Major Arcana
All 22 trump cards, the Fool's Journey, numbering variants, and a four-deck buying comparison.
Explore the gallery →A Living Tarot Archive
A Complete Map of the Tarot's 78 Cards
Showtrailchoicecabin is a research library dedicated to the tarot: card-by-card meanings, cross-tradition symbolism, documented history and traditional spreads, written for readers who want the real detail behind the archetypes.
Five Doorways Into the Deck
Each guide below is a standalone reference — start wherever your question begins.
Minor Arcana
The 56 pip and court cards across four suits, plus how illustrated and geometric decks differ.
Read the guide →
Tarot Symbolism
A working glossary of colour, number, animal and celestial symbols, plus the Golden Dawn's correspondences.
Decode the symbols →
History of Tarot
From a 15th-century Milanese card game to the Golden Dawn, the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, and beyond.
Trace the timeline →
Traditional Spreads
Six spreads compared by card count, reading time and difficulty, with a full Celtic Cross breakdown.
Compare spreads →The Archive at a Glance
We treat tarot as a subject worth documenting properly — every entry is cross-referenced against at least two published sources.
78
Cards fully catalogued with upright & reversed meanings
6
Historic decks compared side-by-side
12
Traditional spreads documented step-by-step
150+
Symbol & iconography entries cross-referenced
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