The Emperor's Tarot Utilized By Choir Mistress Ophelia Undynne

The Emperor’s Tarot

The origins of the Tarot date back to the pre history of the Imperium. It has been used for divination since that time. The Emperor’s Tarot is believed to be created by the God Emperor himself. There are many different versions as the cards link with the psyker’s aura. To perform tarot readings a specific question is asked to the psyker. The psyker then shuffles the deck. Cards are drawn and placed in a four card semi circle horse shoe spread. From left to right the cards represent opposition, fears, hopes and outcome. Below is a listing of cards in Choir Mistress Ophelia Undynne’s deck.

Major Psykana

Name
#0 The Adept
The Spirit of the Aether
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Beginnings, most probably of journeys which may be possibly mental, physical or spiritual. The beginning of a new life-cycle. Energy, force, happiness and optimism. The overturning of the status quo or existing states by unexpected happenings. Innocence, naivety, and spontaneity. Important decisions to be made.

Reversed - Ill advised risks, impulsive action, choices and rash decisions. Foolishness, gambling, instability and the wasting or frittering way of creative energy. A bad time for commitments and can be an indication of someone who starts many new things but never finishes them. They may also consistently seek changes in their environment or job.

#1 The Primaris Psyker
The Magnus of Power
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Mastery of the material world, creative action, self discipline and a willingness to take risks. An ability to recognize one's own potential, the power to initiate, communication and wit.

Reversed - Confusion, hesitation, inability to make decisive choices. Inability to properly utilize time or talents. Lack of inspiration or energy. Giving up easily, poor self image, poor co-ordination and sometimes learning difficulties.

#2 The Seer
The Priestess of the Silver Star
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Intuition, wisdom and secret knowledge, the feminine side of the male personality. Something remains yet to be revealed, but patience must be observed. Duality and mystery. Hidden influences affect both home and work and intuitive insight suggests new solutions. The influence of women.

Reversed - Lack of personal harmony and problems resulting from a lack of foresight. Suppression of the feminine or intuitive side of the personality. Facile and surface knowledge. repression and ignorance of true facts and feelings. In women, an inability to come to terms with other women or themselves. Things and circumstances are not what they seem.

#3 The Saint
The Daughter of the Mighty Ones
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - The promotion of well-being and security. Creativeness in financial affairs, love and parenthood. Maternal care, domestic stability, abundance and material wealth. Fertility, security, achievement of goals and growth. Depending on surrounding cards - sometimes marriage and pregnancy.

Reversed - Possible domestic problems, financial difficulties, lack of affection and achievement. Creative blocks and possible problems with a relationship. Infertility, sterility or promiscuity and/or unwanted pregnancy. Poverty.

#4 The God Emperor
Son of Morning: Chief among the Mighty
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Competitiveness, forcefulness in development and execution. Authority, structure, governmental and corporate identities. Worldly power, self control gained through experience. Ability to shoulder responsibility. Powerful individuals, ambition together with the possibility of long term achievement.

Reversed - Loss or dislike of authority, corporate governmental or parental. Immaturity and indecision. Weakness, manipulative friends or colleagues.

#5 The Ecclesiarch
The Magnus of the Eternal
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Ritual and routine, religious guidance and authority, education in its formal sense. A seeker after knowledge and wisdom. Good sound advice, teaching and constructive counsel. Marriage, partnerships and morality.

Reversed - Misleading or dubious advice, poor counsel, slander and propaganda. Beware of first impressions. Distortion of truth and a bad time for signing agreements. Misleading advertisements. Unconventionality and rejection of family values.

#6 The Primarchs
The Children of the Voice; The Oracle of the Mighty Gods
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Harmony and union, choices to be made using intuition and not intellect. Difficult decisions to be made not necessarily about love. Some form of test and consideration about commitments. Abstract thought, internal harmony and union, second sight. Possibly a struggle between two paths.

Reversed - Contradiction, deception, disharmony, duality and one's own internal conflict. Infidelity, and romantic disturbances. Indecisiveness, postponing choices and a warning not to make important decisions at this time.


#7 The Ship
The Child of the Powers of the Waters; The Lord of the Triumph of Light
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Triumph over adversity, overcoming life's obstacles, decisiveness and ambition in achieving one's goals, well deserved victory. A period of struggle ending in worldly success. Self control, effort, perseverance. Working within the boundaries of one's life to build up a successful existence.

Reversed - A disregard for others, envy, avarice. Loss of control and chaos in one's personal life possibly due to personal flaws. Imbalance. Destruction. A warning against overwhelming ambition and high expectations. The continuation of outdated ideas and traditions.

