Tarot Solitaire
Solitaire played with Tarot cards.
This game uses the minor arcana Tarot cards from Ace to Ten and the Pages, Queens and Kings. It is Played exactly as Klondike Solitaire, only using The suits Swords and Wands as Black, and Cups and Pentacles as Gold (Red in playing cards).
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Tarot Klondike
Klondike Solitaire is the classic card game you know and love! Here’s how to play:
Setup
Deal 7 piles of cards in a row. The first pile has 1 card, the second has 2 cards, and so on until the seventh pile with 7 cards.
Only the top card in each pile is face up; all others are face down.
The remaining cards form the stock pile.
Goal
Build up four foundation piles from Ace to King, sorted by suit.
Playing the Game
Move cards between piles to reveal face-down cards.
Build tableau piles in descending order and alternating colors (gold on black, black on gold). For example, a gold 6 can be placed on a black 7.
Only a King (with or without a sequence) can be moved to an empty tableau pile.
Using the Stock Pile
Draw cards from the stock one at a time (or three at a time depending on your rules) to help move cards to the tableau or foundations.
Winning
Move all cards to the foundation piles in the correct order.
Get your cards ready and shuffle that deck—the Tarot Klondike adventure awaits! 🃏✨
How to Play Solitaire with Tarot Cards:
Get your solitaire fix while exploring your Tarot Deck and familiarizing yourself with the cards! This Tarot solitaire game is a fun and unique twist on the classic card game Klondike. Using only the Minor Arcana cards from Ace to Ten, plus the Pages, Queens, and Kings, you can play solitaire using your Tarot cards.
Deck Setup:
Extract the Minor Arcana cards: Aces through Tens, Pages, Queens, and Kings from all four suits (Wands, Cups, Swords, Pentacles). This will give you a 52-card deck.
Layout the Cards:
Deal out seven piles in a row, similar to classic Solitaire:
The 1st pile has 1 card, face up.
The 2nd pile has 2 cards, only the top one face up.
Continue until the 7th pile with 7 cards, only the top card face up.
Place remaining cards in a pile face down.
Goal:
Build four suit foundations, starting with the Ace and going up to the King, following suit.
Game Play:
Draw 3 cards from the remaining deck and place them in a stack, face up. You can use these cards anytime you are stuck. You may draw 3 more anytime, placing them on top to use.
Move the cards around, placing them in descending order and alternating groups on the upright cards in the rows.
Cups and Pentacles are one group (Red - Hearts and Diamonds)
Swords and Wands are the other (Black - Clubs and Pentacles)
When you uncover an Ace, you may begin to build a foundation pile, starting with Aces and ending with Kings. If a row becomes empty, you can restart it using a King card.
Reveal face-down cards as you uncover them. Draw cards from the stock to help you free up cards to build foundations.
Winning:
When all four suits have their foundation stacks completed from Ace through King, you win! Not all games will end in a win. If youe become stuck and cannot move anymore cards, this is a loss, just try again!