Beginner tarot guide PDF: 78 card meanings, printable and digital

A 76-page beginner tarot guide that teaches you how the deck works, so you can make sense of cards you haven't memorized yet. Print it in US Letter or A4, or use the tablet edition with clickable tabs in GoodNotes, Notability, or any PDF app.

What's inside

• Foundations: the four suits and their elements, the Minor Arcana lifecycle (ten stages from spark to completion), court cards as sixteen personality types, the Major Arcana as the lifecycle of the soul, reversals, and a note on traditions.
• All 78 cards, shown with Pamela Colman Smith's original 1909 artwork.
• Every card page: core idea, keywords, meaning in a reading, reversed meaning, details to look for in the artwork, and its astrology or element.
• Your own space: lines on every card page for your own keywords and notes.
• Reading toolkit: reading a card in its position, patterns across a spread, eight pairs of easily confused cards, three beginner spreads, and a step-by-step example reading.
• Four quick reference cheat sheets to keep beside your deck.

Details

How to use it

1. Download the files right after checkout.
2. Print the US Letter or A4 guide at 100% scale, or import the tablet edition into your note-taking app.
3. Keep the quick reference sheets beside your deck while you read.
4. Add your own keywords and notes to each card page as you learn.

Why it's different

Most tarot guides list meanings card by card. This one shows the patterns: four suits, ten stages, four court ranks, and the soul's journey through the Major Arcana. 

Questions

Does it work with my deck? Yes, if your deck follows the Waite-Smith (RWS) structure, as most modern decks do.

Does it include reversed meanings? Yes, for all 78 cards.

Can I use it on an iPad? Yes. The tablet edition has clickable tabs and card links, and you can write in it by hand or with your app's text tool.

Is anything shipped? No. You'll get a download link right after checkout.

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