#8 The Judge
The Daughter of the Lords of Truth; The Ruler of the Balance
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Amicable and favorable resolution of conflicts. Triumph over bigotry and prejudice. Legal action. Litigation. Contracts. Settlement. Divorce. Sometimes marriage depending upon the other cards and normally only when marriage contracts, legal or financial documents are a necessary part of the intended union. Clarity. Fairness. Arbitration. A straightforward choice. Judgment.

Reversed - Injustice. Inequality and bias. Separations not yet ratified or legalized. Delay. Imbalance. Confusion surrounding legal or tax affairs. Complicate negotiations. Unfair or delayed judgment.

#9 The Arch Magos
The Prophet of the Eternal; the Magnus of the voice of Power
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Caution. Discretion. Need for prudence. Counsel sought and taken. Inner calm. A need to reach into one's inner resources. Assimilation. Planning. A wise guide or spiritual mentor. A time to stand back and reflect upon circumstances

Reversed - Refusal of counsel or assistance. Immaturity. Isolation from others. A negative resistance towards help. Groundless suspicions about the motives of others. Imprudent actions or decisions. The continuation of bad habits or unproductive lifestyles. Foolish obstinacy. The reliance on one's own resources that are inadequate.

#10 The Arrow of Fate
The Lord of the Forces of Life
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Effortless success. Good fortune that is unexpected. Coincidences. Luck. The beginning of a new cycle. Advancement. Positive upheaval. Change. A card of good fortune, the appearance of destiny and Karmic change.

Reversed - Bad luck that is unexpected. Resistance to change. Unexpected interruptions. A warning against gambling. Difficulties. Delays.

#11 The Prioress
The Daughter of the Flaming Sword
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Courage. Self control. The virtue of Fortitude. The power of love. Control of passion against one's baser instincts. Determination. Generosity. Strength and power under control. Energy. Optimism. Generosity, resolve and reconciliation.

Reversed - Power wrongly used. Defeat. Lack of willpower. Feelings of inadequacy. Pessimism. Surrender to unworthy impulses. Tyranny. Concession. Inability to act.

#12 The Golden Throne
The Spirit of the Mighty Waters
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Devotion to a worthwhile cause. Temporary suspension of progress. Flexibility of mind and a willingness to adapt to changes. Sacrifice in the present to reap benefit in the future. A waiting period. Rebirth. Sacrificing one thing to obtain another. Transformation. Circumstances literally turned on their head.

Reversed - Loss. Lack of commitment. Preoccupation with selfish and material things. Despite drawbacks a preference for the status quo. Oppression. Apathy in pursuit of goals. Taking the view 'Better the devil you know'. Failure to act with an inability to move forward or progress.

#13 Horus The Betrayer
The Child of the Great Transformers; The Lord of the Gate of Death
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - The beginning of a new life. As a result of underlying circumstances transformation and change. Major changes. The end of a phase in life which has served its purpose. Abrupt and complete change of circumstances, way of life and patterns of behavior due to past events and actions. Alterations.

Reversed - Change that is both painful and unpleasant. A refusal to face the fear of change or change itself. Agonizing periods of transition. Inertia. Lethargy. Mental, physical or emotional exhaustion.

#14 The Rogue Trader
The Daughter of the Reconcilers; The Bringer Forth of Life
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Combination. Co-operation. Co-ordination. Innovation through combination. Diplomacy. Successful Negotiations. Maturity in dealing with certain matters. A placid, balanced temperament and good outlook. Meaning literally, temperance in the sense of harmony and balance. Good management. An ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

Reversed - Imbalance. Volatility. Poor judgment. Fickle decisions. Conflicting interests. Physical stress. Disagreements. Restlessness and instability. Trying to combine too many or the wrong elements in too short an expanse of time.

#15 The Daemon
The Lord of the Gates of Matter; The Child of the Forces of Time
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Money matters. Feeling the burden of the material side of life. Desire for physical and material things. Feeling of frustration and oppression. A tendency to collect and hoard money and material objects. Lust. Sexual obsession. The querent's knowledge of his or her own needs wants and desires. Security versus creative or spiritual fulfillment.

Reversed - True evil. Abuse of authority. Material success is the focus to the exclusion of all other things. Uncontrolled ambition. Greed. Bondage to a person or situation or thing. Emotional blackmail. More severe forms of the above. True evil.

#16 The Inquisitor
The Lord of the Hosts of the Mighty
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Disruption. Conflict. Change. Sudden violent loss. Overthrow of an existing way of life. Major changes. Disruption of well worn routines. Ruin and disturbance. Dramatic upheaval. Change of residence or job sometimes both at once. Widespread repercussions of actions. In the end, enlightenment and freedom.

Reversed - Negativity. Restriction of desires and imprisonment. Less severe forms of the above. Drastic change that may rob the individual of freedom of expression. Sometimes bankruptcy and imprisonment. More usually imprisonment within a set of circumstances which cannot currently be altered. Sudden changes out of one's control. Less sever forms of the above.

