How To Calculate Your Personality and Soul Card

The most effective way to learn Tarot is by integrating the cards into your life experiences, allowing you to connect with them in both insightful and practical ways. 

Through this process, you can uncover new facets of your personality, character, strengths, and weaknesses. 

Additionally, the cards can guide you in exploring your true purpose in life.

Here, you'll learn how to determine your personality and soul cards:

• Personality Card: This card reveals what you need to learn in this lifetime
• Soul Card: This card represents your soul's purpose across all lifetimes

Both cards are found in the Major Arcana. 

You can calculate them as follows:

Your date of birth – e.g. 17-08-1932

17 + 8 + 1932 = 1957

1 + 9 + 5 + 7 = 22

In this case 22 represents The Fool (0), so the Fool is your personality card.

If your personality card is one of the two-digit trumps (10 – 22), you can add both together to determine your Soul card, e.g. 2 + 2 = 4

So in this example, The Fool is the personality card, and the Emperor (4) is the soul card.

If your birth date adds up to single digit number (2 - 9), then your personality card is also your soul card.

Self-Exploration

Now that you've identified your personality and soul cards, place them side by side and examine each one carefully. 

Describe each card and reflect on what it means to you and your life. Consider the messages they convey and what you can learn from them.

• Do these cards reflect your character? 
• What lessons do they teach you?

Remember, your personality card reflects your life lessons, and your soul card your soul purpose (inner wisdom, inner teacher, spiritual path).

My personality card is the Hermit. Discover the life lessons I gained when I worked out this card for the first time.

If you enjoy this kind of tarot self-exploration, check out my online tarot courses.

Warmest wishes,

Christiane

Discover Your Tarot Year Card

Tarot provides a variety of enjoyable and insightful methods for self-exploration.

One such method is calculating your year card. By determining your tarot year card - your annual growth symbol - you can gain personal insights into the lessons, tests, and experiences you will encounter throughout the year.

Your year card can provide clarity on your life's path and offer guidance for navigating challenges, ultimately aiding in your personal growth.

How to calculate your year card:

Add the month and day of your birth to the current year, e.g.:

18th July in 2006 = 18 + 7 + 2006 = 2031 = 6 (The Lovers)

Only the Major Arcana cards are used, so you need to keep the final number under 23 (22 = The Fool).

There are two options regarding the time period for the year card to be valid:

from birthday to birthday (in this case from 18th July 2006 until 17th July 2007)

Calendar year (1st Jan—31 Dec)

You can use either or combine both. 

When combining them, The Lovers and The Hierophant (from 18th July 2005 onwards) would be both valid from 1st January 2006 until 17th July 2006 and in that period would interact with each other.

If you are a Tarot student, an interesting exercise would be to calculate your year cards from your birth year onwards and note all key experiences you had in each year (as far as your memory allows).

The result may surprise you, especially when you find out about your personal rhythm.

For example, you may notice that some cards do not appear in your chart at all even though your age might be well above 22. Other cards will appear on a regular basis.

It is up to you to determine the relevance of the absent cards and those that turn up in regular intervals with regards to your life lessons.

Suggestions for the year lessons of each card:

The Magician - 1 

(numerically "1", we are all Magicians every year)

• Focus on options and opportunities
• Pursue a new direction with willpower and ambition
• Clarity of mind; all mental activity
• Communication
• Make things happen

The High Priestess - 2

• Develop your intuition
• Trust your instincts
• Self-nurturing
• Be patient; situations will be resolved at the right time

The Empress - 3

• Motherhood or maternal instincts
• Nurturing others
• Make use of and develop your creativity
• Fruitfulness, abundance
• Love of nature and beauty
• Settling down, security and stability

The Emperor - 4

• Important decisions need to be made, perhaps not easy
• Be assertive
• Leading the way
• Take charge
• Establish security
• Finish projects that you've started

The Hierophant - 5

• Teaching or studying
• Social interaction on a professional or ethical level
• Working within hierarchies
• Intellectual development
• spiritual guidance

The Lovers - 6

• Relationships (partner, family, friends, colleagues)
• Major choices regarding relationships
• Taking responsibility
• Following your heart without losing your head

The Chariot - 7

• Setting targets and goals
• Proving yourself
• Taking control with skill and determination
• Overcoming struggle and tension
• Persevering despite difficulties

Strength - 8

• Courage and endurance in times of adversity
• Controlling anger or jealousy
• Strong passions and desires
• Letting situations unfold without forcing them
• Being assertive and standing up for yourself

The Hermit - 9

• Solitude
• Introspection
• Contemplating
• Reviewing your options
• Prudence
• Taking time out
• Looking after your health

