The tarot, a complex and ancient map of symbols made up of 78 cards, represents universal archetypes and recounts human experiences lived for centuries. The deck is made up of 22 major arcana and 56 minor arcana, the latter distributed in 14 cards of four suits: swords, wands, cups, and gold.
Like astrology, tarot can serve as a tool for self-knowledge. Thanks to its symbolic, allegorical and numerological dimension, it is possible to discover through a mathematical operation what your life arcana is according to your date of birth. That is why the renowned astrologer, author, and tarot reader details to AstrologyMultiverse what this action is based on and what each card means in our life.
In the words of the expert, the tarot “reminds us that we are expressions of consciousness of a great humanity with very similar experiences, we share common learnings from being incarnated on this Earth.” For more than a decade Leveratto has been studying this symbolic and numerological language and now he has materialized it in a deck together with Editorial Kier, in which he reinterprets each card.
The images and concepts in the decks can reveal gifts about ourselves. After all, says Leveratto, the deck “shows our shared learnings on this path of life, its cards relate our human drama, help us interpret our destiny and better understand the purpose of our experiences to help us redefine them and avoid harmful choices or unnecessary repetitions.
How to discover your birth arcana according to the tarot
The tarot reader and author proposes looking at tarot cards as “allies of our destiny.” To do this, she says, we must focus on the first nine major arcana, which are “the fundamental guides” to discover which one corresponds to our birth.
Leverage points out that if we want to know how to decipher the hidden message in our date of birth we only have to add each of the digits of the birth. Then, that result continues to be added until it is reduced to a single digit.
Let’s see it through an example. If we take June 27, 1986, as the date of birth, then we will do the following operation: 27 (day), 06 (month) and 1986 (year) is the base. So we add: 2 + 7 + 6 + 1 + 9 + 8 + 6 = 39. That result is reduced: 3 + 9 = 12. Later 1 + 2 = 3.
So if your date of birth is June 27, 1986, your life learning is associated with Arcanum number three: The Empress.
If your date of birth is equal to 1, your life arcana is The Magician
“The Magician begins the tarot and confronts us with the paradox that every beginning in our life is plagued by illusions and spells,” says Leveratto.
Among his main attributes, the first arcana is the Illusionist and perfect alchemist. The specialist says that by observing the image of the card in detail we can see that the figure has the four suits on the table – clubs, gold, cups, and swords -, showing us that he is ready to perform an act of magic in any area that requires it… “This letter announces positive and rapid results. It denotes good luck and enthusiasm.”
The word “enthusiasm” is transcendental. According to Leveratto: “Lives marked by The Magician must learn to deal with the complex paradox of perceiving that every beginning is loaded with spells.” That is, these people must learn to maintain projects and complete them when enthusiasm wanes over time.
“It is easier for the Magician to get excited again with new dreams to sustain. This life learning suggests learning to develop the gift of enthusiasm, words, and adaptability but continuing to sustain what has been started,” he says.
The first arcana of the tarot is also characterized by its great intellectual capacity and the role of communicator and leader.
If your date of birth is equal to 2, your life arcana is The Popess
This card, also known as The Priestess, “shows the first woman in the tarot and gives her maximum ecclesiastical authority,” says Leveratto, in clear opposition to the paternalism and machismo of organized religions.
The image, she adds, pays tribute to the power of feminine spirituality. “The Popess is seated on her throne located between two columns that allude to a parenthesis of incarnated life; she guards the entrance to the wisdom of what lies beyond mundane life,” describes the tarot reader.
What’s more, according to Leveratto, La Papessa represents family energy and the maternal essence that protects nourishes, cares for others, and accepts being cared for.
The life learning that marks this arcana invites us to develop a more intuitive understanding of life, get closer to a deep knowledge of the family clan, and connect with maternal love and perseverance. “They will deal with the complex paradox of learning to trust their intuition. They perceive the excessive competitiveness and hostility of the world and wonder why the selfish attitude seems to be accepted by the voracious culture of today’s society,” says the tarot reader.
For this reason, the specialist warns that these people should avoid getting hooked on comparisons, but rather develop the courage to be compassionate and loving even though the world may seem very hostile.
If your date of birth is equal to 3, your life arcana is The Empress
“This card arises from the union of the two previous cards, it is the daughter of The Magician and The Pope, she understands and alchemizes the creativity and richness of the union of man and woman,” says the tarot reader and astrologer.
The Empress emphasizes the sensuality of the body, the enjoyment of matter, and the acceptance that they can be accepted as activating agents of abundance without guilt or shame. “The lives marked by this destiny must discover and develop their great talent to create and enjoy,” explains Leveratto.
On the other hand, people whose arcana is 3 should not be afraid to exploit and show their authenticity and peculiarities. To do this, they will have to work on recognizing themselves and not get carried away by excessive expectations about their projects.
