Add descriptions to tarot cards

[LudumSi]

Having the tarot cards in the game is cool, but they never get used. Probably because they don't say what the card symbolizes upon examination. Nobody except full-on tarot freaks are going to have them all memorized. While it's not hard to have them up in another tab, it would be a nice QoL feature. 

It would be extra neat to also have descriptions of what they show, with a spessman theme.

[Firebarrage]

Having the tarot cards in the game is cool, but they never get used. Probably because they don't say what the card symbolizes upon examination. Nobody except full-on tarot freaks are going to have them all memorized. While it's not hard to have them up in another tab, it would be a nice QoL feature. 

It would be extra neat to also have descriptions of what they show, with a spessman theme.

Description changes are nice and quick to do. If you are interested in this would you be able to write a few of the descriptions up and post them here? Id imagine the coders would be willing to add them to the game.

[Frank_Stein]

Personally I like to make up meanings, but what about a reference card added to the deck?

[kyle2143]

Personally I like to make up meanings, but what about a reference card added to the deck?

Even if someone write's of "real" meanings for examination. You can still make up your own and try to pass it off as fact just like irl fortune telling.

[Technature]

It would be nice to have a "Basic" guide to it.

Every time I look up Tarot cards my head hurts...

Also can we add a new Tarot card that's used to signify terrible things/is yet another cultural reference?

[Noah Buttes]

I'll write up descriptions if I'm given the option of making every single one some kind of tremendously unfunny reference and/or joke.

[kyle2143]

I'll write up descriptions if I'm given the option of making every single one some kind of tremendously unfunny reference and/or joke.

Do it. I'd be straight up offended if it was any other way.

[Technature]

I can't wait to see all 78 79 of these jokes.

[Vitatroll]

I'd like for the traditional meanings to be added. It would remove the barrier of entry for readings and still allow for people to make up their own bullshit, as kyle stated.

Naturally it'd be better if they were made funny and a 'nanotrasen product' but that would require talent and we're, well, us.

[LuigiThirty]

Maybe have both the Taraining Deck (which has meanings) and the Tarot Deck which does not, for maximum scam fun times.

[Newtonsolo]

nah just make them jojo references

[Noah Buttes]

nah just make them jojo references

There will be one or two where absolutely unavoidable.

[Newtonsolo]

nah just make them jojo references

There will be one or two where absolutely unavoidable.

if by one or two that you mean all 13 major arcana

edit: does anyone actually know how tarot cards are supposed to work though

[Noah Buttes]

Let's start with the Major Arcana.

1. The Magician - "HAIDAN SEEHQ" //get it? clairvoyance spell? GET IT?
   
2. The High Priestess - "A favorite of religious botanists everywhere."
   
3. The Empress - "Empressive." 
   
4. The Emperor - "The artwork on this card has been officially approved by the Adeptus Ministorum." //Originally something about the oft-forgotten emperor Gluteus Maximus, but that made it sound like I was scraping the bottom of the barrel. 
   
5. The Hierophant - "Contrary to popular belief, Hierophants are not actually members of the Proboscidea taxonomic order."
   
6. The Lovers - "You can't ever pay back what you owe."
   
7. The Chariot - "That's a funny looking segway."
   
8. Justice - "Strange. You can't see anything on the face of this card." //Justice is blind. I am a riot. 
   
9. The Hermit - "A hermit of the non-crab variety"
   
10. Wheel of Fortune - pick("Bankrupt!" , "Lose a turn!")
    
11. Strength - "Official Major Arcanum of the Space Wrestling Federation.[prob(5) ? " DIG IT!" : null]"
    
12. The Hanged Man - "W E L P ."
    
13. Death - pick("Inevitable." , "Unavoidable." , "Fated." , "Inexorable." , "Unrelenting." , "Impending." , "The inescapable fate of all things." , "That which cannot die.")
    
14. Temperance - "That's where you dunk hot metal in water to harden it, right?"
    
15. The Devil - "If you put this card into a cassette deck and play it backwards while listening very carefully, you can ruin some perfectly good audio equipment."
    
16. The Tower - "Too sweet to be sour."
    
17. The Star - "Science fact: stars are actually giant balls of gaseous tarot cards."
    
18. The Moon - "This card smells faintly of [prob(10) ? "imitation cheese product" : "cheese"]."
    
19. The Sun - "A completely ordinary depiction of the sun with absolutely nothing strange about it whatsoever. Seriously. GO AWAY."
    
