#Major Arcane Tarot Cards

[ladydbzelle]

DBZ Tarot Series: The Fool (0)

Yes, I place Emperor Pilaf as the fool as he's a naive character who always put himself into trouble! xD

(1/22) Tarot Cards

Next one: The Magician (1)

[faint-taste-of-almonds]

The Arcane Major Arcana

Card 0 - The Fool

The Fool represents innocence, idealism, youth, and vulnerability. He is inexperienced in life and has not faced the major obstacles it has to offer. His potential is yet unlocked, and he is only beginning his journey.

Reversed, The Fool warns of recklessness, naïveté, and chaos.

[foxglovevibes]

A million other people have definitely taken note of this, but GOD just the absolute multitude of tarot/arcana references with Viktor's new season character design is fucking GENIUS-

Like he is just absolutely embodying the symbolism of the Hermit tarot (a card all about self-reflection, introspection and new directions-) in his appearance and his new demeanor, and even in how he is approaching his relationship with Jayce and their discoveries with Hextech/the Hexcore.

I genuinely can't wait to see where else they go with this direction in his character design-

[barretts-hoe]

Okay but a tarot deck with bands and artists.

The lovers would definitely be Paul and Lind McCartney you can't convince me otherwise.

[loll3]

✷ Major Arcana ~ ©Lolle (2024) 🗝️🌞🌜✨

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✧ yay! my #majorarcana series is finally complete!!! I honestly still cannot believe I’ve been finally able to illustrate these 22 tarot figures!! This actually is one of my biggest goals for so long!

It has been a really long and demanding process…I have to admit that I thought I couldn’t do it…and some figures have been decisively harder to draw than others! but I putted all of myself in this project, and after almost 4 months of hard work I’ve been finally able to complete it! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

Since I was in the preparatory phase, I had clearly in mind to give a really specific vibe to my “deck”…I mostly drawn inspiration from medieval fantasy/Arthurian Romance…so all of the 22 figures are actually based on that imaginary… I tried to incorporate these elements (like Arthurian characters, magical creatures and Medieval architecture) into the classical iconography of the Arcane…in order to create something unique, that would represent my vision of each figure in the best way!

I really hope to have been able to mix these elements in the most balanced way! 🤞🏻And I also hope you liked the whole project!! what’s your fav figure?? (mine definitely are : the Strength, the Wheel and the Death) 💀

👉🏻 my ultimate goal will be to be able to produce a real and proper Tarot deck to sell on my shop…unfortunately at the moment I don’t have the budget for that…and I also have to find a production partner!

meanwhile I’ll surely release these illustrations as art prints (maybe even a postcards set!) and I’ll use a selection of them for the incoming 2025 art Calendar! so…stay tuned! 🌿

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✧ media : sakura micron pens (different sizes) on mixed media paper 200gr + photoshop editing || ©please, don’t use/modify without permission • don’t repost without credits ♡

[character-tarot]

Strength represents inner strength, confidence, calm willpower, compassion, and inner peace. Reversed, it indicates fear, self-doubt, weakness, vulnerability, and lack of conviction.

[lucio-fem-husband]

foxy magician literally

[foxglovevibes]

I KNEW I WASN'T THE ONLY PERSON WHO SAW THE TAROT REFERENCES IN VIKTOR'S NEW DESIGNNNNN-

"The Hermit stands alone on the top of a mountain. The snow-capped range symbolizes his spiritual mastery, growth, and accomplishment. He has chosen this path of self-discovery and, as a result, has reached a heightened state of awareness."

[penbattles]

AHHHHH here it is!!! My full Arcane major arcana tarot set!!

This is the most extensive art project I've ever completed, so I hope you guys enjoy! Tumblr hates this big of a file so I'm putting close ups of all of the cards below. Let me know in the tags what your favorite card was, and though I don't have a print shop, message me if you're interested in buying a printing quality PNG of any card <3

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COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN!!

[faint-taste-of-almonds]

The Arcane Major Arcana

Card III - The Empress

The Empress represents abundance, creativity, and femininity. She is a boon to those in need of stability and positive results. Mutual love is often found under her purview.

Reversed, the Empress represents creative blocks, overdependence, and struggles in romantic relationships.

[reno-matagot]

XII - The hanged man • Air

XIII - The nameless Arcana • Earth

XIV - Temperance • Water

XV - The Devil • Fire

Just small associations that come to me!

And I find it nice this sequence because I had a hard time with The Hanged man and The Devil today - which is good because I saw my limits!

[foxglovevibes]

That first panel, along with how Viktor is depicted in the new season opening, really was what cemented my theory/idea that they're delving into tarot for Viktor's character design and direction this season. He is moving forward, detaching himself from what he thought he had wanted from his life, his research and is coming to new revelations and realisations that far remove him from everything he had needed in the past.

ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: 2x02 - “Watch It All Burn” ↳ "You need not suffer anymore."

[liv-hewsons]

Arcane as Major Arcana Tarot Cards (2/2) thanks to @natrose1

[janus-cadet]

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it! As a special treat, here is another taort card- from a new fandom, yes, yes, but... the last one of the Major Arcana !

Arcana. Ah. Arcane.

Yeah, this is some Jayvik. Here, as The World.

(explanations under the cut!)

Upright, first ! When The World card appears in a Tarot reading, you are glowing (literally, for them) with a sense of achievement, fulfilment, and completion. A long-term project, period of study (the hextech, perhaps?), or relationship has come full circle (from strangers, to partners, to whatever fluctuent situationship season 2 was, to soulmate on an astral plane), and you are now reveling in the sense of closure and accomplishment. Everything has come together, and you are in the right place, doing the right thing, achieving what you have envisioned. You feel whole and complete (with him)

Reversed, now.

The World Reversed suggests that you are seeking closure on a personal issue (POV, you're Jesus now, but you can't let go of one silly little blanket). You know, deep down, that to accept and embrace where you are now, you need to let go of the past and move on. Trying to leave the lab, for example. Or take a hammer to Jesus's face, who knows, no one would judge you, dear.

The World Reversed can signify that you want to fulfil a big goal or complete a big project (the great evolution ! come on! It's free!), but you’re not taking all the right steps to get there (you want to make people's life better? Good, but perhaps, maybe, don't start a cult, it's a very bad look). You may opt for the easiest or quickest path to attain your goal, but it won't lead to the outcome you intend. World domination, you know... Or, reaching the top of PIltover's society, and taking some *decisions* that sure are... things to think of...

And that's it for today! Trulyhope you enjoyed that- and who knows, maybe, a Jinx card could be expected before the end of the year....

[jadienjaystoriesandart]

Upright: Despite the fear tied to the card, the Star Upright is a good omen. The Stars sits alone in the darkness sky, yet acts as the brightest of all beacons in that darkness. Hope fills the one who views it. Shining around it to dispel the darkness. As the only source of light in the darkness, this is your chance. Seize it with both hands. Chase after the light to where it leads you in the darkness. She will offer back hope, ambition, and determination. Let her fill you with these things, and you will find in you endurance to face anything that the Dark can throw at you.

Reversed: The dim light ahead weakly shines, until the shadows around it slowly consume over it. Plunging the world into woeful despair and darkness. The Stars has lost her hope and with it her light faded with it. Leaving only darkness, crushing and endless in its wake. With no way forward, and no way out, despair follows shortly after. But do not give up weary traveler, for the shadows will surely consume you too. This is a warning, believe in yourself, now is the time to be your own Star. Face the dark with courage… or you will be over taken by it forever.

The Star - Manueala Dominguez

She will snuff them all out until only her creation is left on the firmament.

[mimir-anoshe]

I love that ARCANE is using the MAJOR ARCANA for symbolism.

Chefs kiss.

These are Sevika's tarot cards from season 1.

The Magician (upright) overlapping Death (upright).

Foreshadowing? Oh hell yeah. But its only now after S2 Episode 6 do I understand what they might actually be foreshadowing. People may have talked about this before, so I apologise if this is similar to anyone else's meta. These are all my own thoughts, I usually just watch arcane and don't dabble into the meta but this season has me feral and I just rewatched season 1.

SPOILERS for Arcane S1/S2 below.

I just want to prologue this post with a note about how I've noticed even from season 1 there are thematic parallels and linear symbolism being afforded between Jinx and Viktor. Others in the community have too I'm sure. Its strange. I thought it was interesting in S1 but didn't deep dive into it, but S2 has driven headfirst into it and its making me go "oh... oh ok." Even Viktor in S1 noted Jinx's genius, and in another timeline perhaps Powder would've been a student of Viktors had fate not set them on parallel paths. Two children of Zaun, both mechanical/scientific geniuses. One physically disabled whilst the other mentally disabled. One who "escaped" and was given a chance, rising to the top only to create something that would be used for harm. Fighting that fate at every step. Whilst the other trapped at the bottom of the barrel, forced to use her gifts to become a weapon herself. Such GOOD story writing.

So now let's think about the art of the cards, because in tarot, even the symbolism of the specific art is important. Its why an artists interpretation of a major/minor can be so crucial to a reading.

Here's a figure map I made earlier.

Lets begin with Death.

Thirteenth of the Major Arcana, a "significant transformation and the end of a phase in life." There is death and rebirth symbolism all over arcane, but let's take a closer look at the symbolism mirroring the art.

