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Post by NEHJ on Nov 4, 2012 7:55:31 GMT -5
It's almost Christmas and quite frankly, there is little you can do for your favourite Duplicity members without knowing them in real life, so myself and Jim have decided that as a present to everyone who has stuck with us, their characters will be immortalised as a card in a deck of tarot cards. Due to the amount of characters and the amount of cards needed, this Tarot deck is going to be made up of trump cards both true to tarot and not.
Unfortunately there is going to be a bit of a limit. You can enter as many of your own characters as you want, but you must claim them from their own accounts. It's first come first served, so if you're speedy, you're going to pick up the cards you want your characters to be portrayed as.
I'm not entirely sure how we're going to make the cards work yet, but it could be a bit of a group effort.
Now that the boring part is done, here's the list! More trumps may be added if the amount of characters overwhelms the amount of cards.
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The Fool / The Madman / The Magician / The Empress / The Emperor / The Hierophant / The Lovers/Love / Temperance / Strength / Justice / Wheel Of Fortune/Fortune / Chariot / The Hermit / The Hanged Man / Death / The Devil / The House Of The Devil/The Tower / Hope / Prudence / Faith / Charity / The Star / The Moon / The Sun / The World / Judgement / The Excuse.
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Because some of the trumps are a bit difficult to imply in character form, there may be some changes to the names. To make the deck more Duplicity-friendly, the horsemen or the sins could be added in order to fit characters better. If you have any suggestions on possible cards to add, just post or edit the board.
Thank you again guys! We hope you stick around!
Taken
The Magician - Sam. Judgement - Justice. The Hanged Man - Mr Fair. The Star - Rooke. The Devil - Blackburn. The Fool - Prince. The Hermit - Dr. Seville. The Empress - Corona.
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Post by rooke w. ashton; on Nov 4, 2012 19:18:36 GMT -5
Hey hey~ So, anyway. I'm here posting up the meaning of the Major Arcana according to this booklet I have with my Rider Waite Tarot Deck. You'll come to realize, when searching for the meanings of each card, especially on the net, a LOT of these cards have multiple meanings. Some even being completely different on what you had in mind for your character. No idea what's really true or accurate out there, but hopefully this would help you guys out a little more while you're searching.
1. The Magician: Skill, diplomacy, address, sickness, pain, loss, disaster, self-confidence, will, the Querent himself (if male). Reversed: Physician, Magus, mental illness, disgrace, disquiet.
2. The High Priestess: Secrets, mystery, the future as yet unrevealed, the woman who interests the Querent (if male); the Querent (if female) silence, tenacity, wisdom, science. Reversed: Passion, moral or physical ardor, conceit, surface knowledge.
3. The Empress: Fruitfulness, initiative, action, long days, clandestine, the unknown, difficulty, doubt, ignorance. Reversed: Light, truth, the unraveling of involved matters, public rejoice, also, according to another reading - vacillation.
4. The Emperor: Stability, power, aid, protection, a great person, conviction, reason. Reversed: Benevolence, compassion, credit, also confusion to enemies, obstruction, immaturity.
5. The Hierophant: Marriage alliance, captivity, servitude, mercy and goodness, inspiration, the man who the Querent has recourse. Reversed: Society, good understanding, concord, over-kindness, weakness.
6. The Lovers: Attraction, love, beauty, trials, overcome. Reversed: Failure, foolish designs.
7. The Chariot: Succor, providence, also war, triumph, presumption, vengeance, trouble. Reversed: Riot, quarrel, dispute, litigation, defeat.
8. Strength: Power, energy, action, courage, magnanimity. Reversed: Abuse of power, despotism, weakness, discord.
9. The Hermit: Prudence, also and especially treason, dissimulation, corruption, roguery. Reversed: Concealment, disguise, policy, fear, unreasoned caution.
10. Wheel of Fortune: Destiny, fortune, success, luck, felicity. Reversed: Increase, abundance, superfluity.
11. Justice: Equity, rightness, probity, executive. Reversed: Law in all departments, bigotry, bias, excessive severity.
12. The Hanged Man: Wisdom, trials, circumspection, discernment, sacrifice, intuition, divination, prophecy. Reversed: Selfishness, the crowd, body politic.
13. Death: End, mortality, destruction, corruption. Reversed: Inertia, sleep, lethargy, petrifaction, somnambulism.
14. Temperance: Economy, moderation, frugality, management, accommodation. Reversed: Things connected with churches, religions, sects, the priesthood, also unfortunate combinations, disunion, competing interests.
15. The Devil: Ravage, violence, force, vehemence, extraordinary efforts, fatality, that which is predestined but not for this reason evil. Reversed: Evil fatality, weakness, pettiness, blindness.
16. The Tower (aka most fucking depressing card ever): Misery, distress, ruin, indigence, adversity, calamity, disgrace, deception. Reversed: According to one account, the same in a lesser degree, also oppression, imprisonment, tyranny.
17. The Star: Loss, theft, privation, abandonment, although another reading suggests hope and bright prospects in the future. Reversed: Arrogance, impotence, haughtiness.
18. The Moon: Hidden enemies, danger, calumny, darkness, terror, deception, error. Reversed: Instability, inconstancy, silence, lesser degrees of deception and terror.
19. The Sun: Material happiness, fortunate marriage, contentment. Reversed: The same in a lesser sense.
20. The Last Judgement: Change of position, renewal, outcome. Reversed: Weakness, pusillanimity, simplicity, also deliberation, decision, sentence.
21. The World: Assured success, route, voyage, emigration, flight, change of place. Reversed: Inertia, fixity, stagnation, permanence.
0. The Fool: Folly, mania, extravagance, intoxication, delirium, frenzy, bewrayment. Reversed: Negligence, absence, distribution, carelessness, apathy, nullity, vanity.
Also, if you're wondering what the hell is the Querent. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Querent
And here are a few extra sites to look at for another opinion. Look for the Major Arcana cards though. www.tarotcarddefinitions.net/ www.tarotpedia.com/wiki/Trumps
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