
The practice of determining your Tarot Year Card offers a unique perspective on the energies and themes that may influence your life in the coming year. This method combines numerology and tarot to provide guidance and insight for personal growth. Let’s explore how to calculate your Tarot Year Card, understand its significance, and make the most of its wisdom throughout the year.
- Go to ‘How to Calculate Your Tarot Year Card’
- Go to ‘Astrological Year Card Correspondences’
- Go to ‘How to Make the Most of Your Tarot Year Card’
- Go to ‘Navigating the Year Ahead – A Year Card Tarot Spread’
How to Calculate Your Tarot Year Card

To find your Tarot Year Card, follow these steps:
- Add the day and month of your birth to the current year (or the year you’re interested in).
- Sum up all the digits in the result.
- If the sum is between 1 and 22, that’s your Tarot Year Card number. 22 corresponds with The Fool.
- If the sum is higher than 22, add the digits again until you get a number between 1 and 22.
For example, if you were born on April 3rd and want to know your card for 2025:3 (day) + 4 (month) + 2025 (year) = 2032
2 + 0 + 3 + 2 = 7
In this case, your Tarot Year Card would be 7, The Chariot.

In Tarot for Your Self by Mary K. Greer, there are graphs that you can copy and use to show your year cards from age 0-21. There’s also a table that makes it quick and easy to figure out the card for each year.
It is interesting looking at the graph and trying to figure out what main events may have been influenced by the energies of the Year Cards. Knowing your Year Card (and your Birth Cards) also adds a deeper layer of meaning when doing astrological readings.
Let me know how you are getting on in the comments below if you already use this method, or are beginning to experiment with it. How does it match or contradict your astrological birth chart? I look forward to hearing from you!
Year Card Correspondences
Each Tarot Year Card corresponds to a Major Arcana card in the tarot deck, which carries specific energies and themes. These cards are also associated with astrological elements and planets. For instance, knowing that 2025 is a personal XIII Death year card emphasises Scorpio energies and the 8th House for me in the year ahead.
Here’s a brief overview of the Major Arcana cards and their astrological correspondences:
Card Number | Card Name | Astrological Correspondence |
---|---|---|
0 | The Fool | Air (Uranus) |
1 | The Magician | Mercury |
2 | The High Priestess | Moon |
3 | The Empress | Venus |
4 | The Emperor | Aries |
5 | The Hierophant | Taurus |
6 | The Lovers | Gemini |
7 | The Chariot | Cancer |
8 | Strength | Leo |
9 | The Hermit | Virgo |
10 | Wheel of Fortune | Jupiter |
11 | Justice | Libra |
12 | The Hanged Man | Water (Neptune) |
13 | Death | Scorpio |
14 | Temperance | Sagittarius |
15 | The Devil | Capricorn |
16 | The Tower | Mars |
17 | The Star | Aquarius |
18 | The Moon | Pisces |
19 | The Sun | Sun |
20 | Judgement | Fire (Pluto) |
21 | The World | Earth (Saturn) |
How to Make the Most of Your Tarot Year Card
To fully embrace the energy of your Tarot Year Card, consider incorporating these seven practices into your routine:
1. Explore Creative Expression
Engage in creative activities inspired by your Year Card. This could involve art, writing, music, or any form of self-expression that helps you connect with and embody the card’s energy.
2. Reflect on the Card’s Meaning and Symbolism
Study the imagery, symbolism, and traditional interpretations of your card. Consider how its themes might manifest in your life and reflect on the qualities it encourages. Look how your Year Card corresponds with your Natal and Solar return charts.
3. Set Intentions Aligned with the Card
Use your Year Card as a guide for setting goals and intentions. Align your actions with the card’s themes to work in harmony with its influence.
4. Meditate with the Card Regularly
Connect with the card’s energy through meditation. Do monthly or weekly check-ins with your year card. Visualise its lessons integrating into your life and gain insight into navigating challenges and opportunities.
5. Journal Your Experiences
Keep a record of how your Tarot Year Card shows up in your daily life. Document events, emotions, or decisions that resonate with its themes to track your growth throughout the year.
6. Use the Card as a Guide for Spreads and Readings
Incorporate your Year Card into personal readings or spreads. Use it as a focal point to ask specific questions about the year ahead and gain actionable advice.
7. Create Affirmations Based on the Card
Develop positive affirmations that align with your Year Card’s energy. Repeat these affirmations daily to reinforce its lessons and integrate its wisdom into your subconscious mind.
Navigating The Year Ahead – A Year Card Tarot Spread
To gain deeper insight into how your Tarot Year Card will influence your journey, try this 7-position spread:

1. The Core Energy
This card represents the overarching theme or energy of your Year Card and how it will manifest in your life. Read together with your Year Card. You can see the Year Card as a Zodiac Sign or Planet and the Core Energy Card as the House.
2. Lessons to Learn
This position reveals the key lessons or skills you’ll need to develop in alignment with your Year Card’s energy.
3. Opportunities to Embrace
Here, you’ll discover the potential opportunities or positive experiences that your Year Card may bring.
4. Challenges to Overcome
This card highlights potential obstacles or challenges you may face related to your Year Card’s themes.
5. Action to Take
This position suggests specific actions or approaches to best harness your Year Card’s energy.
6. Area of Personal Growth
Here, you’ll gain insight into which aspect of your personal development will be most influenced by your Year Card.
7. Outcome and Integration
The final card provides a glimpse of how successfully integrating your Year Card’s lessons may impact your life by year’s end.

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Comments
So, it’s definitely a “let’s get going” year with an 8 for me. Strength and Leo (Leo, of course). The power grows and needs expressing, I think. Thanks for reminding me to do this!
Cool! I started my Tarot biz in an 8 year 🙂
I’m in Temperance now! Had enough of Death for a lifetime! I must calculate if I’ll be due another Death year at some stage.
A fellow tarot reading friend of mine says that you stay with the card of the year until your birthday, and that you have both vibrations for part of the year (unless you were born in January). So for me that means I have both Death and Temperance until my birthday in February, and then just Temperance for the rest of 2018. I definitely found it has been accurate the past few years. Interesting concept! Everyone has a different spin on it 🙂
Yeah, I was first taught to read it like that too… it’s trickier with people who have birthdays late in the year than for people like me whose birthday is in January. It never worked for me… or the people I was reading for. And strictly from a Numerology point of view, it doesn’t work either according to one published Numerologist I know. But of course, if you feel it works for you, you should stick with it 🙂
If my birthday is in October 2016, do I do the calculation with 2016 or 2017 to find out my card for this year?
For this year, use 2016. Your personal year changes on 1 January – same for everyone.
The Numbers will never add up to zero, so is the Fool card completely skipped? Should the Fool be counted as 23 instead?
I have seen in other places where the Fool is counted as 23, but now not sure which is correct.
Hi Debs, The Fool has the numerical value of 22 for these kinds of operations 🙂
Your Article needs to be updated to show the Fool as 22 in the table.
Thank you, I have done that now. This article was written as a sequel to the Tarot Birth Cards article where this had already been covered but you are absolutely right – It needs to be stated clearly 🙂
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For me it is Temperance
That’s my 2017! 🙂
Hi Lisa! Strength!….I’m gonna need it!
All the best for your Strength year, Margie! 🙂
I am really looking forward to all your posts & courses! Good luck but with that venus-jupiter conjunction that must go smoothly 🙂
Thanks Laura, let’s hope so!