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[2dye4neisha]

New Moon In Leo Tarot Spread/ Biddy Tarot

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[figandthewasp]

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[takethistoyourstardust]

me when i want to do tarot readings for people but i am nowhere near good enough to even think abt charging for it but i love reading ppl's fortunes and trying to interpret what the cards mean...

[tinylilvalery]

Succession 4.7 | Penny Dreadful 1.1

[galaxyofender]

i did see some people suggest tarot cards instead for the winners, and i want to give my two cents: martyn is the chariot

“The Chariot is a card of willpower, determination, and strength. You have discovered how to make decisions in alignment with your values with the Lovers card, and now you are taking action on those decisions. When The Chariot appears in a Tarot reading, take it as a sign of encouragement. You have set your objectives and are now channeling your inner power with a fierce dedication to bring them to fruition. When you apply discipline, commitment and willpower to achieve your goals, you will succeed.

Now isn’t the time to be passive in the hope that things will work out in your favor. Take focused action and stick to the course, no matter what challenges may come your way – because, believe me, there will be challenges. You may be pulled in opposite directions and find your strength and conviction tested. Others may try to block you, distract you, or drag down the pursuit of your goal. But The Chariot is an invitation to draw upon your willpower and home in on what’s essential to you, so you can push past the obstacles in your way.”

i did see a few people suggest the world for martyn, but it doesn’t quite fit, i believe? 

“When The World card appears in a Tarot reading, you are glowing with a sense of wholeness, achievement, fulfilment, and completion. A long-term project, period of study, relationship or career has come full circle, and you are now reveling in the sense of closure and accomplishment. This card could represent graduation, a marriage, the birth of a child, or achieving a long-held dream or aspiration. You have finally accomplished your goal or purpose. 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.”

while yes, i can see where some of y’all are coming from, i want to point out martyn and the fragments of himself, he Is Not whole and complete. also, to me personally, the world feels too peaceful for someone like martyn? 

[bjornkram]

This is honestly one of my favorite pieces I've ever done I'm glad it's going around again! 🤘🖤

Death XIII: The energy of this time is not just change or destruction; it is change or destruction followed by renewal. Even though one door may have closed, another is opening. Will you have the courage to step through?

[thetrashthatsmilesback]

What are Dan and Phil up to?

i saw @yonpote, @dnphobe, and @freckliedan do this so I wanted to do a reading myself.

The Empress: new opportunities, stability

the empress is interesting because @freckliedan also pulled it

King of Pentacles Reversed: I'm going to just quote biddytarot here "At times, the reversed King of Pentacles represents someone who is very stubborn and rigid in his approach. When this King shows up in a reading, look at your life. Are you feeling ‘stuck in a rut’? Has life become so predictable and routine that it is completely dull and lifeless? Being grounded is a good thing, but give yourself permission every now and then to break free and do something different. You don’t have to be so serious all of the time."

this feels VERY dan coded. it also follows the theme of change - the empress being that the opportunity for change is coming/here, and the king of pentacles reversed indicating that a change is needed.

Five of Cups: the five of cups indicates pessimism but, again, that a change is needed. that you are stuck where you are and that its making you unhappy or stagnated.

i'll admit that this isn't a very happy reading, BUT all three cards are tied to change in some way, whether it be that an opportunity is upcoming or that a change is needed. The empress has to do with fertility and motherhood - but more broadly that's building a family. stubbornness locking someone into a situation which is causing pessimism... sounds like dan and phil both decrying marriage and dan's "love isn't real" statements which he eventually backtracked on. this also could be about getting a dog. we know that they both want a dog, but dan has spoken about his fear of commitment holding him back from one. that would 100% be rigidity (specifically born from fear so its not anyone's fault) locking someone into an unfulfilling/unhappy situation. this could mean that what they desire is family, but what they are doing is holding them back. its interesting to note that the king of pentacles reversed also has to do with financials - and with their history of youtube stalking, we know that their job is part of why they have held back from certain actions.

Basically, i'm saying marriage hill or dog hill is real.

[rilin]

Hello obscure JoCo fans!

