So this morning I was shuffling my old Rider-Waite deck during breakfast, coffee halfway gone and toast crumbs everywhere. Wanted to figure out this whole birth card thing everyone keeps talking about. Figured it’d be simple – ask “what’s my tarot birth card?” pick a card, boom, done. Yeah, not so much.
First attempt was a mess. Grabbed seven cards instead of one ’cause I misread the instructions online. Scattered them on the sticky kitchen table. Cards showed The Tower, The Fool, even Death – felt chaotic, not clarifying. Cold coffee didn’t help the focus.
Hitting Pause & Starting Over
Tossed those cards back in the deck. Wiped the crumbs off. Actually Googled “how to calculate 7th tarot birth card” like I should’ve done first. Realized it’s based on your birthday digits. Duh. Mine? November 15th, 1990. Simple math:
- Added them up: 1 + 5 (day) + 1 + 1 (month) + 1 + 9 + 9 + 0 (year).
- Got 37 first, then added 3 + 7 = 10. But wait, that’s not single digit! Added 1 + 0 = 1.
Okay, so my birth card would be card number 1? Magician? Felt suspiciously straightforward. Dug deeper on some old tarot site buried in my browser tabs. Turns out the 7th birth card comes into play when the first number (like my 10) reduces to a number bigger than 9 but less than 22. That’s the “birth card pair” situation. My 10 (Wheel of Fortune) and its pair? 1 + 0 = 1 – The Magician. So both Wheel and Magician are mine? Head spinning now. But what about the pure 7th card?
Scrolled further. Found it! The standalone 7th Major Arcana is The Chariot. Just card VII. That’s the specific card the title meant. Not a pair, just VII. Finally.
What The Chariot Actually Means (My Take)
Pulled out my Chariot card. Guy on a chariot, two sphinxes pulling in slightly different directions. Looked determined. From my notes and messy scribbles over years:
- Main vibe? Raw willpower. Like gritting your teeth to push through traffic jams – literally or life-wise.
- Shadow side? Can feel like crashing that chariot if you force things too hard. Or letting the wrong “sphinx” (impulse, fear) steer.
- Life path clue? It screamed “driver’s seat energy” to me. Not sitting back. Making choices, even tough ones, and sticking with ’em. Momentum matters.
Stared at it awhile. Realized I actually use Chariot energy daily – pushing myself to workout when I hate mornings, hustling deadlines instead of procrastinating. Felt pretty spot on. Less “magic destiny”, more “pick a direction and go”. Practical push, not fluffy prediction.
Final Thoughts After the Fog Cleared
So yeah, learning the specific 7th card (The Chariot) clarified things after I untangled the math spaghetti. Birth cards seem interesting, but honestly? They feel like personality mirrors, not crystal balls. The Chariot just nailed that “get moving, figure it out” part of me. Useful? Yeah. Mind-blowing? Nah. Just another tool reflecting what I kinda already knew. Not gonna base my whole life path on it, but hey, cool reminder to keep steering.
