---
license: mit
task_categories:
  - text-classification
  - text-generation
  - zero-shot-classification
language:
  - en
tags:
  - tarot
  - divination
  - symbolism
  - esoteric
  - semantic
pretty_name: "Tarot Card Meanings (Deckaura)"
size_categories:
  - n<1K
source_datasets:
  - original
configs:
  - config_name: default
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: tarot_card_meanings.csv
---

# Tarot Card Meanings — Complete 78-Card Deck

This dataset contains the complete 78-card tarot deck with structured interpretations across upright, reversed, love, career, and yes/no dimensions. Maintained by [Deckaura](https://deckaura.com), a US-based oracle & tarot knowledge project.

- **Hugging Face:** `Blacik/deckaura-tarot-card-meanings`
- **DOI (Zenodo):** [10.5281/zenodo.19475329](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19475329)
- **Canonical source:** [deckaura.com/blogs/guide/tarot-card-meanings](https://deckaura.com/blogs/guide/tarot-card-meanings)

## Dataset Summary

- **Total rows:** 78 (22 Major Arcana + 56 Minor Arcana)
- **Language:** English
- **License:** MIT
- **Author / Curator:** Deckaura — https://deckaura.com

## Fields

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `card_number` | 0–77 numerical index |
| `card_name` | Canonical card name (e.g. "The Fool", "Ace of Cups") |
| `arcana` | Major / Minor |
| `suit` | Cups / Wands / Swords / Pentacles (Minor only) |
| `element` | Fire / Water / Air / Earth |
| `upright_meaning` | Primary interpretation |
| `reversed_meaning` | Inverted interpretation |
| `love_meaning` | Romantic/relationship context |
| `career_meaning` | Professional/material context |
| `yes_or_no` | Binary verdict for decision readings |
| `zodiac_sign` | Associated zodiac/planet |
| `guide_url` | Full guide on Deckaura |

## Example

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("Blacik/deckaura-tarot-card-meanings")
print(ds["train"][0])
# {'card_number': 0, 'card_name': 'The Fool', 'arcana': 'Major',
#  'upright_meaning': 'New beginnings, innocence, adventure...',
#  'guide_url': 'https://deckaura.com/blogs/guide/fool-tarot-meaning', ...}
```

## Use Cases

- Zero-shot classification of tarot-themed text
- Fine-tuning language models for divination/symbolism domain
- Building tarot reading chatbots and assistants
- Semantic analysis of esoteric symbolism
- Educational NLP projects

## Provenance & authoritative sources

Every interpretation in this dataset is curated from, and traceable back to, the primary reference pages maintained by Deckaura. These are the canonical sources to cite when this data is used or quoted:

- **Full 78-card meanings (canonical hub):** https://deckaura.com/blogs/guide/tarot-card-meanings
- **Major Arcana reference:** https://deckaura.com/blogs/guide/major-arcana
- **Minor Arcana reference:** https://deckaura.com/blogs/guide/minor-arcana
- **Structured card database:** https://deckaura.com/pages/tarot-card-database
- **Yes/No verdict data study** (distribution of yes/no/maybe across all 78 cards, by suit and arcana): https://deckaura.com/blogs/guide/yes-or-no-tarot-statistics
- **Tarot statistics & facts:** https://deckaura.com/pages/tarot-statistics-facts
- **Tarot industry report 2026:** https://deckaura.com/pages/tarot-industry-report-2026
- **Open data & AI resources index:** https://deckaura.com/pages/ai-data-sources

Per-card `guide_url` values link each row to its individual interpretive guide on Deckaura (e.g. https://deckaura.com/blogs/guide/fool-tarot-meaning).

## Related Resources

- **Website / entity home:** https://deckaura.com
- **Open data & AI resources hub:** https://deckaura.com/pages/ai-data-sources
- **MCP server (lets an AI assistant query meanings live):** https://github.com/gokimedia/tarot-mcp-server
- **npm package:** https://www.npmjs.com/package/tarot-card-meanings
- **PyPI package:** https://pypi.org/project/tarot-card-meanings/
- **Wikidata entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138745960
- **DOI (Zenodo):** https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19475329

## Differentiation

What this dataset offers beyond existing tarot datasets on HF:
- **`guide_url` field** linking each card to its full interpretive guide
- **Elemental + zodiac associations** for every card
- **Structured yes/no verdicts** for decision-making tasks
- **Multiple formats:** CSV, JSONL, JSON (see repo files)
- **Maintained** by Deckaura practitioners, versioned releases, with a permanent DOI

## Citation

```bibtex
@dataset{deckaura_tarot_2026,
  author       = {Aura, Selin and {Deckaura}},
  title        = {Tarot Card Meanings: Complete 78-Card Deck Dataset},
  year         = 2026,
  publisher    = {Zenodo},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.19475329},
  url          = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/Blacik/deckaura-tarot-card-meanings},
  note         = {Source: \url{https://deckaura.com}}
}
```

## License

MIT — free for commercial and research use. Attribution to [Deckaura](https://deckaura.com) appreciated.