So, tarot and numbers… always seemed like fortune cookie stuff to me. But my cousin kept raving about it after her trip to Sedona, so I grabbed my dusty Rider-Waite deck yesterday morning.
Starting Point: Total Confusion
First I spread all 78 cards on my coffee table, flipping through little white booklet meanings. Noticed weird patterns – why do Swords cards keep showing 5s and 7s? Why’s Death XIII but isn’t actually about dying? My cat jumped on The Tower card while I was scribbling notes.
The Number Crunching Begins
Separated cards by their numbers instead of suits. Grouped all Aces together, all 2s, 3s, up to 10s plus Pages/Queens/Kings as 11s. Wrote headings in my battered Moleskine:
- Aces: Always about new energy? Pulled The Magician (I) and Ace of Wands – both feel like starter pistols firing
- Threes: Empress (III), Three of Cups… wait these are all celebration cards? Did a happy dance when I noticed
- Fives: Total mess fights – Five of Swords’ backstabbing, Hierophant (V) rule debates. Drama llama numbers!
Then hit major confusion with nines. Nine of Pentacles = luxury, Nine of Swords = midnight panic attacks. Same digit, totally opposite vibes. Spilled tea on my notes figuring that out.
The Court Cards Headache
Tried assigning numbers to royalty – Kings as 13, Queens as 12? Pages as 11? Knights as 11.5? Felt like grading papers. Noticed something cool though – when my Page of Cups daily draw popped up, remembered it’s an “11” number card. That morning my niece unexpectedly video-called from college. Makes sense now – 11s signal surprises!
Personal Test Run
Shuffled asking “What should I focus on this week?” Got Three of Pentacles (teamwork), The Star (XVII = 1+7=8), and Eight of Cups (walking away). Numbers screamed “8 energy!” Looked it up – 8s mean movement & transitions. Just realized that matches perfectly – I’m negotiating freelance contracts (Pentacles teamwork) while ending a draining client relationship (Cups departure). Goosebumps moment!
Final takeaway? Numerology isn’t hocus-pocus – it’s cheat codes for tarot meanings. Took me 3 coffee refills and 2 erased notebook pages, but clicking through numbers helped me spot patterns like finding Waldo.
