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Maat Astro

Yes or No Tarot

Shuffle the 78-card deck, pick one card and see whether it leans toward yes, no or maybe.

Ask the cards

Take a breath and focus on your question. Yes-or-no questions work best.

Your question stays in this browser tab. We never send it, save it or add it to the page address.

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How it works

  1. Focus on your question. You don’t have to type it. If you do, it stays in this browser tab: we never send it anywhere, save it or add it to the page address.
  2. Shuffle the deck. Your browser shuffles all 78 cards using its built-in secure random number generator and the Fisher–Yates method, a standard technique that makes every order of the deck equally likely. At the same moment, it decides whether each card is upright or reversed, with even odds when reversed cards are included.
  3. Pick a card. The top twelve cards of the shuffled deck are laid out face down. Choose one yourself, or let the deck pick for you. Your choice only selects a place in the row. The order was already set by the shuffle, so neither your click nor the wording of your question changes which card you get.
  4. Read the answer. Each card has an editorial yes, no or maybe for both its upright and reversed positions, based on its traditional meaning, along with keywords and a short interpretation.

How to phrase your question

  • Ask about one thing at a time. “Should I sign up for the pottery class this spring?” works better than “What should I do this year?”
  • Make it a question that can be answered with yes or no.
  • Keep it about your own choices, and use your own words.
  • Ask once. Drawing again and again for the same question tends to muddy the answer rather than clarify it.
  • For health, legal, financial or safety decisions, talk to a qualified professional. A card reading is not advice.

About the deck

The card faces are scans of the deck Pamela Colman Smith illustrated in collaboration with Arthur Edward Waite, first published in 1909. Her artwork from that first printing is in the public domain. The card back is our own design, based on the feather of Maat.

Card art by Pamela Colman Smith (1909), public domain

Browse the meanings of all 78 cards

For self-reflection and personal insight. Not a prediction and not a substitute for professional medical, legal, financial or mental-health advice.