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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''Here is Belladonna, The Lady of the Rocks, The lady of situations.''
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''Which is blank, is something he carries on his back,''
''Which I am forbidden to see. I do not find''
''The Hanged Man. Fear death by water.''
|'''[[T. S. Eliot]]''', ''[[The Waste Land]]''}}
The Tarot [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"|(usually pronounced 'tare-oh')]] is a very popular motif in the [[Urban Fantasy]], [[Ontological Mystery]] and [[Horror Tropes]] genres. It can be used by references or as an item in the setting itself. And, of course, it can be merchandised for fun and profit.
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The Tarot borrows a lot of symbolism from most of the Western [[Hermetic Magic|hermeticism]] and mythology (decks prior to Rider-Waite were even typically based on Roman Catholic themes and symbolism), so expect crossover imagery.
See also [[Themed Tarot Deck]] for [[Real Life]] tarot decks modified, often with characters from fiction shoehorned into the different roles. See also [https://www.tarot.com/ Tarot.com] - it uses Universal Waite as default, but there are card variations for 98(!) decks.
'''The usual structure''':
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Finally, note that in an actual Tarot reading, the placement of a card in a reading will solidly define its meaning; it's important to remember that a single card alone is like a single word: it does not usually constitute a clear message.
For actual Tarot readings, accurate or not, see [[Tarot Troubles]].▼
▲For actual Tarot readings, accurate or not, see [[Tarot Troubles]].
{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' plays it so straight it is obviously Mashima's intention from the start. The ''Cards Magic'' Cana uses is formed of tarot cards, and the cards, combined or alone, produce attacks relating to their intended meaning.
* ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'' used a lot of Tarot symbolism, including to name each episode. Rather than using the traditional Rider-Waite Tarot, Hitomi's deck uses the Merlin Tarot (a tarot deck released in the late 1980's based on Arthurian mythology). The difference, however, is that Hitomi's cards are titled in [[Gratuitous Italian]], and the Minor Arcana cards have their titles changed to one of their associated keywords (for example, the "Warrior of Beasts" is renamed "[The] Ambition").
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* In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'', Celestial Being uses Tarot-based codenames for various things. The main character's Gundam, Exia is also known as The 7 of Swords (which isn't all that symbolic, considering it actually carries seven swords: four beam, two vibrating a [[Swiss Army Weapon]] with a blade the size of a bus) for instance.
** More straight example can be found in [[All There in the Manual|the side stories]] ''Gundam 00P'' and ''Gundam 00F'' feature prototype of Celestial Being's Gundams and each Gundam named after things associate with arcana. ''Gundam Astraea'' named after [[wikipedia:Astraea (mythology)|goddess Astraea]] of The Justice. ''Gundam Sadalsuud'' named after [[wikipedia:Sadalsuud|Sadalsuud]] of constellation Aquarius, associate with The Star. ''Gundam Abulhool'' named after sphinx in The Chariot. And finally, ''Gundam Plutone'' named after Pluto is either Death or Judgement.
** While [[Gundam Wing]] doesn't explicitly use tarot imagery, an offical tarot deck was released for the show, featuring characters and mobile suits. You can see it [https://web.archive.org/web/20140913224316/http://ryen.net/tarot/gundamwing/ here.]
* The third part of ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' has a group of characters that all have astral-projection based superpowers themed and named after the major arcana. After using up the tarot, later series opted for powers based on pop music songs from the '80s and '90s. Really.
** [[Memetic Mutation|'''ZA WARUDO!''']]
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* ''[[Trinity Blood]]'' had its own tarot deck released with the DVD box sets, with illustrations by the same artist who worked on the novels.
== [[Comic
* In Neil Gaiman's ''[[Books of Magic]]'' series, the main character visits the end of the universe and discovers that the last living entities are psychic after-echoes of people throughout history who have merged into the major arcana, with the explanation that the tarot cards were inspired by subconscious character archetypes that all people come from and eventually return to.
