The Gipsy Tarot — All 36 Cards

The Gipsy Tarot — often called the Hungarian Gypsy Tarot or Gypsy card deck — is a 36-card oracle with roots stretching back more than two centuries in Central and Eastern European folk tradition. It is one of the oldest continuously-used cartomancy systems in the world, passed down through generations of readers who trusted it with the questions that mattered most: love, fate, money, change, and truth.

Unlike the 78-card Rider-Waite tarot deck, the Gipsy Tarot works with 36 concentrated archetypes — each one a single, striking symbol that speaks without ambiguity. The cards represent people you know, situations you are in, forces acting on your life, and the emotional undercurrents shaping every outcome. A spread of three or five Gipsy Tarot cards tells a story that feels more like a conversation than a prediction.

What makes this deck rare in the English-speaking world is also what makes it powerful: it has not been diluted by mass-market reimagining. The archetypes remain intact — the Lover, the Officer, the Jealousy, the Letter, the Misfortune, the Fortune, the Death — direct, ancient, and honest. Velora Tarot brings this tradition into the present with AI-generated readings that treat each card in the full context of your spread and your situation.

Browse the 36 cards below. Each card page includes the card's traditional meaning, its shadow and light aspects, and how it reads in the most common spreads — love, money, decisions, and yes/no questions.