20. Judgement - "Or is it judgment?"
    
21. The World - pick("The only remotely playable member of the arcana force." , "Bane of horologists everywhere." , "Mortal enemy of The Star." , "You a dracula?" , "Truly the most menacing Major Arcanum." , "Huh, it doesn't feel like time has stopped." , "Under Etteilla's Egyptian Tarot system, the Major Arcanum corresponding to the world actually represents a law suit or a legal dispute. Although Etteilla based his tarot system on the system described by Antoine Court de Gébelin two years prior, the two differed quite significantly in the names ascribed to the Major Arcana. Notably, Gébelin designated the 21st Major Arcanum as representing Time. Thus, the time stopping power demonstrated by DIO's The World could be considered a humorous commentary on the popular perception of law suits as being affairs so incredibly long-winded and tortuous that time, from the frame of reference of the parties involved in the suit, seems to stand still.") //You expected a jojo reference, but it was me, self-referential meta humor!
    
22. The Fool - "HONK HONK!"
    

[Huff H Law]

The Fool 0: Upright: beginnings, innocence, spontaneity, a free spirit. Reversed: naivety, foolishness, recklessness, risk-taking. It depicts a staff assistant stepping out of the escape shuttle with only a backpack on his back, looking forward into the unknown station. Depicting the start of a journey this card is without a number, as it is present in all the others.

Magician 1: Upright: Manifestation, resourcefulness, power, inspired action. Reversed: Manipulation, poor planning, untapped talents. It depicts a scientist wearing a gas mask and lab coat, one hand pointing up towards the sun, the other down at the dirty laboratory tiles. On a table in front of him lay various chemicals. Depicting knowledge and resourcefulness this card is fairly removed from the job it depicts.

The High Priestess 2: Upright: Intuition, sacred knowledge, divine feminine, the subconscious mind. Reversed: Secrets, disconnected from intuition, withdrawal and silence. Depicting a Head of Personnel standing behind the table. She represent a gate-keeper of knowledge, allowing only some through. In her hands is a gold bar with a strong contrast of dark and light on the card.

The Empress 3: Upright: Femininity, beauty, nature, nurturing, abundance. Reversed: Creative block, dependence on others. Depicting a captain you feel a serene aura emanating from her. She is surrounded by various computers and communication equipment, in full control of all, with a kind glance toward you. It could not be farther from the real captain.

The Emperor 4: Upright: Authority, establishment, structure, a father figure. Reversed: Domination, excessive control, inflexibility, self-discipline. Depicting a Head of Security it is a man in a red garb. Behind him the strong bars of the brig's grilles with an open door leading in, holding in his hands a baton and in his other a PDA. Perhaps his tough exterior only hides a soft side?

The Hierophant 5: Upright: Spiritual wisdom, religious beliefs, conformity, tradition, institutions. Reversed: Personal beliefs, freedom, challenging the status quo. Depicting a chaplain teaching crew members this card depicts the path into institutions in general. He is shown in a pose holding one finger upwards in one hand and two fingers towards the floor in the other.

The Lovers 6: Upright: Love, harmony, relationships, values alignment, choices. Reversed: Self-love, disharmony, imbalance, misalignment of values. Depicting two syndicate members it shows the somewhat neglected aspect of the divine found in the companionship of others. Behind the left operative is a door hiding a bomb, depicting the danger of fall from grace. The syndicate operatives are drawn ugly with devil's horns, proving this card pack was made by Nanotrasen.

The Chariot 7: Upright: Control, willpower, success, action, determination. Reversed: Self-discipline, opposition, lack of direction. Depicting a clown in his car, this card shows the clown standing upright inside his "chariot", representing the ability of the driver to control his fate via willpower and knowledge alone. It's also likely it depicts how they actually drive them, given what usually happens to clown drivers.

Strength 8: Upright: Strength, courage, persuasion, influence, compassion. Reversed: Inner strength, self-doubt, low energy, raw emotion. Depicting a quartermaster, this card shows her holding a rock worm in her hands, lovingly petting it. Depicting the power she has over the calmed beast through sheer strength alone, this card emanates a certain charisma.