#17 The Astronomican
The Daughter of the Firmament; The Dweller Between the Waters
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Fresh hope and renewal. Healing of old wounds. Hope. Renewal of faith and hope. Spiritual love. A mental and physical broadening of horizons. Promise and fulfillment. Inspiration. Influence over others. Vigor and confidence. Protection.

Reversed - Self doubt. Stubbornness. Unwillingness or inability to adapt to changing circumstances and accept the opportunities it may bring. Lack of trust and self-doubt. Obstacles to happiness. Diminished life. Inability to freely express oneself. Rigidity of mind.

#18 Luna
The ruler of the Flux & Reflux; The Child of the Sons of the Mighty
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Imagination. Dreams and psychic impressions. Sometimes psychic work. Illusions. Inability to see things clearly sometimes resulting in personal depression. Sometimes signifies fiction writing or acting, particularly work in the entertainment industry. Losing control of one's daily life. The unconscious mind.

Reversed - Exaggerated forms of the above. The need for secrecy. Deception. Illusion. Escape into daydreams to avoid dealing with reality. Inability to discern reality from illusion. Insincere people. Hidden forces. Trickery. Sometimes an inability to tell the truth. Despair and a desperate need for help.

#19 Sol
The Lord of the fire of the World
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Contentment and happiness on attaining success. Good Health. Material happiness. Mental, physical and spiritual vitality. New inventors or inventions. Academic and particularly scientific success. Reward. Acclaim. Approval. Children. Abundance of energy. Achievement. Joy and happiness.

Reversed - Troubled partnerships and marriages. Diminished forms of the above. Broken engagements and contracts. Sometimes, autism, learning disabilities or allergies. Hyperactivity. Failure. Arrogance. Relationship difficulties. Vanity. Hypersensitivity. Misjudgment. Delayed Happiness.

#20 The Assassin
The Spirit of the Primal Fire
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Changes and improvements. Satisfactory outcome to a specific matter or period of life. Joy in accomplishment. Awakening. Rebirth. A good time for career moves. Renewed, health, vitality and mental clarity. Sometimes indicates important pending decisions that will change the pattern of life for the better.

Reversed - Stagnation. Delay in concluding a series of actions. Fear of change and sometimes fear of death. Lack of progress due to lack of important decision making. Loss and separation, not necessarily permanent. Guilt.

#21 Holy Terra
The Great One of the Night of Time
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Accomplishment. Fulfillment. Completion of a personal cycle, project, series of events or chapter in life. Success. A culmination of events. A sense of repleteness.

Reversed - Frustration. Completion delayed. Sometimes fear of change. Inability to bring something to a satisfactory end. Resistance to change. Lack of trust. Despite appearances to the contrary, an indication that events have not yet come to a conclusion but are nearing completion. Hesitation.

Minor Psykana

Aquila (Farmers, Laborers, Peasants) (Element of Fire)
The Ace of Aquila
The Root of the Powers of Fire
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - An exciting new project or career. The essence of fire, creativity, inventiveness, ambition and enthusiasm. The aggressive pursuit of new ventures. Foundations for future success, intuition, conception, fertility, artistic innovation and manhood.

Reversed - Bareness, impotence, sterility, avarice, greed. An over confidence that ends in tears. In a woman's spread this card may indicate trouble with men.

The Two of Aquila
The Lord of Dominion
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Success that has been achieved through hard work. Strength of character and will ensuring that ideas come to fruition. The responsible use of power and wisdom gained through experience. Wealth obtained legally. Job-related perks.

Reversed - Naked ambition that knows no bounds. The attainment of a worthless ambition. Riches and fortune obtained illegally, dishonestly or via deception. Loss of faith in ones own rationale and oneself.

The Three of Aquila
The Lord of Established Strength
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Dreams that turn into reality through circumstance and being in the right place at the right time. Successful ventures launched inspiration and original ideas. Strength coming from successful enterprise due to the courage of one's convictions. Plans and ventures that are moving ahead.

Reversed - Failure to put plans into action. Striving for unattainable goals. Lack of communication between dreams and reality. Failure of a promising looking enterprise. Great plans that do not come to fruition. A retreat from reality into fantasy.

The Four of Aquila
The Lord of Perfected Work
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - The fruits of one's labor, hard work resulting in the successful completion of a project. This is the card of the professional man: an innovator or renowned designer. The establishment of culture, refinement, charm, attractiveness and splendor. Depending upon the surrounding cards, there is a possibility of romance.

Reversed - Happiness that is unorthodox in nature. A life ruled by superfluous and artificial constraints and rules. Tradition which leads to innate snobbery and superiority and exceptional and profound reliance upon ceremony, decorum and routine. A period of respite before successfully concluding a project.

