Pop Culture Tarot

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Hey all! I have an idea!

Dangerous, I know. But a few of us got to talking over on the Enter the Court: How to Read Tarot Court Cards (with an Elemental Cheat Chart!) thread about how it sometimes helps to put images that you can relate to images you know to help you find the meaning of them.

The lovely @katharina mentioned she used real movies and rock stars to help her find the meanings. And I admitted that I use Neville Longbottom as my Knight of Pentacles. And Scrooge will always represent the Four of Pentacles to me.

And now I want to do the entire tarot deck with pop culture references. Because I’m weird that way. Like Iron Man and Pepper Pots as the King and Queen of Wands. Batman is the King of Swords. Molly Weasley is the Queen of Pentacles. Athena Grant is the Queen of Cups to me. Not sure why exactly, but that’s who keeps popping up in my mind.

The Magician card is Constantine from the DC Universe. If you’ve seen him, you’ll know. And I don’t mean the Keanu version. Either Derek Hale or ET for the Moon. I’m tied there. I’ve got a three-way tie going for The Chariot. Either KITT, the TARDIS, or the Enterprise. I can make a case for all three.

Bob Ross for the Temperance card. Lucifer Morningstar from the comic/TV show Lucifer. Because he was made for that card! LOL!

And I don’t care if there’s one too many people, the witches from Practical Magic and their Midnight Margaritas remind me of the Three of Cups. Maybe Giles from Buffy for The Hermit. He always seemed to want to be alone and read.

But I thought it would be fun to get other people’s ideas on this, too! So I want to hear from y’all what real or fictional person or scene you think of with certain tarot cards. Does the Eight of Wands remind you of the Transporter beams from the Classic Enterprise? Is Harley Quinn or Deadpool your perfect fool? Should Baby from Supernatural be in the running for The Chariot?

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Image from Amazon’s The DC Tarot Deck and Guidebook

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Yes I love this, I use the Supernatural deck from the TV show. Ooh a deck with the characters from the show Grimm, Nick could be the fool, Juliet the devil, Reynard the magician, that would be an awesome deck. Nice idea :green_heart:

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Good idea! Who could Monroe be? I mean, he’s kinda The Hermit, living out on his own there. But I can also see the Hanged Man. He sacrificed a lot of his wolfy nature for wisdom.

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Fun idea - pop culture Tarot cards! I love it!

I don’t use Tarot so can’t offer anything from pop culture that would tie into each card’s personality.

But I love the pop culture reference idea and might cheerfully steal it from you for a Lenormand deck, instead.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard for the Man card.

Wednesday from the Addams Family for the Child card.

… well. The mind buzzes. :joy:

Good luck with your new deck!

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OOh! Picard can be the Emperor Card, sitting on his command throne!

And yes, I can see Wednesday and Pugsley playing for the Six of Cups. Any more wonderful ideas? For not knowing tarot, you’ve hit it out of the park!

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Just wanted to update y’all on some ideas I’ve had.

The Fool - Donkey from Shrek.

Strength - Catherine Chandler and Vincent from Beauty and the Beast on TV.

Death - Lucien LaCroix from Forever Knight.
The Tower - Godzilla

The Four of Wands - The wedding after party in Mamma Mia.

The Four of Swords - Sleeping Beauty from Disney.
The Four of Pentacles - Ebenezer Scrooge from The Christmas Carol.

The Four of Cups - Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh.

And for the Aces I’ve got -

The Ace of Wands - The Elder Wand from Harry Potter.

The Ace of Cups - The Holy Grail from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

The Ace of Pentacles - Scrooge McDuck’s Number One Dime from Ducktales.

The Ace of Swords - Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber from Return of the Jedi. Because the movies after that don’t count!

So I’m getting there! Some of my choices won’t fit others, because yeah, not many people have watched or remember Beauty and the Beast. Or if anyone here watched Forever Knight back in the day. But that’s the beauty of it! You figure it out for yourself and then, when you pull a card, it fits what YOU think of it, not me.

But yeah, just wanted to keep you updated!

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I had a copy of the poetry CD decades before I saw the TV show. Loved it. Anyone who hasn’t seen it is in for a treat!

I have faith in nights.

I’d call them the Lovers card.

