/v1/tarot/cards

Full 78-card deck. Filter by ?suit=Major Arcana|Wands|Cups|Pentacles|Swords or keyword search.

Request

All requests require an Authorization header with your dv_live_* API key.

example request

curl "https://api.lifeastroapi.com/v1/tarot/cards?" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Response (200 OK)

The real response to the example request above, generated from the API itself. Long arrays are trimmed to their first two items. Field names are stable across versions.

200 response

{
  "count": 78,
  "cards": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "name": "The Fool",
      "number": "0",
      "suit": "Major Arcana",
      "element": "Spirit",
      "archetype": "The soul at the threshold of a new journey, trusting the unknown",
      "keywords": [
        "beginnings",
        "innocence"
      ],
      "keywords_reversed": [
        "naivety",
        "recklessness"
      ],
      "meaning": "The Fool stands at the cliff's edge with a small pack and a white rose, about to step into the unknown. This is the card of pure potential — the moment before experience shapes identity. It asks you to trust the leap, to meet the new chapter without demanding guarantees. Somet…",
      "meaning_reversed": "The Fool reversed catches something that beginning recklessly would have cost. The energy of the new is present but the conditions for it are not. Pause before committing: not from fear, but from the wisdom that some thresholds require preparation. Look at what you are carryin…",
      "yes_no": "yes"
    },
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "The Magician",
      "number": "I",
      "suit": "Major Arcana",
      "element": "Spirit",
      "archetype": "Will directing the resources of all four elements toward manifestation",
      "keywords": [
        "willpower",
        "skill"
      ],
      "keywords_reversed": [
        "manipulation",
        "untapped talent"
      ],
      "meaning": "The Magician stands before a table laid with all four suits — wand, cup, pentacle, sword — one hand raised to heaven, one pointing to earth. The channel between inspiration and form is open. What you need is already available to you. The work is to direct it deliberately: to t…",
      "meaning_reversed": "The Magician reversed points to scattered energy or misdirected skill. The resources are present — the will, the tools, the knowledge — but they are not aligned. Something is being attempted with inadequate preparation, or a genuine gift is being used for ends beneath its capa…",
      "yes_no": "yes"
    }
  ]
}

Errors

Every error follows the same envelope. Use the error.code field (not the message) for conditional logic in your integration.

401 Unauthorized

{
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "message": "missing or invalid API key",
    "request_id": "req_01hqy7k8c3e7m1n"
  }
}

402 Payment Required

{
  "error": {
    "code": "trial_exhausted",
    "message": "your free trial credits are exhausted — pick a plan to continue",
    "top_up_url": "https://lifeastroapi.com/pricing",
    "request_id": "req_01hqy7k8c3e7m1n"
  }
}

429 Too Many Requests

{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limited",
    "message": "rate limit exceeded; retry after 12 seconds",
    "request_id": "req_01hqy7k8c3e7m1n"
  }
}

Try it

Get a dv_live_* key from your dashboard and paste into the cURL snippet above. New accounts get 1,500 free credits. Sign up.