The Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot

This quick-reference guide provides beginners and content creators with instant access to meanings for all 78 Rider-Waite-Smith tarot cards. Written and researched by Finbarre Snarey.

Page of Wands Rider-Waite-Smith tarot card showing a young figure studying a tall wand in a desert landscape.

Page of Wands

Scout

Knight of Wands Rider-Waite-Smith tarot card showing an armoured rider raising a wand on a rearing horse.

Knight of Wands

Gallop

Queen of Wands Rider-Waite-Smith tarot card showing a queen holding a wand and sunflower with a black cat at her feet.

Queen of Wands

Magnetism

King of Wands Rider-Waite-Smith tarot card showing a crowned king holding a wand on a throne decorated with salamanders.

King of Wands

Sovereignty

Ace of Cups Rider-Waite-Smith tarot card showing a hand holding an overflowing chalice above water lilies as a dove descends.

Ace of Cups

Outpouring

Two of Cups Rider-Waite-Smith tarot card showing a man and woman exchanging cups beneath a winged caduceus.

Two of Cups

Mutuality

Three of Cups Rider-Waite-Smith tarot card showing three women raising cups together among fruit and flowers.

Three of Cups

Camaraderie

Four of Cups Rider-Waite-Smith tarot card showing a seated figure beneath a tree facing three cups as a fourth is offered.

Four of Cups

Listlessness

Five of Cups Rider-Waite-Smith tarot card showing a cloaked figure looking at three spilled cups with two still standing.

Five of Cups

Elegy

Six of Cups Rider-Waite-Smith tarot card showing two children exchanging a flower-filled cup in a village garden.

Six of Cups

Keepsake

Seven of Cups Rider-Waite-Smith tarot card showing a silhouetted figure facing seven cups filled with strange visions.

Seven of Cups

Phantasm

Eight of Cups Rider-Waite-Smith tarot card showing a cloaked traveller walking away from eight cups beneath the moon.

Eight of Cups

Pilgrimage

Nine of Cups Rider-Waite-Smith tarot card showing a seated figure with folded arms before a display of nine cups.

Nine of Cups

Savour

Ten of Cups Rider-Waite-Smith tarot card showing a family celebrating beneath a rainbow formed by ten cups.

Ten of Cups

Benediction

Page of Cups Rider-Waite-Smith tarot card showing a young figure holding a cup from which a fish appears.

Page of Cups

Wonderment

Knight of Cups Rider-Waite-Smith tarot card showing a knight on a white horse extending a cup across a river landscape.

Knight of Cups

Courtship