Each Tarot card has attached to it various correspondences. Below is a general list, based on the Rider-Waite-Smith symbol set. These correspondences can be useful in determining dates, getting further information from a card, meditation, choosing a significator, etc. For more detailed correspondences, including Hebrew letters, see each the page for each card on this site. (See the menu to the left.)
Major Arcana
- Fool – air, Uranus
- Magician – Mercury
- High Priestess – Moon
- Empress – Venus
- Emperor – Aries
- The Hierophant – Taurus
- The Lovers – Gemini
- The Chariot – Cancer
- Strength – Leo
- The Hermit – Virgo
- The Wheel of Fortune – Jupiter
- Justice – Libra
- The Hanged Man – water, Neptune
- Death – Scorpio
- Temperance – Sagittarius
- Devil – Capricorn
- The Tower – Mars
- The Star – Aquarius
- The Moon – Pisces
- The Sun – Sun
- Judgement – fire, Pulto
- The World – Saturn
Minor Arcana
Wands – Fire – Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
Cups – Water – Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
Swords – Air – Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
Pentacles – Earth – Virgo, Capricorn, Taurus
General Themes of the Minor Arcana
Wands – career, work, creativity
Cups – emotions, affairs of the heart
Swords – thoughts, intellect
Pentacles – money, material matters