The Fortune Deck

The fortune deck comprises 36 cards that represent the cosmic forces acting on existence, from entire spheres down to individual mortals. 35 of the cards are ubiquitous. The 36th card is the Usurper and varies from sphere to sphere and even realm to realm - it represents a unique influence in the current region. Every card has a title, an upright meaning and a reversed meaning. Most cards also have one or more associations, with an element, a zodiac sign and so on.

A list of cards and their meanings follows. Want to see the pictures? Buy the game.

Card	Meaning/Reversed	Correspondences
Autumn	Plenty/Want	earth, Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
The Cockatrice	Corruption/Recovery	earth and water
The Creator	Nurture/Abandonment	earth, water, the moon
Death	Change/Stasis	water
The Defender	Safety/Peril	air, fire, the sun
The Dragon	Cunning/Blind Fury	earth, air
Drowning in Armor	Protective Measures Turn Dangerous/ True Prudence	air (negative)
The Eagle	The Mind Prevails/Thoughtlessness	air
Fearing Shadows	Unnecessary Fear/Recognizing Safety	fire (negative)
Fertility	Growth/Decline	water and earth
The Fish	The Soul Prevails/Shallowness	water
The Fool	Freedom/Lack of Connection	the sun
The Griffin	Valor/Cowardice	fire and air
The Hermit	Wisdom/Isolation	Mercury
Inspiration	Creativity/Lack of Imagination	water and fire
The King	Authority/Tyranny	Jupiter
Knowledge	Truth/Falsehood	air
Law	Order/Treachery	air and earth
The Lion	The Body Prevails/Weakness	earth and fire
Nature	Life Energy/Energy Sapped	earth
Overlooking the Diamond	Missing Opportunity/Recognizing Opportunity	water (negative)
The Peasant	Simple Strength/Lack of Vision	Venus
The Phoenix	Rebirth/Destruction	water and fire
The Priestess	Understanding Mysteries/Impracticality	the moon
The Satyr	Indulgence/Moderation	fire and earth
The Smith	Productivity/Evil Effort	Mars
The Soldier	Duty/Blind Obedience	Saturn
Sowing Stones	Fruitless Labor/Ceasing Fruitless Labor	earth (negative)
Spring	New Growth/Stagnation	air, Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
Striking the Dragon's Tail	Underestimating the Challenge/Recognizing the Larger Problem	all four elements
Summer	Energy/Exhaustion	fire, Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
Trickery	Deceit/Subtrefuge Revealed	fire and air
The Unicorn	Purity/Temptation	air and water
War	Great Effort/Effort Misspent	fire
Winter	Maturity/Inexperience	water, Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces

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