Tarot
Tarot was a type of fortune-telling performed with a special deck of cards. Each card held a meaning. According to Donna Noble, the meaning of a fortune depicted by a card was changed depending on whether the card was presented to the viewer facing forwards or backwards. (PROSE: Legends of Camelot [+]Loading...["Legends of Camelot (novel)"])
Tarot's four suits were Cups, Swords, Pentacles, and Wands — although instead of Pentacles, some decks used Coins (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)"]) or Disks. (AUDIO: Sabbath Dei [+]Loading...["Sabbath Dei (audio story)"])
Cards in a Tarot deck included:
| Card | (Citation, by earliest occurrence) | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Death | (TV: Image of the Fendahl (episode two) [+]Loading...{"ep":"two","1":"Image of the Fendahl (TV story)"}) | Usually a skeleton holding a scythe and hourglass. (PROSE: White Darkness [+]Loading...{"page":"27","1":"White Darkness (novel)"}) |
| The Sun | N/A | |
| The Moon | N/A | |
| The Hanged Man | Signified someone who would cause trouble. (PROSE: White Darkness [+]Loading...{"page":"27","1":"White Darkness (novel)"}) | |
| The Devil | N/A | |
| The Tower | Usually depicted "struck by lightning". (TV: Image of the Fendahl (episode three) [+]Loading...{"ep":"three","1":"Image of the Fendahl (TV story)"}, PROSE: White Darkness [+]Loading...{"page":"27","1":"White Darkness (novel)"}, Invasion of the Cat-People [+]Loading...{"page":"60","1":"Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)"}) | |
| The Queen of Cups | (PROSE: White Darkness [+]Loading...["White Darkness (novel)"]) | N/A |
| The Fool | N/A | |
| The Four of Pentacles | (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)"]) | N/A |
| The Page of Pentacles | N/A | |
| The Ace of Wands | N/A | |
| The Page of Cups | N/A | |
| The Three of Cups | N/A | |
| The High Priestess | N/A | |
| The Knight of Swords | N/A | |
| The Six of Swords | N/A | |
| The Ace of Pentacles | N/A | |
| The Seven of Swords | N/A | |
| The Knight of Wands | N/A | |
| The Lovers | N/A | |
| The Emperor | N/A | |
| The Hierophant | (PROSE: The City of the Dead [+]Loading...["The City of the Dead (novel)"]) | N/A |
| The Hermit | N/A | |
| The Star | N/A | |
| The Magician | N/A | |
| The Eight of Wands | (AUDIO: Sabbath Dei [+]Loading...["Sabbath Dei (audio story)"]) | "Movement". (AUDIO: Sabbath Dei [+]Loading...["Sabbath Dei (audio story)"]) |
| The Two of Disks | N/A | |
| The Five of Wands | "Disaster". (AUDIO: Sabbath Dei [+]Loading...["Sabbath Dei (audio story)"]) | |
| The Eight of Swords | "Interference". (AUDIO: Sabbath Dei [+]Loading...["Sabbath Dei (audio story)"]) | |
| The King of Swords | N/A | |
| The Three of Wands | "Virtue". (AUDIO: Sabbath Dei [+]Loading...["Sabbath Dei (audio story)"]) | |
| The Ten of Cups | "Satisfaction". (AUDIO: Sabbath Dei [+]Loading...["Sabbath Dei (audio story)"]) | |
| The Knave of Cups | Sabbath Dei's favourite card. (AUDIO: Sabbath Dei [+]Loading...["Sabbath Dei (audio story)"]) | |
| The Ten of Swords | (PROSE: Legends of Camelot [+]Loading...["Legends of Camelot (novel)"]) | N/A |
Events[[edit] | [edit source]]
While in the Seventh Doctor's mind, Ace found a pack of tarot cards with images from the Doctor's life on them. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)"])
The Eighth Doctor was given a tarot reading of his past, the cards of which appeared to symbolise his incarnations. In order, he was shown The Hierophant, the Hermit, the Emperor, the Fool, the Star, the Moon, the Hanged Man, the Tower, and the Magician. (PROSE: The City of the Dead [+]Loading...["The City of the Dead (novel)"])
Sabbath and Eliza played a game of Vingt-un with a Tarot deck. (AUDIO: Sabbath Dei [+]Loading...["Sabbath Dei (audio story)"])
Ruth O'Neil once played Snap with tarot cards. (AUDIO: Night Thoughts [+]Loading...["Night Thoughts (audio story)"])
When Jack Harkness searched for the second resurrection gauntlet, a little girl who was reading tarot cards told him where to find it, later revealing the grim reaper/death card just as Jack was leaving. (TV: Dead Man Walking [+]Loading...["Dead Man Walking (TV story)"])
Jane once offered to read Frank's tarot. (PROSE: The Party in Room Four [+]Loading...["The Party in Room Four (short story)"])
Romana read the Eighth Doctor's fortune, but she used a regular deck of playing cards. (PROSE: The Little Book of Fate [+]Loading...["The Little Book of Fate (short story)"])
