Can tarot predict pregnancy and fertility? The short answer, yes!
Here you’ll find out all the pregnancy tarot cards and what they mean for you. How to do specific fertility spreads, to get to the heart of what you need to know. Plus tarot for when you’re expecting a baby!
Tarot can serve as a powerful ally in your baby making journey from conception, to birth and beyond.
How to Ask Tarot About Pregnancy
An important part of tarot readings is how you ask the question. It’s tempting to ask yes or no questions like “Will I have a baby?” However the answer you’ll get is limiting. You might be overjoyed by a clear yes, then find yourself confused and impatient if it takes time. Or you may feel completely defeated by a no. In a way that’s heart breaking and unnecessary.
Questions that begin with, how, what, who, or why, will give you information that you can use! You’re the creator of your reality. So don’t feel like you have to take a no, or a yes as the absolute final answer.
If do you want a simple yes or no, make sure to read the section below. Because you’ll gain a clear understanding of what cards are linked to pregnancy and fertility. Then, go to this reference guide here for the yes or no meaning of every card in the deck. I get it, sometimes simple is needed.
Tarot Cards Associated With Pregnancy
The ultimate pregnancy tarot card is the Empress. She symbolizes fertility, motherhood and is the key sign of pregnancy in a tarot reading.
Learn more about the empress here.
The second strongest indicator of babies is the Sun! The Sun tarot card symbolizes children and is a clear sign that there will be babies in your future. In the Marseilles tarot deck the sun card shows two children, if you’re using that deck it can mean twins!
Learn about the sun tarot card in detail here.
Best Tarot Cards for Fertility
The best tarot card for fertility is again the Empress. She indicates a time of being highly fertile. If you pull this major arcana card in a fertility reading you might even get pregnant in your current cycle!
Drawing the Star tarot card is also a great sign for fertility. The symbolism of her pouring water directly relates to nurturing fertility. This card is about healing. If you’ve been struggling with getting pregnant, and you draw the star, take a deep exhale. Your reproductive system is coming into alignment. Your dreams of having a baby aren’t far from coming true.
The Ace of Cups is a card representing new beautiful beginnings. Drawing this card in a fertility reading suggests your mind, body and spirit are in alignment. You’re ready to bring a baby into the world. If you’ve gone through a tough journey to get to this point, the inner healing you’ve done is paying off! Now is the time to be open to the miracle of life.
Other Pregnancy Tarot Cards and their Meanings
Ace of Wands Fertility Meaning
The ace of wands is connected to the spark of conception! It is a strong sign of pregnancy happening soon. It can also show that the father is in an especially fertile or virile time.
Upside down this card can indicate low sperm count, or low fertility in the potential father. Often fertility focuses on the female partner, this is a time when the male’s reproductive health should be improved.
The World Tarot Card Fertility Meaning
The World signifies completion of a goal. So if you’re trying to get pregnant, it’s going to happen. That milestone of having a baby is on its way, finally.
Learn more about the world tarot card here.
The Fool Tarot Card Fertility Meaning
Pulling the Fool suggests an unplanned or surprise pregnancy. Trust that while it doesn’t align perfectly with your schedule, it’s the divine timing for this baby to come. Your pregnancy requires a leap of faith.
If you’ve been trying to conceive for a while, consider throwing out the ovulation calendars and scheduled romance. It’s too much pressure. Can you instead focus on enjoying your partner? Letting conception happen spontaneously in its own time.
Read this to understand the fool tarot card better.
The Ten of Cups Tarot Fertility Meaning
Drawing the Ten of Cups is always a great sign. This card shows having a beautiful family life and the fulfillment of your wishes. The children you long for are on their way. Your family will be tight-knit and full of love.
Queen of Cups Tarot Card Fertility Meaning
Drawing the Queen of Cups shows that you are ready for motherhood. You already have the nurturing energy and the right emotional state to bring a child into this world. If you have any doubt in your abilities of a mother, rest assured. You will do a wonderful job raising your future children.
Queen of Pentacles Tarot Fertility Meaning
The Queen of Pentacles is capable of balancing her home and work life in perfect harmony. She’s a great provider and readily meets the needs of her family with grace. This is a card that strongly indicates motherhood and a beautiful family life.
If you’ve drawn the Queen of Pentacles in reverse this shows that your work-life balance is off. It’s affecting your reproductive health. You’ll benefit from a break from work or some extra attention placed on your home life.
The Moon Fertility Meaning
The Moon speaks to subconscious, emotional and hidden aspects of fertility. It can show a pregnancy that comes after a long time of waiting or trying.
If you’re tired of waiting, look into your subconscious beliefs around childbearing. Is there some underlying feeling holding you back?
Tarot Pregnancy Combinations
Drawing any of the above cards together is a great sign for pregnancy. Other combinations to look out for include;
The Empress and the Emperor (representing the mother and the father energies)
The Sun and The Wheel of Fortune (a fated child coming during divine timing)
The Star and any of the Aces (showing a beautiful new beginning after healing)
The Four of Wands and The Three of Cups (show a celebration in your the home, a sign of pregnancy)
A Special Note About the Death Tarot Card and Fertility
If you’ve lost a baby before drawing the death card in a fertility reading is highly unsettling. The death card does not predict death. Miscarriage, or stillbirth is not how this card is interpreted.
Death signifies a profound transformation. It’s a change, so in certain contexts it can actually indicate pregnancy, as becoming a parent is a profound transformation.
