is the peace found in being alone and in silence.
Reversed: Lack of introspection, involuntary isolation, depression.
Flower: Alpine Anemone // Pulsatilla Alpina
10. The Wheel of Fortune
Good luck, new opportunities
Upright: Sometimes luck plays an important role. The Wheel of Fortune represents change, luck, opportunities, and evolution, all in favor of the querent.
Reversed: The reversed Wheel of Fortune can indicate stagnation, lack of evolution, or bad luck.
Flower: Daisies // Bellis Perennis
11. Justice
Equality, impartiality.
Upright: Justice represents equity, impartiality, law, and order. It is the structure for good and the imposition of correct decisions.
Reversed: Injustice, imbalance, or lack of personal responsibility.
Flower: Forget-me-nots // Myosotis
12. The Hanged Man
Sacrifice, responsibility.
Upright: The Hanged Man represents sacrifice, surrender, and selflessly giving to others.
Reversed: The Reversed Hanged Man can indicate selfishness, lack of surrender, or lack of detachment.
Flower: Magnolia // Magnolioideae
13. Death
Changes, transformations.
Upright: Death represents the most definitive and drastic change in our earthly world. Although often interpreted negatively, death is the beginning of a transformation, the renewal of paradigms or ideas, and the start of a cycle.
Reversed: Reversed Death can indicate resistance to change, lack of transformation, or stagnation.
Flower: Marigold // Tagetes Erecta
14. Temperance
Patience, tranquility, harmony.
Upright: Temperance represents harmony, balance, moderation, and the serene patience it entails.
Reversed: Reversed Temperance can indicate imbalance, lack of patience, or lack of moderation.
Flower: Edelweiss // Leontopodium alpinum
15. The Devil
Deep passions.
Upright: The Devil represents our deepest passions. They don’t always have negative connotations, but as intense passions, it is not always advisable to succumb to them, as they can often turn into addictions.
Reversed: Reversed Devil can indicate liberation from addiction, temptation, or oppression.
Flower: None
16. The Tower
Abrupt change, chaos, upheaval.
Upright: The Tower represents destruction, crisis, and sudden change. It is the crash, the fear, and the instability.
Reversed: Reversed Tower can indicate an avoided crisis, gradual change, or reconstruction.
Flower: Columbine // Aquilegia coerulea
17. The Star
Success, inspiration.
Upright: The Star is that celestial body that gives us hope, guides us to success, and inspires us to give our best.
Reversed: Reversed Star can indicate a lack of hope, lack of inspiration, or lack of clarity.
Flower: Borage // Borago officinalis
18. The Moon
Intuition, spiritual message, illusions.
Upright: The Moon is the luminary of the dream world, the invisible realm, imagination, and illusions. Spiritual messages tend to be more prominent under its influence.
Reversed: Reversed Moon can indicate confusion, irrational fears, or deception.
Flower: White Lily // Lilium candidum
19. The Sun
Happiness, joy.
Upright: The Sun has been revered in many civilizations. It represents abundance, happiness, success, joy, and vitality.
Reversed: Reversed Sun can indicate a lack of happiness, lack of joy, or lack of success.
Flower: Sunflower // Helianthus annuus
Of course! Here are the following Minor Arcana cards in a more readable format:
20. Judgement
Judging or being judged, Renewal.
Upright: Judgement represents renewal, resurrection, evaluation, and redemption.
Reversed: Reversed Judgement can indicate a lack of renewal, lack of evaluation, or lack of redemption.
Flower: Dahlia // atlcotlixochitl
21. The World
Success and personal development.
Upright: The World represents fulfillment, culmination, integration, and success. The conclusion of the journey that begins with the Fool (Arcanum 0).
Reversed: Reversed World can indicate a lack of fulfillment, lack of culmination, or lack of integration.
Flowers: In this card, we focus more on the presence of butterflies than flowers.
MINOR ARCANA:
The Minor Arcana is divided into four suits:
- Cups: These Minor Arcana cards speak about the state of human relationships involved in the reading.
- Swords: They speak about conflicts, their outcomes, contexts, beginnings, and resolutions.
- Wands: These Arcana cards speak about spiritual or emotional lacks and abundances.
- Pentacles (or Coins): These Arcana cards speak about material lacks or abundances.
Cups:
Ace of Cups: New love, true love, romance.
Reversed: Lack of excitement, disappointment, lack of emotional connection.
Two of Cups: Mutual love, unity, emotional balance, sharing.
Reversed: Disconnection, separation, lack of harmony.
Three of Cups: Celebration, friendship, joy.
Reversed: Loneliness, lack of support, disappointment.
Four of Cups: Dissatisfaction, stagnation, apathy.
Reversed: Lack of emotional focus.
Five of Cups: Loss, sadness, regret.
Reversed: Acceptance, forgiveness, release.
Six of Cups: Nostalgia, happy memories, present childhood.
Reversed: Denial of the past, lack of positive memories, inability to move forward.
Seven of Cups: Confusion, choices, options.
Reversed: Lack of focus, confusion, deception.
