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Today's Dr Stone Tarot Card analysis is going to be on one of my favorite characters in the series, Asagiri Gen. As mentioned in previous posts, this card is associated with The Moon a lot and sometimes with The Devil card. I came to a different conclusion and think that this card is actually The Hanged Man. I give my reasons and here is The Hanged Man for reference.

The Hanged Man Meaning:

Upright: Pause, Surrender, Letting Go, New Perspectives

Reversed: Delays, Resistance, Stalling, Indecision

On The Hanged Man card we see a young man suspended form a T-shaped cross made of living wood, as indicated by the leaves and branches growing off the cross. The young man is suspended by his right leg with his left leg crossed in front forming an inverted triangle. The Hanged Man is viewing the world from a very different presepective then everyone else from his current position with a serene and calm look on his face. The calmness of his demeanor suggests that he is hanging upside-down on his own terms and that he is there by choice. He has a halo above his head suggesting his insight, awareness, and enlightenment about his situation and meditations. The Hanged Man, in tarot, is the card of ultimate surrender, of being suspended in time and is a reminder of self-sacrifice needed to be made for the greater good.

On the Gen card we see Gen siting cross-legged looking up at a glowing rochelle salt (the crystal made from the wine crystals to create the microphone for the cell phone) with a calm and serene look on his face. Gen's hair and lavender robe are billowing up slightly as if air is under them (or this card is reversed *wink wink*).

But darling, Gen isn't upside-down and that is kind of a prominent feature of this card! How can you possible say that Gen is representing The Hanged Man when he isn't upside-down and you have used the position of other figures on cards to justify your reasoning for other card assignments? I would like to reference this clip from the same ending credits scene in Season 4 for my reasoning:

Yeah, Gen is not upside-down on the card itself, but he was upside-down in the credits. Is it a stretch? Maybe. But the fact that his jacket and hair are billowing up and he is the only thing on the card with a glowing object above his head also makes me think Gen is representing The Hanged Man here. But does his character development fit The Hanged Man's meaning? Absolutely. Let's explore that a bit.

When The Hanged Man card shows up in a tarot reading it is a strong indicator that you need to take a pause in your life to mull over current situation otherwise the Universe will do it for you, voluntarily or involuntarily. What is Gen constantly doing in the anime and manga? He is constantly asking people to "hold on a minute" and to see things from a different perspective. Sometimes Gen does slight-of-hand and illusions, but ultimately Gen is a Mentalist. He is a master of human psychology and getting people to see things from a different point of view. That is literally the basis of who he is as an entertainer is to get you to see things from a perspective of his choosing.

The Rochelle salt is a wonderful touch to this card, imo, because it alludes one of the most prominent examples of Gen's abilities as a Mentalist in the first season. He used his voice mimicking skills, powers of persuasion, and ingenuity to come up with a way to get Tsukasa's followers to have doubt in their minds about the validity of Tsukasa's vision and goals. By mimicking the famous diva, Lilian Weinberg, along with the use of Senku's cell phone and the glass record recording Gen was able to weaken Tsukasa's Empire before Tsukasa realized he was engaged in battle.

Other times that Gen really pulled out the Mentalist tricks was with Moz and the American's, Dr. Xeno and Stanley Snyder. With Moz, Gen convinced Moz to delay his decision to kill everyone and got Moz to even join The Kingdom of Science in their plot on Treasure Island to get the Medusa device back. With the American's, Gen stalled Stanley and Dr. Xeno's attack on the Perseus by giving the perception that The Kingdom of Science had the ability to defend themselves more then they actually could. There are numerous other examples that can be listed as well, but I think thes three examples are great justification for my opinion that Gen is really good at getting folks to pause and see things from a different point of view. He is one of my favorite characters and I could talk about him all day, but I will spare you from that with this post.

So this concludes my Dr. Stone Tarot Card analysis series from the season 4 credits. If more tarot cards show up I n the upcoming season credits I will take the time to analyze those if I can find good pictures of the cards to work off of. I would like to thank @ChifuyuEmma on Pintrest for making nice visuals of these tarot cards so I could actually get a good look at them. If anyone wants to see where I got the Raider Waite images you can go to biddytarot.com and look at the Major Arcana section of their website. As always, if you have any questions and would like to comment why you agree of disagree with my analysis on this card or any of the other cards feel free to do so. I don't claim to be 100% correct on what these card represent and I love a good back and forth if you have good reasons for your thoughts. This was fun and I look forward to more Dr. Stone episodes coming out on Crunchyroll on July 10th. I'm super excited about that and I look forward to any comments or questions that may come up. Ciao!

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The next charater in my Dr. Stone Tarot Card series Senku Ishigami as The Magician. Senku, our main character and genius scientist determined to save all of humanity makes for a very lovely Magician imho. Here is The Magician card for reference:

The Magician Meaning

Upright: Manifestation, resourcefulness, power, inspired action

Reversed: Manipulation, poor planning, untapped talents

The Magician card is labeled as number 1 in the Major Arcana. The card is represented by a man using his tools of his trade, which represent the 4 elements, to work his magic and manifest his desires into reality. The Magician has one hand pointing to heaven and one to the Earth indicating he can take what he conceives in his mind he can make reality with the proper tools and enough time. The infinity symbol above his head and the ouroboros around his waist represent his infinite potential, the cyclical nature of life and existence, and his potential access to endless thoughts and resources.

The Senku Ishigami card we see Senku with a bunch of science apparatus working on his next big project, bringing his ideas into reality. We also see the Medusa device in the background, looking like the infinity device, and the belt with more items and tools Senku will need for his infinite drive for scientific discovery. In the background we also see the moon behind the Medusa device, which has been Senku's ever driving goal to get to the moon, even before the pertification event even happened.

