Pixelstuck Tarot Deck

This is the "canon" tarot deck created in the image of various pixelstuck members. The current deck corresponds to members who have claimed a card first, but there may be doubles or extras in the future.

## Gallery

* 0 The Fool
* I The Magician
* II The High Priestess
* III The Empress
* IV The Emperor
* V The Hierophant
* VI The Lovers
* VII The Chariot
* VIII Justice
* IX The Hermit
* X Wheel of Fortune
* 11XI Strength
* XII The Hanged Man
* XIII Death
* XIV Temperance
* XV The Devil
* XVII The Star
* XXI The World
* XVIII The Moon
* XIX The Sun
* XX The Judgement
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## Def's super deep commentary on the designs(^tm)

Note: I am taking inspiration primarily from the Rider-Waite tarot deck designs, which I will refer to as "traditional". My other major source is a czech printed deck done my Radleigh Valentine and Doreen Virtue, however, it also takes most design choices from Rider-Waite. For reading about the traditional cards and tarot reading more in-depth, check out this site!

### The Magician

Magician was the first designed card, it depicts Tyto Alba's personification - a bird figure in emerald green cloak. The bird's species is the Barn Owl. On the card, Tyto is raising his wings upwards, while dark green vines grow in the background. The Magician card symbolises bridging the gap between heaven and earth, which is represented by the rising wings and grounding vines. Magician also represents seeking of knowledge and the divine, cultivation of desires, aspiration, and the power of change, which (in my opinion) goes well with Tyto's aspect, Light.

On the traditional card, Magician stands in a garden made out of roses and lilly-of-the-valley. I didn't include the flowers themselves, but similliarly, the vines represent a garden and the element of Earth. The card should have all four elements on it, I directly included only Earth, and Air - as the spread wings. I'd like to think the Light symbol goes both for Fire (since it looks like the sun), and Water (element associated with Rose Lalonde), but it doesn't have to. Magician is also linked to Eternity and Ouroboros, but I didn't include those.

Last but not least, this card is associated with the planet Mercury, and therefore the zodiac signs Virgo/Gemini.

### The Empress

The Empress is Nan's card, Rider-Waite describes her as "a fruitful mother of thousands", which is very fitting considering Nan is the mother of pixelstuck. Empress represents nurturing, motherhood, but also the power over seasons, growth and nature, and dominion. She is wearing a crown with twelve stars, like the twelve months of a year that she commands, sitting (or standing, in my card) in a field of grain, which shows natural growth and fertility. Funnily enough, Empress also symbolizes knowing or believing one's heart, while Nan's aspect is Mind (the opposite aspect). More negative meanings of this card can be ignorance and doubt, while the "reversed" reading makes it into truth and unravelling of the problem - I like to thin Nan's opposite aspect "reverses" the card to this meaning, since it would fit with her classpect.

Historically, Empress holds a specter, which I've changed to a shardblade per Nan's request - a type of weapon from her favourite series, The Stormlight Archives. Sometimes she also holds a shield with the symbol of Holy Roman Empire, which goes well with her marriage to Snegovich hehe. The card can be also connected to romance, art, birth or business, and even "vacciliation" - I can't help but connect it with pitch romance ok. On my printed deck, the Empress is surrounded by animals, a fox among others, and Nan's fursona is a fox as well.

The Empress corresponds to the planet Venus and the zodiac sign Taurus.

### The Emperor

Sneg's card shows him sitting on a throne, similiarly to the traditional design. A detail I haven't included are ram skulls on the throne, which is a symbol of the god of war, Mars (or greek Ares). Mars was one of the most prominent roman gods, which fits Sneg rather well. Emperror traditionally sits on a "barren mountain", on my card, a barren throne and ground, which symbolizes unyielding power. This card, unsurprisingly, means absolute power over the world, domination and authority, but also protection, stability, greatness, wisdom and reason.

Ares, which this card is linked to, was often depicted naked in battle, as to show great courage and fearlessness. It is considered the "most masculine" card, probably due to this lol. Ares was usually sacrificed rams, which explains the ram skulls, but I didn't include them. Instead, Sneg is represented by his owl persona, specifically the Eagle Owl. Traditionally, he holds a scepter, but I went with a gladius instead, since a shortsword is also included in my printed deck. My deck also shows Emperor surrounded by curtains from either side, and I liked that imagery. Sneg's aspect is Hope.

The Emperor corresponds to the planet Mars and the zodiac sign Aires.

### The Lovers

Jakeyboy's card unsurprisingly represents love, attraction, beauty and relationships, but also important choices, difficult decisions, and lasting consequences to said decision. Old decks depict a couple receiving blessings from a cleric, or another higher authority, while Rider-Waite made it more biblical instead, showing Adam and Eve standing in the Garden of Eden (unfortunately naked). My deck is a mix of these two in a way, showing two lovers being blessed by archangel Rafael. The biblical design also added a tree of knowledge with forbidden fruit, which reinforces the symbolism of decision - losing innocence and gaining knowledge, or staying blissfully oblivious.

The two figures on the card are Jakey and his significant other, holding each a quadrant symbol. It can be taken as a symbol of relationship, but also offering or choosing a path in life. Traditional cards also include a serpent wrapped around the tree to show a bad influence, but I didn't want to include that meaning. Per jakey's request, it is snowing in the card, and is linked to the season of winter, which I take as an ending of the old year and beginning of a new one, like the choice you make ending the old state of things and entering new one. (I also didn't put any forbidden fruit there, since apples don¨t grow in winter.)

The Lovers correspond to the planet Mercury, and heavily symbollize the zodiac sign Gemini.

### The Hermit

Ccos' card represents wisdom and searching for truth, introspection and understanding one's own limits, and of course seclusion and isolation. This card is also symbolic for healing and recovery taking place over time. The Hermit takes time away from the world and it's distractions, focusing on the quest at hand. More negative meanings include depression, escapism, loneliness or being trapped inside your own ego. Traditionally, this card contains an old man or a cloacked figure, standing in a barren land, holding a lantern and/or a wooden stick. For ccos, the cloacked figure is Howard the Alien, wearing rags similar to the exiles from homestuck. He carries a light source, per ccos' request it's modeled after the Argent Accumulator from Doom 2016. The light represents wisdom for which he searched, and also a guide on his journey. Howard is surrounded by a barren void of the universe, to go with the barren land theme.

The Hermit corresponds to the planet Mercury and the zodiac sign Virgo.