Start with a card and a question for Eira
If you do not have a deck, open Eira’s tarot page and draw a card. You will see its name, a short meaning and an “Ask Eira” button. The button prepares a message that you can edit before sending.
Add a situation you know about first-hand. “I cannot decide whether to take a course” gives more context than “what will happen?”. You do not need names, birth dates or intimate details.
The daily card is randomly chosen from the 22 major arcana. Its short description is written in advance; the conversation with Eira uses AI. You can send up to 8 free messages a day, with no account.
How to prepare a tarot question for ChatGPT
If you have already drawn cards, write their names and the position each occupies in your spread. Say whether they are upright or reversed. This gives you a reading you can review without changing cards halfway through the conversation.
Ask for a short, concrete explanation. You do not need to ask it to “act as the best psychic” or demand certainty. OpenAI’s documentation recommends describing your goal, adding relevant context and refining the answer through follow-up questions.
Example to copy and adapt
I drew The Moon upright. I am considering a course, but I do not know much about the syllabus yet. Explain the card’s symbolism in plain language, relate it to what I have told you and finish with a question that could help me decide. Do not add facts about my situation.
For three cards, explain what each position means
A card reads differently as the situation, the difficulty or the advice. You can use those positions without treating the last one as a prediction. Replace the cards in this example with the ones you actually drew.
Example to copy and adapt
My question is what I need to restart an unfinished project. I drew The Magician as the situation, The Hanged Man as the difficulty and The Chariot as the advice, all upright. Discuss each position and suggest one small step I can take. Keep these cards if I ask a follow-up question.
What to check when you read the answer
“You feel unsure because you need more information about the course” follows from what you shared. “The teacher cannot be trusted” adds an accusation without evidence. A card cannot verify it.
If the reading is vague, ask for one concrete idea and the card it relates to. If it gives a date, describes someone else’s thoughts or claims something will happen, ask it to separate interpretation from facts.
Example to copy and adapt
Review your answer: which facts did I give you and what did you assume? Keep the card interpretation, but remove statements about facts we do not know.
What changes between Eira and ChatGPT
Eira brings cards, their meanings and conversation together on a website dedicated to tarot and astrology. ChatGPT is a general-purpose chat: in these examples, you supply the cards and explain how you want to read them.
You can copy and adapt the examples; there is no need to buy a prompt collection. If you use ChatGPT, check the conditions and limits shown in your account. Eira shows how many messages you have left before sending.
Eira is Arcana Chats’ AI guide, a product independent of ChatGPT.
What if your question is yes or no?
You might start with “should I take this course?” and then ask “what do I need to know before signing up?”. The second question gives you something to act on: checking the syllabus, schedule or price.
Eira’s yes or no tarot prepares a card and your question to discuss together. A reading may suggest doubts or conditions; it does not have to end with a definite yes or no. Use it for entertainment, not as evidence of what will happen.
Try yes or no tarot with Eira ↗Sources and context
Eira distinguishes documented history, traditional interpretation and editorial reading. Factual claims are accompanied by verifiable context.
- OpenAI — Prompting for ChatGPT
Guidance on context, output and follow-up questions. The tarot prompts in this guide are our own examples, not official prompts or results of a ChatGPT test.
- A. E. Waite — The Pictorial Key to the Tarot
A historical source for Rider–Waite–Smith card meanings. It documents an interpretive tradition, not evidence of prediction.