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. According to Donna Noble, the meaning of a fortune depicted by a card was changed depending on whether the card was presented to a viewer facing forwards or backwards. (PROSE: Legends of Camelot)

Cards in a Tarot deck 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 High Priestess
• The Sun
• The Emperor
• The Lovers (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People)
• The Ten of Swords (PROSE: Legends of Camelot)
• The Eight of Wands, "Movement"
• The Two of Disks
• The Five of Wands, "Disaster"
• The Eight of Swords, "Interference"
• The King of Swords
• The Three of Wands, "Virtue"
• The Ten of Cups, "Satisfaction"
• The Knave of Cups, Sabbath's favourite card (AUDIO: Sabbath Dei)
• The Hierophant
• The Hermit
• The Emperor
• The Star
• The Moon
• The Magician (PROSE: The City of the Dead)

The four suits were Cups, Swords, Pentacles, and Wands, (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People) although instead of Pentacles, some decks used Coins (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People) or Disks. (AUDIO: Sabbath Dei)

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)

Sabbath and Eliza played a game of Vingt-un with a Tarot deck. (AUDIO: Sabbath Dei)

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)

Romana read the Eighth Doctor's fortune, but she used a regular deck of playing cards. (PROSE: The Little Book of Fate)

The Eighth Doctor was also given a tarot reading of his past, the cards of which appeared to symbolise his incarnations. In order, he was shown The Hierophant, the Hermit, the Emperor, the Fool, the Star, the Moon, the Hanged Man, the Tower, and the Magician. (PROSE: The City of the Dead)