** Earlier on in the series, he gets a reading from Madame Xanadu, and the four cards drawn correspond to the four members of the [[Trenchcoat Brigade]] that are acting as his guides.
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* In ''[[The Secret History (comics)|The Secret History]]'', tarot cards are tools of immense power based on the immortal Archons' superpowered runestones. The Archons and those in the know—referred to as "players"—call tarot cards "blades."
* Fan made Tarots are occasionally created in fandoms. There are tarots for ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]], [[Harry Potter]]'' and ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''.▼
** There are some for ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' and ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', and also one in a multi-fandom RPG.▼
*** As well as [https://web.archive.org/web/20140913224316/http://ryen.net/tarot/gundamwing/ these official ones] from ''[[Gundam Wing]]''.
== [[Film]] -- Animated ==
* In ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', when Dr. Facilier reads Naveen and Lawrence's futures, no cards are named, but we clearly see The Fool, Three of Pentacles, and the Tower in Naveen's hand, while Lawrence is almost a replica of Ten of Wands - mirroring their situations in life perfectly. And it gets better. Naveen's hand also shows a card of himself between two lovely ladies, which resembles The Lovers. However, the number itself on the card is XV - the number of the Devil, symbolizing temptation and a need for self-control. Next the card flips into something with a IX on it, probably the Nine of Pentacles (physical independence from marrying a wealthy woman). [[Shown Their Work|It all works, and it's not a little delightful.]]
== [[Film]] -- Live Action ==▼
* One modern deck, often marketed as
▲== Film -- Live Action ==
▲* One modern deck, often marketed as the Tarot of the Witches, was actually designed for the [[James Bond]] film ''[[Live and Let Die (film)|Live and Let Die]]''. Early versions even had the 007 logo on the back, like in the film.
* The ''[[Star Wars]]'' movies feature tarot imagery. In ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'', Luke is constantly in Hanged Man poses - hanging in the cave, floating in the bacta tank, upside down on Dagobah, swinging from the vane beneath Cloud City. The motif is appropriate to Luke's spiritual transition from brash kid to wise Jedi and the sacrifice, of both his hand and his innocence, that accompanies that transition.
** Not to mention that Vader and Yoda are pretty clearly Death and Hermit archetypes. Yoda even waves one of Luke's penlights around in lieu of a lantern.
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* ''[[The Holy Mountain]]'': "The Tarot will teach you how to create a soul".
== [[Literature]] ==▼
▲== Literature ==
* Piers Anthony used a lot of Tarot Motif in his Constellation cycle. There were space ships that took the forms of the four suits.
** Tarot cards and their history are also the central theme of one of his early trilogies.
* Harry Potter used Tarot symbolism a couple of times, most obviously in a the chapter called "The Lightning-Struck Tower" in which {{spoiler|Dumbledore died}} and the Tarot divination seance done by Trelawney which Harry spied on. It's also arguable that Snape has been made intentionally in a Hanged Man figure with the image of his young self under the spell of Levicorpus - he certainly fits the meaning.
* Parodied with the ''[[Discworld]]'' Caroc deck, which includes cards such as The Importance Of Washing The Hands instead of Temperance. In ''[[
* One ''[[Wild Cards]]'' book features a variant with Rosa Loteria, an Ace whose powers depend on which card she draws out of a Mexican ''loteria'' deck.
* In Emma Bull's book ''[[Bone Dance]]'', Tarot itself plays a large role, and the chapters are set up like an actual Tarot reading.
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* Within the Gates of Ivory trilogy by Doris Egan, Theodora of Pyrene is hired by one of the aristocrats for her Tarot reading skill. It turns out that much of his business success is because his family possesses a magical deck which provides accurate (and immersive) predictions, but only works for one person at a time and it's chosen her.
* In [[Sandy Mitchell]]'s [[Ciaphas Cain]] novels, tarot is an analogue to poker, with [[Warhammer 40,000|40K]] imagery used for some of the major cards.
