Kate (Daily Tarot Girl)

I don’t typically read Tarot everyday, but I was recently inspired to try this method after reading about how to calculate your Personality, Soul and Year cards in Mary K Greer’s book Who Are You In The Tarot?

This exercise involves numbers and math – but don’t let that turn you off – this new daily Tarot practice has me excitedly reaching for my cards each morning!

Daily Tarot Practice: Calculate Your Tarot Card of the Day

1. Take today’s date and add up all the numbers. For example, the day I’m writing this is Sept 21, 2024.

09 + 21 + 2+0+2+4 = 38

If you get a number that’s higher than 22, further reduce that number by adding the two numbers together. In my case, my number would be 38 (3 + 8)= 11

2. Now, take that number and find the major arcana card with that number. In my case, it’s Justice. Fuck, I hate that card!

If you get number 22, its The Fool.

This is your Tarot Card of the Day! It gives you an overall idea of the general weather or energy of the day and the type of stuff you might encounter. It could represent a person that you’ll interact with today, or an event or experience you might have.

3. What do you think this card is telling you about the day ahead? Jot down a few ideas in your Tarot journal.

Personally, I think Justice is telling me that I may encounter a serious (but highly intelligent) person and that I’ll need to use my good judgement today when it comes to time management and prioritizing.

4. At the end of your day, have another look at this card. How does it reflect the day you had? How did this card show up for you?

Going Deeper: Incorporating Your Personality Card!

Your Personality Card reflects your personality traits, life mission, goals and values. It’s calculated by adding up all the numbers in your birth date. My Personality Card is The Emperor and while I’m not stubborn or controlling, I am fiercely independent, self employed and do things in my own weird way.

1. Find your Personality Card by adding up your birth date – the day, month and year – and find the Major Arcana card of that number.

For example, if you were born on October 7, 1987 (10 + 7 + 1+9+8+7) = 42
Since this number is higher than 22, we’ll further add it up (4 + 2 = 6)
Now, find the Major Arcana card of that number. In the example above, number 6 is The Lovers!

2. Find the card of the day by adding up the numbers in today’s date.

3. Place these two cards side by side. The card of the day tells you the general energy of today, while your Personality Card tells you how you’ll interact with this energy.

How do these cards interact? Feel free to journal about it in your Tarot Journal.

Going Even Deeper: Calculating Your Inner Card of the Day

Your Inner Card of the Day reflects the internal experiences, challenges and opportunities you’ll encounter today and it’s it’s calculated by adding your Personality Card to your Card of the Day.

1. Add your Personality Card (the numbers in your birth date added up) to your Card of the Day (the numbers in today’s date added up) and then find the Major Arcana card of that number. So in my case, my card of the day is Justice (11) and my Personality Card is The Emperor (4), that would be 11 + 4 = 15 (The Devil).

This is your Inner Card of the Day. Adding up the numbers of today’s date (to find your Day Card) gives you an idea of the general energy of today and how it might look on the outside, but adding your birth date to that number will give you a better sense of how you’ll internally experience your day.

So if my Inner Card of the Day is The Devil, I may feel tempted all day long to give into a craving, addiction or habit that’s a little bit bad for me.

Look at your Inner Card of the Day and ask:

♥ What does this card mean to you?
♥ What message does it have for you about your day ahead?
♥ How did this card show up for you today? (Ask this one at the end of your day)

Now you have 3 cards to contemplate: your Personality Card, the Card of the Day and then your Inner Card of the Day. But if that feels too complicated, just focus on either your Card of the Day or your Inner Card of the Day. You can make it as quick and simple or as complex as you want!

I’ve only just started playing around with this daily practice but I’ve found it very illuminating! The other day, my Inner Card of the Day was Strength. That day I had to give a pill to my foster cat and then get her in a carrier to go to the vet. I found myself just like this cat lady in Strength, gently coaxing and soothing my little lion as I tried (successfully!) to get her to cooperate.

TELL ME! What’s YOUR Inner Card of the Day today?