Based off of the card descriptions alone I think it is pretty obvious as to why I think Senku Ishigami is clearly representing The Magician in Gen's tarot deck. The Magician and Senku are also extremely representative of taking action, making thoughts and ideas come into reality, and resourcefulness which is Senku's whole character in Dr. Stone. If it wasn't for Senku having the ability to make his ideas reality there would be no show. For the sake of anime only watchers, I will keep some if my reasonings quiet because it will mostly be foreshadowing of what is coming down the pipe in the anime.

Now, I would like to address why I don't think Senku's card is representing The Moon (because that seems to be a common one that lots of folks like to assign to his card on the internet). My major argument against this choice, besides the fact the the symbolism is highly indicating it's The Magician, is because The Moon is a card about hidden fears, illusions, anxiety, intuition, and the subconscious. None of that fits Senku's character even though going to the moon has been an important task for Senku since the beginning of the manga and anime. Overall this card felt like it was quite straightforward, but I would enjoy any evidence that contradicts my thought process. Stay tuned, my next card analysis is on Ryusui Nanami. Get excited.

Sources: biddytarot.com & @ChifuyuEmma on Pintrest

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Today's Dr. Stone Tarot Card analysis is gonna be on Ryusui Nanami. The tarot card this high energy leader represents, in my humble opinion, is none other then The Emperor.

The Emperor Meaning:

Upright: Authority, established structure, and father figure

Reversed: Domination, excessive control, lack of discipline, inflexibility

The Emperor sits on a throne adorned with 4 rams heads showing his strong connection to the zodiac sign Aries. Just like Aries in the zodiac, The Emperor is a self assured leader who represents father figures and other strong authority figures in one's life whenever he shows up in tarot readings. He hold the Egyptian ankh in one hand (symbol of life), holds an orb in another (symbol of the world), and wears a crown on his head (symbol of authority) to show that this man is in control of everything in his life and all that he has been granted power over. The suit of armor he wears indicates he is protected and lacks vulnerability while his white beard represents wisdom and years of experience.

On the Ryusui Nanami card we see a confident Ryusui sitting on a throne of goats/rams with the back of the throne composed of the Perseus's ship wheel. The ship wheel is tied in place by 4 ropes, indicating that Ryusui is in complete control of where he wants the ship to go as he navigates the vast ocean upon which he sails. His confident sitting pose, arrogant smile, red garments, the captain's hat, a map in his left hand, and his right hand poised to snap his fingers and get whatever he wants all speak to Ryusui's role as a ships captain and the absolute power he wields on the ship that he navigates.

In the show Ryusui Nanami is a force to be reckoned with. He has skills that Senku needs to make his goals a reality and Ryusui knows his worth and isn't willing to settle for anything less proper compensation for those skills. When you get two dominate personalities in a room like that, there needs to be a division of domains, which is exactly what happened in the show. Senku is Ishigami Villages Chief and head scientist on all scientific projects (King of the Kingdom of Science) while Ryusui Nanami is King of the Perseus and the high seas. Ryusui also creates a currency based economy and gets the rights to one of the most valuable resources that Senku needed in Japan, oil.

While there is no doubt in my mind that Ryusui Nanami has the authority of The Emperor, and the experience that is required for the realm he commands, Ryusui also has a protective and fatherly side to him as well. When the crew was going to Treasure Island, Ryusui reprimanded Suika for stowing away on the ship because he was concerned for her well being. He also, as his last act before being petrified on Treasure Island, kicked Suika to safety because of his concern and protectiveness of her. Overall, Ryusui Nanami is the embodiment of The Emperor in my mind and I feel no other tartot card in the Major Arcana could represent him better.

My next analysis will be on the kindhearted and insightful Ukyo Saionji. Get excited!

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Ukyo Saionji will be the card of focus of today's analysis. The card I feel that Ukyo is representing is Justice from the Major Arcana.

Justice's Meaning

Upright: Justice, fairness, truth, law, cause and effect

Reversed: Unfairness, lack of responsibility, dishonesty

On the Justice card we see a woman seated on a throne wearing a crown to signify her authority in her situation. In her right hand is a doyble-edged sword pointing upward signifying logic and orderliness of the mind, a firm and final decision on matters being discussed, and a reminder that we bear the consequences of the decisions made. In her left hand are the scales the remind her that intuition must balance out that logic and to make balanced and fair considerations before passing final judgement.

In the Ukyo Saionji card we see Ukyo standing in a steady stance looking at towards the card holder with his bow nocked and ready to fire, if need be. The scales in the background are a huge nod to the Justice tarot card, because scales do not show up on any other card in the Major Arcana, and it is a nod to the balance of logical and compassionate decisions Ukyo makes throughout the anime series. The sonar display further in the background on Ukyo's card, is a tribute to his "throne" and where his area of expertise lies: finding that which others cannot be find with their eyes alone.

Ukyo was revived by Tsukasa for his profound skills as a sonar operator. Ukyo's amazing hearing has helped him locate enemies, find petrified bodies on the ocean floor, locate "Why Man", find fish on long sea voyages, and so on. On many occasions throughout the anime, Ukyo has drawn logical and accurate conculsions from the information he has obtained by sitting still, waiting patiently, and listening carefully before relaying that information in a definitive way to the other team members.

In addition to finding the hidden things in the sea and sky, Ukyo displays a lot of insight, compassion, and kindness throughout the anime series. When Ukyo hears through Gen's ruse when Gen was imitating Lilian Weinberg, Ukyo reacted with a calm logical demeanor despite knowing that Gen was attempting to manipulate him and the others present. Ukyo, instead, calmly gathered more information, weighed the consequences, negotiated with Senku to have zero casualties, and spelled out exactly what the consequences would be if casualties happened. After all that, Ukyo helped Senk to overthrow the Empire of Strength and showed extreme compassion towards Tsukasa despite getting hurt in the altercation and clearly expressing that he never agreed with Tsukasa's vision.