As promised in this post, I'll be sharing a couple WIPS for some of my Jonathan Coulton Tarot Card project! :D

I've currently got about 10 wips done of the 22 in the whole major arcana, so I'm pretty stoked about that!! I'll share a couple of them here for starters! (I also don't want to reveal the layout I've designed for the cards yet either as it's all still a WIP - I'm not a graphic designer at heart, so it's been a struggle, but I think it's more or less there! :O) Tarot meanings below are pulled from BiddyTarot! -------

The Fool UPRIGHT: Beginnings, innocence, spontaneity, a free spirit

REVERSED: Holding back, recklessness, risk-taking Song Choice: Wake Up (Solid State)

The image is referenced from the Solid State graphic novel and shows a view from the 'safe' zone, looking out onto the barren but free landscape. The album as a whole details a semi-hopeless future where technology and social media values have dominated, with both the two protagonists learning to break free in their own ways. The values of The Fool card definitely hold especially true to the protag in the song Wake Up - Future Bob has such a strong sense of innocent curiosity about what lies beyond the walls IMHO! -------

The Hermit UPRIGHT: Soul-searching, introspection, being alone, inner guidance

REVERSED: Isolation, loneliness, withdrawal Song Choice: I Crush Everything Now if ever there were a JoCo song choice about loneliness and withdrawl, it'd be about the poor Giant Squid. He desperately wants to touch and admire the boats that float above him but keeps destroying them, so he's learning to let go and hold back, even though it hurts. Poor guy! I tried to incorporate some of the classic lantern theming in the OG cards with the boat light and Mr Squids giant yellow eye too, as well as of course the moon, which seems to crop up in a good many tarot.

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Death

UPRIGHT: Endings, change, transformation, transition

REVERSED: Resistance to change, personal transformation, inner purging Song Choice: Blue Sunny Day Oh I can't tell you how much I love this song, tarot or no tarot, lol. I went through a GOOD number of choices for settling on BSD! (Spoilers, one was 'Still Alive' because it fit well and it was funny in an ironic way, but I ended up using that for a different card!) The themes fit so perfectly - the song is about a lonely vampire who is living in the past still, but ultimately the world ends up being too much for him and he has one final look at a beautiful blue sunny day... I also had a really strong visual idea in my head for it that I think I managed to get out okay in the WIP! It doesn't really include many of the OG tarot design motifs, but I find both the sun and moon to be heavily incorporated in a lot of em. ----- I'm looking forward to sharing more WIPs soon, and sharing my thoughts on my choices! :O

[windvexer]

hey not sure if this is okay to ask but i was wondering who i could even ask about something like this and you were the first person i thought of! i been using some oracle cards for years now and they are pretty intuitive and over the years we got to understand eachother pretty well to the point i understand what they mean with no problem. i decided to get a tarot deck is a very nice one (star spinner tarot) and it comes with a booklet with some information of each card but i feel like is not enough for me to grasp what they are trying to say? (also i never used reversed meanings with my other cards so thats a bit confusing) i was wondering if you have any advice for someone getting into tarot? i do have experience with like other cards, pendulums, even runes, etc. but i feel like the information that came with this one is very short and i cant understand them as well as my regular cards sorry if this is not an okay thing to ask!!

Hi, Anon.

Star Spinner tarot looks lovely!

You don't have to use reversals. I don't use them sometimes. It depends on my mood and how much I want to deal with.

For anyone getting into tarot, I would recommend starting your own notes and adding information from many different resources.

For most decks, lots online information is available for each card. BiddyTarot.com is a popular resource for more general card meanings. If you'd really like to study tarot, I highly recommend The Mystical Origins of the Tarot by Paul Huson.

As you study extended resources, contemplate meanings for a certain card as you look at the card. Consider not only popular contemporary meanings (BiddyTarot) and what your deck creator has to say (booklet with the cards), but also historical resources (Huson).

As you find meanings that resonate with you and stick out to you, add them to your notes.

Don't worry about trying to paint a complete picture of every card. Focus on the meanings that make sense to you. Most readers seem to find that their understandings of the cards are in flux and will always grow and evolve. So you're creating a starting point for where you're at right now, not the all-time ultimate meaning reference book.

Don't worry at all about trying to memorize the cards. Even professional readers you pay will still use their guidebooks and notes if they want to.

Common advice given to beginners is to start with only one-card draws and maybe do a 3-card spread if you're feeling bold, but this advice didn't work for me, and may not work for you either.

When I began reading I got so little information from each card that I had to do relatively large spreads just to get any information out of them.

It might help you to experiment with the number of cards drawn, and in what spreads you place them.

There are many exercises a person can do to try and connect with their cards more. Try forgetting the book meanings altogether and trying to craft story narratives based on what's happening in the pictures.

