Tarot

"La Mort" from Martha Tyler's tarot deck. (TV: Image of the Fendahl)

Tarot was a type of fortune-telling performed with a special deck of cards, each card holding a meaning. These included:

• The Queen of Cups
• The Fool
• The Hanged Man, signifying someone who would cause trouble
• The Tower, usually struck by lightning, signifying death and destruction
• Death, usually a skeleton holding a scythe and hourglass. (PROSE: White Darkness)
• The Ace of Pentacles
• The Four of Pentacles
• The Page of Pentacles
• The Ace of Wands
• The Knight of Wands
• The Three of Cups
• The Page of Cups
• The six of Swords
• The seven of Swords
• The Knight of Swords
• The Tower
• The High Priestess
• The Sun
• The Emperor
• The Lovers (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People)

Some packs of tarot had Coins instead of Pentacles. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People)

When Jack Harkness searched for the second resurrection gauntlet, a little girl who was reading tarot cards told him where to find it, later revealing the grim reaper/death card just as Jack was leaving. (TV: Dead Man Walking)

While in the Seventh Doctor's mind, Ace found a pack of tarot cards with images from the Doctor's life on them. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation)

Ruth O'Neil once played Snap with tarot cards. (AUDIO: Night Thoughts)

Jane once offered to read Frank's tarot. (PROSE: The Party in Room Four)