shoefaced-gemini:

shoefaced-gemini:

Y’ALL. The Tarot Cards for the Fool and Magician could give us a lot of insight into the characterizations of Seam and Jevil past our in-game knowledge. And it’s really, really sad in reference to Jevil specifically.

So apparently, the Fool Tarot Card is designated with the number zero, the number signifying limitless potential; the fool, having merely begun his journey through the Major Arcana, has the potential to be or do anything (sound familiar?). Additionally, according to Biddy Tarot, here is the description of the typical portrayal of the Fool Card:

So essentially, the Fool represents new beginnings, innocence, and purity, but unfortunately also naiveté, recklessness, and risk taking if reversed. Could Jevil have started out as an innocent, optimistic soul with limitless potential, and the stranger be representative of the cliff off which he falls, into a bottomless pit of unpredictability and chaos because of Jevil’s pure and shortsighted nature? That’s going to be my speculation from now on.

Now on to the Magician Tarot Card. The Magician is denoted with a 1–also associated with new opportunities and beginnings–and signifies manifestation and resourcefulness. It also represents a connection between the spiritual world and the physical world. Here is Biddy Tarot’s description of the Magician:

Something that blew my mind about this description is the items in front of the magician, because each one corresponds to a cartomancy suit: The sword is the spade suit, the cup is the heart suit, the pentacle is the diamond suit, and the wand is the club suit.

At best, the Magician Tarot Card represents a manifestation powerhouse and inspired action. Reversed, the Magician Card represents untapped potential and lack of clear direction, especially via lack of motivation or purpose (which is highly similar to what Seam seems to be going through). At the very worst, the Magician represents greed and manipulation because without the lack of higher purpose, one may focus only on personal desires (this doesn’t sound like Seam but who knows?). I think Seam fits the lack of focus because of how apathetic he seems and how little hope he has for the world. But I wonder if the Magician’s tie between the spiritual and physical realms is significant to Seam? Perhaps he is the link between the Dark World and the Lightners. Perhaps he is what brought them there? It’s all just theory though.

This is still relevant, plus I want to clarify that the modern tarots directly tie into cartomancy. As people have stated before, the red joker is the Magician and the black joker is the Fool.