Tarot Name Generator

Tarot names come in a few distinct flavors, and the right one depends on what you are naming. A reader persona usually pairs a soft, old-fashioned given name with a surname that carries a little shadow or nature in it (Seraphina Vale, Isolde Marrow); the tradition runs from the Victorian parlor to the carnival tent, which is why Madame, Sister and Mystic still work as titles. Occultists of the early tarot revival used Latin pseudonyms like Etteilla (Alliette backwards) and Papus, so a reader who wants gravitas can follow them.

Card names follow the Major Arcana convention: a definite article plus a single archetype, The Lantern Keeper, The Threshold, The Hanged Fox. Good original Arcana name an image that can be drawn, not an abstract virtue, and they sound like they belong between The Hermit and The Tower. Minor Arcana names are rank plus suit, so renaming the suits (Lanterns, Thorns, Keys, Tides instead of Wands, Swords, Pentacles, Cups) is the fastest way to make a custom deck feel new.

Deck and business names lean on the same imagery, moths, salt, candles, keys, moons, but keep the word Tarot, Oracle or Readings visible so clients understand what they are looking at. Italian and French tarocchi vocabulary (Bateleur, Ruota, Trionfi) is mixed in for characters who live inside the cards.