Another exercise that can be fun and helpful is to play with your deck while you watch a show. During the show, pull random cards and ask yourself how that card relates to what you're seeing on screen. You might want to pause and look at the book, but also look for other ways to connect:

The mood or atmosphere of the picture

The different characters on the card, what they're doing, and how they're acting

The location or setting of the card

The objects that can be found in the card

The goal of this TV show exercise is not to perform accurate readings on a TV show, but to stretch your mind and become comfortable relating the card to real world situations. As long as you can say, "this card matches because [...]," you have won the game.

Lastly, tarot is a relatively complex divinatory system with lots of moving parts and layers of meaning. It's normal for it to take a while to sink in - it's definitely not the easiest system to get into.

[whisperinglunarsea]

Mabon Tarot Spread 🍁

Credit: @biddytarot

#mabon #wheeloftheyear #autumn #fall #pagan #witch #tarot #tarotcards #oracle #divination #harvest

[hangedmanrui]

With just 2 days left to order the Revue Starlight Enactment Zine (order here!) and less than 10 orders left to unlocking the bgumi pin (which I also designed), I thought I would post my thought process behind the bookmark I made for the zine. It's long, so... more under the cut

starting with the arcana arcadia side - i wanted to try to depict the entire story so I split it up vertically into 6 parts.

act 1

pretty self explanatory - the magician summoning the devil, the hanged man saying he won't stop walking, high priestess being sent to hell

act 2 - is a depiction of these two moments in the screenshots

act 3

also self explanatory... the trial. hermit's eyes are closed, still in denial of the truth

act 4

this one i struggled with a bit initially - because conceptually they're also the wild pirates but Evolved in the "play part" of act 4, at first i wanted to include that, but i couldn't figure out a clear way to do so. the paper moon is aruru:

act 5

this was the easiest to come up with - i was just like OK. STAR WAR. (though i did mess around a lot with the directions they faced) the escape pod is taking star girl away from the battle.. the bottom 3 are cheering as they crash to their deaths. the effects on ai/hologram hikari were fun to do. it was inspired the most by this poster:

act 6

and so the girl arrives at her destination - the moon, a desert of bone and ash. where arcana go to die and be reborn. the fool sets off on his new journey, the world teaches the star of her identity, and the moon passes on her brilliance... ah... i can't put a succinct story screenshot in here. go read act 6.

I wanted to include some imagery from the star tarot card. here's a description of the jugs of water i just stole from biddytarot:

She pours the water out to nourish the earth and to continue the cycle of fertility, represented by the lush greenery around her. The other container pours the water onto dry land in five rivulets, representing the five senses.

instead of water, I wanted it to look like paper, like a long scroll overflowing from the jugs. and they're gold just to match the #aesthetic. the star, brimming with hope and brilliance, continues the cycle of death and rebirth by continuing to write stories. :)

now for the stage play side:

originally i just thought of this as the blue glitter side to include seiran - but then i was like what the heck, there are so many other stageplay characters and i want to draw them. but i think it's still representative of the plays as a whole because seiran were the school born on and for the stage exclusively.

i was thinking of the platform stages that you see in the anime, big round things. i didn't actually cross reference but that's how they were in my brain

the jhs are just jumping (diving) into this world of the stage (they did appear in delight first and foremost after all)

as follows from Diving, i was thinking of limitless when i drew this because i looove the lyric that goes "Limitless, into this strange phenomenon / The one who plunged in was me" and the whole underwater theme of seiran esp in the blue glitter manga. i considered replacing the three musketeers tagline with some form of that lyric, and playing with some underwater themes - but it proved to be too messy and difficult. but we still have this kind of jumping down feeling which is really one of my fav expressions in revue starlight

only the actors show their faces to the audience.. (on stage, everyone minus sakura the stage production stage girl)

guess who's in the audience! well i'm going to tell you. from left to right:

souda-sensei

layla (#3 growth)

namie (#3 growth)

kirin

saegusa chizuru (saikai eyes, movie) (grownup form)

saegusa ichika (saikai eyes) (student form)

yakumo-sensei

i think i wanted to have chizuru and ichika in these not necessarily linear ages because first of all it's the most recognizable, but also because you could say it's them in the point of their lives where they're the most invested in the stage. also I guess the teachers are not in the audience they're the . revue masters calling the curtains to open

anyway that's it, if you read this far, i'm sorry and thank you. please check out the zine and order if you're interested, there is so much cool stuff, and the proceeds go to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDs!

[7-pines]

Revolutionary Girl Utena Tarot Card Ideas

I cannot commit to drawing all these but I have been working out how I'd lay out the Major Arcana at least. While I'm confident in some cards, there's some where I'm not sure which visual symbols I want to use or how to capture the meaning of the card right. Feel free to reply/message me about these if you have better ideas.