* In the [[Imperial Guard]] novel ''Cadian Blood'', the regiment's sanctioned psyker, having read the cards, boldly asks to speak with the [[Space Marine]] librarian about "the Emperor's Tarot". This conversation leads to a general warning. The card imagery is ''all'' ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]''.
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s ''[[Gaunt's Ghosts]]'' novel ''Blood Pact'', Daur at one point plays with cards to pass time; some of the imagery is ''[[Warhammer
** It would, incidentally, be difficult to get a deck that was consistent with all three novels without its being enormous.
* In Christie Golden's ''[[Ravenloft]]'' novel ''Vampire of the Mists'', Jander Sunstar has the cards read for him. Death appears—the reader tells him it doesn't necessarily mean death, but he thinks it does. The Tower appears and she likes that considerably less. Then the Sun and she thinks it good news and he does not like it at all. (You see, he's a vampire.)
* In the first [[Circle of Three]] book, the Three of Cups is integral to convincing Kate to stay friends with Annie and Cooper and pursue magical studies with them. The plot of the fourth novel revolves around Annie's new-found talent with the Tarot.
* In ''The Eagle Has Landed'', by Jack Higgins, the Nazi officers being sent to assassinate Winston Churchill are given a Tarot reading at one point. One draws death, and is told that it's possibly a good omen; when the commander's card is drawn, the psychic immediately puts it back in the deck without showing him and lies that it was strength (it was actually {{spoiler|the hanged man}}). Guess which one of them lives.
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* Lani Diane Rich's ''The Fortune Quilt'' repeatedly uses the phrase "Towered" as a reference to having one's entire life trashed and having to start over again. (It also features a psychic quilt designer.)
== [[Live
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': in "Restless", a tarot card which features hands is presented as Buffy's. Later it shows her friend. This fits with her being Manus in the "super slayer" spell
** Taken [[Up to Eleven]] with a WMG that each episode of Season 5 is a Tarot Card... and works!
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** Becomes [[Fridge Brilliance]] and a [[Call Forward]] in Season Three when it's revealed that {{spoiler|Alex is in Dead Copper Purgatory, created by Gene, the [[Psychopomp]] guardian who helps lost souls cross over, and ''does'' meet a tall, handsome Devil made flesh in Jim Keats, who may possibly be [[Satan]] himself}}.
* ''[[Bones]]'' has some Tarot imagery in it, most obviously in an episode that centers around a tarot reader. Overarching the entire show is a character named Temperance, and one of the central aspects of the show is her close professional relationship with someone who is very much her opposite.
* Some time in the
== [[Music]] ==
* Huntress has songs "Eight of Swords" (in the music video their vocalist even poses as the tested character on this card, with blindfold and all) and "The Tower" — both on the album ''Spell Eater'', and the former also as a single.
* The webseries ''Broken Saints'' engages in a creepily effective round of foreshadowing when the main characters avail themselves of a free tarot reading given by a creepy albino shopkeeper.▼
▲* Fan made Tarots are occasionally created in fandoms. There are tarots for [[Revolutionary Girl Utena]], [[Harry Potter]] and [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]].
▲** There are some for [[Dragonball Z]] and [[Sailor Moon]], and also one in a multi-fandom RPG.
* Parodied in the ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' flash Jibblies 2, in a scene with Strong Sad and Pom Pom.▼
* "I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died." - Steve Wright▼
* The music video for the Church's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWRK0Prfpv8&feature=related "Almost With You."]
* The figure with the lantern on the cover of ''[[Led Zeppelin]] IV'' is The Hermit.
== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ==
▲* "I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died." --
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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*** Mages are also able to learn how to use the Tarot to enhance their powers, essentially drawing a card and determining if it indicates that the spell they want to cast is fated to succeed (or fail).
* ''[[Kult]]'' has the Tarotica which is pretty much Tarot based on its cosmology. The minor arcana are changed to five suits. Skull (death), rose (passion), hourglass (time & space), eye (madness) and moon (dream).