Like the 3 characters I analyzed prior, Ukyo is the embodiment of the tarot card he represents. One might even say that Ukyo does justice to Justice by representing Justice? Lol, I digress. Anyway, that is all I have for my Ukyo card analysis and the next card in my Dr. Stone Tarot Card analysis will be Kohaku. Get excited!

My Sources: biddytarot.com & @ChifuyuEmma on Pintrest

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Today's Dr Stone character card I will be analyzing is Taiju and Yuzuriha as The Lovers. Aren't they just the cutest? Anyway, here is The Lovers card from the Major Arcana.

The Lovers Meaning:

Upright: Love, Harmony, Relationships, Values Alignment, Choices

Reversed: Self-Love, Disharmony, Imbalance, Misalignment of Values

In The Lovers card we see a nude man and woman standing under an angel. Some say the angel is Raphael, whose name mean "God's Heals", because The Lovers card is about healing the physical and emotional aspects of one's relationships with others and themselves. The Christian symbolism is strong in this card with the snake (originally red on the original Raider Waite card) wrapped around the tree by the woman, meant to represent the woman's struggle with Earthly things and passions that take her focus off the Divine. The woman is looking up at the angel in an attempt to keep her focus on Divine matter rather then the snake. The man is by a flaming tree representing his temptation to struggle with passion and the pleasures of the flesh. On the card the man is looking towards thw woman because she is suppose to be his source of pleasure and it is representing his loyalty to her despite the temptations of the world. The erupting volcano in the background is a phallic symbol representing the explosion of passion and desire that happens when the man and the woman meet each other in a relationship and get in harmony with one another.

In the Taiju and Yuzuriha card we don't have such overtly Christian symbolism present, but some of the overlapping elements. The first that catches my attention is that there is a young man and woman on this card who obviously like each other from what we know in the show and manga very present on the card. Taiju is looking at Yuzuriha with joy and she is looking up at him with a serene look on her face. The red scarf, representing Yuzuriha's talents with the fiber arts, wraps around in the air behind both of the them. Finally, the tree that kept Yuzuriha safely in place for 3700 years is in the background and calls us back to when Taiju was gonna declare his love for Yuzuriha under that very tree just before the petrification beam hit. It was a very passionate and memorable place for the two of them.

So despite the heavy handed Christian symbolism that is present in The Lovers card, I think it is easy to see why I assigned The Lovers card to Tajui and Yuzuriha. They are really the only couple in Dr. Stone that had any real emphasis applied to their dynamic. We have a bit of relationship references for Ruri and Chrome plus the various astronaut couples, but Tajui and Yuzuriha are the main romatically involved couple in Dr. Stone. Taiju's love for Yuzuriha was so strong that if kept a big oaf like Taiju conscious for 3700 years. That's just stupidly sweet in my opinion and is really the only really reason why someone like Tajui would stay conscious for that long. His love for Yuzuriha is truly timeless.

Alright, enough yammering about this card because I feel that is all the justification this one warrants. Now I am at the point in these card overviews that my opinions may, or may not, begin to become controversial. The 5 remaining cards in this series are inconsistent with what people on the internet think they represent. The 5 remaining cards are Hyoga, Moz and Kirasame, Nikki and Minami, Kinro and Ginro, and my boy Gen Asigiri. I'm saving Gen for last, because I can, and the next card I will analyze will be Moz and Kirasame. My hope is that after I write up that cards analysis your faith in my opinions about the others will be a bit more solidified. Until then, get excited!

My Sources: biddytarot.com & @ChifuyuEmma on Pintrest

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Today's Dr Stone Tarot Card analysis was a tricky one. It took a while for me to decide which card Kinro and Ginro were representing, but I decided the The Chariot made the most sense after thinking it through.

The Chariot Meaning:

Upright: Control, Willpower, Success, Action, Determination

Reversed: Self-Discipline, Opposition, Lack of Direction

On The Chariot card you see a warrior wearing a suit of armor with a square on his chest (strength of will), two crescent moons on his shoulders (change over time or changes to come), and a diadem of laurel leaves (victory and authority) with an eight point star in the center (spiritual enlightenment). In his right hand he holds a wand similar to The Magician, indicating that his strength comes from the control and strength of will of his mind. The two Sphinx pulling the chariot are contrasting colors and are attempting to run in different directions. The two Sphinx represent duality, positive and negative, and opposing forces. The Chariot itself represents raw action, forward motion, and motivation and it is lacking reigns in this card. It is suggested that the warrior is driving the Chariot from his sheer will-power and determination or it is being directed by the stronger of the two Sphinx.

In The Kinro and Ginro card we see Kinro and Ginro facing opposite directions with Kinro holding his golden spear and Ginro holding his silver spear. They are standing in front of the bridge that they both gaurd that leads to Ishigami Village. There is a large circle in the background with curtains that look like the curtains that are shading the warrior on The Chariot card. I'm not sure what this big black circle is, but I like to believe it is one of two disc's for the man powered generator that Kinro and Ginro had to operate together. I can hallucinate two crescent moon shapes in Ginro's belt and a star-ish design on Kinro's shield, but that is a bit of a stretch if I am being honest.

