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