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| TAROT MAJOR ARCANA |
TARATIRI |
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| Title |
Waite-Smith Tarot |
LotR Tarot |
Title |
Image |
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| 0, Fool |
Youth with dog dances by a precipice |
Gollum |
0, SPIRIT |
The Flame of Anor |
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| I, Magician |
Magician at a table with magic symbols |
Gandalf |
1, KINDLER |
Gandalf as Servant of the Flame of Anor |
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| II, High Priestess |
Seated woman with the Book & Key of Wisdom |
Éowyn |
2, MISTRESS of MAGIC |
Galadriel, bearer of the Elven Ring Nenya |
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| III, Empress |
Seated woman |
Galadriel |
3, RIVER- DAUGHTER |
Goldberry |
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| IV, Emperor |
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Elrond |
4, ELDEST |
Master Bombadil |
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| V, Hierophant |
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Saruman |
5, LORE-GIVER |
Frodo learns the history of the One Ring & his role |
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| VI, Lovers |
Two lovers embrace |
Aragorn & Arwen |
6, GIFT |
Galadriel tests the Company with their true desires |
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| VII, Chariot |
A chariot is drawn by two beasts |
Théoden rides from the Hornburg |
7, COMMAND |
Frodo at the Ford of Bruinen |
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| VIII, Strength |
Young woman subdues a raging lion |
White Tree of Gondor |
8, TREE |
The Entmoot at Derndingle as the Onodrim awaken |
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| IX, Hermit |
Hermit figure with staff and lamp |
Bombadil |
9, PILGRIM |
Gandalf as the Grey Pilgrim |
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| X, Wheel of Fortune |
Wheel of Life, with creatures set about it |
The One Ring |
10, MIRROR |
Galadriel's Mirror reveals much |
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| XI, Justice |
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The Oathbreakers |
11, COUNSEL |
The Council of Master Elrond |
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| XII, Hanged Man |
Youth hangs upside down from tree |
Denethor sacrifices Faramir |
12, BRIDGE |
Gandalf faces the Balrog at the Bridge of Moria |
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| XIII, Death |
Death on horseback tramples figures |
Gandalf faces the Balrog |
13, GATE |
The West Gate of Moria |
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| XIV, Temperance |
Young woman pours water from ewers |
Gollum swears upon the Ring |
14, EVENSTAR |
Arwen Undomiel, Evenstar of the Elves |
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| XV, Devil |
Two figures chained beneath horned Devil |
Gríma Wormtongue |
15, CHAINS of GOLD |
The One Ring of Power |
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| XVI, Tower |
Lightning-struck tower |
Destruction of Isengard |
16, TOWER |
The destruction of Isengard |
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| XVII, Star |
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Galadriel bearing Nenya |
17, MOON |
Gandalf, impri- soned on Orthanc |
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| XVIII, Moon |
Two dogs bay beneath the moon |
Shagrat & Gorbag |
18, STAR |
The Star-philtre of Galadriel |
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| XIX, Sun |
A naked child rides bareback in a garden |
The Sun over the Shire |
19, SUN |
The new sapling of the White Tree |
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| XX, Judgement |
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Gandalf throws the Ring into Frodo's fire |
20, WORLD |
Arda: the World That Is |
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| XXI, World |
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Map of Arda |
21, THE WEST |
The Elves sail into the West |
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| No true Tarot equivalents |
22, SHADOW through 36, TREASURE |
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This table shows the titles and pictorial representations of the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot in the Waite-Smith and Lord of the Rings tarot decks. Also given are the corresponding Taratir archetypes as documented in the Tresco manuscript.
Note that the best correspondences are given by reversing the archetypes Star / Moon and World / Judgement.
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