Sakura
Posts : 168 Join date : 2013-08-09 Age : 30
| Subject: Vera Valentina Social Links Fri Aug 23, 2013 9:23 pm | |
| - Fool:
FoolThe Fool represents innocence, divine inspiration, madness, freedom, spontaneity, inexperience, chaos, and creativity.
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- Magician:
MagicianThe Magician Arcana is commonly associated with action, initiative, self-confidence, manipulation and power (more specifically, the power to harness one's talents.)
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- Priestess:
PriestessPortrayed as an old woman with a closed book, the Priestess Arcana is a symbol of hidden knowledge or other untapped power, wisdom, female mystery and magic.
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- Empress:
EmpressThe Empress represents prosperity, creativity, sexuality, abundance, fertility and comfort (most often in helping maintain peace around them like an ideal mother would.)
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- Emperor:
EmperorThe Emperor symbolizes the desire to control one's surroundings, and its appearance could suggest that one is trying too hard to achieve this, possibly causing trouble for others; some elements in life are just not controllable.
Social Link: Upper-classman Tsurinai Naito | Rank 1 | https://newarcana.forumotion.com/t705-kendo-fundraiser | Thoughts: "I was not expecting someone so mature to be at Kizuna Academy. He even said I was pretty. He's dangerous for all the right reasons-.. If I weren't so fickle- ugh. I'll have to keep an eye on him just incase."
- Hierophant:
HierophantThe Hierophant is a symbol of education, authority, conservatism, obedience to rules and relationship with the divine.
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- Lovers:
LoversThe Lovers Arcana initially represented two paths life could lead to, and thus a symbol of standing at a crossroad and needing to make a decision. Today, however, it is portrayed more of a symbol of love and romantic relationships, although it can also be a symbol of finding agreement with an ordinary friend or even two conflicting elements within.
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- Chariot:
ChariotThe Chariot Arcana is a symbol of victory, conquest, self-assertion, control, war and command.
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- Justice:
JusticePortrayed as a woman holding a sword and balance, the Justice Arcana symbolizes a strict allegory of justice, objectivity, rationality and analysis.
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- Hermit:
HermitPortrayed as an old man in a dark place or cave, holding up a lantern, the Hermit is associated with wisdom, introspection, solitude, retreat and philosophical searches.
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- Fortune:
FortunePortrayed as a wheel with different animals wearing wealthy and beggarly clothes up and down the wheel, the Fortune Arcana symbolizes Fate and varying luck, fortunes and opportunities. What goes up will go down, what goes down will go up. Bearers of the Fortune Arcana are often individuals who roll with life's punches and/or seize their own destiny, regardless of their surroundings.
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- Strength:
StrengthPortrayed as a young woman holding up a terrifying beast (more often a lion), the Strength Arcana symbolizes an imagery beyond the Beast And Beauty, and is associated with the morality about the stronger power of self-control, gentleness, courage and virtue over brute force. In tarot readings, it can also represent creative or physical energy that needs to be or is about to be unleashed, sometimes out of desire to be recognized.
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- Hanged Man:
Hanged ManThe Hanged Man Arcana is associated with self-sacrifice for the sake of enlightenment, the bindings that makes one free, paradoxes and hanging between heaven and earth. Hanged Man characters may be self-sacrificial, but are more often notable for being caught between two different extremes or parties.
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- Death:
DeathWhile it is associated with foreboding and of doom, Death Arcana also symbolizes the metamorphosis and deep change, regeneration and cycles
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- Devil:
DevilPortrayed as a hermaphrodite devil over two naked and chained figures, the negative aspect of the Devil Arcana represents the urge to do selfish, impulsive, violent things and be slave to ones' own impulse and feelings. Occasionally, it is also portrayed as a symbol of temptation. The positive aspect, however, represents a healthy bond or commitment.
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- Tower:
TowerPortrayed as a tower stricken by lightning, from which two small figures fall down; a straight Tower of Babel allegory about pride preceding the fall. The Tower Arcana is commonly associated to overly arrogant, prejudiced and authoritarian organization, which walk to their own ironic demise.
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- Star:
StarThe Star Arcana is also commonly associated hope, self-confidence, faith, altruism, luck, generosity, peace and joy.
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- Moon:
MoonPortrayed as two dogs howling at the Moon, around a pool with a lobster in it, with two towers in the background, the Moon Arcana is associated with creativity, inspiration, dreams, madness, illusions, fear, fantasy, the subconscious and trickery.
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- Sun:
SunPortrayed as two children holding hands under a blazing sun, The Sun symbolizes happiness, joy, energy, optimism, and accomplishment. Occasionally, it is also associated with one's initial happiness.
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- The World:
The WorldThe World Arcana is the second most powerful arcana. It often appears as the final triumph arcana, creating miracles and aiding players who have found their resolve. Portrayed as a young woman (or hermaphrodite, depending on deck) surrounded by figures of an angel, a bull, an eagle, and a lion (representations of the four elements in transcendent form, as well as the symbols of the four Evangelists Luke, Matthew, John, and Mark respectively), The World Arcana is a representation of the world's totality, the symbol of fulfillment, wholeness, and harmony. The World Arcana is commonly associated with Social Links, where its power is based upon the players bonds with others.
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