I think Kinro and Ginro represent the two Sphinx in The Chariot card. The two of them may be brothers, but they are polar opposites in many ways. Kinro is determined, a stickler for the rules, strong-willed, action oriented, and is a successful warrior. Ginro is lazy, lacks direction, sleazy, and manipulative. To Ginro's credit, he does care about others and his brother, and when push comes to shove Ginro finds the willpower and determination to pull through in the end. That is why Kinro and Ginro can be in perfect sync at times, especially when Kinro's bigger personality (or a sufficient reward/consequence) pulls Ginro down the correct path. This really showed up when Kinro and Ginro would work together to help Senku achieve his goals of making the sulfa-drug to ultimately help Ruri out.

But what about the warrior symbolism that The Chariot card has? Kinro and Ginro are both warriors in their own right, so it could be achieved there. Senku could theoretically fulfill this symbolism because Senku creates a lot of the senerios that end up motivating Kinro and Ginro. I think my favorite option is Matsukaze though. First off, he fits all the sybolism that the warrior in The Chariot card symbolizes, he even has a crescent moon in the middle of his forehead. Matsukaze also pushes, pulls, and carries Ginro in the most noble of directions, which are the directions Kinro is inclined to choose and Ginro is not. Any of these three options could fit this role really nicely and I am sure there are some options I haven't thought of that could work here as well.

As you can tell, I myself question what the Kinro and Ginro card are representing in the Major Arcana, but this was the best I could come up with. What do you think? Are Kinro and Ginro representing The Chariot? If so, who is the warrior? What does the black circle represent to you? Are Kinro and Ginro a better fit for a different card? Feel free to leave a comment to give me something to ponder and consider. The next card I will analyze is Nikki and Minami so get excited!

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Today's Dr. Stone Tarot Card is Moz and Kirisame from Treasure Island. The card from the Major Arcana that I think is being represented here is The Wheel of Fortune. Why choose this card for 2 people that you would be very unfortunate to meet if they were your enemy in battle? Let's look at the cards and I will explain my logic on this one.

The Wheel of Fortune Meanings:

Upright: Good Luck, Karma, Life Cycles, Destiny, and A Turning Point

Reversed: Bad Luck, Resistance to Change, Breaking Cycles

In The Wheel of Fortune card we see a wheel with 8 spokes in its center and 2 creatures directly around it. The symbols on the 8 spokes are mercury, salt, sulfur, water, and the other spokes are pointing at the 4 elements (represented by the winged beasts in the corners) which represent the building blocks of life and formative power. 4 Hebrew letters, YHVH, and TORA surround the spokes to represent God and The Law.

The 3 creatures directly around The Wheel are the Sphinx, Anubis, and a Snake. The Snake represents life and the cycle of change, Anubis represents death and the underworld, and the Sphinx represents knowledge and strength. The 4 winged creatures in the corners of the card represent the 4 fixed signs of the Zodiac: the angel is Aquarius (air), the eagle is Scorpio (water), the lion is Leo (fire), and the bull is Taurus (earth). Each one of these figures hold a Torah representing wisdom.

On the Moz and Kirisame card we see the 8 pointed symbol of the Soyuz spacecraft that contains the platinum and other rare minerals and elements that Byakuya collected and left behind for Senku. The Soyuz is the reason why Seku goes to Treasure Island and The Soyuz also become the epicenter of the culture on Treasure Island because the 8 point star is worn prominently on anyone who holds significant authority on Treaure Island, like The Master, Moz, and as an emblem on the Treasure Island soldiers shields.

In front of The Soyuz symbol is Moz (a pillar of strength and knowledge in his own right) and Kirisame (the harbinger of "death" on Treaure Island). Moz is posed like the Sphinx with his weapon pointed in the same direction and being above Kirisame. Kirisame is below is a lunging position that is very similar to that of Anubis, the God of Death who judhes the dead in the underworld, plus she has the headdress that makes her look like she has horns of pointed ears. The secret 3rd "creature" on this card is the petrification device that Kirisame keeps on her person. Also know as the Medusa, the petrification device is the main way the lives of the inhabitants of Treasure Island are controlled by Ibara and how things work on Treasure Island.

In addition to the strong sybolism present on the Moz and Kirisame card that indicates it is representing The Wheel of Fortune card, both of these characters play a pivotal role in turning the tides for Senku and the other Perseus crew members. Without Moz, the Perseus crew would never even had a chance of beating Ibara and obtaining the Medusa. Kirisame played a very important role of saving everyone's lives from Stanley Snyder when the Perseus crew initially met him in North America by using her throwing arm. If she hadn't accurately thrown the acetylene gas to stall out Stanley's plane, the Perseus crew could have been wiped out the moment the made first contact with the American's. In later story arcs both Moz and Kirisame provide useful fighting power to help Senku and the others out as well. On the flip side, when Moz and Kirisame were enemies of Senku and the Perseus crew, they were both some of the biggest obstacles that the gang had to overcome.

So that's what I got for you. Did you agree with my analysis or do you think Moz and Kirisame represent a different card in the Major Arcana? Feel free to leave your comments and give me some food for thought. The next card I will analyze in this series will be Hyoga's card. Get excited!

My Sources: biddytarot.com & @ChifuyuEmma on Pintrest

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To start off the Dr. Stone Tarot Card Series we will begin with Chrome. Most folks will agree that the Chrome card very much so looks like The Fool from the Major Arcana. I have attached an image of The Fool below:

Card Symbolism, Similarities, and My Conclusions:

As you can see the similarities are pretty glaring betweenThe Chrome card and The Fool: a pure, innocent, young man paying attention to something else besides the world around him with the pack of possessions in a knapsack on a stick. The white rose is representing the purity and innocence in The Fool card and we know that Chrome is a pretty innocent dude overall in the series from the moment he is introduced. Both men are seemingly unaware of the fact they are going to skip off into the unknown very soon, unaware of the challenges ahead which is represented by the mountains in the background of both card and the cliff in The Fool. The white dog represents loyalty and protection, and Chrome is very loyal and protective of Science, Senku, and his other friends that he gathers along his journey as a member of The Kingdom of Science.

