Years ago I wanted to make a Star Trek tarot deck. It never came to that. I did however make a list of which characters could be which card.
I had originally wanted this deck to be a pip deck, meaning that only the major arcana and the court cards would be represented by a character. The pips would just be that, no characters. And ideally I wanted all major characters across the different series (TOS to DISCO) to be represented, but there were even too many in the pre-Discovery shows for that to happen.
I still like the idea of a cross series Trek tarot deck, so I thought I'll put my list up here anyway. It's not final and I may work on it in the future. With all the newer shows I'll probably re-think everything at one point and also fill in the pip cards.
As of now, this page is a WIP. Text and look will be added to and changed in the future, whenever I feel like working on it.
Major Acrcana
| Card | Character | Alternate characters |
|---|---|---|
| 0 The Fool | Data | James T. Kirk, Nog, Tom Paris, Rom, Wesley Crusher |
| I The Magician | Scotty | O'Brien |
| II The High Priestess | 7 of 9 | - |
| III The Empress | Lwaxana Troi | - |
| IV The Emperor | Benjamin Sisko | - |
| V The Hierophant | Starfleet or the Federation | Chakotay, Kai Winn |
| VI The Lovers | Worf and Jadzia (Dax) | Riker and Troi, Rom and Leeta |
| VII The Chariot | The Enterprise | - |
| VIII Strength | Tuvok | Jean-Luc Picard, Ezri (Dax), Kira Nerys, Michael Burnham, Worf |
| IX The Hermit | Chakotay | Spock, Geordi LaForge, Odo |
| X Wheel of Fortune | Q | Quark |
| XI Justice | Odo | Data |
| XII The Hanged Man | Garak or Leonard McCoy | - |
| XIII Death | Ezri (Dax) | Hugh, Data, Tasha Yar |
| XIV The Devil | Quark('s) | Q |
| XV The Tower | The Wormhole | Wolf 359, the destruction of Vulcan (Kelvin timeline) |
| XVI The Star | Vic Fontaine | The Milky Way, Data |
| XVII The Moon | Tom Paris | 7 of 9, Garak, Quark, Ash Tyler/ Voq |
| XVIII The Sun | James T. Kirk | Sylvia Tilly, Kasidy Yates, Vic Fontaine |
| XIX Judgement | Damar | - |
| XX The World | the Milky Way | - |
Minor Arcana
Wands = Phasers
The Wands are the fire suit, so what else could fit better in a Trek tarot than phasers? I imagine the cards to depict all kinds of phasers: Starfleet, Bajoran, Cardassian, as well as Klingon and Romulan disruptors.
| Card | Character | Alternate characters |
|---|---|---|
| Page of Wands | Nog | - |
| Knight of Wands | Kira Nerys | Will Riker, James T. Kirk |
| Queen of Wands | Kathryn Janeway | - |
| King of Wands | Will Riker | James T. Kirk |
Cups
The water suit. There's no need to change the name of it, as there are many different kinds of cups and other drinking vessels in Trek.
| Card | Character | Alternate characters |
|---|---|---|
| Page of Cups | Geordi LaForge | Data |
| Knight of Cups | Julian Bashir | - |
| Queen of Cups | Deanna Troi | Neelix |
| King of Cups | Jean-Luc Picard | Paul Stamets, Will Riker |
Swords = Tricorders
Swords are the air suit and as such the suit about thought, beliefs, and knowledge. So tricorders seem perfect as substitute.
| Card | Character | Alternate character |
|---|---|---|
| Page of Swords | Harry Kim | Wesley Crusher, Data |
| Knight of Swords | B'Elanna Torres | - |
| Queen of Swords | Nyota Uhura | - |
| King of Swords | Spock | - |
Coins = Gold pressed latinum
This is the earth suit, the one about possessions and the physical. Also: money, money, money. The money most used in the Star Trek world seems to be gold pressed latinum.
| Card | Character | Alternate character |
|---|---|---|
| Page of Coins | Kes | - |
| Knight of Coins | Miles O'Brien | - |
| Queen of Coins | Neelix | Syliva Tilly, Deanna Troi |
| King of Coins | Beverly Crusher | - |