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So, how do you influence the Tarot cards to fight assassins who are no longer named after Tarot cards?
In short, you're going to need to create a description of the target assassin by combining the meanings of 3 cards.
Another complaint I received was basically a lack of knowledge of the Tarot. I had expected people to Google it, I expected wrong.
While Nem will definitely help you along the way by explaining each card's meaning, it would probably help to have a short-hand available for the major arcana. I'm not going to go into the minor arcana since that's lot of freaking cards, but Nem can help you with that as well.
Minor Arcana in a Nutshell
WANDS are communication, expression, creativity and the arts.
CUPS are emotions and artistry
PENTACLES/COINS are physical, material
SWORDS are intellect, violence, aggression.
And now... the Major Arcana
0 - The Fool
In the quest, this is one of the cards that represents Nem. In the original game that used Tarot cards, it was the potentially most powerful card and definitely the most versatile. In divination, it is the Blind Card -- some event or trigger that will start everything moving. Represented Iggi, one of the heroes in the JoJo anime.
1 - The Magician
Transformation, but with knowledge and learning preceding it. Represented Avdol, one of the heroes in the JoJo anime.
2 - The Priestess
Hidden, mysterious, or occult.
3 - The Empress
Represents woman and femininity
4 - The Emperor.
Represents man and masculinity. Represented Hol Horse's Stand, one of the lesser villains in the JoJo anime who actually lives through the thing.
5 - The Hierophant
Religion and order. Also Kakyoin's Stand, one of the heroes in the JoJo anime.
6 - The Lovers
Choice, often to do with relationships.
7 - The Chariot
A victory, but not always your victory. This is Polnareff's Stand in the JoJo anime and thus also represents Lilly, as she's in his place.
8 - Strength
This is one of those cards that's exactly what it says on the tin.
9 - The Hermit
Isolation (but necessarily loneliness), age, wisdom and sometimes a quest. Also Joseph's Stand, one of the heroes in the JoJo anime.
10 - The Wheel of Fortune
Can be interpreted as possible inversion of fortune, but also cycles of fortune.
11 - Justice
A complex card symbolizing anything legal and heavily dependent on the other cards drawn.
12 - The Hanged Man
Another complex card that indicates sacrifice. In one extreme it is suicide (needless sacrifice of self) to the other extreme of sacrifice for genuine spirituality or the good of all.
13 - Death
Again for this quest, it is Nem's other chief card and always means she is involved. It is change, but sometimes change does involve death.
14 - Temperance
Balance.
15 - The Devil
This is always a card of ill omen. Fear, seduction, addiction -- anything detrimental.
16 - The Tower
Another ill omen card. It's change, but chaotic, destructive, shit-hitting-the-fan change. It can also mean liberation, but it's the same sort of liberation one has after the bomb hits and civilization as you know it is gone.
17 - The Star
It can mean hope, travel, "Yes", and clarity as well as technology. It is also Jotaro's Stand, the hero of the anime. As Red is taking his place, it also is her card.
18 - The Moon
It can represent deceit, illusion, self-deceit, mystery, animal nature. It can also represent a persona or reflection.
19 - The Sun
Good times and success, innocence and joy. This is basically the 'always good' card.
20 - Judgement
Change, but with more focus on the rebirth or progress as compared to Death, which is more focused on ending of the old ways.
21 - The World
The world itself, often connection between the end of one cycle and beginning of another. It is also the Stand of DIO, the main antagonist and villain of the JoJo anime and consequently represents Freddy (FIO) in the Quest.
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