Tarot Cards
Tarot (タロット, Tarotto) refers to a deck of cards that determine an individual's fate and suggests their Stand abilities, featured in the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stardust Crusaders.[1]
Standard tarot decks consist of 78 cards. However, Stardust Crusaders only features Stands based on the Major Arcana set of tarot decks, consisting of 22 cards. Each card has a deep meaning that changes depending on whether the card is in the normal position or in the opposite position (upside down).
Summary
The tarot cards in Stardust Crusaders each have their own designs and symbolism that may relate to the Stand abilities. They were all designed by Hirohiko Araki, appearing similarly to real tarot cards but in Araki's own style. Muhammad Avdol first mentions the tarot cards to Jotaro Kujo so that he can determine Jotaro's destiny and name his Stand after Jotaro draws a card.[1] Throughout their journey to Egypt, the Joestar group is attacked by various tarot Stand users sent by Enya the Hag. The spin-off Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak indicates that it is Enya who assigned the Tarot Cards to the various assassins tasked with killing the Joestar Group.[2]
With the exception of Vanilla Ice's Cream, Kenny G.'s Tenore Sax, and the Egypt 9 Glory Gods, all of the remaining Stands are based on the tarot cards. However, the Glory Gods also have unique cards that are displayed when the Stand user is introduced, and N'Doul states that the gods are the origins of the tarot cards.[3]
The tarot cards have been sold as merchandise in Adventure Battle Card. They were also included as limited edition bonuses with the DVD releases of the OVA and the second Blu-ray volume of Stardust Crusaders - Battle in Egypt.
Stand Users
A list of Stand users whose Stands are based on the Major Arcana set of tarot cards, in order of their Stand's appearance.
List of Tarot Cards
Major Arcana
Egypt 9 Glory Gods
Capcom Fighters
Gallery
Trivia
- In real life, the tarot cards do not originate from ancient Egypt; the structure and usage of the deck only dates back as far as 15th-century Europe, with early forms first surfacing in the 14th century.
- While Stardust Crusaders was being published in Weekly Shonen Jump, the tarot cards were originally drawn with different designs closely resembling cards from real copyrighted tarot decks. In the tankobons, they were re-designed to appear unique for JoJo.
- The designs on the first tarot cards in the magazine serialization appear to be based on the Tarot of Marseilles deck set, but later chapters use designs from different decks.
- In the magazine version of Chapter 127's cover, the cards were drawn with designs from the Deva Tarot deck set.
See also
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Chapter 121: The Power Called a "Stand"
- ↑ Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak: Chapter 14
- ↑ Chapter 188: "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 6
- ↑ Jump up to: 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 JoJo 6251