Basically, your birth arcana determines your personality or how your life will play out or whatever. It depends on whose telling the fortune.
Anyways, here's how you determine your birth arcana:
First, you take your date of birth and then add the day, month, the first two numbers in the year, and the last two numbers in the year.
For me, that would be 1+3+19+91
This comes out to 114.
Since this is a three digit number, it needs to simplified. So, take the first two digits and add it to the last digit.
Therefore, 11+4. This comes out to 15, or The Devil.
The Major Arcana are as follows
0 - The Fool (you cannot be born under this year. how the hell do you add two positive numbers to get fucking zero)
1- The Magician
2- The High Priestess
3- The Empress
4- The Emperor
5- The Hierophant
6- The Lovers
7- The Chariot
8- Strength
9- The Hermit
10- Fortune, or The Wheel
11- Justice
12- The Hanged Man
13- Death
14- Temperance
15- The Devil
16- The Tower
17- The Star
18- The Moon
19- The Sun
20- Judgement
21- The Universe
If your birth arcana number is double digits, 10 or higher, it can be simplified even further. The simplified Arcana still plays a role in fortune telling, but your birth arcana is the main focus here. For example, The Devil simplifies to The Lovers. If you were to look at the designs for both cards, you'd notice similarities between them.
Birth Arcana Calculator, if anyone is too lazy to do the math themselves. The site also gives what each card can represent.
This post has been edited by Kaxbe: 29 May 2011 - 09:24 PM
































