The new cards are in italics. The cards are interpolated into the original sequence by inventing "Berglundic Numerals" instead of Roman Numerals: I is still 1, but V is 7, and X is 15. There are 38 cards, corresponding to the 38 letters of the Berglundic alphabet there were at the time. (Since then, I've adjusted the alphabet, and there is at least one of new letter which will need a new card.)
Number | Letter | Card | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|
0 | a (0) | The Fool | beginning |
1 - I | b (1) | The Magician | will |
2 - II | g (10) | The Priestess | hidden knowledge |
3 - III | d (5) | The Empress | fertility |
4 - IIII | e (7) | The Champion | physical mastery |
5 - IIV | f (9) | The Scroll | study; literacy |
6 - IV | dh (6) | The Emperor | leadership |
7 - V | v (30) | The Hierophant | conventionality |
8 - VI | z (36) | The Lovers | choice |
9 - VII | x [kh] (34) | The Chariot | triumph |
10 - VIII | th (27) | Strength | spiritual strength |
11 - VIIII | j (14) | The Messenger | knowledge freely given; communications |
12 - IIIX | ue (29) | The Forge | trouble for gain |
13 - IIX | au (3) | The Toaster | rebirth |
14 - IX | y (35) | The Hermit | wisdom |
15 - X | k (15) | The Wheel of Fortune | success |
16 - XI | l (16) | Justice | justice |
17 - XII | m (17) | The Hanged Pig | prophecy; pause |
18 - XIII | n (18) | Death | change |
19 - XIIII | u (28) | The Bread of Life | nourishment: physical and spiritual |
20 - XIIV | ng (19) | The Face of Chaos | luck |
21 - XIV | s (25) | Temperance | harmony |
22 - XV | ai (4) | The Devil | materialism |
23 - XVI | p (23) | The Tower | overthrow |
24 - XVII | h (11) | The Star | insight |
25 - XVIII | oo (21) | The Moon | imagination |
26 - XVIIII | oi (22) | The Great Tree | growth |
27 - XIIIX | ee (8) | The Tide | time |
28 - XIIX | w (31) | The Starship | escape |
29 - XIX | r (24) | The Sun | happiness |
30 - XX | c [sh] (2) | Judgment | life well lived |
31 - XXI | t (26) | The Worlds | completion |
32 - XXII | o (20) | The Wave | power |
33 - XXIII | ah (33) | The Mountain | challenge; correct thought |
34 - XXIIII | i (12) | The Milky Way | revealed knowledge |
35 - XXIIV | ie (13) | The Griffen | guardians of knowledge; concealment |
36 - XXIV | uh (32) | The Rose | beauty; pleasure |
37 - XXV | zh (37) | The Universe | enlightenment |
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