Deck is Rider-Waite and meanings are cobbled together from BiddyTarot, Labrynithos, TVTropes Useful Notes, Wikipedia and me. I list these meanings, then describe the cards, and then describe how the meanings interact with the cards and whether or not they still fit. Once I feel satisfied/done with the card assignments, I'll probably just write out new suggested meanings for all of them.

A thing about Rider-Waite decks is that Strength and Justice are reversed compared to other decks. I'm tempted not to number these so that those cards can change places.

Anyways, the cards:

0. The Fool - Tenjou Utena (Prince)

upright: beginnings, innocence, free spirit, spontaneity reversed: recklessness, taking risks, naviety, inconsideration

She should be depicted in her school uniform at the beginning of the series, white rose in her breast pocket and bamboo sword and about to step (off?) onto the dueling arena and is looking above at the school's mirage. I am tempted for her to have short hair in this.

The show goes out of its way to call Utena the Fool. "Was that really such a good idea." This card is positioned as the protagonist that makes their way through all the challenges presented by the other 21 Major Arcana cards (21 duels). Both upright and reversed, this card describes Utena's personality as an innocent and naive young girl, reckless in the name of what she believes is right.

1. The Magician - Ohtori Akio (Dios/Apocalypse)

upright: manifestation, willpower, desire, creation reversed: manipulation, trickery, untapped talents, illusions

This should be the verison of Akio that's a prince, in the white suit with red cloak. Projected above him is the illusory school that reflects the real one below, and maybe sitting on the projector (should not be obvious that this is the projector, as much as like, the orb that also represents the world/egg). He is doing the "as above, so below" symbol that the magician is doing but with his hands reversed, and above his head should be a snake eating its own tail in the shape of an infinity sign like a halo, representing the dueling cycle. I'm not sure if he should be the version of Dios or the version of Apocalypse. It's possible to do both here with Dios reflecting Apocalypse but it might get too crowded.

Upright this card represents how Akio controls the world through his own desires. Reversed, this card represents the manipulation and illusions he employs.

2. The High Priestess - Himemiya Anthy (Rose Bride)

upright: intuition, subconscious/unconscious, internality, magic reversed: secrets, withdrawal and silence, repressed feelings

It shouldn't be obvious that Anthy's in her coffin, but there's a shadow over her that represents that. Her expression is neutral, doll-like and she is wearing the rose bride dress with the crown on her head. Chu-chu should be in this card, dressed as Akio, maybe eating/holding a pomegranate. She is in the rose garden that's flooding around her feet, with other roses and the moon reflected in that. Behind her is a red rose on the veil, and the shadows of A/B-ko are both going into the rose as they fight each other. In general, the colors and composition should reflect the Empress, so more purple in this one.

This card is a lot about secret power and manipulation. Reversed, it leans more into emotional repression and withdrawal.

3. The Empress - Kiryuu Nanami

upright: feminity, motherhood, nature, abundance, harmony reversed: dependence, smothering, lack, nosiness

Posed like the High Priestess, Nanami has a smug demeanor to her. Wherever Chu-chu was, should be replaced with a colorful egg. She should also be wearing a crown, and in the background should be the mountains as seen in the episode where she turned into a cow.

Nanami represents the queen in the way she has social power over her classmates from her proximity to her brother, the Emperor. She is literally the only person I could think of in this show that has a scene that one could describe as maternal (trying to raise the egg). Reversed, this card signifies dependence and lack, both things that characterize Nanami. She is dependent on her brother for power, and she lacks a true emotional connection with literally everyone (she thinks she has one with her brother but that's proven false). Maybe also including the cat whever Anthy has one of the duelists.

4. The Emperor - Kiryuu Touga

upright: masculinity, fatherhood, authority, control reversed: tyranny, rigidity, coldness, domination

This card should probably reflect the Devil more than the Magician, though Touga models himself after both in relationship to Utena. Touga should be wearing red and sitting on the chair as though he were dead, on the Student Council rooftop. He is carrying a sword in one hand and maybe he's holding a white envelope or telephone in the other one. On the table should be the recordings he made for the student council meetings. I feel like I should include the cabbage butterflies from the movie since they are a visual symbol associated with him. I don't know how to depict coldness other than the ways he destroys the relationship he has with Nanami and Saionji, so maybe the diary burning should be near him and he should be bleeding from the hand holding the sword.

Touga and Nanami reflect Akio and Anthy. All together, these four make a story about a kingdom where it looks like the power is in the hands of Touga and Nanami, but it's really Akio and Anthy that are influencing things as the Magician and High Priestess.