The Five of Aquila
The Lord of Strife
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Problems and possibly upheaval that simply cannot be avoided. Minor irritations may also occur, but whatever the circumstances, i.e. tests, opposition, trouble strife; great mental agility and the use of ones inner mental resources will be needed to triumph. Success can be achieved but only through relentless hard work.

Reversed - Trickery, fraud, defeat, hurt and ruin. Litigation and legal wrangles that could be avoided. Spiteful conversation and unnecessary competitiveness.

The Six of Aquila
The Lord of Victory
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - The arrival of fantastic, good news. Success and great public acclaim gained through hard work and effort. Hopefulness, and satisfaction in what has been achieved. The surmounting of obstacles through tact and diplomacy rather than use of force. Victory and triumph.

Reversed - Indecision, fear that one's enemies are engaging in surreptitious activity. Fear about the outcome of a situation. Delayed news or rewards or possibly even bad news.

The Seven of Aquila
The Lord of Valor
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Successful advancement. A time of great opportunity requiring much skill, courage and determination in order to succeed. Strength of nerve, great fortitude and courage in the face of hardship. An indication that success may be achieved through sustained effort. Indicates strong and powerful competition.

Reversed - Indecision and retreat. Lack of decisiveness that causes the challenge to be lost. Opportunities lost through hesitation. Giving in just as the end was in sight. Depending upon surrounding cards a turning away from success due to fears of responsibility may be indicated.

The Eight of Aquila
The Lord of Swiftness
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Understanding and harmony. The time and conditions are right to facilitate success. A process of speeding-up and an end to delays. A time for 'grasping the nettle', taking the initiative or taking charge. This card also indicates: important journeys, correspondence, and favorable news. A card of hope.

Reversed - Disputes and disagreements. Great effort and a driving force that is totally wasted through the running out of steam. Silly, spontaneous actions. Cancelled journeys and possibly redundancy or sacking. Jumping in both feet first before testing the water.

The Nine of Aquila
The Lord of Great Strength
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Order, discipline an unassailable position. Any opposition will be defeated. Courage in the face of attack or adversity and a stability that cannot be removed. Good health.

Reversed - Lack or inability to give and take. Projects pursued that are destined to fail because of their impractical nature. Delays and disarray. Card could indicate possible poor or ill health. A secure position that is no longer. Personality flaws.

The Ten of Aquila
The Lord of Oppression
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Conduct that is honorable. Great good fortune that is now a burden due to it's demanding nature and demands on time. Diseconomies of scale in business, a successful pastime that can no longer be administered by its creator. Lack of social life due to the demands of a project, job or overtime.

Reversed - A concerted effort to spoil the pleasures and affairs of others because of jealousy. Treachery. An inability to delegate in a job, leading to unnecessary stress. Lies and deceit used to upset others.

The Citizen
The Princess of the Shining Flame; The Rose of the Palace of Fire
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - A trustworthy, reliable young person, with an inborn desire to bring happiness, excitement and light to those around. This person is a messenger of good news and witty gossip. A person who is faithful in service to superiors.

Reversed - Honest qualities that may turn to petulance. Someone who believes they are trustworthy, but all the time being unfaithful. A person unable to keep a confidence someone who betrays trust and spreads gossip. The card can also indicate journeys that are delayed or a change of address.

The Guardsman
The Lord of the Flame and the Lightening; The King of the Spirits of Fire
Divinatory meaning
Upright - A lover of action, this is the card of someone who has a well-liked, energetic, confident, but sometimes unpredictable nature. He has an engaging temperament and his actions sometimes a little swift do tend to make sense with hindsight.

Reversed - This person's enthusiasm is so great it becomes at odds with those around. Someone who enjoys discord, arguments, strife and trouble just for the sake of it and actively seeks to cause it. Card may also indicate delayed journeys.

The Governess
The Queen of the Thrones of Flame
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - A lady of the manor either living in or loving the country. A very generous, capable and fair person especially in her dealings with people. A woman who is both fertile in mind and body and a homemaker. She enjoys social ease due to her charm and is protective towards those in her circle. The card may also indicate the success of a project.

Reversed - A person who has a tendency to dominate or to be bitter; an envious, matriarchal and overbearing woman. A person who has a cruel very dry sense of humor and tends to image people are out to get her, even though malice was never present or intended.

The High Lord
The Prince of the Chariot of Fire
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - A charming, responsible, loyal, entertaining, witty, honest, conscientious and generous person. A lover of the home and family life. A very passionate and virile man who is good at moral support and encouragement. When pushed or provoked he acts without hesitation, but can sometimes find this hard as he can often see both sides of an argument.

Reversed - He has an inability to understand or appreciate another's point of view, particularly if they are coming from a lower moral standpoint than his own. He is intolerant, narrow minded and a bigot with deep prejudices. He has a ruthless streak and cares little for the feelings of others.

