Feelings in tarot: what are they feeling? A quiz
A shield around the heart, passion held in check, pride and resentment: learn which cards describe someone's feelings for you and test yourself.
- 5 questions
- ≈ 2 min
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How do tarot cards describe someone's feelings?
This quiz checks whether you can read the shades of feeling in a spread. The 'their feelings' position is one of the most common in relationship readings, and the answer is rarely a plain 'loves me' or 'loves me not'. You will choose the card that best describes a person's state, work through card pairs and separate fact from popular fears.
Feelings in tarot come in many forms. There is the warm, even tenderness of Temperance. There is attraction mixed with jealousy and fear of letting go, as in The Devil. There is passion held in check, as in Strength, and a heart behind a shield, as in the Two of Swords. Seeing these shades makes a reading more honest and more careful.
Why the suit hints at the kind of feeling
The suit is a quick guide. Wands tend to mean hot, impatient interest, Cups tenderness and emotional depth, Pentacles care shown through deeds rather than words. Swords are not a cold suit by default: under the Ace of Swords feelings come without games or pretence, with respect and a wish to truly understand you.
Neighbouring cards matter as well. The Moon beside the Nine of Swords deepens anxiety and doubt, while the Four of Swords suggests the warmth is there but the person needs quiet right now. A card describes a state for today, not a verdict for years, and feelings change just as people do.
How the quiz works
Each round draws five questions out of twelve with the options reshuffled. After every answer you see an explanation and a link to the card page. Answers are final, replays are unlimited, and Tayna keys go to your first flawless round. Tarot cannot see inside another person's head; it helps you ask yourself better questions.
All questions and answers
Open after you play: the full question set with right answers and explanations.
1. Which card shows a heart behind a shield, kept there to avoid a mistake?
Right answer: Two of Swords
The Two of Swords: the feelings exist but are hidden to avoid being vulnerable. The decision waits, and the heart stays guarded.
2. If The Moon falls in the feelings position, they feel nothing for you.
Right answer: Myth
Under The Moon the feelings are strong but hazy and anxious: hard to put into words and quick to turn into jealousy.
3. Which card is an almost irresistible pull, laced with jealousy and fear of letting go?
Right answer: The Devil
The Devil is vivid attraction with a shadow of jealousy and fear of loss. Yet the chains hold more loosely than they seem.
4. You ask about his feelings and draw the Four of Swords. What is the wise move?
Right answer: Give him quiet and time
The Four of Swords: the warmth is there, but tiredness mutes it, and right now quiet matters more than big emotions.
5. Which card shows someone drawn to you who feels they don't deserve warmth?
Right answer: Five of Pentacles
The Five of Pentacles: loneliness and insecurity inside. They are drawn to you but feel unworthy of the warmth.
6. Which suit in the feelings position most often means care shown through deeds?
Right answer: Pentacles
Pentacles love through action: the Queen of Pentacles cares through comfort, the Page and Knight through reliable deeds.
7. Which card is an even tenderness without storms, easy and calm together?
Right answer: Temperance
Temperance is a warm feeling without storms. Around you this person feels easy and calm, with no emotional swings.
8. Swords in the feelings position always mean indifference.
Right answer: Myth
The Ace of Swords, for one, shows feelings without games or pretence: respect, interest and a wish to understand you.
9. Which card shows strong desire that is expressed with care?
Right answer: Strength
Strength is warm passion under control: tenderness and strong attraction, expressed gently.
10. The Moon and the Nine of Swords fall in the feelings position. What dominates?
Right answer: Anxiety and insecurity
Both cards speak of worry: The Moon's feelings are hazy and uneasy, the Nine of Swords' are tinged with doubt and nerves.
11. Which card shows warmth for you blocked by hurt pride and stubbornness?
Right answer: Five of Swords
The Five of Swords: the feelings are there, but resentment and refusing to give in are stronger for now.
12. Which suit in the feelings position most often means passion and impatience?
Right answer: Wands
Wands are fire: the Knight's feelings are hot and impatient, the Queen's passionate, the Ace's a spark of interest.