* In the ''[[Nephilim]]
* ''
** After the "Arcana Force" archetype, there is now the "Magical" series, also based on the major arcana.
* ''[[
* Due to a licensing problem regarding SPECTRE, the ''James Bond 007'' RPG substituted the evil organization with TAROT. Which has a tarot card motif, naturally.
== [[Theater]] ==
* [[Cirque Du Soleil]]'s ''ZED'' is built around this, starting with the titular protagonist representing The Fool. Check out the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110224175009/http://www.zed.co.jp/about_show/characters_en.php character list] at the official website.
▲== [[Web Animation]] ==
* An entire act of ''[[Broken Saints]]'' is centered around a tarot card reading of Raimi by the [[Heroic Albino]] [[Fortune Teller]], Cielle. Sure enough, everything she reads {{spoiler|comes true. Surprise.}}▼
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The obscure Sega Saturn game ''Mansion of Hidden Souls'' used Tarot cards as a compass, in the sense that each room would be associated with a tarot card and when you used the deck in the blank-slated main hall, the card revealed would guide you to which room you had to go next (if you remembered which room had which card associated to it, that is).
* In ''[[Quest for Glory]] IV,'' you can visit a band of gypsies after you rescue one of them. The old woman will read your fortune periodically. The cards will vary depending on what point you are in the story as well as some minor tweaks based on which class you are. They added one card, the void - a pure black card that represents the [[Eldritch Abomination]]; it basically marks the end of reliable prediction and freaks the gypsy out severely that it keeps coming up.
** There were six other cards besides, each representing a piece of the [[Eldritch Abomination]]: bones, blood, breath, senses, heart, and essence. These only show up in the very last reading, when you learn {{spoiler|where to find the spell scrolls that allow you to summon the body parts of said Abomination.}}
* ''[[The Curse of Monkey Island]]'' has you encounter a gypsy woman who will read Guybrush's fortune five times. Each time the fortune consists of a single Death card. Guybrush asserts that the Death card is merely a representation of change, but the gypsy insists that in this case, it is not. You are going to die. {{spoiler|Which is true, as you fake your death shortly after that. Several times, although maybe not five.}}
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** Also, some of the bosses are hilariously off-kilter from their appropriate interpretation. For instance, Temperance is the [[Incredible Hulk]] crossbred with a morbidly obese frog, the Empress is a dual-chainsaw-wielding monstrosity, and Hierophant is basically an undead Sahaguin. Others, like the Tower (big scary Hydra), Wheel of Fate ("I shall destroy everything... and resurrect everything."), Emperor (created to [[Narm|"destroy and hate mankind" (with that exact wording)]] and [[Gaia's Vengeance|preserve the environment at ''all'' costs]],) and Star (astrokinetic humanoid whose purpose is to test the heroes' strength) are more akin to their namesakes.
*** Temperance makes sense in that [http://www.siliconera.com/2012/04/16/how-sega-created-bosses-for-the-house-of-the-dead-4/ he's supposed to be] the ''opposite'' if Temperance.
* [[Persona|The]] ''[[Persona 2|Persona]]'' [[Persona 3|series]] [[Persona 4|has]] [[Persona 5|this]] in droves. Every persona you can create belongs to one of the Major Arcana. The Minor Arcana appear in 2 and 3, the former as mutatable Personas, and the latter as after-battle bonuses (Sword gives you a weapon, Cup heals you, Wand increases your EXP, and Coin gives you money). Much of the third and fourth game is dedicated to improving your proficiencies in major arcana through social interactions with humans that, through personalities and life situations, represent one of the major arcana. Also in 4, the [[True Companions|main team]] summons their Personas by destroying their respective Tarot card.