Eight of Cups: Abandonment, disappointment, search for a new direction.
Reversed: Attachment, lack of trust in change, fear of change.
Nine of Cups: Satisfaction, fulfillment, enjoyment.
Reversed: Dissatisfaction, lack of gratitude, self-centeredness.
Ten of Cups: Happiness, harmony, family love.
Reversed: Family discord, lack of love, emotional disconnection.
Page of Cups: Sensitivity, intuition, romance.
Reversed: Deception, lack of commitment, emotional immaturity.
Knight of Cups: Sensitivity, passion, romance.
Reversed: Deception, lack of commitment, emotional immaturity.
Queen of Cups: Empathy, compassion, intuition.
Reversed: Drama, emotional manipulation, lack of empathy.
King of Cups: Emotionally mature, compassion, intuition.
Reversed: Manipulation, lack of empathy, uncontrolled emotions.
Swords:
Ace of Swords: New idea, mental clarity, victory.
Reversed: Confusion, lack of direction, lack of energy.
Two of Swords: Indecision, difficult choice, necessary balance.
Reversed: Indecision, stagnation, lack of commitment.
Three of Swords: Pain, betrayal, emotional suffering.
Reversed: Healing, forgiveness, liberation.
Four of Swords: Rest, meditation, retreat.
Reversed: Insomnia, anxiety, lack of rest.
Five of Swords: Conflict, defeat, loss.
Reversed: Defeat, humiliation, dishonor.
Six of Swords: Journey, change, transition.
Reversed: Stagnation, delay, lack of progress.
Seven of Swords: Deception, theft, betrayal.
Reversed: Lack of planning, lack of skill, betrayal.
Eight of Swords: Limitation, isolation, fear.
Reversed: Liberation, hope, new perspectives.
Nine of Swords: Anxiety, fear, nightmares.
Reversed: Relief, overcoming, peace of mind.
Ten of Swords: Pain, ending, total loss.
Reversed: New beginning, renewal, overcoming.
Page of Swords: Intelligence, curiosity, communication.
Reversed: Cynicism, arrogance, lack of listening.
Knight of Swords: Action, determination, courage.
Reversed: Violence, aggression, lack of control.
Queen of Swords: Emotional intelligence, wisdom, honesty.
Reversed: Emotional cruelty, coldness, dishonesty.
King of Swords: Intelligence, authority, logic.
Reversed: Cruelty, authoritarianism, lack of empathy.
Wands:
Ace of Wands: New opportunity, energy, creativity.
Reversed: Creative block, lack of motivation, lack of direction.
Two of Wands: Important decision, planning, taking risks.
Reversed: Lack of planning, indecision, lack of focus.
Three of Wands: Expansion, growth, perspective.
Reversed: Stagnation, lack of support, conflict.
Four of Wands: Celebration, stability, success.
Reversed: Chaos, disorder, lack of stability.
Five of Wands: Competition, conflicts, disagreements.
Reversed: Resolution, reconciliation, cooperation.
Six of Wands: Victory.
Reversed: Lack of recognition, failure, disappointment.
Seven of Wands: Defense, resistance, struggle.
Reversed: Timidity, lack of confidence, lack of support.
Eight of Wands: Movement, action, swiftness.
Reversed: Delay, lack of action, lack of movement.
Nine of Wands: Perseverance, resilience, overcoming.
Reversed: Abandonment, lack of perseverance, lack of strength.
Ten of Wands: Burden, responsibility, overload.
Reversed: Release, delegation, relief.
Knight of Wands: Energy, enthusiasm, adventure.
Reversed: Impulsiveness, lack of direction, unnecessary risks.
Page of Wands: Sensitivity, intuition, romance.
Reversed: Deception, lack of commitment, emotional immaturity.
Queen of Wands: Passion, creativity, determination.
Reversed: Aggression, emotional instability, lack of commitment.
King of Wands: Leadership, passion, charisma.
Reversed: Aggression, impulsiveness, lack of direction.
Pentacles:
Ace of Pentacles: New financial opportunity, material success, prosperity.
Reversed: Financial loss, missed opportunities, failure.
Two of Pentacles: Financial balance, money management skills, important decisions.
Reversed: Disarray, lack of balance, poor time management.
Three of Pentacles: Collaboration, teamwork, joint achievements.
Reversed: Lack of collaboration, lack of recognition, lack of support.
Four of Pentacles: Greed, possession, lack of generosity.
Reversed: Greed, selfishness, fear of loss.
Five of Pentacles: Poverty, lack, financial difficulties.
Reversed: Financial recovery, overcoming, new economic opportunities.
Six of Pentacles: Charity, assistance, generosity.
Reversed: Greed, selfishness, lack of assistance.
Seven of Pentacles: Patience, waiting, long-term reward.
Reversed: Impatience, lack of progress, lack of perseverance.
Eight of Pentacles: Hard work, skills, learning.
Reversed: Lack of dedication, lack of skill, lack of hard work.
Nine of Pentacles: Financial success, independence, stability.
Reversed: Lack of financial security, lack of abundance, financial dependence.