The Fool meanings

Upright: Beginnings, innocence, spontaneity, a free-spirit

Reversed: Holding back, restlessness, risk-taking

The Fool is a unique card in the Major Arcana because it is unnumbered and it can go at the beginning or the end of the Major Arcana. Sometimes The Fool is numbered as 0, the number of unlimited potential, and boy does Chrome have unlimited potential. Chrome is our experienced explorer, seeker of all the things in the natural world, curious as all get out, and has the ability to creativly synthesize the information he is taught in profound and useful ways. Sometimes he literally re-creates the water wheel with his creativity, but the fact that he can do that without prior instruction impressed both Senku and I. Chrome is smart in his own right but, along with Senku's instruction, the potential Chrome has to excell in the realm of scientific discovery is unlimited. Senku obviously knows this fact about Chrome's unlimited potential because Senku was willing to dump all of his scientific knowledge on Chrome before attempting to go out and get the sulfuric acid in season 1.

The Major Arcana is sometimes called The Fools journey through life. That tidbit of information alone makes Chrome a very appropriate choice for The Fool because his life is 10 billion percent influenced by everyone else in this Dr. Stone Tarot Card series. And just like Chrome and The Fool, both are ever present throughout their respective story and life journey. I don't feel I need to argue this one much harder because everyone else who analyzed this Dr. Stone card has come to the same conclusions (and other cards in this series are gonna require way more justification for my opinions then this one will).

TL;DR: Chrome represents The Fool in the Major Arcana.

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Today's Dr Stone Tarot Card analysis will be on the Suika Card representing The Star of the Major Arcana.

The Star meaning

Upright: Hope, faith, purpose, renewal, and spirituality

Reversed: Lack of faith, despair, self trust, disconnect

In The Star card we see a naked woman, representing her purity or purity of intent, kneeling by by the edge of the water holding two containers. The left container represents the subconscious while the vessel in her right hand represents the conscious mind. She is pouring water on the land to water it and help the greenery grow. She has one foot on land, representing her practical skills and good common sense. Her other foot is in the water representing her intuition and her connection to her inner voice and inner resourcefulness. The large yellow star behind her represents her essence while the seven smaller stars represent the seven chakras.

On the Suika Card we see our cute girl playing in the water under a stary night sky. She is happily looking up at the stars through the eyes of science gifted to her by Senku. In the background we see a lot of dry land with some greenery dispersed here and there.

So Suika is a devoted believer of science after Senku gifts Suika with glasses so she can see the beauty of the world around her. From that point on, Suika has made it her mission to help out Senku and The Kingdom of Science in any way she can, even to the point of risking her life like she did when Hyoga attacked the village or when she helped get the mobile lab to Senku on Treasure Island.

The part of the story that Suika truly shines hasn't been animated yet, but it is the paet of the story where I think Suika truly shines as a representative of The Star card. If you don't want spoilers, just skip the rest of what I am writing from this point.

So, at some point in the story the core gang of 16 folks from the Kingdom of Science and the American Colony head to South America to obtain rubber, all while running from Stanley Snyder and his crew. Things and stuff happen, but eventually Stanley's group catches up to Senku's group and the only way to save everyone is to petrify everyone, and I mean everyone, because the only working petrification device is in the American Colony in California still. The group in America gets the device set off with Why Man's voice and the whole world is petrified once again. Just before the petrification beam makes its way to South America, Senku's crew set up one bottle of revival fluid to fall onto someone below (anyone would due) when the trap gets activated. It takes a while for the trap to be activated, but eventually the trap activates and Suika is the one revived.

Earlier when things and stuff was happening, Suika's glasses got broken, so she couldn't see too well when she got revived. She is scared, alone, frightened, and in a lot of despair (rightfully so). Eventually she starts calming down, takes care of her own needs first, and then starts looking for ways to revive her friends. She gathers all of her friends statues together and looks for revival fluid or clues to help her revive The Kingdom of Science people.

Eventually she finds the recipe for revival fluid in Senku's clothes (because all the other bottles got destroyed when things and stuff happened), and Suika uses renewed faith and hope to try and make revival fluid the easy way first. She fails to make revival fluid the efficient way because she just doesn't have the understanding of chemistry to make the revival fluid.

Suika ends up having to make revival fluid the long way. By using her resourcefulness from growing up in the woods, good common sense, her intuition, and focusing on her new purpose in life, Suika is able to make enough revival fluid after 7 years of hard work to revive Senku. After Senku is revived it takes him a few days to revive everyone else, but it was Suika's faith in science, hope, and purpose that ultimately saves everyone. That is why Suika is The Star, the shining star, of this tarot deck and of The Kingdom of Science. *damn ninjas cutting onions in here*

The next card I will analyze will be Taiju and Yuzuriha, get excited!

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Up next we have Tsukasa Shishio representing The World from the Major Arcana.

The World meaning:

Upright: Completion, integration, accomplishment, travel

Reversed: Seeking personal closure, short-cuts, delays

In The World, we see a naked woman (purity), wrapped in purple cloth (spirituality), dancing inside a circular wreath (cyclical nature of life) of laurel leaves (victory) looking behind her (past) while her feet move forward (future). She hold 2 wands (tools of manifesting) , similar to what The Magician was holding, showing that what The Magician manifested has come to completion in The World. The World is a card that speaks to the cyclical nature of life and how that when one phase of life ends we begin a new one right away. The World is also the end of The Fool's Journey before he starts again from the beginning with The Magician. Everything about The World is about completing one cycle and traveling forward into a new phase of one's life. The phrase "one door closes another one opens" comes to mind whenever I see this card in a tarot reading.

