The Yes/No Tarot Almanac

I

The Major Arcana cards that read as decisive affirmatives. They speak to arrival, fulfilment, recognition, or the moment something long-anticipated comes through. When they appear in a yes-no question they do not leave room for ambivalence: the conditions are met and the answer is unambiguous.

II

Minor Arcana cards that lean affirmative in most contexts. Less dramatic than the Major-Arcana yeses, less decisive, but still trending toward a yes when the question is straightforward and conditions are not extraordinary. Read these as probably, with reasonable effort and ordinary timing.

III

The cards that refuse to commit. Some are foggy by design (The Moon, The High Priestess) and signal that the question itself is the wrong shape. Others, like the Two of Swords or Seven of Cups, point to indecision in the seeker rather than in the situation. Read these as asking the question differently.

IV

Minor Arcana cards that lean negative, usually situationally rather than structurally. They point to friction, miscommunication, or a path of diminishing returns. Not catastrophic, but the universe is not handing this one over. Read as probably not, or not in this form, or not yet.

V

Three Major Arcana cards: The Tower, Death, The Devil. They are the cards of upheaval, ending, and entanglement. When they appear in a yes-no read they say the structure of the question is itself wrong. The honest answer is not no, try again, but something larger is moving and the question needs to grow with it.