Skulls (Clergy) (Element of Water)
The Ace of Skulls
The Root of the Powers of Water
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Faithfulness, fertility, joy, love. The commencement of creative or artistic projects. All the positive powers of the unconscious mind.

Reversed - The card is symbolic of changes for the worst, possibly a time of barrenness, which can be either of a physical or mental nature. Failure of love, stagnation, despair and possibly loss of faith.

The Two of Skulls
The Lord of Love
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Affection, love, the beginnings of a new romance, partnership or friendship. Emotional affinity, sympathy, joyous harmony, the reconciliation of opposites in mutual trust. Resolved differences.

Reversed - Separation, dissent, divorce, deceit or unfaithfulness in a personal relationship. Misunderstandings and quarrels, love not returned.

The Three of Skulls
The Lord of Abundance
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - A fortunate end to a valued project or venture. A birth possibly physical, but may mean the birth of a new project instead. Great happiness as the result of a marriage or a birth. Something coming to fruition that was conceived out of love. A card of abundant fertility, trust harmony, maternity and the healing of ills. Possibly a celebration.

Reversed - Self indulgence to excess. Selfishness and sensuality. Loss of happiness. Loveless sex, unbridled passion, famine, illness possibly associated with smoking or over-eating. Promiscuity and obesity.

The Four of Skulls
The Lord of Blended Pleasure
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Time to re-evaluate an all too familiar environment, dissatisfaction and boredom. The need to search for a more stimulating way of life. Apathy, dwelling on past experience. Love that turns to familiarity. Happiness that has reached its peak. Possibly the establishment of a family.

Reversed - All kinds of excess, ill health or fatigue as a result of over indulgence. The overturning of a way of life. Rapid change resulting in new anxieties. Excitement for its own sake that brings little or fleeting pleasure. A low boredom threshold.

The Five of Skulls
The Lord of Loss in Pleasure
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - A need to re-order and re-evaluate priorities. Union and espousal. Dishonor that cannot be overcome, loss defeat. There is a need to curb futile belligerence and accept the inevitable. Worry and regret broken engagements and emotional letdowns. Emotional or monetary legacies.

Reversed - The overturning of a way of life. False starts. Worries which arrive both unexpectedly and from an unexpected source. Ill luck which leaves a feeling of being bereft. Worries and anxieties.

The Six of Skulls
The Lord of Pleasure
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Harmony, past associations have brought present relationships. A sense of the past. Happiness that results from past efforts. Pleasant memories and the realization of a dream. Can also indicate new elements entering one's life which are linked to the past, which will work through the present to create the future.

Reversed - A hankering after the past and that which is gone and never to return. Vanity and pride in past success and accomplishment creating a barrier to future success. A Clinging to the past and outdated habits and customs. Exaggerated nostalgia.

The Seven of Skulls
The Lord of Illusionary Success
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - A need to reflect upon choices. Sometimes too many choices and opportunities are presented, which need careful consideration if a grave error of judgment is to be avoided. May refer to a variety of choices of people for example marriage and other partners. The inquirer is faced with several choices one of exceptional promise but great perception is needed for this to be seen. This card may also indicate mystical experience of an inspiring kind.

Reversed - Reliance upon false hopes. Inaction causing the loss of opportunity. A fear of success. Self-delusion and indecision.

The Eight of Skulls
The Lord of Abandoned Success
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - A turning point, a severing of links with the past, which have become outdated. A turning away from established relationships and objects of affection, to facilitate progress to newer and deeper things. A change of perspective a change of viewpoint. Security and attachment.

Reversed - Abandonment of that which has been well founded in order to pursue an impossible ideal. Fantasy and risk. Restlessness and recklessness.

The Nine of Skulls
The Lord of Material Happiness
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - An assured future, satisfaction, contentment and physical well being. Overcoming difficulty. Emotional stability, a benign outlook. Inner security which radiates a general aura of goodwill. Liberality, generosity of spirit, feelings of well-being.

Reversed - Falling into error, complacency, vanity and self indulgence. Shortage of money due to spendthrift tendencies or loss of credit cards. Sentimentality and an overlooking of the faults in others which can lead to abuse of hospitality.

The Ten of Skulls
The Lord of Perfected Success
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Lasting happiness and security, although sometimes this may be indicative of being in a rut. Good reputation and honor, true friendship and happy family life. Perfect love and concord between people. A search for fulfillment is marked with success. A peaceful and secure environment.

Reversed - The manipulation of society for personal gain. Loss of friendship. Family quarrels, sudden violent disruption of an ordered environment and ordered routine, anti-social actions. Look for signs of new adolescents or new births.

The Missionary
The Princess of the Waters; The Lotus of the Palace of the Floods
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - A symbol of Imagination. May indicate a time for quiet reflection. Depending upon surrounding cards: a messenger bringing news of an engagement, marriage or birth. A reflective, poetic, quiet and artistic person, gentle and kind. A person with a wealth of knowledge, giving freely his advice. A person gifted with much foresight.

