The sauce is in the cards

A guide to using our deck and card meanings.

The Pasta Tarot is for beginner and experienced readers alike, and even for folx who just love pasta.  Think of each card like a piece of lasagna— layered with texture, ingredients, and substance for your enjoyment and fulfillment. You can approach each card's meaning purely through its evocative imagery, or through a holistic tarot perspective— following the genealogy of the Rider-Waite-Colman-Smith deck.

The suits are intended to be read as follows:

Corta (Short Pasta) → Wands 
Ripiena (Stuffed Pasta) → Cups
Lunga (Long Pasta) → Swords
Minuta (Tiny Pasta) → Pentacles

Skip to   CORTA · RIPIENA · LUNGA · MINUTA · MAJORS

CORTA

Short Pasta / Wands

  • Excitement • Optimism • Vitality

  • Travel • Planning • Coordination

  • Expansion • Growth • Anticipation

  • Celebration • Gathering • Sacrament

  • Aggravation • Frustration • Play

  • Victory • Triumph • Encouragement

  • Self-Defense • Righteousness • Combat

  • Motion • Bombardment • Swiftness

  • Protection • Tenacity • Exhaustion

  • Overextension • Unsustainability • Burden

  • Creation • Passion • Spirit

  • Charm • Boldness • Carnality

  • Admiration • Leadership • Manifestation

  • Energy • Curiosity • Fortitude

RIPIENA

Stuffed Pasta / Cups

  • Flow • Wonder • Inspiration

  • Love • Romance • Union

  • Community • Compersion • Friendship

  • Withdrawal • Sulk • Disenchantment

  • Loss • Grief • Immersion

  • Sweetness • Nostalgia • Family

  • Daydreaming • Choice • Excess

  • Retreat • Relinquishment • Enlightenment

  • Pride • Delight • Ostentation

  • Achievement • Bliss • Gratitude

  • Poetry • Musing • Imagination

  • Lavishment • Seduction • Manners

  • Serenity • Perception • Depth

  • Emotion • Fullness • Stability

LUNGA

Long Pasta / Swords

  • Ideation • Will • Brilliance

  • Contemplation • Choice • Decision

  • Heartbreak • Stubbornness • Betrayal

  • Comfort • Preparation • Reflection

  • Conflict • Cupidity • Fallout

  • Refuge • Transition • Assistance

  • Trickery • Deceit • Pettiness

  • Limitation • Captivity • Oppression

  • Anxiety • Despair • Darkness

  • Defeat • Calamity • Finality

  • Precocity • Brightness • Idealism

  • Zeal • Aggression • Duty

  • Composure • Reliance • Vision

  • Knowledge • Confidence • Sovereignty

MINUTA

Tiny Pasta / Pentacles

  • Endeavor • Promise • Potential

  • Juggling • Adaptation • Consideration

  • Performance • Apprenticeship • Evaluation

  • Hoarding • Containment • Greed

  • Wallowing • Self-pity • Misfortune

  • Altruism • Redistribution • Imploration

  • Impatience • Ripeness • Results

  • Productivity • Mastery • Focus

  • Luxury • Success • Refinement

  • Reward • Satisfaction • Happiness

  • Prodigy • Craftsmanship • Dependability

  • Industry • Ethic • Loyalty

  • Fertility • Lushness • Reliability

  • Charisma • Acumen • Character

MAJOR ARCANA

  • Opportunity • Encouragement • Beginning

  • Sorcery • Creativity • Will-power

  • Esoterism • Intuition • Wisdom

  • Nurture • Nature • Abundance

  • Structure • Discipline • Dominion

  • Tradition • Dogma • Responsibility

  • Partnership • Decisiveness • Beauty

  • Assertiveness • Balance • Movement

  • Grace • Poise • Power

  • Self-care • Meditation • Study

  • Fate • Fortune • Serendipity

  • Fairness • Recompense • Authority

  • Suffering • Epiphany • Patience

  • Rebirth • Inevitability • Equalization

  • Moderation • Wisdom • Virtue

  • Vice • Tyranny • Indulgence

  • Change • Disruption • Upheaval

  • Hope • Clarity • Magic

  • Obscurity • Recurrence • Mystery

  • Joy • Radiance • Revelation

  • Comeuppance • Assessment • Order

  • Completion • Confidence • Fulfillment