Tsukasa Shishio kind of lives his life in a similar manner, going from one phase to the next quite quickly. One moment He is a poor kid getting beat by fat jerks for collecting sea shells, then he becomes a word wide celebrity as a MMA champion to fund his sister's medical treatments, then he is raising an empire in the Stone World, and then he's dying, and then he is traveling to America, and so forth. Tsukasa doesn't stand still for very long, let's just say that.

In the Tsukasa Card we see some very classic The World symbolism with the wreath of laurel leaves being very prominent on his card. Laurel leaves are a symbol of victory and Tsukasa does winning pretty well, even if he falls a few time. In his hand Tsukasa is holding a necklace of seashells, representing his sister Mirai and his motivation for bettering himself on his initial journey. I also like to believe that Tsukasa's motivation for being powerful is to protect that which he values, like his sister, friends, and his vision of how he feels the world should be and the seashell necklace feels representative of that as well imo.

The next card I will analyze will be Suika. Get excited!

Side note: With Suika's Card I may have to reveal some spoilers that the anime only watchers may be unaware of. I will put the lable #drstonetarotspoiler on the Suika Card for anyone to block said tag so that none of the story is ruined for them.

My Sources: biddytarot.com & @ChifuyuEmma on Pintrest

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Today's Dr Stone Tarot Card analysis is on Atatsuki Hyoga as the Hermit (imo). Here is the Major Arcana card (below) for comparison.

The Hermit Meanings

Upright: Soul-Searching, Introspection, Being Alone, Inner Guidance

Reversed: Isolation, Loneliness, Withdrawal

On The Hermit card we can see an old man with a long beard standing alone on an ice capped mountain holding a staff and a lit lanturn. The lantern in his right hand (concious mind) is representative on the enlightenment and wisdom he has obtained through his persistent meditation, contemplation, and solitude. The staff in his left hand (the subconscious mind) is representative of power and authority, which he uses to guide and balance him.

In the Hyoga card we see a lone Hyoga standing on ice pile of sorts with his kuda-yari spear in his left hand. I think this level of similarities between the 2 cards is pretty straightforward sybolism to justify Hyoga being The Hermit card on its own. I can understand why a lot of folks on the internet want to assign Hyoga as Death, The Towers, or The Devil, I really do, but I don't feel like the symbolism is there to justify the Hygoa card being any of those other those cards even though the character Hyoga may act in ways that could justify those card assignments. I actually think The Hermit is a good card for Hyoga overall though, because I think it represents his character development in the series pretty well.

It's lonely at the top, and Hyoga has worked most of his life in a fairly isolated community learning the Owari Kan Ryu tradition of sojutsu kuda-yari style of Japanese spear fighting. Through years of diligence, discipline, and dedication to his fighting craft, Hyoga is a master at the kuda-yari style and it is THE reason why Tsukasa revived Hyoga in the first place. Hyoga is a person how values working hard and doing things "properly", and thus he has developed a respect for others who are like him. Unfortunately, that makes the number of people that Hyoga respects a relatively small pool of folks with Homura, Gen, Moz, Senku, and Tsukasa being the only folks I recall Hyoga ever complimenting in any way, shape, or form. With such strict criteria for who Hyoga will even respect, that makes Hyoga's friendship pool even smaller. From what I can tell, Homura is Hygoa's only "friend" until Moz comes along. I call Homura "friend" because I honestly don't know if her and Hyoga just have a mutual respect for each other, they are good platonic friends, or if she is his lover and girlfriend.

Hyoga is a loner and tyrant until we get to the Treasure Island arc and Senku revives him so Hyoga can fight Moz. During Hyoga's fight with Moz, Hyoga ends up doing some serious soul-searching and introspection and discovers that he trusts Senku and The Kingdom of Science. Hyoga discovers that he is part of a team and he actually likes them and wants to work with them, probably for the first time in his life, because I didn't get the vibe that he had a strong sense of community in the modern world. It is Senku and The Kingdom of Science that reliably help Hyoga out in his fight with Moz that gives Hyoga a fighting chance against Moz until the petrification beam hits. As Hyoga is getting petrified, he even offers to teach Moz the kuda-yari spear style and anyone else who would be dedicated to the craft, assuming he would even be revived ever again (which he is, lol).

Wow, that was a lot of words for what I consider a pretty straightforward character, but I got it done. What do you all think? Is Hyoga representing The Hermit or is he representing another card in the Major Arcana better? Please comment and let me know. The next card I will analyze is Kinro and Ginro so get excited!

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The next card in my Dr. Stone Tarot Card series is Kohaku as Strength.

Strength's meaning

Upright: Strength, courage, persuasion, influence, compassion

Reversed: Inner strength, self-doubt, low energy, raw emotions

In the Strength card we see a young woman gently closing the mouth of a lion. She doesn't seem to be struggling and the lion doesn't seem to be resisting, which suggests she has tamed this beast in some way, shape, or form. Once again we see the infinity symbol in this card above the woman's head showing her infinite potential and wisdom in the situation. In tarot readings lions are symbols of strength, raw power, untamed passions, and wild instincts. The woman has tamed all of these forces with a calm resolve, wisdom, gentleness, courage, and compassion.

In the Kohaku card we see a calm and serene Kohaku standing in front of an equally calm lion looking off in the opposite direction. They are both in a field of lilies and golden wheat with calm skies above them. We also see Kohaku's updated shield that she gets after giving away her first shield to be used as a gear for the Kingdom of Science. It is important to note that the lilies that surround Kohaku in this card are red day lilies which symbolize passion, desire, and love in Japanese culture. This is in contrast to another common red lily in Japan and anime symbolism called Higanbana, or Red Spider Lily, which usually signifies death, the supernatural, mortality, the transient nature of life, and ancestor worship.