Reversed - Depending upon surrounding cards: a deception that will be uncovered. A failure to make meaningful commitments and shallow self indulgence. A person with much surface and shallow knowledge, a jack of all trades. A scheming person that is selfish and keeps his knowledge to himself. He has an appreciation of the beautiful but is not applied enough to become an artist. A person who is lazy and given to lies and harmful gossip.

The Confessor
The Lord of the Waves and the Waters; The King of the Hosts of the Sea
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Change and new excitements, particularly of a romantic nature. Invitations, opportunities, and offers. A person who is a bringer of ideas, opportunities and offers. He is often constantly bored and in constant need of stimulation, but also artistic and refined. A person who is amiable, intelligent full of high principals, but a dreamer who can be easily led or discouraged.

Reversed - Unreliability and recklessness. Fraud, embezzlement, false promises and trickery. A person who is congenital liar, someone who has trouble discerning the end of the truth and the beginning of falsehood.

The Canoness
Queen of the Thrones of the Waters
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - A happy card which indicates balance and harmony, also symbolizes high achievements made possible by the use of imagination. A woman who is highly imaginative and artistically gifted, affectionate and romantic in outlook, and creates an other worldly atmosphere around herself. A woman who lacks common sense, but is highly intuitive and sometimes psychic and dreamy. Atmospheres, other people and events can easily influence her.

Reversed - Fecklessness. A woman who cannot be trusted someone who is a dreamer, unreliable and cannot be depended upon. She is swift to change her opinions without reason or good cause. A woman who is perverse and can be given to hysteria. She may even lead others to destruction in pursuit of some idle fantasy.

The Cardinal
The Prince of the Chariot of the Waters
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - A person who commands respect, but not love. A man of business or law, considerate and responsible. He is kind but ambitious and a skilled negotiator. He is a born manipulator, someone who has arrived in a position of power by the use of brain as opposed to brawn. He avoids taking people into his confidence and often works in secret or behind the scenes. He is a seeker of power, with hidden motives, often distrusted or feared by those around him.

Reversed - A violent, unscrupulous, dishonest man who is likely to be involved in double dealing. His only responsibilities are to himself and he has no moral sense. He may involve his associates in scandal, vice, dishonesty, corruption and evil, as he himself may be drawn.

Swords (Nobility and Military) (Element of Air)
The Ace of Swords
The Root of the Powers of Air
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Total and complete change of mind. In its purest form the ace is symbolic of strongly constituted authority, and pursuit of ultimate truth. Triumph, victory and success, a rebirth and a new beginning.

Reversed - Confusion, exaggeration in thought, violence, destruction and the misuse of power. Possibly death, but this depends upon other cards.

The Two of Swords
The Lord of Peace Restored
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Courage, delicate and precarious balance in adversity. Differences resolved, relief, restoration of peace, truce, a weight off the mind.

Reversed - Treachery, violence, willful misguidance and misleading advice, betrayal, trickery and deceit.

The Three of Swords
The Lord of Sorrow
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Sorrow and extreme pain. With a positive view in end: upheaval, separation, disruption and discord. Heartbreak, tears, strife, conflict. The clearing of that which is obsolete to make way for that to come. Establishment of something better.

Reversed - Spiritual and mental confusion, loss, discord, treachery and sorrow. War, breaking of a truce, quarrels and enmity. Physical or mental disorder.

The Four of Swords
The Lord of Rest from Strife
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Retreat, withdrawal, peace established through arms. Rest, recovery, hospitalization, recuperation from battle and relief from anxiety or sorrow.

Reversed - Banishment, enforced isolation, seclusion, imprisonment, cowardice, depression and failure of nerve.

The Five of Swords
The Lord of Defeat
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Defeat, loss, failure, dishonor, a need to curb futile belligerence, accept the inevitable and swallow pride. Negative thoughts and attitudes.

Reversed - Paranoia, indecision, malice, spite or someone acting as such in your affairs.

The Six of Swords
The Lord of Earned Success
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Gradual change, movement or travel away form difficulty or imminent danger. The solution of current problems. Long journeys and passage from pain. Obstacles that are overcome.

Reversed - Developments that are unexpected, temporary relief from difficulties, need for continuing effort and strength. Once one obstacle is surmounted another presents itself.

The Seven of Swords
The Lord of Unstable Effort
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Sudden desire and impulse. A card of caution in the face of opposition. Change of residence, job or possibly both. An indication of triumph in the face of adversity, but must be through cunning. No real progress, through lack of purpose.

Reversed - Counsel and specific advice. Reluctance to carry through daring actions when necessary, failure of nerve and indecision. Surrender when victory is almost in sight. Inability and reluctance to complete what has been started.