** In the third and fourth game, all of your Personas get a boost from the "[[The Power of Friendship|Social Links]]" you develop over the course of the game. These Social Links are each tied to a major arcana, and in a case of [[Shown Their Work|Doing The Research]], the stories in these links always tie into the real meaning behind the cards. {{spoiler|Death is also used properly in both ''Persona 3'' and ''Persona 4''.}} It may not always be obvious that the stories properly reflect their arcana, but by the end you'll see it. This is jarring in Persona4's Moon Arcana, who is a [[Rich Bitch]] nothing like her card's meaning, {{spoiler|though it all ties into the created-facade of the Moon Arcana in the end, no worries}}. In ''Persona 5'' this is changed to "Confidants", but the mechanics are about the same.
** ''Persona 3'''s major boss battles also correspond to the Arcana and are arranged by number (until Death), and the Social Links correspond to an Arcana-based metaphor for life, "The Fool's Journey," which also shows up in the protagonist's allies and enemies, as well as in {{spoiler|the fourteen forms of the final boss}}. Also, each of the Arcana bosses represent each tarot in the ''reverse'' position.
*** In ''[[Persona 4]]'', the party's Shadows,
** Incidentally, the protagonist's associated arcana is The Fool, which is sometimes numbered zero, which can represent infinite potential, which is the protagonist's unique ability of the "Wild Card", as only he can use multiple personas.
** In the first three Persona games, ''[[Persona]]'' and ''[[Persona 2]]'' (Persona 2 was split into a duology), the Persona are manifested through cards symbolizing them. Most of them are from one of the major arcana, but a few are from the minor arcana. They don't take the tarot motif quite as far as Persona 3, though.
** ''[[Persona 4]]'' takes out the Minor Arcana, removes Aeon (which is Judgment in another form) and replaces Universe with World, which is the exact same thing, just in a different deck. This time, however, you can have Personas from all of the Arcana. For ''[[Updated Rerelease|The Golden]]'', Aeon is returned (as the Arcana of new character Marie), {{Spoiler|and adds the Joker as the Arcana for the Social Link with Adachi}}.
* Tarot cards are used as magic spells in ''[[Ogre Battle]]: March of the Black Queen''.
* ''[[Silent Hill]]'' contains this trope primarily in the third game, which also introduces a new Major Arcana card, the "Eye of Night". All of the Major Arcana, including the Eye of Night, are also used as page headers in the Book of Lost Memories.
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* ''[[Primal]]'' uses the Tarot motif in its four worlds. It never explicitly states this (except in the concept art gallery, which is laid out in the form of a deck). however, it is fairly obvious which worlds are which. Solum-Snow-Disks, Aquis-Water-Cups, Aetha-swords and knives and blades everywhere-Swords, Volca-Fire-Wands.
* The online text game ''[[Achaea|Achaea, Dreams of Divine Lands]]'' has a skill named Tarot which both Jesters and Occultists have. It allows them to inscribe blank cards with tarot symbols and actually use them as weapons; each card's use is based somewhat on the symbol inscribed. For example, Priestess restores health, Magician restores mana, Universe (a different translation of World) lets you move around the world quickly, Hanged Man lets you bind opponents with ropes, Hermit can return you to a room that no one is in, etc.
* The puzzle game of ''[[The Fool's Errand]]'' has the Fool working his way through a series of puzzles and minigames based on various tarot cards, complete with illustrations of the deck, a corresponding story, and a card game using the tarot deck. The author has released his game for [
* In ''[[Riviera: The Promised Land]]'', the Tarot card item is available. Whichever card that is played is determined by the character and has some connection with it either in terms of appearance or background, so dark-clothed, bat-winged, and [[Sinister Scythe|scythe-proficient]] Serene ends up playing The Devil.