I feel like this card is pretty straightforward. Kohaku is our powerful lioness, the lion only shows up on Stregth in the Major Arcana, Kohaku is known for her strength, and so on. Kohaku is also a character who uses her influence and persuasion to get her father and the other villagers to trust Senku with the ultimate goal of using Senku's knowledge to save her sister, Ruri. Kohaku has shown compassion and courage on multiple occasions in the manga and anime and is a lovely representative of Strength as a whole.

My next tarot card analysis will be on another strong and powerful character in Dr. Stone, Tsukasa Shishio. Get excited!

My Sources: biddytarot.com & @ChifuyuEmma on Pintrest

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Today's Dr Stone Tarot Card analysis is on Niki Hanada and Minami Hokutozai. This card was a struggles for me because I wanted it to actually be The High Priestess, but with the way this card is drawn I concluded that this card is representing The Moon. I know that The Moon is a popular card to associate with Asigiri Gen on the internet, so please bear with me. The Moon card from the Rider Waite deck is below for reference.

The Moon Meaning:

Upright: Illusion, Fear, Anxiety, Subconscious, Intuition

Reversed: Release of Fear, Repressed Emotions, Inner Confusion

So with The Moon card we see large luminous moon high in the night sky, positioned between two towers. The moon reflects the suns light and is a symbol of intuition, dreams, and the unconscious in tarot readings. In the foreground is a pool with a crayfish crawling out of the pool. The pool represents the subconscious and the crayfish represents thoughts coming from the subconscious to the concious mind, with the moon guiding those thoughts. There are two canines howling at the moon, a wolf and a dog. The wolf represents the wild aspects of our minds, and the dog represents on tamed and trained behaviors.

On the Niki and Minami card we see both women looking up in opposite directions. In the background we see a crescent moon cut-out of the glass record that Byakuya and the other astronauts created and preserved for future folks to find (particularly Senku), through the clues in the 100 Tales. The cut-out is overlapping Minami's camera lens that Senku made for her as payment for the last bit of revival fluid that she had hidden away on her person after the Miracle Cave was destroyed.

When The Moon card shows up in a tarot reading it is representing the fears and illusions you may be projecting on your current situation, or it is telling you that you are finally overcoming your fears and illusions that may be holding you back. As we know from the series and manga, Niki and Minami are two very different women with very different experiences and approaches to life before they got revived. Minami is considered a classical "Marilyn Monroe" type of beauty while Niki is brawny, loud, and unconventional in her beauty. Niki lived a troubled life that she spent a lot of time trying to escape by listening to music and going to judo club. Minami lived her life as a journalist and enjoyed using her camera, networks, and intuition to uncover the truth of whatever lead she was following. As far as foils are concerned, I definitely think Niki represents a more wild version of handeling life versus Minami's sophisticated and more refined approach to life.

Something both Niki and Minami had in common for a while were concerns and anxieties about their future after being revived. Honestly, I think a lot of the characters had a lot of fear, anxiety, and uncertainty about their futures and that is why so many folks blindly followed Tsukasa once they were revived. Both girls used their intuition and strengths to find a place in the Stone World as opportunities presented themselves. Minami used her old networks and intuition to help Tsukasa revive folks that would be of great service to the Tsukasa Empire. Later on, Niki used her intuition to see through Gen's Lilian Weinberg ruse and helped The Kingdom of Science defeat the Tsukasa Empire.

As the anime and manga progress both Minami and Niki overcome the shortcomings and fears from their past and end up becoming better versions of themselves. Niki embraces more of her feminine side and becomes more fashionable and girly while maintaining her badassness. Minami goes from being someone who blindly served Tsukasa after she was revived to someone who became loyal to Senku and everyone else in the new Kingdom of Science and built bonds with a lot of them as she was documenting everything going on.

Overall I can see how Niki and Minami represent The Moon card, but I would have liked to see a stronger connection with this card through different characters. Honestly, I think Yo and Magma would have almost been a better choice because both of those characters had way more character growth overcoming their fears, anxieties, and uncertainty then Minami or Niki did. I also think that Gen is a poor choice for this card because we have pretty much zero ideas of what was going on in Gen's past life beyond his entertainment gig and hint at a love interest. Beyond that, there is no past fears, anxieties, or illusions for us to build off of for Gen to overcome. Everything we know about Gen as far as conflicts are concerned we have seen him overcome and navigate through as the manga and anime unfold. Speaking of Asigiri Gen, he will be the last analysis that I will be doing, so that's exciting. As always, let me know what you think in the comments and let's talk about what you agree or disagree with. Untill then, take care.

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If any of you are like me you absolutely adore Dr. Stone season 4's first 12 episode opening and closing credits. I especially like the closing credits because it feeds my depraved SenGen soul and it is full of tarot cards, which I also happen to love and play with quite often in real life. The closing credits in these first 12 are exceptionally fun (imo) because each ending credit is just a bit different because at least one new tarot card is shown in each. And like many fine folks on the internet, we all want to know which Dr. Stone character card is representing what major arcana card of the tarot.

I took way too much of my life to try and figure out what each of these tarot cards mean, so I figured I should bother posting about it on at least one social media platform. Like most humans, I have opinions and an asshole and both have a tendency to stink, so if you disagree with my opinions and conclusions I won't be surprised. Feel free to disagree and let's discuss in the comments. I need a good reason to fan girl out a bit and I enjoy a well thought out counter argument.

