Tarot cards are numbered. There are 22 Major Arcana cards. The Major Arcana starts with the Fool card which starts as 0 and ends with the World card which is number 21. If you buy the traditional deck. They have roman numerals on them, but you can get other decks that use the numerical numbering system.
Major Arcana
*The numbers next to the cards name are the number associated with the placement in the deck
- The Fool (0)
- The Magician (1)
- The High Priestess (2)
- The Empress (3)
- The Emperor (4)
- The Hierophant (5)
- The Lovers (6)
- The Chariot (7)
- Strength (8)
- The Hermit (9)
- Wheel of Fortune (10)
- Justice (11)
- The Hanged Man (12)
- Death (13)
- Temperance (14)
- The Devil (15)
- The Tower (16)
- The Star (17)
- The Moon (18)
- The Sun (19)
- Judgment (20)
- The World (21)
There are 14 Minor Arcana cards. The Minor Arcana are organized by Suits. There is the Suit of Wands, the Suit of Cups, the Suit of Swords, and the Suit of Pentacles. These cards have the number usually on the top of the card. For example, the Three of Pentacles has “Three” on the top of the card, which shows the tarot card number. The Ace card in the Minor Arcana is like number 1 and then you go through the 2 of Suit, such as the 2 of Wands all the way through to the 10 0f Wands for example. Then The Page is considered 11, the Knight is considered 12, the Queen is considered 13, and the King is considered 14. The Page, Knight, Queen and King do not have numbers on them traditionally.
Minor Arcana
Suit of Wands
- Ace of Wands
- Two of Wands
- Three of Wands
- Four of Wands
- Five of Wands
- Six of Wands
- Seven of Wands
- Eight of Wands
- Nine of Wands
- Ten of Wands
- Page of Wands
- Knight of Wands
- Queen of Wands
- King of Wands
Suit of Cups
- Ace of Cups
- Two of Cups
- Three of Cups
- Four of Cups
- Five of Cups
- Six of Cups
- Seven of Cups
- Eight of Cups
- Nine of Cups
- Ten of Cups
- Page of Cups
- Knight of Cups
- Queen of Cups
- King of Cups
Suit of Swords
- Ace of Swords
- Two of Swords
- Three of Swords
- Four of Swords
- Five of Swords
- Six of Swords
- Seven of Swords
- Eight of Swords
- Nine of Swords
- Ten of Swords
- Page of Swords
- Knight of Swords
- Queen of Swords
- King of Swords
Suit of Pentacles
- Ace of Pentacles
- Two of Pentacles
- Three of Pentacles
- Four of Pentacles
- Five of Pentacles
- Six of Pentacles
- Seven of Pentacles
- Eight of Pentacles
- Nine of Pentacles
- Ten of Pentacles
- Page of Pentacles
- Knight of Pentacles
- Queen of Pentacles
- King of Pentacles
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