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Notes for tarot cards associated with my characters. Using the Marseille Tarots as reference. Scs of passages I want to keep in mind for eventual future writing

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Elaine: The Magician (I), The Moon (XVIII)

THE MAGICIAN

“La coscienza infelice rappresenta la coscienza in quella tappa del suo lungo percorso in cui, non sapendo ancora di essere tutta la realtà, vede se stessa come divisa in conflitti e differenze. L'unico modo per uscire da questa scissione è il riconoscimento di essere, appunto, la realtà nel suo insieme.”

Connecting with Consciousness as a way of becoming “immortal”, same old Cogito, Ergo Sum. It’s easy to label a girl blessed with an unnerving amount of self-awareness, self-consciousness, as “insane”, rather than think on her words and realize she’s speaking in extremely advanced philosophical terms. It delves right into Hegelian territory too. If we want to spice it up I definitely am linking this to La Coscienza di Zeno somehow, which would be interesting

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THE MOON

“The moon is connected to the circadian rhythm, water, tide, the monthly cycle, and the transition from life to death.”

Something something ancient (long since disproved) thing about how the moon cycle affects the psyche but how for a fact it DOES affect sleep cycles. something of the sort, but make it supernatural, and fun. Moon symbolizes madness after all, besides motherliness, and a connection with intuition

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Salice: The Devil (XV) or The Strength (XI)?

It’s funny because she made a deal with the devil haha ha ha. But also, it is the one that makes the most sense - although there are other cards who also fit her.

THE DEVIL

“This card contains hidden potentials in the subconscious, both positive and negative. This is also the card of temptation: is an order to search for hidden treasures, to seek immortality and powerful energy buried deep in the soul, essentials for great human efforts. Obviously, this card also represents a fraudulent contract in Fraust’s tradition, corruption, decadence on sexuality, childishness, falsehood, delirium, devotion, greed, and self-destructive bonds.“

So funny this mentioned Faust! That story really goes back, it all circles together. Although it makes sense as Faust was based on a real-life alchemist of the 13th century, and these cards were created from the 14th-century onwards. Very interesting stuff. It aligns with how I wanted to make Mephistopheles a blue devil rather than red, as blue is one of the two colors (along w red) he is often described as.

** extra notes on faustus & mephistopheles**

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“Each female minion’s foot has five fingers, while the male minion has only four fingers. This is the card that reveals the active side of women and the passive side of men, which are the two energies that combine to form a bisexual devil.”

Don’t need to comment this one do I

“In the depths of the depths, no one can live deeper than me. I am the source of every abyss. I am the one who brings life into dark spirits, who knows the point where dumb things revolve. I am the sticky plastic of everything that is trying desperately to be determined: the supreme power of magmatic stone; is the stench that accuses the hypocrisy of perfumes; is a rotten creature that gives birth to all flowers, which is the perversion of empty minds swamping in perfection”.

“And I am still here, trying to attach every second, this second follows another to retain the flow of time. Hell is like that: absolute love against holy work will fade away. He is an artist – invisible – unimaginable – shapeless – untouchable. And I, I am another artist: fixed, unchanging, dark, opaque, dense, a torch burning forever with immobile fire.“

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THE STRENGTH

“Strength teaches us that the essential poles are deeply embedded in our relationship with our animal nature, and we should not deny this part of us. This is also the reason why the six sharp black teeth of the animal can be seen again through the six red sharp points on her hat. The nature of wisdom listens to the animal’s roar, and the animal listens to the impact of the mind. This is the ideal of the Strength – La Force Tarot, a motivation in which the hands dance with the muzzle in a perfect form of communication of number 8, eternity.“

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Valya: The Justice (VIII), or The Star (XVII)

it’s really difficult to pinpoint what card could be associated with Valya. Especially since her philosophy and the point of her character is about discreet determination, the unwillingness to be noticed explicitly although she’d love for her efforts to be recognized, even if shes basically scared of everyone LOL

THE JUSTICE

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THE STAR

“The generous individual becomes a restless spring, giving and receiving in a purified movement. From a psychological perspective, we can say that the Star, while purifying the past, also purifies both the future and the surrounding environment. She gave everything to the surrounding and also for herself, without asking for a return. While expressing her actions, she is making the soil fertile and rich and cleansing the landscape, soil, sand, trees, and water.”

If the Star is pouring her water bottles into the past or into emptiness, we will need to ask the question, why does she waste her energy in this way, and does it imply any knot has not been removed?

The Star seems like a better candidate.

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Tisha: The Fool (0), or The Hanged Man (XII)

THE FOOL

The Fool’s keyword phrase is “All roads are mine”.

“Or, suppose in the simplistic sense that many Tarot analysts talk about him, he might even be a wandering madman whose aim is to destroy himself. If we choose the most favored interpretation, we will see the Fool as an individual that separated himself from complexities and assessments, who was not bound by any taboos because he gave up all of his needs. He is an enlightened being, a God, a giant who draws a source of immeasurable power from the flow of energy.“

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THE HANGED MAN

“We can see that starting with the Major card XI, all numbers are completing the process towards the original source of energy below the abyss of the subconscious. Hanged Man followed this attraction and headed to the abyss, and through his accumulated nature (no. 2), he expressed it with a complete postponement, he hung himself upside down, his hair was down to the deep roots of the matter.”

“Even his hand, symbolizing his ability to function flexibly, was also crossing behind him. He did nothing nor made any choices.“

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Phoebe: The Priestess (II)

“From a negative perspective, her pallor can be seen as a sympathy, a rigid rule, a virgin obsession that leads to castration, which is a taboo in life. As a woman, she can be a dangerous mother, who never wants her eggs to hatch and reign over it with her power.“

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Ida: Death (XIII)

Not a lot to say about her for certain yet. But I associate her with a deep, infinite mourning for something precious lost. But also the start of a new life, a new way to feel herself again.

“Those who cooperate with me will become powerful minds. Those who deny me, seek to flee in vain, will lose the pleasure in fleetingness. Although they exist, they do not know what to do. When being stuck in pain, they do not know how to live”.

“Do not be shaken, do not be afraid, let’s enjoy! Life, even though it is illusory and fleeting, still shows its greatest beauty at that moment. By giving me your gaze, you will understand that being alive is a miracle”.

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favorite season: summer: too hot, autumn: too cloudy, winter: too cold, spring: just alright and puts u in a good mood after a long time without sun favourite book: i read this really good comic book adaption of alice in wonderland by a french artist once but it didnt have a specific name so i couldnt find it again.. can i list my favourite fanfiction instead?

favourite flower:

a good boy good boy good boy go

favorite scent: i like how friends smell, like clothes and their dog and faint of what they had for dinner and you can get a bunch of them together and itll be stornger. comforting

favorite color: any purple, i like dark purple bright purple pinkish purple deep blue purple grayish purple bright purple. purple with other colours favorite animal: anything that can vore me ;)

coffee, tea, or hot cocoa: whatever im in the mood for? pls consider that these have different purposes. i like my cocoa cold though, so i can taste it. 

Average sleep hours: yea also eight hours. if i stay up late ill wake up eight hours later. if i go to bed early ill wake up early too. sometimes im so tired that i take a nap when i get home, and if i sleep two hours ill sleep six at night

cat or dog person: i dont really like animals uhh. cats and dogs seem equally good but dog owners irritate me daily so ill have to say cat here favourite fictional character: 

i guess i have a type huh

number of blankets you sleep with: i mean. this really depends on how cold it is. i always sleep in payamas though and i have several. i need to look stylish when i sleep? dream trip: seein those of my friends that live far away peace sign

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