* While tarot cards aren't items in ''[[Yggdra Union]]'', fan artist Akihito is working on a themed set of the Major Arcana. The set features Pamela as The Fool, Rosary as The Magician, Mistel as The High Priestess, Emelone as The Empress, Gulcasa as The Emperor, {{spoiler|Baldus}} as The Hierophant, Russell and Flone as The Lovers, Durant as The Chariot, Emilia as Strength, {{spoiler|Zilva}} as The Hermit, Luciana and Aegina as The Wheel of Fortune, Yggdra as Justice, {{spoiler|Gordon}} as The Hanged Man, Roswell as Death, Nietzsche as Temperance, Leon as The Devil, Elena as The Tower, Kylier as The Star, Milanor as The Moon, Cruz as The Sun, Marietta as Judgement, and {{spoiler|Nessiah}} as The World.
** A few cards haven't been finished yet, but those that are complete can be found [http://rpurasu.web.fc2.com/fanart/sting/yu21.html here].
* In the Japanese version of ''[[Xenogears]]'', the Gears used by [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Elly's squad]] are named after the suits of the Minor Arcana. Only Sword Knight and Wand Knight kept their names in the English version, with Shield Knight changed to Aegis Knight and Cup Knight changed to Claw Knight.
* In ''[[Mana Khemia]]'', Roxis fights using tarot-like cards, both as flung projectiles, stringing them together like a whip, and by channeling their power.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130515185530/http://www.atlus.com/baroque/ps2/ikei/index.htm The Meta-Beings] from ''[[Baroque (video game)|Baroque]]'' are based on each arcana with ''The Chariot'' change to ''The Tank'' and ''The Strength'' changed to ''The Power''. Only major aracana can be encounter for most of time, the minor arcana appear as boss and only by beaten them cause them to spawn in bonus dungeon.
* ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'' has the Cardians - magically animated soldiers used to defend Windurst, though a number of them have gone rogue. While the loyal Cardians use the standard suits from a deck of playing cards, rogue Cardians instead use the Minor Arcana suits. Also, considering that rogue Cardians may drop their namesake card when defeated, it is possible for a player to collect a full set of the Minor Arcana (though doing so is both time and inventory consuming, especially considering that the high rank cards are notorious monsters of frightening power.)
** Several of the Major Arcana cards are represented by the [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Taruit cards]] used in a sidequest in Jeuno.
* The 'Magic Pack' optional minor expansion in ''[[City of Heroes]]'' includes a special power allowing players to give other players a random, long-lasting Tarot themed buff. Not all of the Major Arcana are represented, but all of them use existing characters, objects and organisations in the game to represent the cards.
* ''[[Dragon Quest IV]]'' has Meena, a fortune-teller who can use a deck of Tarot cards in-battle for various effects. The only negative one, though, is The Fool, which results in a [[Total Party Kill]].
* ''[[Baten Kaitos]]: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean'' had the major arcana appear as a usable magnus. One magnus, received as the reward for completing the star map, would cycle between all 22. It makes sense seeing as how cards were the impetus for all battling in the game, anyway.
* ''[[Boktai|Lunar Knights]]'' has several Major Arcana cards as consumable items.
** Its spiritual predecessor, [[Boktai|Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django]], also featured them. There were also several Tarot cards needed to progress through the game.
* In ''[[Valkyrie Profile]]'', a particular dungeon's major puzzle is based around the various tarot cards.
* ''[[Ge.ne.sis
* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
* Tarot readings figure into small events in two [[Sierra]] FMV games, ''[[Gabriel Knight|The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery]]'' and ''[[Phantasmagoria]]''.
* Ditto in the game ''[[Fahrenheit (2005 video game)]]'', which actually features the reading as a [[Schrödinger's Gun]].
* In a popular mod for the fourth installation of the ''[[Civilization]]'' game series, ''Fall From Heaven II'', there is a funny on-the-side minigame, Somnium, which is played with a deck of 54 cards; 3-7 in ten suits (Angels, Devils, Pentacles, Staves, Suns, Moons, Towers, Dragons, Swords and Cups) as well as three "Fool" cards and a "Death" card. The objective of the game is to gather cards so that your set of highest-of-each-suit sum beats that of your opponent, and you and your opponent each takes one turn at a time at drawing cards; You turn one card at a time and can "bank" the cards at any time, but if you hit the "Death" card or turn up two of the same suit, all drawn cards are discarded. The "Fool" cards allow you to steal a card from the opponent.