If you embrace this essence, Leverett says, you will become drivers of originality and sources of loving abundance for yourself and others.
If your date of birth is equal to 4, your life arcana is The Emperor
The number four is the great organizer of the universe. “The 4 is present in the forms that organize and stabilize life: the cardinal points, the seasons of the year, the tarot suits, the astrological elements… they are all 4,” explains Leveratto.
Taking this into account, people governed by the card of The Emperor face a duality: on the one hand, the desire for stability, security, and fixity; on the other, the need to become an authority through avant-garde creativity to obtain multiple material resources.
The tarot reader indicates that “life confronts them with having to generate their projects even when generally the person prefers to stay in their comfort zone.”
The Emperor’s proposal also consists of empathy and understanding towards the father’s story, truly embracing his humanity, without fighting against him or idealizing him.
If your date of birth is equal to 5, your life arcana is The Pope
Also called the High Priest, the Pope has learned to recognize and channel his power. These people “tend to confuse his power and, instead of using it to transform and improve things, they tend to be too questioning,” says the tarot reader.
Constantly moving, they do not always manage to stay in one place, something that is intensified by their strong desire for growth and, in contrast, their reluctance to endanger their known and safe world.
In the words of Leveratto, people governed by this arcana face taboo topics and denied or unresolved situations in their environment. They use their courage to oppose and communicate injustices, which can often lead to fear of retaliation.
“The more they commit to a spiritual and transcendent life, the less fear they will feel about their own unfolding,” he says.
If your date of birth is equal to 6, your life arcana is The Lovers
The Lovers or The Lovers manifest what wanted to be repressed with the previous card. “The image of this arcana shows a young man attracted by two women (or two emotions) that symbolize the new feelings that were intended to be repressed in the previous arcana: The Pope. This card reveals what is denied, it suggests destinations where people will see a lot, perhaps too much,” explains the tarot reader.
The destiny that this arcana traces is that of opening. In the words of the expert, “These people have come to push humanity to open our minds and hearts because, with their own lives and examples, they force us to acquire a conscience with less prejudices and cultivate a more loving and compassionate view, more integrated into the purposes of the soul (represented in the angel shown in this card).”
Likewise, people governed by Arcanum VI are invited to develop the courage to overcome their prejudices; their mission is also to become enablers of their own and others’ human contradictions.
If your date of birth is equal to 7, your life arcana is The Chariot
“Pioneers and risk takers,” says Leveratto. The image of this card is more than eloquent: “We see a chariot with two horses at full gallop that seem to be making a lot of noise, although upon observing in detail the driver is not holding the reins of the chariot,” explains the tarot reader. In that sense, Leveratto offers the following interpretation: “Lives number seven always need to be in motion, get moving, and even make noise to be noticed.”
But, within this incessant movement and drive, the expert points out that those who are governed by this arcane deal with a strong contradiction: responding to an animal and instinctive need, at full gallop, and responding to the vertigo of knowing that perhaps they took too many risks. or they ended up pushing situations that exceeded their personal capacity.
“This life learning proposes trusting in always moving forward to become increasingly autonomous and independent,” advises the author and tarot reader.
If your date of birth is equal to 8, your life arcana is Justice
“The number 8 reproduces the sign of infinity and symbolizes the beginning of a karmic consciousness, it helps to understand that everything returns and that every action generates consequences,” says Leveratto.
The tarot reader explains that lives marked by this arcana will work with the complex feeling of fulfilling what they consider correct and dealing with the effort to put that into practice. “It will be essential that they learn to distribute obligations and tasks so as not to carry the entire weight of responsibility alone,” says the tarot reader.
To fulfill their purposes it is also crucial that they can communicate their wishes in a conciliatory way, resisting the impulse to impose themselves. “In adulthood, these people are likely to take care of family issues, legal issues, or unresolved emotional conflicts, as they seek to free the family,” he adds.
If your date of birth is equal to 9, your life arcana is The Hermit
The image on this card portrays a wise old man, leaning on a staff, searching for something on his lonely path. “While others are fascinated by external stimuli, he turns inward in the hope of finding the deep meaning of our existence,” explains Leveratto.
People governed by this arcana are governed by the search for inner wisdom, illuminating corners that would otherwise remain in the shadows. The Ermitaño’s environment may value social visibility more and may not understand that these people disdain material achievements, as they prefer to develop a path towards the mysterious and the sacred.
The key will be to value and take advantage of your moments of solitude without fighting with those who classify you as strange or peculiar. For Leveratto: “These are lives that will have to develop the courage to find themselves alone, without expecting others to applaud them. They will be able to learn to tolerate silence since the arcane asks to revalue introspection, solitude, and humility.”