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I was a teenager back then and I adored Vincent - and to this day I think Ron Perlman is one of the coolest actors. He also played Hellboy (I loved the movies) which is - just like Batman - the archetype of the anti-hero or dark hero: a troubled person, who battles inner darkness but still trys to do good for the world around them. Do we have someone like this in the tarot??

Oh, I totally can see this!! :laughing:

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I’ve got Gomez and Morticia Addams as the lovers card. Plus the whole, lady taming the lion thing was an image I liked.

Umm, King of Swords maybe. I think Hellboy is smart in his own areas. He wields that knowledge to protect others. I’ve put Batman as my King of Swords, at the very least.

An act of god with lightning! It fits! LOL!

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I’ve got the Major Arcana finished. Here it is!

00 - The Fool – Donkey from Shrek.

01 - The Magician – John Constantine from DC Comics.

02 – The High Priestess – Deanna Troi from Star Trek: TNG

03 – The Empress – Tara Maclay from Buffy: TVS

04 – The Emperor – Captain Jean Luc Picard from Star Trek: TNG

05 – The Heirophant – Brother Cadfael from The Cadfael Chronicals.

06 – The Lovers – Gomez and Morticia Addams from The Addams Family.

07 – The Chariot – The Enterprise 1701 from Star Trek: TOS

08 – Strength – Catherine Chandler and Vincent from Beauty and the Beast TV Show, 1987

09 - The Hermit – Old Obi-Wan Kenobi from Star Wars: A New Hope.

10 - Wheel of Fortune – What else but the actual Wheel of Fortune?

11 – Justice – Jack McCoy from Law and Order.

12 – The Hanged Man – Buffy from The Gift, Buffy: TVS

13 – Death – Lucien LaCroix from Forever Knight.

14- Temperance – Mr. Rogers changing his shoes in Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.

15 – The Devil – Lucifer Morningstar from TV/Comics Lucifer.

16 – The Tower – Godzilla from the Godzilla movies.

17 – The Star – The TARDIS in Doctor Who fandom.

18 – The Moon – Eliot and ET as they are flying in ET movie.

19 – The Sun – Superman from DC Comics.

20 – Judgment - Convenience Store scene from This is the End with Seth Rogan and Jay Baruchel.

21 – The World – Jack and Rose on the Titanic from the movie Titanic.

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Okay…take my money :money_with_wings: and send me the tarot deck. :laughing:

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I’m not making myself a deck, so much as a reference list to help me figure out the cards. But yeah, I’d love to have the money to buy the cardstock and color ink to print this out, if only for myself!

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Agreed! These make sense.

@Amethyst A couple are unfamiliar, and I might add in a few other kid’s movies, like the destruction of the castle complete with the freedom of the unicorns in The Last Unicorn for the Tower, simply because I see the destruction as a form of opening for freedom, returning magick to the world, and new construction. But I wanted to see what you’d see, through your eyes. :hugs: Your point has been that each person could make a whole deck from personal experience in the media. You are absolutely right! :+1::clap:

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Ooooh, that´s a good one!!

Because archetypes inevitably show up in story-telling.

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I like that! I’ve never watched that movie much because it’s so sad, that’s probably why it doesn’t fit in my head.

Yes! That’s it! You see the Last Unicorn, I see Godzilla, while someone else might see the Aliens blowing up the White House from Independence Day. Which I also thought of. But yeah, it’s all what you are comfy with, not everyone and their brother.

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Here’s the Suit of Cups and Pentacles! I’ll post the other two tomorrow!

Pop Culture Tarot – The Suit of Cups

01 – The Ace of Cups – The Holy Grail from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

02 – The Two of Cups – Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street.

03 – The Three of Cups – Midnight Margaritas from Practical Magic.

04 – The Four of Cups – Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh.

05 – The Five of Cups – President Jeb Bartlet, Two Cathedrals episode of The West Wing.

06 – The Six of Cups – Wednesday and Pugsley Addams from The Addams Family.

07 – The Seven of Cups – Synergy from Jem and the Holograms.

08 – The Eight of Cups – Daniel “Oz” Osbourne from the episode New Moon Rising from Buffy: TVS

09 – The Nine of Cups – Genie, Disney’s Aladdin.

10 – The Ten of Cups – Rainbow Bright.

