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How the Almanac works, in plain language

The method behind tarot numerology, shown openly. How a date becomes a card, what your Bearing is, how to read your whole chart. You can check every bit of it yourself.

What Is Tarot Numerology?

The idea underneath the whole Almanac: a date becomes a card through arithmetic, not a shuffle. Start here.

How Tarot Numerology Works: The Complete Formula

The full method, shown plainly. The wheel of twenty-two, the mod-22 math, and how any date resolves to a card you can check yourself.

The Shadow and the Reclaiming: Why a Reversed Card Has Two Meanings

Why every card has three faces, not two. What a reversed card actually means, and the difference between a gift distorted and a story refused.

What Is a Tarot Bearing?

Your Bearing is the one card you carry your whole life, the fixed distance between you and the world. What it is, and how to find yours.

Your Tarot Natal Chart

The whole picture: seven cards built from your birthday, the self you came in as and the world that caught you, and the Bearing that ties them together.

The Major Arcana in Three Stages

The Fool's Journey moves in three stages: Initiation, Testing, Reckoning. What each means, and why your card's stage colors the reading.

What Is Your Tarot Birth Card?

The card your birthday points to for life. How the Personality and Soul cards are found, and why the Almanac reads yours differently.

New pieces, now and then

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