The Wheel of Fortune - 10

• Luck and fate
• Completion of one cycle and beginning of another
• Major change
• Dealing with unforeseen events

Justice - 11

• Balance and harmony
• Fairness
• Legal or financial issues
• Integrity
• Partnerships

The Hanged Man - 12

• Gaining a new perspective
• Making a sacrifice
• Giving something up
• Stagnation

Death - 13

• Letting go of something old to make way for something new
• Transformation
• Regeneration
• Dealing with emotional pain

Temperance - 14

• Making concessions, compromises
• Creating a healthy balance
• Relinquish excessive lifestyle
• Give and take

The Devil - 15

• Dependency
• Manipulation
• Reluctant to change; putting up with something negative
• Creating unrest
• Temptation
• Strong sexuality

The Tower - 16

• Sudden change
• Shock to the system; can be positive or negative
• Anger and pain
• Starting from scratch
• Revelation or epiphany completely altering your attitude or opinion of something

The Star - 17

• Period of hope and healing
• Optimism for the future
• Back to basics and nature
• Sustainability

The Moon - 18

• Dealing with changing moods
• Reflections and vivid dreams
• Acknowledge and work with your inner rhythm and cycles
• Being drawn by an unknown desire

The Sun - 19

• Achievement of major goal
• Birth or marriage
• Self-worth, confidence and contentment
• Strong creative and passionate phase

Judgement - 20

• Dealing with criticism
• Evaluation from yourself and others
• Worldview and understanding
• Transitions
• Taking stock; review; analysis

The World - 21

• Sense of endless potential
• Realising and accepting your limitations
• Finding your place within a structure or in society
• Being established
• Concluding an ongoing situation
• Settling down

The Fool - 22

• New beginnings and experiences
• Flexibility and openness to change
• Taking risks and trusting yourself
• Travel and adventure

Discovering your year card can provide valuable insights and guidance for the year ahead.

What is your year card this year? What guidance does it offer you? 

⭐Learn more about Tarot personality profiling in my Discovery Tarot Course⭐

Tarot Affirmations

Although Tarot is best known as a fortune-telling tool, it can also be used for self-reflection and personal development.

The Tarot can act as a guide to help you reach your goals, aspirations and fulfil your potential.

Each image depicts an event, a phase in your life or state of being.

It holds countless hidden messages, waiting to be discovered as you immerse yourself in the intricate pictures of the Tarot.

One type of message the Tarot can offer is an affirmation—a positive statement that encourages the practice of positive thinking. 

These affirmations can help you focus on your strengths, embrace your potential, and cultivate a more optimistic outlook on life.

The sentence is kept as simple but as empowering as possible, avoiding negations such as can’t, don’t, won’t, haven’t etc.

An affirmation can be created for each Tarot card.

You can do this by looking at the image and explore its meanings:

• What is this card advising you to do? 
• What is it trying to teach you?

While the possibilities for each card are virtually endless depending on your feelings, intuition and perspective, here are some sample affirmations for the Major Arcana cards:

The Fool – I look forward to new beginnings and enjoy the journey ahead.

The Magician – I use my all my resources and willpower to achieve my goals.

The High Priestess – I trust my intuition to guide me in making the right decision at the perfect moment.

The Empress – I love and protect the people in my care. My love will dissolve tension and fears.

The Emperor – I take control of my life to achieve my ambitions.

The Hierophant – I am open-minded and always enjoy being a student of life.

The Lovers – In matters of the heart I also use my head when I face an important choice.

The Chariot – I harness all my forces to meet my challenges.

Strength – I patiently persevere to resolve conflict and strife.

The Hermit – I seek solitude to explore my options and to gain wisdom.

The Wheel of Fortune – Whatever life throws at me, I can deal with it.

Justice – I always endeavour to act with the utmost integrity.

The Hanged Man – I pause to gain a new perspective.

Death – I let go of what no longer serves me, so I can be open to new opportunities.

Temperance – I manage my needs and resources wisely to create harmony.

The Devil – I face the truth, so I can overcome my limitations and move forward.

The Tower – Unexpected events contribute to my inner growth; I will overcome the initial shock and aftermath with passion and resilience.

The Star – I am optimistic about the future.

The Moon – I acknowledge and let go of insecurities and self-doubt.

The Sun – I enjoy every moment of my life.

Judgement – I evaluate my actions to achieve the best possible result.

The World – I have found my place in this world; there is so much more I can do and experience.

Have fun crafting your own Tarot affirmations that resonate with your unique circumstances and situation. Don't forget to share your favourites in the comment box below! 🤩

Warmest wishes,

Christiane