Tarot & Astrology: How to Use Your Birth Chart to Transform Your Tarot Readings

Tarot and astrology are two of the most ancient, intuitive, and symbol-rich tools in the spiritual world. On their own, they’re powerful. But when you combine them? 🔥 Magic happens.

Your birth chart reveals your soul’s blueprint—your emotional wiring, life lessons, karmic patterns, and highest potential. Tarot, on the other hand, brings those themes to life in the present moment, helping you understand what you’re navigating right now.

If you’ve ever wondered how to blend the wisdom of the stars with the clarity of the cards, this post is for you.

Let’s explore how astrology and tarot support each other—and how to start using your natal chart to go deeper in your tarot practice.

🔮 Why Combine Astrology & Tarot?

Astrology shows us who we are.Tarot shows us where we are.

Your chart gives you the map. Your tarot deck gives you the weather forecast.

When you use both, you get a multidimensional view of your energy—who you’re becoming, what you're learning, and how to navigate life with more grace and alignment.

♈ Tarot & the Zodiac: A Quick Breakdown

Many tarot cards are directly connected to astrological signs and planets. Knowing these connections can add powerful depth to your readings.

Here are a few key pairings:

Major Arcana	Astrological Correspondence
The Emperor	Aries
The Hierophant	Taurus
The Lovers	Gemini
The Chariot	Cancer
Strength	Leo
The Hermit	Virgo
Justice	Libra
Death	Scorpio
Temperance	Sagittarius
The Devil	Capricorn
The Star	Aquarius
The Moon	Pisces

And cards like The High Priestess (linked to the Moon) and The Tower (Mars) are tied more to planets than signs.

🌙 How to Use Your Birth Chart in a Tarot Reading

Here’s how to bring it all together:

1. Start With Your Sun, Moon, and Rising

Your “Big 3” say a lot about your core energy:

• Sun = your essence

• Moon = your emotional life

• Rising = how you show up in the world

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🔮 Try this 3-card spread:

1. What is my Sun sign teaching me right now?

2. What emotional work is coming up from my Moon sign?

3. How can I embody my Rising sign energy more fully?

   
   

2. Look at Your Current Transits

Are you going through a Saturn Return? Is Jupiter transiting your 10th house of career?

Pull cards based on what’s happening in your chart.

Example:

• Saturn in Pisces (spiritual structure)? Pull a card to ask: What structure does my intuition need right now?

• Venus retrograde? Ask: What old love pattern is resurfacing for healing?

3. Use Tarot to Explore Planetary Energies

Each planet represents a different part of your psyche.

🪐 Astro-Tarot Reflection:

• Mercury (mind, communication): What truth needs to be spoken?

• Mars (drive, action): What is fueling my passion—or my anger?

• Neptune (dreams, illusion): What is clouding my clarity?

Let the tarot answer for each planetary energy you want to understand.

4. Assign Tarot Archetypes to Your Houses

The 12 houses in your chart represent different areas of life: self, money, relationships, work, etc.

💫 Try a 12-card spread:Pull one card per house to see what energy is currently active in:

1. Identity & self-expression

2. Finances & security

3. Communication & thinking...all the way through 12 (spirituality, endings, hidden truths)

   
   

It’s a beautiful way to do a full energetic check-in.

🧿 Tips for Blending Tarot + Astrology

• Journal both: Keep a combined tarot + astrology notebook to track what cards show up during certain transits or moon phases.

• Watch the Moon: Pull cards at the New Moon and Full Moon to align your readings with lunar energy.

• Use your birth chart as a reading anchor: If a card feels confusing, look at the sign or planet it’s associated with—it might reveal what’s being activated in you.

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🌟 Final Thoughts

Tarot and astrology are not separate systems. They’re ancient languages that work beautifully together. When you blend them, you create a conversation between your soul and the cosmos—between what was written in the stars and what is unfolding in the moment.

So next time you sit down to read your cards, bring your birth chart along. You might just unlock a whole new level of insight, magic, and personal power.