** You can win a minor diplomacy bonus towards leaders by besting them in a tournament game, but will suffer a likewise relation penalty by losing such a game.
* ''[[Ib]]'' features only one tarot
* ''[[The Binding of Isaac]]'' games make heavy use of the tarot/playing cards. The four main collectables (Hearts, Coins, Bombs, and Keys) are mapped to the four suits, and the major arcana cards are all useable items with unique effects.
== [[Web Animation]] ==
▲* An entire act of ''[[Broken Saints]]'' is centered around a tarot card reading of Raimi by the [[Heroic Albino]] [[Fortune Teller]], Cielle. Sure enough, everything she reads
▲* The
▲* Parodied in the ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' flash Jibblies 2, in a scene with Strong Sad and Pom Pom.
==
* ''[[Not Quite Daily Comic]]'' repeatedly employs Tarot imagery, and has [http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?88 one] reading.
* Parodied in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', where [[Alternate Universe]] Gwynn uses "Tarot for Dummies." When she lays down three cards they say, in order, "Death" "Is Close" "Oh No!"
** [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20091206 Recently] the Sunday bonuses started showing the characters as cards. Though [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20100103 The Hanged "Man"] is given the standard interpretation of death.
* One of the muses in'' [[Girl Genius]]'' has this as her main means of communication. She is very accurate [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060426 but under-appreciated].
** Later on, as Tarvek is [[Flash Back|retelling]] his run-ins with Gil in Paris, we're shown Tarvek hanging from the ankle ''a la'' The Hanged Man.
** "High Priestess" pop up regularly, both [[In-Universe]] fiction and witness mentions. It's fitting. They are more and more transparently implied to be "orphaned" keepers of [[Brain Uploading|memory archives]]<ref>for one, Albia's current archivist Lady Astarte is called "High Caretaker of the Sacred Well" and her outfit clearly resembles that of a "High Priestess" depicted in Heterodyne stories</ref> of [[God-Emperor|Ancient God-Queen]]s, most of whom got killed around five thousand years ago. An unabridged, millennia-long log straight from the mind perpetually in a state as far above [[Mad Scientist|Sparks]] as active Sparks are about normal people (they are more stable, but they give "common" mad scientists opportunities to invoke [[Clarke's Third Law]]) is hell of a "hidden knowledge" indeed.
* In ''[[Housepets]]'' there's a psychic dog named Tarot. [http://www.housepetscomic.com/2010/01/06/the-real-culprit/ In one comic she clarifies the meaning of the death card.]
* The Midnight Crew from ''[[Homestuck]]'' seem to be based off of the four minor suits, in name and actions.
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*** The Trolls use playing card symbols for their various, complicated relationships, all of which are a form of romance: Hearts is "Matesprit" or romantic love (extreme pity from the troll's POV), diamonds is "Moirail" or friendship (one prevents the other from going over the [[Moral Event Horizon]]), clubs is "Auspistice" or mediator between two people, and spades is "Kismesis" or [[Foe Yay]].
*** The Kids at various times also have a card deck theme: As children Dave and John wore heart and spade shirts, respectively (this caused Karkat to believe John was his fated nemesis); Rose wears a [[Gritty Reboot]] of the Squiddie logo that looks like [[The Punisher]]'s shirt [[X Meets Y|crossed with]] a club (club = wands, and Rose is a magic-user), and Jade recently alchemized a Felt/Midnight Crew gun with a diamond on it.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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** An alarming number of real-world Tarot decks have begun including an optional Happy Squirrel card.
** Also a [[Couch Gag]] showing Tarot card versions of Homer (King of Cups), Marge (Queen of Cups), Bart (The Fool), Lisa (The Princess) and Maggie (Death).
* In ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
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