The Eight of Swords
The Lord of Shortened Force
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Jealousy, often from colleagues or family, crisis and enforced isolation, illness and oppression, major difficulties and adverse circumstances dictated by fate.

Reversed - Hard work reaping little reward, frustration, despair, depression. Effort being exercised in the wrong place. Change and liberation. A moving away from a problem rather than finding the solution to it.

The Nine of Swords
The Lord of Despair and Cruelty
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Deception, premonitions and bad dreams, suffering and depression, cruelty, disappointment violence, loss and scandal. All of these may be overcome through faith and calculated inaction. This is the card of the martyr and with it comes new life out of suffering.

Reversed - Distrust and suspicion, despair, misery and malice. Total isolation away from comfort and help. Institutionalization, suicide, imprisonment and isolation.

The Ten of Swords
The Lord of Ruin
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Ruin, desolation, disruption, although generally this refers to a group rather than an individual. Sorrow, sudden misfortune, accidents, muggings or personal robbery. There is some cause for optimism; as the lowest point in the cycle, from now on things can only get better the worst is over.

Reversed - Only an illusionary lifting of burdens or release from afflictions as suffering will continue. Sometimes death and violent and extreme change. Only temporary good fortune.

The Seneschal
The Princess of the Rushing Winds; The Lotus of the Palace of Air
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - A good personal emissary, although sometimes a card associated with spying or surveying others from a detached viewpoint. A person of grace and dexterity, diplomatic and skilled in the ability to work out the true nature of things. A person who can negotiate expertly on behalf of his peers. Detachment is one of the true qualities of this figure.

Reversed - A two faced, cunning and possibly vindictive person, with an inability to grasp the nettle. A seeker of hidden weaknesses in enemies, devious and given to snooping in other people's affairs. May be an indication of unforeseen events, ill health, or plans being overtaken by events.

The Space Marine
Lord of the Winds and the Breezes; King of the Spirits of Air
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - A clever, skillful and active person, courageous and strong, always at his best in a difficult situation. He may have a tendency to dominate and depending upon surrounding cards, his movement may be either in or out of the querent's life for either better or worse. He is the archetypal warrior.

Reversed - The card reversed, lends itself to someone who is impetuous, sly and deceitful, fierce in action with little staying power. A starter but not a finisher of things. Quarrels may be indicated, but this depends upon surrounding cards. Application of great force and energy becomes 'simple-minded indulgence.

The Novator
The Queen of the Thrones of Air
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - A complex, courageous, intelligent woman, who may well have suffered some deep sorrow or loss. She is concerned with attention to accuracy and detail and can skillfully balance opposing factions to meet her own needs. She has attained inner wisdom and a sense of truth. The card is one for women who have overcome adversity especially at the hands of men, to obtain a state of grace. The ability of women.

Reversed - Sorrow for the sake of sorrow. A card of wrongdoing as a reply to adverse circumstances. A deceitful, sly, intolerant and narrow minded woman, expert in the use of half truths and quiet slander. A formidable enemy due to her subtlety and sharp intellect.

The Paternova
The Prince of the Chariots of the Winds
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - This king is certainly a ruler. This man is a law-maker, someone with a rational, alert and inventive mind. An advocate of law and order, and modernity to the expense of tradition. He has a tendency to be somewhat overcautious and leaves on project quickly to start on another. A man of independent judgment and an achiever in what he does.

Reversed - The probability of great disruption and contempt for the weak. An abuse of power and authority. A calculating, obstinate man, capable of utmost evil to achieve his aims and desires.

Thrones (Merchants, Artisans and Town Dwellers) (Element of Earth)
The Ace of Thrones
The Root of the Powers of Earth
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Financial change for the better, material comfort, physical well being, wealth, possessions and an appreciation of the good things in life. The essence and luxury of the Element of Earth.

Reversed - Greed, dependence upon physical pleasures for happiness, avarice, miserliness, materialism. Lack of imagination and fear of death.

The Two of Thrones
The Lord of Harmonious Change
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Vast change and fluctuations. A need to balance many skills when planning ahead. A warning against purchasing items on credit. The card indicates: imminent changes and movement, such as news, journeys, communications, money, material preoccupations. All change must be skillfully navigated with knowledgeable manipulation of life's rules, in order to attain continued success. There needs to be careful handling of established business.

Reversed - Fecklessness, reckless elation, and discounting warnings of impending trouble. Debt also may indicate over-indulgence in physical pleasures or drunkenness. Inability to complete a project.

The Three of Thrones
The Lord of Material Works
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Success gained through hard work and effort. A gain in commerce and an increase in material things. This is the card of the businessman, craftsman and merchant. Skillful work is both awarded and appreciated. A good time to start a project, with an indication of help in business.

Reversed - Miserliness, missed opportunities through fear of loss, inability to benefit from the advice of others as a result of obstinacy, conceit or prejudice. Effort that yields disappointing results.