5. The Hierophant - The Shadow Play

upright: religion, conformity, traditions, morality reversed: personal beliefs, rebellion, subversiveness, freedom

This one is complicated. I don't feel like there's a particular religion that's believed in (especially not Christianity). I was debating putting the teacher here for her role in enforcing the school's norms, but she's pretty ineffectual in the face of Utena. The thing that's a much larger controlling force in the school is the Narrative. The story that says that one boy is the prince and all girls are the rose bride (except for the witch) and so forth. I feel like the Shadow Players are the most aware of the narrative and the story they're acting out. This card shows the different masks the girls wear, roles they act out, and the play they're putting on is the one they invite Utena to. I haven't figured out which props should be in the foreground but probably a crown, a sword and a monster mask/witch hat?

Upright, this card represents the narrative and social constructs that the world is expected to adhere to. Reversed, this card represents rebelling against those things and staying true to yourself.

6. The Lovers - Utena & Anthy

upright: love, harmony, duality, union, synthesis reversed: self-love, disharmony, imbalance, one-sidedness

This has to be Utena and Anthy having tea together, as equals, both of them with their hair long and down. Some canvases on easels in the background, referencing the scene in the movie where they perceive each other, and the implication that this is in the future or outside the school. There's tea on the table next to a plate of biscuits, but under the table, there should be two swords. I would love if I could make the swords only visible if the card is reversed, and it's not necessary for those to exist, because maybe the tea and biscuits are enough to call back the scene where they joke about poisoning each other. I want them to be holding hands across the table as well, and smiling, truly happy. Maybe car keys in the foreground, and a world stretching out around them in the back.

Upright, this is their relationship as equals. Reversed, this is their relationship as prince and bride and princess and witch, one-sided projections of the other, jealousy, and taking advantage of or minimizing the other.

7. The Chariot - Akio's Car

upright: control, willpower, success, direction/leadership reversed: self-discipline, opposition, lack of direction

This one's kinda obvious, what else is a chariot but Akio's car? Akio sits on the hood of the car, shirtless, as it speeds past the word "stop" written on the road, which is turning towards the left, this car is not trying to escape the school. I'm tempted to draw the car so large that Akio's face isn't really visible.

The additional meaning afforded to this card by the show is coerced sexuality. The word "Stop" should be reversed so it's easier to read from the driver's point of view and when the card is reversed, and I'm debating whether writing it in English or Japanese.

8. Strength - Shinohara Wakaba

upright: courage, bravery, compassion, gentleness, self-control reversed: inner strength, self-doubt, weakness, insecurity

Wakaba's a normal girl going through it and dealing with feeling inferior and the heartbreak from the guy she likes mocking her feelings for him. I'm really not sure what to include in this, maybe her in her dormitory with her kappa water dispenser and food she likes cooking, like one of the bento boxes she makes for Utena. The other symbol here is the carved wooden leaf and her love letters, but I'm not totally sure how I want to include these, maybe reversed or falling from something behind her. Also maybe actual onions for both her and the onion prince.

Upright, it's about the forms of strength besides just physical, besides the type that stands out and is special. Quiet and emotional strength and compassion. Reversed, it's insecurity about not being special or important.

9. The Hermit - Saionji Kyouichi

upright: wisdom, introspection, solitude, search for truth reversed: isolation, loneliness, withdrawal, lost

I don't really have a lot of Saionji thoughts. But, he is like Utena in that he also has no family and no one to rely on, except Wakaba and he sure does end up fucking that up in the end. He doesn't really have any inner knowledge but when he gets expelled, he doesn't go home and lives in the woods for a few weeks, I guess he grows a little in this time? Maybe? Anyways, that's this card. Him camping out in the woods, and wearing an apron and cooking eggs, I guess. He's also the first duelist to point out/realize that maybe the upside-down school is just a mirage.

Upright, this card is about having time alone and trying to figure out what you're doing. Reversed, this card is about not having anyone to rely on, being isolated and withdrawn.

10. Wheel of Fortune - The Duels

upright: good luck, cycles, destiny, change in fortune reversed: bad luck, resistance to change, breaking cycles

The cycle of duels is the only thing that makes sense to me here. All of the main duelists (Utena/Saionji/Miki/Juri/Nanami/Touga/Akio) pointed at a rose like the spokes of a wheel. Maybe also a light that points upwards, representing the power of Dios, or a light coming from Anthy to represent the hearts that these are coming from. Surrounding this is either the shape of the school or the shape of a coffin (the shape of the school is also the shape of a tomb), filled with roses of different colors.