The Page of Cups – Evan “Buck” Buckley from 911.

The Knight of Cups – Jack Harkness from Doctor Who/Torchwood.

The Queen of Cups – Athena Grant from 911.

The King of Cups - Captain James T. Kirk of Star Trek: TOS

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Pop Culture Tarot – The Suit of Pentacles

01 – The Ace of Pentacles – Scrooge McDuck’s Number One Dime from Ducktales.

02 – The Two of Pentacles – Jay and Silent Bob, torn between smoking and selling. Askewniverse.

03 – The Three of Pentacles – Edna Mode, The Incredibles.

04 – The Four of Pentacles – Ebenezer Scrooge from The Christmas Carol.

05 – The Five of Pentacles – The Connors Family Dinner during the original Roseanne Show.

06 – The Six of Pentacles – The Maria Stark Foundation.

07 – The Seven of Pentacles – Doctor Strange, Marvel Comics.

08 – The Eight of Pentacles – Daniel Russo, The Karate Kid.

09 – The Nine of Pentacles – Tiana, Disney’s The Princess and the Frog.

10 – The Ten of Pentacles – Dick Greyson, and the mantle of Robin. DC Comics.

The Page of Pentacles – Hermione Granger, Harry Potter.

The Knight of Pentacles – Neville Longbottom from the Harry Potter Books.

The Queen of Pentacles – Poison Ivy from DC Comics.

The King of Pentacles – Willy Wonka, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

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Here’s the rest of it!

Pop Culture Tarot – The Suit of Swords

01 – The Ace of Swords – Luke Skywalker’s Lightsaber from Return of the Jedi. (Because the latter movies don’t count!)

02 – The Two of Swords – Superman, having to choose between the West Coast and East Coast in Superman: The Movie (1978)

03 – The Three of Swords – Wolverine, after the loss of Mariko Yashida, Marvel Comics.

04 – The Four of Swords – Sleeping Beauty from Disney.

05 – The Five of Swords – J. R. Ewing, Dallas.

06 – The Six of Swords – Battlestar Galactica, looking for Earth. Battlestar Galactica.

07 – The Seven of Swords – Catwoman, stealing from Bruce Wayne, DC Comics.

08 – The Eight of Swords – Elsa from Disney’s Frozen.

09 – The Nine of Swords – Stiles Stilinski and his nightmares from Teen Wolf.

10 – The Ten of Swords - Josh Lyman, What Kind of Day it has Been, The West Wing Season 1.

The Page of Swords – Dexter, Dexter’s Laboratory.

The Knight of Swords – Captain America from Marvel Comics.

The Queen of Swords – Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare.

The King of Swords – Batman from DC Comics.

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Pop Culture Tarot – The Suit of Wands

Ace of Wands – The Elder Wand from Harry Potter Books.

Two of Wands – Neo and the Red and Blue Pills, The Matrix.

Three of Wands – George Jefferson, The Jeffersons.

Four of Wands – Wedding after party in Mamma Mia!

Five of Wands – Airport scene, Captain America: Civil War.

Six of Wands – Awards ceremony, Star Wars: A New Hope.

Seven of Wands – Daredevil, hallway fight, Episode 2 of Netflix’s Daredevil.

Eight of Wands – Transporter Beams from Star Trek: TOS

Nine of Wands – The Avengers, shwarma scene, The Avengers.

Ten of Wands – Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee sharing the burden of the Ring with the Fellowship, from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

Page of Wands – Charlie Young, West Wing.

Knight of Wands – Harry Potter from Harry Potter Books.

Queen of Wands- Pepper Potts from Marvel Comics.

King of Wands – Tony Stark from Marvel Comics.

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soooo creative, I love! :beating_heart:

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So who’s our resident artists to make this live? :winking_face_with_tongue:

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Thank you! I love trying to link stuff like this to something I can understand easily. Jung, smung, gimme some What Avenger Are You personality test and I’m there!

I’d love it if someone would! That would be awesome!

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Oh no for me The Lovers would HAVE to Be Harley and Joker. I mean COME ON! And Temperance definitely Edward Cullen the will he had to STOP drinking Bella’s blood. But then you could argue that they could also be The Lovers. OH and Jacob is most definitely The Sun
I need a Twilight Deck lol

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