hyalinee: (Default)
Hello, today we're going to discuss the tarot associations of the characters. Please bear in mind this is my own reading and interpretations; I am by no means an expert on it. You may disagree or have your own interpretations, I'm happy to discuss if you like. C:

I'll also be making some conjectures of the characters; again agree to disagree. It is merely my own interpretation and view of them.

Anyhow, this is going to be a work in progress as 22 cards and characters is a lot to go through. I will not be doing these in any particular order (or rather, the order is how much headache they give me), but I will hopefully have most, if not all of them done in a week or so.

Update Log:
25 Dec - Rustica, Cain, Owen added.
23 Dec - Shylock, Arthur, Chloe, Riquet added.
19 Dec - Oz, the Sage, Snow, White added.
10 Dec - Faust, Nero added.
4 Dec - Shino, Heath added.
29 Nov - Bradley, Mithra, Lennox, Figaro added.
26 Nov - Mitile, Rutile, Murr added.

Anyway, onwards.

I. The Magician - Mitile )


II. The High Priestess - Riquet )


III. The Empress - Shino )


IV. The Emperor - Arthur )


V. The Hierophant - Heathcliff )


VI. The Lovers - Chloe )


VII. The Chariot - Rutile )


VIII. Strength - Cain )


IX. The Hermit - Faust )


X. Wheel of Fortune - Lennox )


XI. Justice - Rustica )


XII. The Hanged Man - Nero )


XIII. Death - Bradley )


XIV. Temperance - Owen )


XV. The Devil - Shylock )


XVI. The Tower - Murr )


XVII. The Star - Mithra )


XVIII. The Moon - the Sage )


XIX. The Sun - Oz )


XX. Judgment - Figaro )


XXI. The World - Snow )


XXII. The Fool - White )

Further notes:

Much of the tarot here examines the reversed to upright journey the characters are going through in various degrees, and the depictions of the tarot have been very interesting and symbolic. Tarot has always dealt more with the unconscious realm, and is very much representative of a journey that you take in your growth. Each of the tarot have something to offer, much like each of the wizards do.

One of the things I’d like to offer up for further consideration is Rustica, Cain, and Owen. As the three cardinal virtues in the deck, all of them deal with strength of character and judgment of others in a way that none of the other Major Arcana do, nor are any of the Major Arcana quite tied together the way these three are. I think it’s interesting a combination that they are tied together, seeing how different all of them are. Beyond the tarot, there’s a number of interesting links between them on a lore level if you’d like to go do some reading about it.

Anywho, I hope this analysis overall has been an interesting read for you and has given you something to think about. Thank you for reading my rambly thoughts about this. (:
hyalinee: (Default)
Hello! This is primarily my own research and analysis, with some comparing to this JP user's analysis of the spells. This might not be entirely accurate, but hopefully gives you some idea to how I concluded what the spells mean, as well as my choice for romanising the spells the way I did.

EDIT: Made some updates based on this thread.

This is also still a work in progress, as I'm tweaking some of the spells (mainly Rutile, Chloe, and Lennox).

Anyways, please enjoy!


Changelog:
10 Jan 2021 - Added some additional information for Brad, Nero, Rustica, Shylock, updated Chloe and Lennox's spells



Western Country )

Northern Country )

Eastern Country )

Southern Country )

Central Country )

Other notes:
I leaned deeply on the assumption that the spells were in Latin, English, French, or one of the more well spoken languages in the world (Spanish, Portugese).