I think something about this card is being complicit in the cycle you're stuck in. Upright means success within the system, and reversed is failure within the system, but there are reasons why succeeding in the system may perpetuate a terrible cycle and reasons why failing or rebelling against a system is a good thing.

11. Justice - Tenjou Utena (duelist)

upright: objectivity, fairness, truth, cause and effect, law reversed: unfairness, unaccountability, dishonesty

There's actually a version of this card drawn by the mangaka artist, Saitou Chiho, here in 1997. The other card here is Utena as the High Priestess, but I really think that should be Anthy. There's some stuff here about how Utena rides a black horse in the opening sequence and how (of the four horsemen) that rider is Famine who also carries a scale.

I think this card should be Utena in the pose that she uses when the spirit of Dios possesses her and there should be rose petals fallilng to the ground behind her, purple and/or red maybe because that's Akio that she's defeating but that's also Anthy.

Upright, this card is being the chivalrous and honorable prince, to revolutionize the unjust world. Reversed, this card is the way a prince never quite let the princess protect herself, and that you cannot revolutionize the world with the methods used to enforce control.

The really fun thing about Utena being Justice and Wakaba being Strength is that Rider-Waite decks actually have the order for these two reversed, compared to other decks (Strength is the 11th card, Justice is the 8th card) and this really neatly fits in with the last episode of the series.

12. The Hanged Man - Mikage Souji/Professor Nemuro

upright: surrender, sacrifice/matyrdom for knowledge, release reversed: stalling, resistance, indecision, needless sacrifice

Mikage should be upside down in his elevator, with a leaf framed on the wall next to him. He should be holding the candles, representing this belief that he sacrificed himself for Mamiya. The bottom of this card should be up in flames, and maybe a red outline around him like the other princes that died in the school in the past and were cremated. He has a black rose in his breast pocket and the black rose ring on his finger. He should be looking downwards, mirroring Utena's pose as the Fool. There should be a desk behind him, somewhat reminiscent of the table the Magician has, with the things that the other black rose duelists had on their school desks.

This card upright is about sacrifice for knowledge, sacrificing people for the sake of information or revenge. Reversed, this card is about nostalgia and fixation on the past, being unable to move forward. It's also about needless sacrifice, and the way everyone's memories of the Black Rose Duelists were totally lost after the arc.

13. Death - Tokiko Chida

upright: endings, change, transformation, metamorphosis reversed: resistance to change, stagnation, decay, inner purging

Tokiko should be upright, wearing all black and looking like an old woman. On the wall behind her should be a framed butterfly representing metamorphosis. It should be sunset, mirroring the flames that consume Mikage. I want to somehow represent that she's left flowers on Mamiya's grave and is moving forward with her life, maybe a coffin behind her with the stalks of floweres on it.

Tokiko is only figure that is able to change between the memories and now, and one of the first to escape. While Utena and Mikage mirror each other, Mikage sees Utena as Tokiko and able to enact change.

14. Temperance - Arisugawa Juri

upright: balance, moderation, patience, synthesis reversed: imbalance, excess, self-healing, extremes

Juri is casting off things, the broken locket falling into the water while the orange rose, torn from her breast pocket, falls onto the land. I was going to use Shiori as the Lovers so that I could cast Juri as the angel in both of these cards, but I think this also works out.

I think upright, it can work to be patience and reversed it can be repression or imbalance. Juri's patience in hoping that Shiori will understand her feelings without her saying them, which doesn't work out for her but sort of works for the card. And reversed, there's an imbalance and block that's keeping her from progressing.

15. The Devil - Ohtori Akio (Chairman)

upright: shadow, restriction, addiction, sexuality, material attachments reversed: release, freedom, detachment, restoring control

This card should be framed to be inside the observatory that keeps everyone trapped, with Akio standing above Utena and Anthy, who don't look at each other. Utena's dressed like a princess wearing earrings, Anthy is dressed like the Rose Bride and the night sky is projected above them, Venus directly above Akio.

He literally draws a line from the planet Venus to Lucifer to his own name and role in this story. Not a lot to really say about this one, it mirrors the Lovers and the way Akio uses sexuality and family and attachments to control people.

16. The Tower - The Observatory

upright: sudden upheaval, broken pride, chaos, revelation, disaster reversed: averting disaster, fear of change, fear of suffering

Feels self-explanatory. It's the tower, it's the birdcage, it's the garden, it's everything that's keeping Anthy trapped. The swords should be in the process of destroying it, with the silhouette of Utena getting hit by them.

