Tarot
Yes or no tarot
Ask a closed question and draw one card: the answer is yes, no or not yet. Then the card tells you what to do with it.
Pick your deck
The same one-card draw, in each of our decks.
Where the answer comes from
There's no old yes/no table: the practice comes from websites. So we wrote our own, with a single rule, applied to each card's meaning as it's written in our decks.
- Yes, when the card's meaning opens things up: starting, moving forward, succeeding, coming together, seeing clearly.
- No, when it closes or warns: an ending, a block, a loss, an illusion, too much weight.
- Not yet, when it says to wait, to choose first, or that it depends on you.
A reversed card steps back one notch: yes becomes not yet, not yet becomes no. The Lenormand is never reversed.
What a card can't tell you
A date, whether someone will come back, an exam result, a diagnosis, an amount of money: no card knows that, and we don't ask it to guess. Ask about yourself instead, and about what you can do: “Is it the right time to write to them?” rather than “Will they come back?”
The table, card by card
Each card's answer, upright.
The 22 major arcana (all our tarot decks)
- Yes · 11
- The Fool, The Magician, The Empress, The Emperor, The Hierophant, The Chariot, Strength, The Star, The Sun, Judgement, The World
- Not yet · 8
- The High Priestess, The Lovers, The Hermit, Wheel of Fortune, Justice, The Hanged Man, Temperance, The Moon
- No · 3
- Death, The Devil, The Tower
The 56 minor arcana of the Rider-Waite-Smith
- Yes · 34
- Ace of Wands, Three of Wands, Four of Wands, Six of Wands, Seven of Wands, Eight of Wands, Page of Wands, Knight of Wands, Queen of Wands, King of Wands, Ace of Cups, Two of Cups, Three of Cups, Nine of Cups, Ten of Cups, Page of Cups, Knight of Cups, Queen of Cups, King of Cups, Ace of Swords, Six of Swords, Queen of Swords, King of Swords, Ace of Pentacles, Two of Pentacles, Three of Pentacles, Six of Pentacles, Eight of Pentacles, Nine of Pentacles, Ten of Pentacles, Page of Pentacles, Knight of Pentacles, Queen of Pentacles, King of Pentacles
- Not yet · 12
- Two of Wands, Five of Wands, Nine of Wands, Six of Cups, Seven of Cups, Two of Swords, Four of Swords, Eight of Swords, Page of Swords, Knight of Swords, Four of Pentacles, Seven of Pentacles
- No · 10
- Ten of Wands, Four of Cups, Five of Cups, Eight of Cups, Three of Swords, Five of Swords, Seven of Swords, Nine of Swords, Ten of Swords, Five of Pentacles
The 56 minor arcana of the 1839 Tarot of Marseille
- Yes · 30
- Ace of Wands, Three of Wands, Four of Wands, Six of Wands, Eight of Wands, Nine of Wands, Page of Wands, Knight of Wands, Queen of Wands, King of Wands, Ace of Cups, Three of Cups, Four of Cups, Six of Cups, Seven of Cups, Nine of Cups, Ten of Cups, Page of Cups, Knight of Cups, Ace of Swords, Three of Swords, Four of Swords, King of Swords, Ace of Pentacles, Three of Pentacles, Six of Pentacles, Nine of Pentacles, Ten of Pentacles, Page of Pentacles, King of Pentacles
- Not yet · 22
- Two of Wands, Five of Wands, Seven of Wands, Two of Cups, Five of Cups, Eight of Cups, Queen of Cups, King of Cups, Two of Swords, Six of Swords, Seven of Swords, Eight of Swords, Nine of Swords, Page of Swords, Knight of Swords, Queen of Swords, Two of Pentacles, Four of Pentacles, Seven of Pentacles, Eight of Pentacles, Knight of Pentacles, Queen of Pentacles
- No · 4
- Ten of Wands, Five of Swords, Ten of Swords, Five of Pentacles
The 36 cards of the Petit Lenormand
- Yes · 16
- Rider, Clover, House, Bouquet, Child, Stars, Stork, Dog, Heart, Ring, Lily, Sun, Moon, Key, Fish, Anchor
- Not yet · 12
- Ship, Tree, Clouds, Birds, Bear, Tower, Garden, Crossroads, Book, Letter, Man, Woman
- No · 8
- Snake, Coffin, Scythe, Whip, Fox, Mountain, Mice, Cross
Frequently asked questions
How does yes or no tarot work?
You ask a closed question, shuffle, cut and draw one card. Its answer (yes, no or not yet) is in our table, and its meaning tells you what to do with it.
Why "not yet" rather than "maybe"?
Because those cards say to wait, to choose first, or that the answer depends on you. "Maybe" wouldn't help you; "not yet" tells you what to do.
Does a reversed card mean no?
Not always: it steps back one notch. An upright “yes” becomes “not yet”, and a “not yet” becomes “no”.
Do I need an account?
No. The draw and the answer are free and need no account. An account lets you keep your draws and read what the card says about your question.