I Created 22 Tarot Cards Based On The Global Pandemic

I spent a full month creating a set of 22 Major Arcana tarot cards inspired by the Coronavirus pandemic. Some were based on political figures, some on the news as it developed each day, and some on my personal experiences during this strange and uncertain time.

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#1 The Fool – Stockpiling His Toilet Paper Like A Precious Resource

#2 The Devil – As Portrayed By Donald Trump Who Demonstrated More Incompetence Than Any Other Leader

#3 The Magician – As Portrayed By Chris Whitty. We All Grew To Love Chris Whitty

#4 The High Priestess – As Portrayed By Naga Munchetty, Keeping Us Up To Date And Shooting Down The Neigh-Sayers In Fabulous Style

#5 The Empress – As Portrayed By Nichola Sturgeon. At Least She Was Better Than The Emperor

#6 The Heirophant – For Once Your Friend Who Spends All Day Ranting About Conspiracies On Twitter Was Right About A Global Collapse

#7 The Lovers – For Those Lucky Enough To Stay Indoors With A Partner, The Lockdown Meant Netflix, Baking, And Animal Crossing

#8 Strength – While Some Of Us Sat At Home, Supermarket Workers Had To Work Tirelessly To Keep The World Running

#9 The Hermit – Some Of Us Chose To Stay Inside, Play Video Games And Stop Grooming Our Faces

#10 Wheel Of Fortune – Being Indoors Meant Endless Hours Of Daytime TV Gameshows

#11 The Hanged Man – As Portrayed By Dominic Cummings Who Became Enemy Number One After He Drove To His Second Home With Symptoms Of The Virus

#12 Death – Coronavirus Roams Mercilessly Without Discrimination

#13 The Star – We Were Glued To The News As The Events Unfolded. At The Beginning Every New Development Felt Like An Important New Twist

#14 The Moon – With Nothing Else To Do, We Turned To Staring At Our Phones. Endless Scrolling, Illuminating The Night

#15 The Sun – The TV Stays On All Day, Sometimes Telling Us What Was Happening In The World But More Often Than Not, Displaying Endless Shows About People Building Houses Or Moving To Spain

#16 Judgement – As Portrayed By Victoria Derbyshire Who Cast Her Stern Glare Over Anyone Bold Enough To Be Interviewed Live On TV

#17 The Emperor – As Portrayed By Boris Johnson. We Watched, We Got Angry, We Wondered What He Was Thinking

#18 The Chariot – Captain Tom Carried The Nations Spirits On His Back (With Michael Ball Along For The Ride)

#19 Justice – We Quickly Came To Recognise Doctors And Nurses As The Heroes We Needed

#20 Temperance – As Portrayed By Rishi Sunak Who Helped Us Feel Safe When He Blessed Our Screens From Time To Time To Tell Us About His Furlough Scheme

#21 The Tower – The Inscrutable Alert System Of Death That Ran On The Vaguest Of Criteria

#22 The World – When We Couldn’t Be Together, We Had To Find New Ways To Stay In Touch. It Felt Like The World Was Living Together On Zoom Calls