This is the scene of destruction, Utena's broken dream of being a prince, understanding Anthy, and the reality of being a prince. This revolution is going to hurt. Reversed, it's about Akio's fear of the swords, of change, of destruction.

17. The Star - The Projector/Miracle

upright: hope, faith, purpose, renewal, spirituality, peace reversed: faithlessness, discouragement, disconnection

commentary: The star is the projector of the castle reversed. I think it should be front and center, and projecting the upside-down school and a constellation above it. It's the hope that people have to gain power and attain their dreams at the same time keeping everyone stuck within the system and used to discourage true freedom.

18. The Moon - Kaoru Miki and Kozue

upright: illusion, intuition, fear, subconscious/unconscious, true colors reversed: confusion, fear, misinterpretation, repression

commentary: I think this works best if I use both of the twins on this one. Miki represents illusion and the tame dog while Kozue represents true colors and the wild wolf. They should both be in the garden but Miki's resembles his memory while Kozue's side represents the current reality, while she looks up at the moon and between them is the pitcher of milk creating a river that divides-connects them.

Upright this card is about nostalgia and the illusions created by memory, thinking of Miki's perspective of the events. Reversed, this card is about hedonism and expression of true feelings, seeing Kozue's side of the same events.

19. The Sun - Tsuwabuki Mitsuru

upright: positivity, fun, warmth, success, celebration, reward reversed: inner-child, negativity, overly optimistic

commentary: A baby. I want the film to be projected above him, with the idea of being a prince just out of reach above him and maybe holding the bar of chocolate or the potted plant that he dropped on Nanami's head upside-down.

I think this ends up mirroring the Fool a bit, with naivety and impulsiveness. And nothing Tsuwabuki tries to do succeeds because he's a child. Maybe leaning more towards that, being a child and powerless.

20. Judgement - The Swords of Hatred

upright: judgement, rebirth, reflection, reckoning, awakening, absolution reversed: doubt, self loathing, ignoring the call

commentary: A circle off the swords pointed at a coffin filled with roses, mirroring the Wheel of Fortune. The roses in the center should either all be white or be rainbow overflowing from the coffin. This should be happening at the observatory.

21. The World - Himemiya Anthy (leaving)

upright: completion, fulfillment, accomplishment, travel reversed: short-cuts, delays, no closure

commentary: Himemiya is wearing her outfit from the end of the anime. The road she walks on fades into the wilderness.

[mysunshine-youremoonlight]

although the imagery would be so good with moon, w the meaning i dont think it fits ritsu that much.. maybe the tower could be a better fit thinking abt it but am not. sure <- half asleep rn

nodding nodding.

ok im actively Looking at tarot cards and i will do my best to assign them Sillies. btw im getting these meanings off of biddytarot but there are Many Many other interpretations so <3 u can also just do whatever u want forever im just goin off of what feels right to Me. also im biased towards my faves. peace nd love. im also just doing this in the order i read the descriptions so if characters fit multiple u may see them multiple times.

Fool - Subaru or Anzu (new beginnings, free spirit, spontaneity, w/ reversed meanings recklessness & risk-taking)

Magician - I could see Ibara? (Manifestation, resourcefulness, power. reversed = manipulation, untapped talents)

High Priestess - Natsume? Maybe Shu? Nagisa even? (Intuition, sacred knowledge, subconscious mind. reversed = secrets, withdrawal, silence)

Empress - Arashi <3 as you already said

Emperor - Eichi? Maybe Keito? (Authority, establishment, structure. reversed = domination, excessive control, inflexibility)

Hierophant - Tatsumi or Hiiro? Reversed would be Rinne tbh (Spiritual wisdom, religious beliefs, conformity, tradition. reversed = personal beliefs, freedom, challenging the status quo)

Lovers - Aira, Reversed Izumi (esp war era izu) (Love, harmony, relationships, choices. Reversed = Self-love, disharmony, imbalance, misalignment of values)

Chariot - Mao? Maybe Yuzuru? (Control, willpower, success, action, determination. Reversed = Self-discipline, opposition, lack of direction)

Strength - I could see Jun, Hiyori, or Mika maybe? (Strength, courage, persuasion, influence, compassion. Reversed = Inner strength, self-doubt, low energy, raw emotion)

Hermit - Mayoi? HiMERU maybe? Ritsu even? (Soul-searching, introspection, being alone, inner guidance. Reversed = Isolation, loneliness, withdrawal)

Wheel of Fortune/Fortune - TSUMUGI. (Good luck, karma, life cycles, destiny, a turning point. Reversed = Bad luck, resistance to change, breaking cycles)

