Alright, let me tell you about how I figured out my Birth Tarot Card meaning the other day. It wasn’t some big spiritual quest, just got curious after seeing something about it online.
Finding My Cards
First thing I did was grab my birth date. You need the month, day, and the full year you were born. Let’s just use an example, say someone was born on December 15, 1992. Okay, got the numbers: 12 (for December), 15 (for the day), and 1992 (for the year).
Next, I just added those numbers together. So, 12 + 15 + 1992. Punched that into my phone calculator, and it came out to 2019.
Now, the Major Arcana cards in Tarot usually go up to 21 (The World). So, 2019 is way too high. The way to handle this, from what I gathered, is to add the digits of that sum together. So, for 2019, I did 2 + 0 + 1 + 9. That equals 12.
Okay, 12 is a number that matches a Major Arcana card – The Hanged Man. That’s the first Birth Card.
But often there are two Birth Cards. To get the second one, you take the number you just got (12) and add its digits together. So, 1 + 2 = 3.
Number 3 corresponds to The Empress. So, for this example birthday, the Birth Tarot Cards are The Hanged Man (12) and The Empress (3).
Making Sense of It
So I had the numbers and the card names. What next? I simply looked them up. Just searched online for “The Hanged Man tarot meaning” and then “The Empress tarot meaning”. Loads of websites popped up explaining the general ideas.
- The Hanged Man: Seemed to be about pausing, letting go, seeing things from a different angle. Sacrifice, maybe waiting for the right time.
- The Empress: This one felt like nurturing, creativity, abundance, nature, sort of a motherly energy.
My Thoughts on It
Honestly? It was pretty interesting to read the descriptions. I thought about the example person (or even myself, reflecting on my own results which I calculated privately). Could I see those themes playing out? Yeah, kinda. Not in some dramatic, life-defining way, but you can often find connections if you look.
I saw the Hanged Man’s ‘different perspective’ thing maybe in how I approach problems sometimes. And the Empress’s ‘nurturing’ side… well, I like taking care of my plants, does that count? Ha!
It wasn’t like discovering a hidden secret about myself. It felt more like a fun little mirror, reflecting back some personality bits or life lessons in a different way. It’s a tool for a bit of self-reflection, I guess. Nothing more, nothing less.
So yeah, that was my little experiment with finding Birth Tarot Card meanings. Super simple process: just add up your birthday numbers, reduce it down if needed, and look up the cards you get. Give it a try if you’re bored or curious!
