Yes or No Tarot
Ask one question that can be answered yes or no, draw one card, and read its lean. The full table for all 78 cards is below.
By Dima Tretyak · Updated October 23, 2026 · Free, no sign-up, nothing you type leaves your browser
How the yes or no lean is decided
Tarot cards were not designed to answer yes or no; the method is a modern convention. Each card here leans yes, no or maybe from the tone of its traditional meaning in A. E. Waite's 1910 Pictorial Key to the Tarot: cards of success, union and hope lean yes, cards of loss, conflict and fear lean no, and cards of waiting, choice or reflection lean maybe. Reversed, a yes card becomes maybe and a maybe or no card leans no.
How to ask
Ask about one thing and about your own part in it: "Should I apply for the new role?" works better than "Will they hire me?". Questions about health, pregnancy, legal cases or money outcomes are not something a card can answer. The draw happens in your browser from a shuffled deck; nothing you type is sent or stored.
Yes or no meaning of every tarot card
| CARD | UPRIGHT | REVERSED |
|---|---|---|
| The Fool | yes | maybe |
| The Magician | yes | maybe |
| The High Priestess | maybe | no |
| The Empress | yes | maybe |
| The Emperor | yes | maybe |
| The Hierophant | maybe | no |
| The Lovers | yes | maybe |
| The Chariot | yes | maybe |
| Strength | yes | maybe |
| The Hermit | maybe | no |
| Wheel of Fortune | yes | maybe |
| Justice | maybe | no |
| The Hanged Man | maybe | no |
| Death | no | no |
| Temperance | yes | maybe |
| The Devil | no | no |
| The Tower | no | no |
| The Star | yes | maybe |
| The Moon | no | no |
| The Sun | yes | maybe |
| Judgement | yes | maybe |
| The World | yes | maybe |
| Ace of Wands | yes | maybe |
| Two of Wands | maybe | no |
| Three of Wands | yes | maybe |
| Four of Wands | yes | maybe |
| Five of Wands | no | no |
| Six of Wands | yes | maybe |
| Seven of Wands | maybe | no |
| Eight of Wands | yes | maybe |
| Nine of Wands | maybe | no |
| Ten of Wands | no | no |
| Page of Wands | yes | maybe |
| Knight of Wands | yes | maybe |
| Queen of Wands | yes | maybe |
| King of Wands | yes | maybe |
| Ace of Cups | yes | maybe |
| Two of Cups | yes | maybe |
| Three of Cups | yes | maybe |
| Four of Cups | no | no |
| Five of Cups | no | no |
| Six of Cups | yes | maybe |
| Seven of Cups | maybe | no |
| Eight of Cups | no | no |
| Nine of Cups | yes | maybe |
| Ten of Cups | yes | maybe |
| Page of Cups | yes | maybe |
| Knight of Cups | yes | maybe |
| Queen of Cups | yes | maybe |
| King of Cups | yes | maybe |
| Ace of Swords | yes | maybe |
| Two of Swords | maybe | no |
| Three of Swords | no | no |
| Four of Swords | maybe | no |
| Five of Swords | no | no |
| Six of Swords | maybe | no |
| Seven of Swords | no | no |
| Eight of Swords | no | no |
| Nine of Swords | no | no |
| Ten of Swords | no | no |
| Page of Swords | maybe | no |
| Knight of Swords | yes | maybe |
| Queen of Swords | maybe | no |
| King of Swords | yes | maybe |
| Ace of Pentacles | yes | maybe |
| Two of Pentacles | maybe | no |
| Three of Pentacles | yes | maybe |
| Four of Pentacles | maybe | no |
| Five of Pentacles | no | no |
| Six of Pentacles | yes | maybe |
| Seven of Pentacles | maybe | no |
| Eight of Pentacles | yes | maybe |
| Nine of Pentacles | yes | maybe |
| Ten of Pentacles | yes | maybe |
| Page of Pentacles | yes | maybe |
| Knight of Pentacles | yes | maybe |
| Queen of Pentacles | yes | maybe |
| King of Pentacles | yes | maybe |
More ways to draw: the card of the day and a three-card reading. All card meanings: tarot.
Questions
✦How accurate is a yes or no tarot reading?
There is no evidence that a card can predict an outcome. A yes or no draw works as a prompt: the card's meaning gives you an angle on the question you may not have considered. Treat the lean as a conversation starter with yourself, not an answer.
✦What does a reversed card mean in a yes or no reading?
On this site a reversed card weakens the answer: a yes card reversed reads as maybe, or not yet, and a maybe or no card reversed reads as no. Some readers ignore reversals altogether; the table below shows both leans for every card.
✦Can I ask the same question twice?
You can, but most readers advise against it: drawing until you get the answer you want tells you what you hoped for, which is useful in its own way. Rephrasing the question often helps more than redrawing.
✦Which tarot cards mean yes?
In this table 45 of the 78 cards lean yes upright, 17 lean maybe and 16 lean no. Cards of success and union, such as The Sun, The Star and the Ten of Cups, lean yes; cards of loss or conflict, such as the Three of Swords and The Tower, lean no.