The Hermit 9: Upright: Soul-searching, introspection, being alone, inner guidance. Reversed: Isolation, loneliness, withdrawal. Depicting a miner, this card shows him lighting an asteroid cavern in which he sits alone. The cavern ends in a bright shining gem, symbolizing the hermit's journey of discovery and his achievement of a heightened state of awareness. His light, not having a long reach, shows only the next few steps of his journey of self-discovery.

Wheel of Fortune 10: Upright: Good luck, karma, life cycles, destiny, a turning point. Reversed: Bad luck, resistance to change, breaking cycles. Depicting the station as the wheel of fortune, where it decides the fates of the people on it. In the corners are depicted various mythological beasts representing death, life and the turning of seasons.

Justice 11: Upright: Justice, fairness, truth, cause and effect, law. Reversed: Unfairness, lack of accountability, dishonesty. Depicting a lawyer standing between two pillars, never seen in space, but which represent justice. The lawyer is depicted as holding a gun, showing the unflinching honesty of truth, and in the other a scale in perfect balance.

The Hanged Man 12: Upright: Pause, surrender, letting go, new perspectives. Reversed: Delays, resistance, stalling, indecision. Depicting a naked man crippled. The man is laying down on the ground, with a serene expression on his face despite his injuries. This card represents ultimate surrender and sacrifice for the greater good.

Death 13: Upright: Endings, change, transformation, transition. Reversed: Resistance to change, personal transformation, inner purging. Depicting a security officer clad in armor and only a skeleton. The security officer's look represents what survives after death with his armor symbolizing the inevitability of death, that is, change. Before the skeletal officer we see a captain, assistant and fellow officer pleading with it. In vain, as death - and change - comes for us all.

Temperance 14: Upright: Balance, moderation, patience, purpose. Reversed: Imbalance, excess, self-healing, re-alignment. Depicting a ghost trapped in a field this card represents man's victory over the supernatural. The ghost has obscured features and a non-discernible gender, its captivity representing the constraints nature's laws put on all of us, despite our minor victories over it.

The Devil 15: Upright: Shadow self, attachment, addiction, restriction, sexuality. Reversed: Releasing limiting beliefs, exploring dark thoughts, detachment. Depicting an abomination of a head, its twisted and mangled features something you have never before seen. This head, probably symbolically, having control over another person drawn on the car. This card represents giving oneself over to animalistic desires.

The Tower 16: Upright: Sudden change, upheaval, chaos, revelation, awakening. Reversed: Personal transformation, fear of change, averting disaster. Depicting a station blowing up, crew members jumping out of it, this card represents ambitions and goals built on shaky foundations. The grim depiction of the station seems strange to put into a company card deck.

The Star 17: Upright: Hope, faith, purpose, renewal, spirituality. Reversed: Lack of faith, despair, self-trust, disconnection. Depicting Jones lacking his space suit, lapping from a stream on a terrestrial planet. This card represents spirituality and vulnerability as Jones is naked under a starry night sky.

The Moon 18: Upright: Illusion, fear, anxiety, subconscious, intuition. Reversed: Release of fear, repressed emotion, inner confusion. Depicting a partial eclipse of a sun by an asteroid, with the dim light revealing the owlery, this card represents a vague outline for a path to higher consciousness. Two small dogs are depicted howling at the asteroid.

The Sun 19: Upright: Positivity, fun, warmth, success, vitality. Reversed: Inner child, feeling down, overly optimistic. Depicting a robot lifelessly looking at a sun, surrounded by a group of various crew members, this card depicts optimism and positivity. The crew members also depict the feeling of lack boundless optimism may bring.

Judgement 20: Upright: Judgement, rebirth, inner calling, absolution. Reversed: Self-doubt, inner critic, ignoring the call. Depicting an escape shuttle arriving at central command, filled with countless people, all yearning to return, this card represents the inevitability of judgement and the impossibility of avoiding it.

The World 21: Upright: Completion, integration, accomplishment, travel. Reversed: Seeking personal closure, short-cuts, delays. Depicting a woman wrapped in a bedsheet, this card represents the completion of the journey. She looks back while moving forward, symbolizing that every end of a journey is the beginning of a new one. Below her you can see "PRINTED BY THE NANOTRASEN CARD COMPANY".

I got the upright, reversed descriptions from https://www.biddytarot.com/tarot-card-me...or-arcana/