Justice - Leo as u said <3 atho i feel leo can also fit strength tbh. justice has his Vibes tho

Hanged Man - Shu. I think. (Pause, surrender, letting go, new perspectives. Reversed = Delays, resistance, stalling, indecision)

Death - Rei... (Endings, change, transformation, transition. Reversed = Resistance to change, personal transformation, inner purging)

Temperance - Izumi? Tsukasa? (Balance, moderation, patience, purpose. Reversed = Imbalance, excess, self-healing, re-alignment)

The Devil - HiMERU? Ritsu? Idk tbh. (Shadow self, attachment, addiction, restriction, sexuality. Reversed = Releasing limiting beliefs, exploring dark thoughts, detachment)

The Tower - Hokke? Rinne? (Sudden change, upheaval, chaos, revelation, awakening. Reversed = Personal transformation, fear of change, averting disaster)

Star - Sora or Kohaku maybe? (Hope, faith, purpose, renewal, spirituality. Reversed = Lack of faith, despair, self-trust, disconnection)

Moon - ngl i still feel Ritsu esp ! era. also ! era Leo. HiMERU also tho. Maaaaybe Niki? (Illusion, fear, anxiety, subconscious, intuition. Reversed = Release of fear, repressed emotion, inner confusion)

Sun - Sora. Nazuna maybe? or Niki? (Positivity, fun, warmth, success vitality. Reversed = Inner child, feeling down, overly optimistic)

Judgement - Eichi? Shu? Madara even? (Judgement (who'd've guessed) rebirth, inner calling, absolution. Reversed = Self-doubt, inner critic, ignoring the call)

The World - Madara. maybe Natsume? (Completion, integration, accomplishment, travel. Reversed = Seeking personal closure, short-cuts, delays)

[mymarifae]

hey! hope you are doing well! i really liked your post analyzing the project sekai characters as the major and the minor arcana cards. i've been wanting to learn about tarot too, but i'm clueless about where to begin. where did you learn about it, if it's not too much trouble?

OH OMG i almost forgot about that post !! some of those placements could use a little revision... again... hmm...

anyway, i first started learning about it when i got my own deck ^^ it came with a booklet that went over the basic upright and reversed meanings, as well as offering some examples of the different kinds of spreads you can do while doing a reading. it was only the basics, but it was a good place to start getting a grasp on it without like getting overwhelmed by information. because there's a lot to learn! there's a lot of cards and they can all mean different things in different situations. so it's good to either start with a rough overview, or to study only a little bit at a time. 2 cards at once, at the very most

biddytarot and labyrinthos are good resources for learning more! and they both offer insight into the art and symbolism of each card. every deck is different, of course, but there are certain design motifs that are more or less guaranteed to be present no matter what. like, my deck is the tarot of pagan cats, and the art is SUPER different from the standard marseille and rider-waite-smith traditions, but i still learned a lot from these sorts of design analyses! really brought me closer to my deck :3

this site has lots of spreads! even if you're just wanting to learn about tarot and aren't particularly into getting your own deck and doing readings yourself, i think it's good to look at all the different kinds of spreads and questions tarot can be used to answer. it'll help you cement your knowledge after you finish studying the arcanas, y'know? because then you can sort of practice applying what you've learned. like asking yourself "oh, so if i did a celtic cross spread, how would i interpret [x] card in [x] position?"

andddd r/tarot has lots and lots of resources! if you need even more information, i'd look there :) there's even resources to help you pick out and purchase your own deck, if you're interested

have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kaiasky]

biddytarot patriot ALERT: ⚠️ the Woke-Left hand path is replacing pentacles with ""tentacles"" to appeal to changing demographics (newly uplifted cephalopods). ⚠️

[tarotapprentice]

Hi! Sorry, I don't fully understand the prediction for 7 in the US. It'll be a success or it will only expose Jungkook for other projects? Thank you

Hi, it depend what you define as successful. I see some obstacles/limitations but also opportunities. I think the six of wands is also a good indication of the song doing traditionally well. It is the card of success, victory and public recognition.

Let me use the description of this card to maybe help out:

"The Six of Wands depicts a man wearing a victory wreath around his head and riding a decorated white horse through a crowd of cheering people. His horse represents strength, purity and the successful progression of an adventure, and the group of people marks the public recognition for the man’s achievements. The rider holds an upright wand with a wreath tied to the top, further emphasising success and achievement. He is not afraid to show off to others what he has accomplished in his life so far and, even better, the surrounding crowd is delighted to cheer him along."

~Biddytarot