The Four of Thrones
The Lord of Earthly Power:
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Financial and material security. An increase in power and authority in business, through influence and wealth. Business and monetary obstacles will be overcome. Promotion. Force is not needed to achieve law and order; it can be done through negotiation.

Ill Dignified or Reversed - Lack of an ability to delegate work, bureaucracy that destroys individual initiative. Greed. A fear of losing that which is familiar and established which in turn makes for opposition to change.

The Five of Thrones
The Lord of Material Trouble
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Redundancy, loss of financial stability, material worries, poverty. A warning of money troubles lying ahead, however there is a suggestion that restriction in certain areas may open doors in others. Avenues yet to be explored, a message of not being too despondent.

Reversed - Long term unemployment. Lack of success. Poverty and destitution. Adversity that may be overcome was it not for a lack of imagination or ability to be less obstinate.

The Six of Thrones
The Lord of Material Success
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Solvency in material affairs, clearance of debts and use of good fortune to the benefit of others. Repayment of favors. Charity, patronage, sympathy and a kind heart.

Reversed - Reckless and careless behavior with money. Loss of money through carelessness, deceit or theft. Extravagance.

The Seven of Thrones
The Lord of Success Unfulfilled
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Promising projects that fail. A warning not to rest upon one's laurels as success is only attainable through continued hard work. Material success may be possible but the nettle must be grasped. Previous past effort wasted through inertia in the present. Reaping no reward from charitable work.

Reversed - Self induced money worries. Bankruptcy, possibly gambling, promising circumstances that end in failure. Financial insecurity.

The Eight of Thrones
The Lord of Prudence
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - The use of one's skills and personal interests to rewarding and profitable ends. Reaping the fruits of one's labor, a small increase in money. An advantageous card for any talented or enthusiastic individuals. To enjoy lasting success efforts should be continuous and not halted prematurely. Thriftiness.

Reversed - Inappropriate use of energy and skills for unsuitable ends. Dishonest dealings in business affairs. Short term gain at the expense of long term profit.

The Nine of Thrones
The Lord of Material Gain
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - The enjoyment of hard earned success. Financial gains made from unexpected sources, such as: monetary gifts, winnings, inheritances and settlements. Unearned income possibly from a divorce settlement. Popularity, common sense and order arising out of chaos.

Reversed - Affluence obtained via deception. Theft, swindling and pilfering. Corruption and success earned from the backs and misfortunes of others. This card also warns that present calm and stability will not be sustained.

The Ten of Thrones
The Lord of Wealth
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - Emotional and financial stability. Family fortunes, inheritance and prosperity that has been built up and handed down over the generations. The formation of family tradition. This card may indicate good fortune regarding a dowry.

Reversed - The negative effects of vast wealth and the restrictive effects of long tradition. Family arguments about money or the breaking up of an estate after a death. Card may also indicate burglary.

The Scribe
The Princess of the Echoing Hills; The Rose of the Palace of Earth
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - A meticulous, hardworking man, proud of his responsibilities. He is essentially honorable, a good administrator, but may sometimes be a little too diligent and overzealous in his duties.

Reversed - A person with no sense of humor and full of his own importance. A person who enjoys the power he wields over those below him. Depending upon the surrounding cards there may be some unwelcome news concerning monetary matters.

The Ordinate
The Lord of the Wild and Fertile Land; The King of the Spirits of Earth
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - An impassive, indifferent and stoical person, who does not always appreciate the feelings of others. A very traditional person who is clever in monetary affairs, patient and hardworking.

Reversed - A greedy and grasping person, sometimes self satisfied and smug. Depending upon the surrounding cards may indicate that finances have reached a break even point or even a standstill.

The Curator
The Queen of the Thrones of Earth
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - A capable and practical businesswoman, who enjoys her material comforts. She has a responsible attitude to her wealth and uses it to advance the fortunes of those in her inner circle. She is neither particularly bright nor insightful, but has depth of feeling, with an appreciation of life's pleasures.

Reversed - A person that enjoys the company of sycophants to shield her from criticism and uses her wealth to do this. She is unable to see beyond material possessions or rise above them. She can be highly changeable with a suspicious and narrow-minded outlook towards things that are either new or that she misunderstands. Fortune used for displays of grandeur and opulence.

The Prefectus
The King of the Thrones of Earth
Divinatory meaning:
Upright - A loyal and dependable leader who is neither particularly intelligent nor imaginative. He is trustworthy, patient, and cautious and uses his inborn wisdom to increase his wealth. He is slow to lose his temper, but once angered he stands rigid against his enemies.

Reversed - A person who is easily bought, dull, very materialistic and mercenary. He is blind to beauty and hates change as he finds it hard to adapt. He treads a well worn path even if it leads nowhere.