This is not all of them, but a good number.* A lot of this still revolves around The Fool, and I will adjust this, but for the time being, this helps me properly modify the narratives as they ought to operate.
THE FOOL: FOLLY, MANIA, EXTRAVAGANCE, INTOXICATION, DELIRIUM, FRENZY, BEWRAYMENT.
NARRATIVE: JACOB, THE FOOL, DOES NOT KNOW WHERE HE IS OR WHERE HE IS GOING. HE IS SEEING THINGS. HE KNOWS HE MUST DO SOMETHING, BUT HE IS NOT YET SURE WHAT IT IS HE MUST DO. HE IS CARING AND GENTLE, BUT HE IS INCREASINGLY UNTRUSTING OF HIS SEEMING CLOSE ONES, THOUGH HE YET LOVES THEM. JACOB'S HEART GUIDES HIM, AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES HIM BOTH A FOOL (INITIALLY) AND ALSO A HERO (EVENTUALLY). JACOB IS A PATIENT LISTENER, BUT HE IS ALSO A LEADER. JACOB CLINGS TO WHAT HE KNOWS AND HOLDS DEAR (AS SEEN SYMBOLICALLY SEEN ABOVE), THOUGH HE COMES TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE MUST LET THIS GO (FOOL TO HERO). CONFRONTED BY ANGELS AND DEMONS, DAIMON AND NEMESIS, THE CHOICE(S) REMAIN JACOB'S ALONE.
NARRATIVE: LOUIS, THE CHIROPRACTOR, AND FIGURE OF TEMPERANCE, GUIDES. HE ADJUSTS THE BODY AND SPIRIT, AND IT CAN BE PAINFUL. IT CAN BE UNWANTED. AS LOUIS ONLY GUIDES, HE SPEAKS IN METAPHORS AND FABLES. LOUIS ONLY MANAGES AND ACCOMMODATES. JACOB DISCOVERS THIS.
THE MAGICIAN: SKILL, DIPLOMACY, ADDRESS, SICKNESS, PAIN, LOSS, DISASTER, SELF-CONFIDENCE, WILL.
NARRATIVE: THE MAGICIAN SITS AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS, AWAY FROM THE PARTY BELOW. SHE IS FLATTERING AND GENTLE. SHE WILL LOOK AT A PALM AND TELL ONE THAT THEY ARE ALREADY DEAD. THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE AN INDICTMENT OR A CONDEMNATION. HER SKILL IS MERELY TO INFORM AND ADDRESS. SHE INFORMS OF DISASTER DIPLOMATICALLY. JACOB LEARNS ALL OF THIS.
THE CHARIOT: SUCCOUR, PROVIDENCE; ALSO WAR, TRIUMPH, PRESUMPTION, VENGEANCE, TROUBLE
NARRATIVE: THE CHARIOT BRINGS YOU INTO AND OUT OF WAR. THE CHARIOT CAN SAVE YOU FROM A WOUND, OR IT CAN CARRY YOU INTO DEATH. THE CHARIOT MOVES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. JACOB KNOWS BOTH.
NARRATIVE: BEWARE THE REVERSE, AS HAPPENS TO THE FOOL, JACOB. THE PENNY ON THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE SLIPS AND REVERSES. THE WHEEL IS AN INDICATOR, BUT ALSO A GUIDE: FORTUNE ONLY AS DESTINY IN THE SENSE OF CHOICE. GOOD FORTUNE AWAITS, BUT HOW ONE ARRIVES AT SUCH IS DEPENDENT UPON CHOICE.
THE HIGH PRIESTESS: SECRETS, MYSTERY, THE FUTURE AS YET UNREVEALED; THE WOMAN WHO INTERESTS THE QUERENT, IF MALE.
NARRATIVE: JEZZI, THE HIGH PRIESTESS, SEDUCES. SHE IS CARING BUT CAN BE HARSH, UNFORGIVING. SHE WILL NOT LET ONE LEAVE, FOR BETTER OR WORSE. JEZZI IS CARE IN THE SENSE OF LIMIT. SHE IS MYSTERIOUS; DARK AND DIFFICULT TO READ, SHE NONETHELESS IS THERE FOR CRUEL AND CARING INDICATION. JACOB, THE FOOL, BELIEVES TO LOVE HER.