Figure 7&8 - The one who has "died" a skeleton/skull laid down and being "imbued" with something as something else is taken away.

See that the imbuing focuses on the "chest" area.

It's quick, but it flashes briefly when Viktor is being imbued with the Hexcore. He canonically dies "the skull" and is reborn with the Hexcore on an "altar"/table.

Same with Jinx. Canonically "dies" and is reborn laying on an "altar"/table using shimmer. Purple being used as the visual thread between shimmer and the arcane of the hex; a colour imagery representation of "magical" alchemical/arcane power turning them into something beyond human.

Singed and Jayce. Two hands of death, giving and taking life as if they were a God. One using shimmer, the other Hextech thats imbued with shimmer. Messing with the balance of life and death.

With Viktor, the energy is transferred straight into his chest, just like on the card.

So now we've established the parallels to the death tarot, lets look at The Magician.

The First of the Major Arcana, "the connection between the physical and spiritual worlds, and the ability to manifest one's desires."

Viktor is the Magician. No doubt. He connects the physical and spiritual world of the arcane, he brings people back from the brink of death, as he was. He manifests his desires through the use of the hex, the arcane. And the dude just looks like a mecha wizard.

Though if you want it to be even more obvious.

Figure 3 - The Third Arm/Third Hand.

The image below is "The Machine Herald" Hero from League of Legends. This is the hero Viktor is based upon.

He canonically has three arms, same as the Magician in the card. The Magician is Viktor, Viktor is the Magician. The Magician is the Machine Herald.

The Magician overtakes/overlaps death. But Viktor by episode 6 still doesn't quite resemble the machine herald from the games. There's no third arm... Yet. So the Magician in the card isn't Viktor from episodes 1-6, this is the machine herald who comes after the one killed in episode 6. Another Rebirth is set to happen for Viktor.

Figures 1 &2 - White mask. Red/pinkish eyes.

Hmmm... Red/pinkish eyes are associated with shimmer. And a white mask, of the machine herald? The mask of a messiah. That the hextech Viktor will most likely also be imbued with shimmer like Jinx, to become the true "machine herald." Messiahs of the hex, monsters of the shimmer.

Its also worth noting that both Jinx and Viktor are framed as messianic figures of Zaun in this season. One the fighter who will rally together the undercity and free Zaun from its oppression. The other a healer and a saint like figure who will free the Zaunites of their suffering and lead them into a better future.

Jinx wanting peace - represented by Isha - and Viktor's dream of peace and healing for Zaun - represented by a lot of things including healing Vander - are metaphorically and literally killed in episode 6. Funnily enough, one symbol of peace killing the other (Isha and Vander - Child and Father). After all, peace and violence are two sides of the same coin, as are Viktor and Jinx. Or should I say, two sides of the same cog...

Figure 4&6 - The Cog shaped Hole in the Magicians chest/The Cog Coin and Jinx's cog.

"I understand now. The message hidden within the pattern. The reason for our failures in the commune. The doctor was right. Its inescapable. Humanity. Our very essence. Our emotions... Rage. Compassion. Hate. Two sides of the same coin. Inextricably bound."

In episode 6, whilst Viktor is explaining to Vi about what it will take to heal Vander, Jinx is sceptical. She doesn't even believe in herself as a messiah, so this "hero"? This "saviour" coming along to solve their problems? To fix things? When all she can do is break everything around her, jinx her own family, destroy? She's scoffing at Viktor sure, but she's also scoffing at herself. Mirroring. People treat her like they treat him, so to believe in him as a saviour means she would have to look into the water of that well and face her own reflection. And Viktor sees right through it, the pretence, and he sees her potential.

Knowledge is a paradox. Jinx wants to stick with what she knows, to destroy instead of to build, to "Watch it all burn." Or ignore the plight of Zaun, so she can live peacefully with Isha. Jinx - Powder - is choosing to remain ignorant to what's right in front of her. Right up until the moment Isha dies.

In the scene earlier in the episode, Jinx accidently destroys a bit of the well, releasing a cog that falls into water. Cogs have been symbolic of Viktor healing people throughout this season, using cogs to "Build."

Powder was thrown into water just like that cog by Silco, and reborn as Jinx. But its not Silco that picks up this cog. Its Viktor. He holds the potential of his creation in his hand, and in paradox, holds Jinx's destruction. Viktor holds Jinx's potential. He's literally holding the two sides of Jinx/Powder in his hand, her - their - fate. Just like Jinx, Viktor has the equal capacity to destroy, and if he is reborn as a weapon later on, perhaps that cog represents Jinx being reborn too. As a creator. A builder.

