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Interpretive tarot readings: Rider-Waite-Smith, in English, Spanish and Portuguese

Pick a spread — Three cards, Yes/No or Love, free; The Cross, Celtic Cross, Two Paths or Closing a Cycle with the pass — optionally type a question, and draw your cards. A reflection of about 250 words in the Rider-Waite-Smith tradition (longer for the larger spreads), with no fortune-telling, no astrology, and no fabricated specifics. No signup required. For entertainment only.

The cards are listening.

A complete reading in under 60 seconds. Free. No signup.

What kind of reading?
CoupleA couple reading, for two people

The cards are listening.

A complete reading in under 60 seconds. Free. No signup.

What kind of reading?
CoupleA couple reading, for two people
With the pass

With the passSee all spreads →

A reflection, written for the cards you drew

Each reading is a piece of plain prose: five paragraphs, roughly 250 words for the three-card spreads, around 150 to 200 for the single-card yes/no. No bullet points, no fortune-cookie one-liners, no markdown. Just a quiet voice walking you through what the cards in front of you suggest.

Three cards

Open-ended reflection on whatever you bring: where it comes from, where it stands, where it is heading. A thread you can carry with you through the day.

Past, present, future · ~250 words

Love & Connection

A reading focused on the heart: your side, what's between you, and what the bond asks of you.

Three cards · ~250 words

Yes / No

A single card for a simple question. Shorter on purpose. If your question has layers, a three-card spread gives it more room.

One card · ~150-200 words

These three are free, and so is Situation & Focus. The Cross, Celtic Cross, Two Paths and Closing a Cycle come with the pass. Without an account the reading lives in your browser; with one, it's saved to your thread.

Three small steps, one quiet ritual

No setup. No questionnaire. Write your question, draw your cards, and read what arrives. The interface stays out of the way so the cards can do the talking.

  1. Ask, and pick a spread

    Write what's on your mind, about you or someone you care about, and choose how to look at it: four spreads free, four more with the pass.

  2. Draw your cards

    Tap shuffle and pick from the fan. The full Rider-Waite-Smith deck is in play, reversals included.

  3. Read, and follow the thread

    A reflection appears, written for the exact cards you drew. When it ends, it suggests where to go next: the next reading picks up from this one, in your thread or in the thread of the person you asked about.

The next reading remembers what this one said.

Anonymous readings live in your session. Sign in once and every card you draw joins a quiet thread the next reading can follow. And each person you care about gets a thread of their own: we read the bond from your side, not what the other person feels.

Without an account
The Tower
The Moon
The Hermit

Session only. Gone on refresh.

With an account
  1. Reading 1
    The Tower
  2. Reading 2
    Justice
  3. Reading 3
    The Sun

“The Tower has appeared twice. Today, The Sun breaks the pattern.”

Your map: everything you've asked, at a glance

Every reading is a star. Your map gathers them into a constellation: you at the centre, your threads around you. It predicts nothing; it lets you see your own pattern.

Your threads

A star for each person you ask about, and a small one for every reading.

Your themes

Love, work, family… what keeps coming back in your questions.

The spreads you use

How many times you've drawn each shape.

Your rhythm

When you come back to the cards, week by week.

See your map

Works without an account. With one, it stays.

Three rules, plainly stated

  1. No predictions about your future.

  2. No astrology, numerology, or bolt-ons.

  3. Just the cards, in the Rider-Waite-Smith tradition.

Most AI tarot tools dress up predictions, bolt on astrology and numerology, and write in the voice of a fortune-teller. We don't. The voice and structure of every reading on Vidastral follow three rules that don't bend.

An honest note about the model

Every reading on Vidastral is generated by Claude (by Anthropic). We are deliberate about the voice. The model has a clear set of rules it follows on every reading, and we'd rather tell you about them than hide them.

The voice rules

  • No first-person seer voice. The reading never says “I see…” or “I sense…”. It speaks about the cards, not about a vision.

  • No fabricated specifics about you. The model doesn't invent names, dates, or details it has no way of knowing.

  • Every interpretation is grounded in the Rider-Waite-Smith tradition, the same imagery and symbolism a human reader would reach for.

  • Tarot is treated as interpretive, not predictive. The cards mirror what's already in motion; they don't tell the future.

  • If you've signed in and have prior readings, a compact summary of the last few is added to the prompt so the new reading knows what came before. Nothing more.

Vidastral is for reflection and entertainment only. It's not medical, legal, or financial advice, and the cards do not predict the future.

Things people ask before their first reading

Short, honest answers. If something here surprises you, that's the point.

Your free reading is already complete. Your thread is yours to keep.

Try the free spreads without an account. Sign in once to keep your thread and let the next reading remember what this one said.