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MAGE:The Awakening ™ Copyright©2017 White Wolf Publishing AB. All rights reserved. Reproduction without the written permission of the publisher is expressly forbidden, except for the pur- poses of reviews, and for blank character sheets, which may be reproduced for personal use only. White Wolf, Mage and World of Darkness are registered trademarks of CCP hf. All rights reserved. Mage the Awakening, Mage the Awakening Tarot, Werewolf the Forsaken, and Keys to the Supernal Tarot are trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB. All rights reserved. All characters, names, places and text herein are copyrighted by White Wolf Publishing AB. This book uses the for settings, characters and themes. All mystical and supernatural elements are fiction and intended for entertainment purposes only. Reader discretion is advised. Check out White Wolf online at http://www.white-wolf.com 2 Sample file Contents Introduction — 4 Reading the Tarot: Celtic Cross — 5 The Tarot in the Chronicle — 7 The Cards Major Arcana — 17 Minor Arcana — 40

Sample file3 IntroductionThe Tarot deck is more than a simple tool ideas specific to the world established for or introspection exercises. It is there. Players interested in using more of the a work of art — a potent work of symbolism Tarot in their games may be interested in that represents the myriad aspects of life. Keys to the Supernal Tarot, a supplement The 22 Major Arcana in particular spell that in part acts as a more elaborate version out a path, from innocence and ignorance of this manual, as well as providing many to wisdom and spiritual completion. new elements to the world of Mage. As such, a Tarot might also fulfill an ad- Does the Supernal Tarot exist as an ditional role: the exploration of a fictional artifact in the World of Darkness? Could reality, its cards describing not only the ar- a Storyteller hand this deck of cards to a chetypes, ideas and concerns of real life, but player and say, “The cards look like this”? illustrating the forms those concepts might Perhaps. This deck represents a snapshot of take within another world. Even — and the modern world of Mage: The Awaken- especially — the World of Darkness. ing, which may make it seem less timeless. This Tarot deck is designed as a comple- Still, these cards and images could exist ment for the Mage: The Awakening game, if desired, either as a newly painted deck and also for the World of Darkness at large. compiled by an artist or artists with knowl- The art of the cards represents not only edge of the Awakened, or perhaps as an many of the traditional forms and symbols, older, enchanted deck whose images shift but also incorporates images that represent to match the age.

4 Sample file ReadingMany different the spreads Tarot: of Tarot cards Celtic ex- condition. Cross If a card comes off the top of the ist. The method described here is a common deck upside down from the perspective of variation of the Celtic Cross, a spread simple the querent, it is read as “reversed.” enough to use in a chronicle. The first card is placed on top of the sig- The Celtic Cross involves one significator nificator, “covering” it. This card represents card, representing the subject of the reading the querent’s present state with regards to (the querent). This card is usually one of the the question at hand. face cards (a Page, Knight, Queen or King) The second card is placed perpendicular depending on the age and temperament of to the first one, forming a cross. This card, the querent. One of the Major Arcana may always read as if in its right side up position, be used for this purpose, especially if such “crosses” the querent, showing the forces a card “jumps out” during the shuffling of in opposition to his interests. Note that the deck. The significator card is placed in this doesn’t mean forces working against front of the querent, face up, and oriented him, per se; if the topic of the reading is an so that it appears right side up from the unpleasant situation at home, the crossing querent’s perspective. card might be someone trying to help the The rest of the reading involves 10 cards, querent out of that situation. drawn from the top of the deck. The querent The third card is placed above the cross, shuffles the deck, thinking all the while about closest to the reader. This card “crowns” the the matter that the reading is to concern. It’s querent, showing what the future holds for possible, too, for the querent to simply let him on this topic. his mind wander while shuffling; this is said The fourth card is placed under the cross, to give a reading on the querent’s general closest to the querent. This card, “beneath” Sample file5