There are some tarot readers who will predict pregnancy loss, this would never be shown by the death card alone.
Learn more about the meaning of the death tarot card here.
Pregnancy Loss & Tarot
As someone who’s had a miscarriage, then a child shortly after, I feel it’s not helpful to predict pregnancy loss. I spent my second pregnancy in a state of endless worry. “If I can just make it through the 1st trimester I know the baby will be okay”. Then To “Gosh I just hope it’s born alive.”
The fear and apprehension in the back of my mind lasted even through postpartum. Worrying about SIDS and all the random dangers I’d hear about online.
For that reason I give the side-eye to anyone that would predict pregnancy loss. Why put someone through that stress? If the prediction is right does it lessen the grief? No! Losing a baby is heartbreaking, and I’m truly sorry if you’ve experienced that loss.
For full transparency, in readings where miscarriage is predicted it’s multiple cards with heavy emotional themes drawn together. Context matters. No single card is meant to predict this loss.
Fertility Tarot Spread
Use this tarot spread to gain insight into what’s going on with you and your partner’s fertility.
- How is your fertility at this time?
- How is your partner’s fertility at this time?
- How can you improve your fertility together?
- What is negatively affecting your fertility together? (Or you can ask about a specific partner)
- Potential Outcome
Questions to Ask Tarot About Pregnancy
If you are pregnant there are many fun and interesting questions you can ask your tarot cards.
For example if you ask about your birth experience, the Ace of swords can mean a c-section birth.
If you already have a child, a popular question to ask is “how will my child respond to the new baby?” Understanding this can help make the transition as easy as possible for your family.
Here’s a list of questions to ask if you’re expecting!
“What will my new baby be like?” (energy, personality, who they’ll grow up to be)
“How will my birth experience be?”
“How can I best prepare to welcome my new baby?”
“What do I need to have the best birth story possible?”
“How will my partner be as a new parent?”
“What does my baby need right now in the womb?”
“How can I have the best pregnancy ever?”
“What will my baby teach me?”
“How will I change becoming a parent?”
When Will I Have a Baby Tarot Question
If you’re asking yourself “When will my baby be born” and can tarot predict it for you. The answer is maybe. Predicting timing with tarot can be terrifyingly accurate or vague and confusing.
The more fixated you are on something happening, (for example if you really want to have a baby and have been trying for a while) the more elusive the answer is. Knowing exactly when something is going to happen can trip you up. Taking you into your head and out of your body. Sometimes it’s better not to know, and your cards understand this.
I’ve created a reference guide for how to predict timing in tarot. Including the traditional timeline of every single card in your deck. Find it here, because it can give you clarity!
Can Tarot Predict Baby Gender?
Boy or girl tarot readings can be tricky. There are a few cards in the deck that scream boy or girl. There are many cards that are ambiguous and confusing.
So let’s take a look at some of the clear tarot cards for baby gender in the next section.
The rest, you’ll have to use your intuition to decide what gender the card means. Don’t automatically assume that because the character in the card is a certain gender then the baby’s gender will match. It’s not always that simple!
Say you draw the 6 of wands, a male character, in baby gender tarot reading. The 6 of wands indicates victory and success. This shows the baby will be the gender the asking parent truly desires. Not simply a boy because the 6 of wands is a boy.
What Tarot Cards Represent A Baby Boy?
The best tarot cards to show a baby boy are cards with high masculine energy. The Emperor, the Ace of Wands, the Knights and the Kings. Drawing any of these tarot cards is a clear sign that it’s a boy!
What Tarot Cards Represent A Baby Girl?
For a girl, the Empress, the High Priestess, the Queen’s, and the Nine of Pentacles are highly feminine. Making them clear signs of a baby girl.
Tarot spreads for expecting parents
Welcoming Your Baby Tarot Spread
A tarot spread to help you prepare for your little one’s arrival.
- What do you need to prepare first to feel ready for your baby?
- What do you need to learn to welcome your baby? (Classes, books, knowledge, personal development)
- What does your body and baby need most?
- What baby proofing or home changes do you need to make?
- What are you overlooking or forgetting?
Who Will Baby Be Spread?
A fun spread to learn about your baby before it arrives! Be creative when you interpret the cards and stretch your intuition past the traditional meanings.
Perfect for a baby shower or among friends. Take your answers lightly, remembering that your baby can be different than you expect! They’re their own little person after all.
- What will your baby’s temperament be like?
- Who will your baby connect with most?
- Who will your baby look like?
- What will your baby love?
- What will your baby hate?!
- What will soothe your baby?
- What will your baby dream of being or doing?
- What is your baby’s natural talent?
Want Help?
Sometimes the stress of asking the tarot cards about a topic you deeply care about is overwhelming. It makes the answers confusing and hard to understand. This is when it’s a good idea to put your questions in the hands of someone else. Because clear objective energy leads to clear answers. You can ask a friend to help you read the cards or get a professional reading from me. Learn more here. or contact me to book your reading now because it’ll help take the pressure off you and your body!
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Of course tarot is not meant to replace the advice of medical professionals. Instead, it should work alongside your health care plan.
Planning A Baby Shower?
Tarot readings are a fun activity for your upcoming baby shower. If you’re in the Vancouver area and want to give your guests a great experience, book me for your party! You can find out more about tarot reading for events on this page.
The Empress Tarot 