I will present each tarot card from the ending credits in their own individual post, as a series, on my own time table. If I do it any other way we are gonna get a 'Do you like the color of the sky?' length post that will bore the crap out if you all (and me). I will yank cards descriptions from biddytarot.com because it is easy and all my arguments and reasoning will be coming from the perspective of those descriptions on Biddy Tarot, my knowledge about Dr. Stone, my own knowledge about the Rider Waite tarot deck, and whatever other supportive evidence I feel is relevant to the discussion at hand. I'm also going to be using close up pictures of each Dr. Stone tarot card that I snapped off of @ChifuyuEmma posts on Pintrest because she took the time and effort to post close ups and I am lazy. Thanks @ChifuyuEmma, your efforts to post those images are greatly appreciated. So stay tuned, check out #drstonetarot on my blog, and get excited!

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"What does the High Priestess card represent that made you want it to be the Minami and Niki card?"

The High Priestess is more about embracing all aspects of the Divine Feminine, the duality within one's self (masculine and feminine/light and darkness), protecting secret knowledge and mysteries in your subconscious mind until you gain the wisdom and inner knowledge to bring them forth, and being the bearer of sacred knowledge. I think this card would have worked great for Minami & Niki because the two of them definitely represent different aspects of femininity to start off with. Considering the roles both of them played in the series, I think this card would have worked as well. Niki kept Senku's plans secrets from the Tsukasa Empire when recruited and taught Gen her knowledge of Lilian Weinberg so he could create a better ruse to recruit more people to The Kingdom of Science. Minami is a journalist and is full of secret knowledge from her previous job and she plays the role of preserving knowledge in the Stone World though picture taking and recording her observations.

The reason why I didn't think that card was being represented was because of the huge lack of High Priestess sybolism on the Niki and Minami card, outside of the crescent moon. The the crescent moon is placed like it is in The Moon card anyways and not at someone's feet like it is in The High Priestess card. There is also a lack of other indicators like towers, a veil, a cross, a horned diadem (maybe Minami's headband could be this?), pomegranates, or even having the figures positioned in a way like The High Priestess (looking at the card reader through the veil). The Moon worked because Minami and Niki are looking upwards like the canines are and the record and camera lens are superimposed on each other to look a lot like the moon does in The Moon card. This card didn't give a lot to work with, so I made my best guess with what was there.

Today's Dr Stone Tarot Card analysis is on Niki Hanada and Minami Hokutozai. This card was a struggles for me because I wanted it to actually be The High Priestess, but with the way this card is drawn I concluded that this card is representing The Moon. I know that The Moon is a popular card to associate with Asigiri Gen on the internet, so please bear with me. The Moon card from the Rider Waite deck is below for reference.

The Moon Meaning:

Upright: Illusion, Fear, Anxiety, Subconscious, Intuition

Reversed: Release of Fear, Repressed Emotions, Inner Confusion

So with The Moon card we see large luminous moon high in the night sky, positioned between two towers. The moon reflects the suns light and is a symbol of intuition, dreams, and the unconscious in tarot readings. In the foreground is a pool with a crayfish crawling out of the pool. The pool represents the subconscious and the crayfish represents thoughts coming from the subconscious to the concious mind, with the moon guiding those thoughts. There are two canines howling at the moon, a wolf and a dog. The wolf represents the wild aspects of our minds, and the dog represents on tamed and trained behaviors.

On the Niki and Minami card we see both women looking up in opposite directions. In the background we see a crescent moon cut-out of the glass record that Byakuya and the other astronauts created and preserved for future folks to find (particularly Senku), through the clues in the 100 Tales. The cut-out is overlapping Minami's camera lens that Senku made for her as payment for the last bit of revival fluid that she had hidden away on her person after the Miracle Cave was destroyed.

When The Moon card shows up in a tarot reading it is representing the fears and illusions you may be projecting on your current situation, or it is telling you that you are finally overcoming your fears and illusions that may be holding you back. As we know from the series and manga, Niki and Minami are two very different women with very different experiences and approaches to life before they got revived. Minami is considered a classical "Marilyn Monroe" type of beauty while Niki is brawny, loud, and unconventional in her beauty. Niki lived a troubled life that she spent a lot of time trying to escape by listening to music and going to judo club. Minami lived her life as a journalist and enjoyed using her camera, networks, and intuition to uncover the truth of whatever lead she was following. As far as foils are concerned, I definitely think Niki represents a more wild version of handeling life versus Minami's sophisticated and more refined approach to life.

Something both Niki and Minami had in common for a while were concerns and anxieties about their future after being revived. Honestly, I think a lot of the characters had a lot of fear, anxiety, and uncertainty about their futures and that is why so many folks blindly followed Tsukasa once they were revived. Both girls used their intuition and strengths to find a place in the Stone World as opportunities presented themselves. Minami used her old networks and intuition to help Tsukasa revive folks that would be of great service to the Tsukasa Empire. Later on, Niki used her intuition to see through Gen's Lilian Weinberg ruse and helped The Kingdom of Science defeat the Tsukasa Empire.

As the anime and manga progress both Minami and Niki overcome the shortcomings and fears from their past and end up becoming better versions of themselves. Niki embraces more of her feminine side and becomes more fashionable and girly while maintaining her badassness. Minami goes from being someone who blindly served Tsukasa after she was revived to someone who became loyal to Senku and everyone else in the new Kingdom of Science and built bonds with a lot of them as she was documenting everything going on.

Overall I can see how Niki and Minami represent The Moon card, but I would have liked to see a stronger connection this card through different characters. Honestly, I think Yo and Magma would have almost been a better choice because both of those characters had way more character growth overcoming their fears, anxieties, and uncertainty then Minami or Niki did. I also think that Gen is a poor choice for this card because we have pretty much zero ideas of what was going on in Gen's past life beyond his entertainment gig and hint at a love interest. