What an Online Tarot Reading Costs

An online tarot reading costs from a few dollars to a few hundred, depending on length and format. Mine are $35, $65 or $125 for a recorded reading of 15, 30 or 60 minutes, and $40, $100 or $195 live over Zoom. The big psychic sites charge by the minute, mostly $2 to $7.

That is the short answer. The rest of this guide puts the numbers side by side: what I charge and why, what the per-minute platforms charge and what that comes to over a real reading, what Etsy sellers charge, and what a fair price should get you. Every figure about another business was checked in October 2026, and each one links to the page it came from.

What do my readings cost?

There are three ways to get a tarot reading from me, and each has a fixed price you see before you pay.

Recorded readings: $35 for 15 minutes, $65 for 30 minutes, $125 for 60 minutes. You send a question, I read it privately, and within three business days you get a private YouTube link to a video walkthrough plus a written synthesis. The length sets how long the walkthrough runs. The recorded readings page has the details.

Live readings over Zoom: $40 for 15 minutes, $100 for 30 minutes, $195 for 60 minutes. One on one, the cards come out while you watch, and a written synthesis follows by email. The live readings page covers scheduling.

TikTok LIVE readings: $1 for one card, $5 for three cards, $15 for a full spread. These happen during my LIVEs on TikTok, for viewers in the chat. They are quick and public, and they are not a stand-in for a private reading.

Ongoing readings, on a regular schedule, are priced by the cadence, so they start with an email rather than a checkout.

Nothing is billed by the minute. If you book 30 minutes, you pay for 30 minutes, and the price does not change because the question turned out to be complicated.

How does per-minute pricing work on the big platforms?

The large psychic sites (Keen, Kasamba, Purple Garden, Psychic Source and California Psychics) are marketplaces. Each reader sets a rate per minute, you connect by phone or chat (on some, by video), and a meter runs until the reading ends. Tarot is one category among many on all of them. Here is what their tarot listings showed when I checked:

• Keen: the 18 advisors on its tarot category page charged $1.99 to $6.99 a minute. New customers get 5 minutes for $1, once.
• Kasamba: the 40 tarot readers listed ran from $1.99 to $33.99 a minute. Most were under $10, and the middle of the list sat around $3.50. New customers get 3 free minutes with each of their first 3 readers.
• Purple Garden: the 40 tarot advisors listed ran from $1.99 to $5.99 a minute, with a welcome offer applied to the first reading.
• Psychic Source: regular rates start at $0.99 a minute, and the first page of its directory showed $4.99 to $12.99. New customers get a one-time introductory rate of as low as $1 a minute.
• California Psychics: its pricing page says its psychics range from $5 to $23 a minute. The introductory offer starts at $25 for up to 20 minutes.

Those are list prices on a given day. Readers change their rates, and the platforms change their offers, so check the reader's profile before you connect.

What does the per-minute math come to?

A per-minute rate looks small. A reading is not one minute long.

At $3.50 a minute, about the middle of Kasamba's tarot list, a 30-minute call is $105. At $4.99, the middle of Keen's tarot list and the low end of Psychic Source's first page, 30 minutes is about $150. At California Psychics' range of $5 to $23, a 30-minute call is $150 to $690. At the top of Kasamba's list, it is over $1,000.

Two things push the real cost up. First, the introductory offers are one-time. They are a fair way to try a reader, but the second call is at the full rate. Second, the meter runs while you explain your situation. On a phone or chat reading, the backstory and the question are part of the paid time.

For comparison, here is my pricing turned into per-minute figures. A 30-minute recorded reading at $65 works out to about $2.17 a minute of video. A 30-minute live reading at $100 is about $3.33 a minute. The comparison is not quite fair in either direction: the recorded minutes are the walkthrough, and the preparation behind it happens off the clock, while a platform minute is all conversation. But it gives you a sense of where a fixed-price reading sits.

What does a tarot reading cost on Etsy?

Etsy is the other big place to buy a reading online, and it works differently. Sellers list a reading at a fixed price, and most deliver it as a video or a written reading rather than a call.

When I checked, video tarot readings on Etsy ran from about $7 to about $83. Most of the short ones, one or two questions or 15 minutes of video, sat between about $10 and $25, and many were marked down from a higher list price. Longer readings with several questions, and live video calls, ran about $55 to $83.

That is cheaper than a per-minute platform for the same length, and a reasonable way to try a reader. My 15-minute recorded reading, at $35, costs about twice a typical 15-minute Etsy video. What that buys is in the next two sections: the preparation, and the written synthesis that comes with the video. Whatever you compare, compare the whole listing, not only the number: how long the video runs, how the question is handled, and when it arrives.

What drives the price of a reading?

Four things, mostly.

Time. Longer readings cost more everywhere, whether the price is per minute or per session. The question is whether the length matches the question. Fifteen minutes is right for one question looked at closely. Sixty is for several questions and the connections between them.

Preparation. A recorded reading is prepared before it is recorded. I read the question first, usually more than once, then lay out the spread privately and sit with it until I can see what the cards are doing together. Only then do I record the walkthrough, and the written synthesis comes last. None of that time shows up in the length of the video, but it is what you are paying for.

Delivery format. A live reading costs more than a recorded one of the same length because of real-time access. You can react to a card, tell me what it brings up, and the reading changes direction because of it. A recorded reading trades that for time and something you can replay. Neither is the budget option; they are different products. Recorded, Live, or Written: Which Reading to Book goes through the trade-offs.

The reader's experience. I am three years into this practice. Readers with a longer history and a bigger following often charge more, and that is a fair reason for a higher price. Experience is worth paying for, but it is not the only thing that makes a reading good, and a high rate is not proof of it.

What does a fair price buy?

A fair price is less about the number than about what is clear before you pay. For any reader, at any price, you should be able to see:

• The price, in full, up front. A fixed price, or a per-minute rate you can see before the meter starts.
• What you get and when. The length, the format and the turnaround, stated plainly.
• Who is reading. A named person with a history you can look at. Mine is on the about page.
• A reading made for your question. Not a template with your name added.
• Something to keep. With me, that is the written synthesis, for recorded and live readings alike.
• No promises about outcomes. I do not predict the future. A reading looks at what is worth paying attention to and what you might try, and you keep the choice.

A low price that lacks those things is not a bargain, and a high price does not supply them on its own. How to Choose an Online Tarot Reader covers the signs of a sound practice and the red flags in more depth.

How much should you spend?

Spend on the length the question needs, not the most you can afford. Most single questions fit in 15 or 30 minutes. If you are not sure what you are asking yet, the money is better spent after you have worked that out; Asking a Question the Cards Can Answer helps with that, and What a Recorded Tarot Reading Is, and Who It Is For explains the format I suggest starting with.

If you want a reading you can take in at your own pace and come back to, a recorded reading is the place to start. Every other question about booking is on the FAQ.