Show HN: An AI-powered tarot card reader that gives surprisingly deep readings

2 xiaoshumiao 0 8/20/2025, 3:25:44 AM randomtarotcard.org ↗
I've always been fascinated by the structure of tarot and the psychology behind why people find it meaningful. As an experiment, I built https://www.randomtarotcard.org/ai-tarot-reading to see if modern LLMs (I'm using a fine-tuned OpenAI model) could generate thoughtful, personalized tarot readings.

The tech stack is simple but effective: Next.js frontend, a serverless function to handle the AI API call, and a prompt engineering system that provides the AI with rich context on each card's symbolism (upright and reversed) before it generates the interpretation for the user's specific question.

It's completely free—this is just a fun side project. I'd love the HN community's feedback on a few things:

The quality of the interpretations. Do they feel generic or surprisingly insightful?

The user experience. Is it clear and engaging?

The ethical considerations of an "AI mystic." It's a strange new world.

You can try it here: https://www.randomtarotcard.org/ai-tarot-reading

The code is not open source, but I'm happy to answer any technical questions about the implementation!

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