He holds onto Jinx's cog all the way through the rest of the episode, balancing that potential, that fate, of creation and destruction in his hand. Right up until the moment he dies, and the coin/the cog falls, sealing their fate. His death causing the deaths of Isha and Vander too.

So we've established that the story is viewing cogs/coins in a similar light. We've also established the show is linking Viktor and Jinx through the symbology of the cog.

This is reiterated in the symbolism surrounding the Tarot cards. Around the cards are coins that take the shape of cogs, the currency of Zaun. Fate - coin flips - and cogs, gods and machines. Deus Ex Machina, that is what Viktor is to become, and Jinx creates destruction using machines. She's an inventor, just like Viktor and Jayce. A creator and a destroyer. A god of the machine.

So how does Figure 6 - the coin cogs - relate to Figure 4? The hole in the Magician's chest.

On the Tarot Card, the Magician has a circle in the middle of his chest. A hole. Just like the hole Jayce puts through Viktors chest at the end of Episode 6. The one that kills him.

But if you look closely at the image above, it might be a stretch, but to me, the striations on the inner ring look very similar to those of a cog. The hole is what kills Viktor. Cogs have been given visual symbolism for healing, and are also associated with Jinx's potential for creation. Its a stretch, but it could potentially be foreshadowing Jinx using her abilities to heal Viktor; to build instead of destroy. We've already seen Jinx do it once with Sevika, by "building" her a new arm.

I also find it interesting that we're shown Jinx using her talents to build someone a new arm, and Viktor - the machine herald - still has yet to acquire his third arm. Perhaps he doesn't make it. Perhaps Jinx does?

Maybe, just maybe, Jinx - Powder - is the one to fix Viktor, and flip the cog of fate once again.

Now in Episode 6 we already get foreshadowing that it'll be singe - not Jinx - who saves Viktor by imbuing him with the ultimate shimmer from Warwick/Vander - stabilising him. He says it in the episode, but Viktor refuses to sacrifice Vander in the name of creating the ultimate weapon of destruction.

"It would destroy him."

Viktor's potential for destruction goes hand in hand with Jinx's.

Its even foreshadowed in both the cards. The red/pink eyes of the machine herald foreshadowing shimmer. And the shadow being imbued into the chest of the dead skeleton (Viktor) looks an awful lot like Warwick; the beast that traps Vander.

So why am I talking about Jinx saving Viktor if I'm so certain its Singe? Well I'm certain Singe will bring Viktor back to life, to be used as a weapon. That seems like the most likely outcome.

But like Viktor was saying about Vander "He's not a specimen, he's a man." Viktor was doing everything in his power to save Vander's humanity. So yes Singe will bring the machine herald back most likely - even if I think it'd be thematically cool for it to be Jinx - but I think Jinx will save Viktor. Save the man, the humanity. Be the big fat hero.

Jinx was a girl imbued with Shimmer, and despite having monstrous abilities and doing monstrous things, her humanity has still survived.

I could be wrong, I most likely am, but the the thing that's getting to me is this...

Figure 5 - The Broken Infinity.

At the centre of Viktor's chest, in the middle of Jayce's death blow and Jinx's cog of creation & destruction, is a symbol.

Now a diagonal infinity symbol is associated with the Firelights. Ekko. The boy who shattered time.

Broken Infinity? Shattered time? Seems to go hand in hand.

Though Ekko's symbol is a whole infinity, more akin to a Z than an ongoing X.

There are plenty of theories Ekko will play a role in Viktor's fate and the fate of everyone by rewinding time somehow. And the multiple shots of the coin rolling support that to an extend. Rewind time, change fate, change the flip of the cog. And I agree, I think Ekko is going to have a role to play. But there's also another character who fits with this symbol, who uses shimmer to move faster than humanly possible and defy fate time and time again. Who is the fulcrum of fate in the eyes of the story, the catalyst of everything. And only one character who has solely been associated with a broken infinity symbol before.

Jinx. That's Jinx's symbol. Her champion tag.

Jinx's symbol, right at the centre of Viktors chest. And this line to Jinx from Viktor...

"You have much to offer this commune, Powder. Your talents could be used to build instead of destroy."

And the line from Singe, about Viktor's fate being tied to the commune. Viktor IS the commune, he's the centre of it all. The one who can make the dream of Zaun - Vander's dream - a reality. And that line foreshadowed Jinx using her talents to help the commune. To help Viktor.

Hell, she was technically the reason he "died" in the first place. She fired the rocket that nearly killed him. Wouldn't it be poetic story telling if she was the one who saved him in the end?

I can't wait for Saturday.

I believe whatever happens, Viktor and Jinx's fates are inextricably bound.