Ten of Pentacles: Wealth, abundance, family prosperity.
Reversed: Financial loss, lack of security, family issues.
Page of Pentacles: Ambition, perseverance, learning.
Reversed: Greed, lack of ethics, lack of commitment.
Knight of Pentacles: Ambition, financial security, stability.
Reversed: Greed, lack of ethics, lack of commitment.
Queen of Pentacles: Abundance, financial security, generosity.
Reversed: Greed, lack of ethics, lack of financial security.
King of Pentacles: Financial stability, success, generosity.
Reversed: Greed, lack of ethics, endangered financial security.
How to Use Tarot?
Shuffle the cards of your tarot deck. As you start shuffling the cards, focus on the question or topic you want to consult about.
Next, we will teach you how to do and interpret 1-card, 3-card, and 5-card spreads, although there are many more complex spreads.
1-Card Spread
The 1-card spread is a good way to start getting to know the Tarot card by card. It’s a good step if you don’t feel confident delving into more cards and their interpretations. It’s also useful for quick consultations.
As the name suggests, you will draw only one card for this spread. Since it’s only one card, it will focus on the immediate answer to your question. Pay attention to the position of the card, whether it came upright or reversed. Then consult the quick interpretation guide of the oracle you’re using.
Abstract or Reflect?
The fact that it’s a 1-card reading doesn’t mean the answer is simple. You can abstract the response to the most basic, like a yes or a no. For example, you can decide beforehand, “If it comes upright, it means YES; if it comes reversed, it means NO.” Alternatively, you can immerse yourself in the meaning of the card. Observe its details, colors, flowers, or other elements the card has. This will not only help you learn the interpretations of the card but also help you discover the message being given to you.
3-Card Spread
The 3-card spread is ideal for focusing the consultation on three points in time: past, present, and future. It’s a great step to start interpreting the stories and messages presented to you through more than one card.
1. Place three cards facing each other, either using your cloth spread or a MailoniKat board, or if you prefer, on a flat and ideally clean surface.
*If you’re using the MailoniKat guide boards, use the numbers on the bottom parts to guide you.
2. The first card you’re going to flip is the middle card (2). This card speaks about the present of the consultation. It can represent a problem or a doubt. Take into account once again whether the card is upright or reversed and consult the quick guide to know the meaning of the card.
3. The second card you’re going to flip is the first card (1). This card will provide you with information about the past of the consultation, the origins of the problem, or what has caused the situation to be as it is today. Once again, is the card upright or reversed? Refer back to the quick guide to see the corresponding interpretation.
4. Flip the third and final card (3). This card will provide you with information about the future of the consultation or the issue at hand. Once again, carefully observe the details of the card and use the quick guide as a reference to understand its interpretation.
5. With all the cards on the table, try to interpret the overall message. In our example, we can observe that there is currently family discord, arguments, and a lack of companionship with people in the personal circle. This can be attributed to a previous material lack, as these types of deficiencies tend to bring out the worst in us. Based on these two cards, we can understand that these are problems and arguments that need to be faced and overcome. Through honesty and emotional wisdom, we can improve the situation that concerns us.
5-Card Spread (Simple Cross)
The simple cross spread is convenient for starting with more complex spreads and interpretations. This spread allows you to explore multiple topics in depth. Below, we show you the basic structure and order for reading the cards:
1. Place five cards face up in the order shown below. You can use your cloth spread or one of the MailoniKat boards. Alternatively, you can also place them on a flat and ideally clean surface.
*If you’re using the MailoniKat guide boards, use the numbers at the top of the panels as a reference to guide you.
2. The first card you will reveal (1) will show you the past of the consultation, that is, the origin of the situation being explored. Once again, observe the details of the card and, using the quick guide, guide yourself to understand its interpretation.
3. The second card (2) will show us the immediate future of the consultation, that is, how the situation will unfold if no changes occur along the way. Once again, observe the details of the card and, using the quick guide, guide yourself to understand its interpretation. Begin to intertwine the interpretations, what are the consistencies between both cards?
4. The third card (3) will give us a good idea of the circumstances that are in our favor for the resolution of the consulted situation or problem. Observe if the card is upright or reversed and use the guide to know its interpretation. Begin to analyze how these favorable circumstances are influencing the development of the immediate future.
5. The fourth card (4) reveals the circumstances that are against the resolution of the consultation. Keep in mind that these circumstances can be of a material, economic, spiritual, mental, or emotional nature. Try to understand how these circumstances have influenced the development of the immediate future.
6. The fifth and final card (5) establishes the current state of things. With this card, you can complete the interpretation you have been developing through the other four cards. It will allow you to fully understand the current state of the consultation and the reason behind it.
7. With all the cards on the table, try to interpret the overall message. In our example, we can conclude that a lack of planning has contributed to the development of this situation. If no changes occur, this situation will cause you anxiety in the near future. Fortunately, you have a good team willing to collaborate with you to resolve it. However, your passions and desires may be hindering the equation. It’s important for you to control your desires to avoid the conflicts and disagreements you are currently experiencing.