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0: The Fool Cirno The Fool represents beginnings of experience and the protagonist. Cirno is - in most regards - a childish ice fairy but not a protagonist. It can also represent literal foolishness.

1: The Magician Kirisame Marisa The Magician represents action and initiative. Marisa is, of course, a magician, but she also has initiative... where "borrowing" things are concerned.

2: The High Priestess Patchouli Knowledge The High Priestess represents wisdom, arcane knowledge and magic. Patchouli is essentially a walking spellbook with a lot of magic power... notwithstanding her reclusive nature and her frequent bouts of anemia and asthma.

3: The Empress Aki Minoriko The Empress represents sexuality, fertility and abundance. Minoriko is a harvest goddess.

4: The Emperor Yasaka Kanako The Emperor represents control and stability. Kanako acts as the "father figure" for the rest of her "family".

5: The Hierophant Kamishirasawa Keine The Hierophant represents education and tradition. Keine is a schoolteacher.

6: The Lovers Lily White The Lovers represents love and dilemma. Lily is the herald of spring, a time of love.

7: The Chariot Fujiwara no Mokou The Chariot represents victory and conquest. Mokou is hellbent on killing Kaguya, despite knowing that Kaguya - and Mokou herself - are immortal.

8: Strength Ibuki Suika Strength represents self-control and courage. Suika is a regularly drunken - but insanely strong - oni, whose sense of self-control seems restricted to not allowing herself to go sober.

9: The Hermit Saigyouji Yuyuko The Hermit represents philosophy and solitude. Despite her seemingly whimsical attitude, Yuyuko is intelligent and is responsible where her powers over death are involved.

10: Wheel of Fortune Remilia Scarlet The Wheel of Fortune represents luck and fate. Remilia manipulates fate.

11: Justice Hakurei Reimu Justice represents balance and order. Reimu is the one mainly responsible for keeping peace and order throughout Gensokyo, and is also the creator of the spellcard system, which would allow for non-fatal resolutions to conflicts.

12: The Hanged Man Kagiyama Hina The Hanged Man represents sacrifice and surrender. Hina absorbs curses at her own price.

13: Death Onozuka Komachi Death represents endings and change. Komachi is a Shinigami, but is, more accurately, equivalent to Charon of Greek mythology - she is the ferryman of the souls of the dead.

16: The Tower Flandre Scarlet The Tower represents disaster and violent change. Flandre can cause wanton destruction, which once forced her older sister Remilia to seal her within the confines of their mansion.

17: The Star Kochiya Sanae The Star represents hope and faith. Sanae can create miracles, and is the more optimistic of the two mikos (Reimu is easygoing and realist). Most of her spellcards also involve stars.

18: The Moon Houraisan Kaguya The Moon represents illusion, dreams and fantasy. Simply put, Kaguya is the former princess of the Lunarians.

14: Temperance Yagokoro Eirin Temperance represents alchemy, harmony and equilibrium. In a traditional sense Eirin is an alchemist, and her blue-red dress helps with the association with equilibrium.

15: The Devil Rumia The Devil represents impulse and attachment to material things. Rumia is a carnivorous youkai frequently craving for human flesh.

19: The Sun Kazami Yuuka The Sun represents happiness and accomplishment. Yuuka governs the blooming of flowers depending on the season, and the seasons are associated with the Sun.

20: Judgement Shiki Eiki, Yamaxanadu Judgement represents redemption and verdicts. Eiki is the judge of the underworld, but is also somewhat moralistic.

21: The World Yakumo Yukari The World represents fulfillment and wholeness. Yukari's ability to control boundaries makes her the guardian of Gensokyo's borders.

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