About Solacely
Solacely offers free tarot, Lenormand and I Ching readings for reflection, with a library of card and hexagram meanings written in plain language and rooted in each tradition.
Wendy Zhang
Founder, Solacely
I started Solacely to make readings that stay true to each tradition and are written in plain language, so anyone can use the cards for honest reflection.
How the meanings are written
Every card and hexagram page is written for Solacely and reviewed against the tradition it comes from:
- Tarot follows the Rider-Waite-Smith deck and the Golden Dawn system it was built on, including each card’s astrological attribution. A. E. Waite’s Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1910) is the reference for the imagery.
- Lenormand follows the traditional meanings of the 36-card Petit Lenormand, with each card’s playing-card inset and its role as subject and as describing card.
- The I Ching shows the received Chinese text of the Zhouyi for every judgment, image and line, next to our own English rendering. Readings follow the classical commentaries and Zhu Xi’s rules for changing lines; James Legge’s 1882 translation is a reference.
The meanings are interpretations, written for reflection. Where traditions disagree, we follow the mainstream reading and say so.
How a reading is built
Decks are shuffled with your device’s cryptographic random number generator, and the cards you pick are the cards you get. Each card is then read from the library in its position and for your theme, and the spread is read as a whole: suits, numbers, Major Arcana, reversals and the story from first card to last. No one reads your question, and nothing is sent to us.
What Solacely is for
Solacely is a place to reflect. The cards offer a symbol and a question; the insight comes from how you relate them to your own life. For medical, mental health, legal or financial decisions, please talk to a qualified professional.
Contact
Corrections and questions are welcome: hi@solacely.org. The library was first published on November 15, 2026.