NARRATIVE: THE TOWER IS THE SITE OF TUMULT. IT IS WHERE THE OLD BELIEFS AND BELONGINGS BURN TO ASHES. THIS IS DIFFICULT, BUT IT IS OFTEN FOR THE BEST: IN ORDER FOR NEW CREATION AND REBIRTH, OLD LONGINGS MUST BE LEFT TO RUBBLE. IT BURNS THE PICTURES WE NEED TO ABANDON, THE IMAGES THAT HINDER THE BRINGING-FORTH OF NEW IMAGES. JACOB, THE FOOL'S, PICTURES BURN THERE.
THE STAR: LOSS, THEFT, PRIVATION, ABANDONMENT; ANOTHER READING SAYS HOPE AND BRIGHT PROSPECTS
NARRATIVE: THE LAST THING JACOB SEES BEFORE GOING PRACTICALLY COMATOSE. HE WAS ABANDONED; BUT HE WAS ALSO SAVED, RECOVERED (SEE: HOPE).
NARRATIVE: IT IS TOWARDS WHICH THE CHARIOT FINALLY CARRIES JACOB (MATERIALLY), THOUGH SUCH IS THE SAME CHARIOT THAT DROPPED HIM INTO DESPAIR AND DEATH. THE SUN SERVES AS AN ALMOST UNIVERSAL FIGURE OF WELL-BEING AND FORTUNE, EVEN IN ITS REVERSAL. JACOB, THE FOOL, MOVES TOWARDS THE SUN, LITERALLY AND METAPHYSICALLY.
JUDGEMENT: CHANGE OF POSITION, RENEWAL, OUTCOME
NARRATIVE: THIS IS WHERE JUDGEMENT IS IMPOSED; THIS IS WHERE UNFORTUNATE TRUTH IS HEARD (INDICTMENT, SENTENCE, LIMIT). JACOB, THE FOOL, LEARNS THAT HE IS DEAD. THIS IS DIFFICULT TO UNDERTAKE, BUT NOT AS DIFFICULT AS THE CHOICES HE WILL HAVE TO MAKE IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH SUCH A REVELATION. CONSIDER THE JUDGEMENT CARD WITH SERIOUS DISCERNMENT: IT IS ABOUT HOW YOU REACT TO THE JUDGEMENT, RATHER THAN THE JUDGEMENT ITSELF. SEE: SURROUNDING AND COUPLING CARDS.
NARRATIVE: THE HERMIT WAS A HIPPIE WHO ESCAPED A JAIL SENTENCE FOR COOKING LSD BY ACCEPTING AN OFFER BY THE MILITARY TO WORK ON A NEW DRUG. THE HERMIT PRODUCED A DRUG, THE LADDER, THAT INCITED INTENSE AGGRESSION, FEAR, PARANOIA. THE MILITARY USED THIS ON THEIR OWN TROOPS, INCLUDING JACOB, THE FOOL. THE HERMIT, WHO REMAINS ONLY HERE AND THERE, EVENTUALLY COMES TO LIGHT, CONFESSES. THE HERMIT TELLS YOU WHAT IS THERE, AND WHAT HE DID; NO NEED TO GET ANGRY. USE THE INFORMATION AND TREASON REASONABLY.
THE LOVERS: ATTRACTION, LOVE, BEAUTY, TRIALS OVERCOME.
NARRATIVE: LOVE AND ATTRACTION ARE TO BE HAD, BUT THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS RECIPROCATED. JACOB, THE FOOL, LEARNS THIS SLOWLY AND EVENTUALLY. TAKE LOVE FOR WHAT IT IS: A PERSONAL GIFT FIRST AND FOREMOST. APPRECIATE SUCH A CLUE.
NARRATIVE: THE HANGED MAN IS A REFLECTION OF AND FOR YOURSELF. IT IS YOUR OWN WISDOM TALKING BACK TO YOU, BY WAY OF YOUR EXTERIORIZATION OF YOUR OWN TRIALS. USE THIS AS A CALL TO THINK ABOUT THE SURROUNDING AND COUPLED CARDS.
*Brief descriptions borrowed from A.E White.
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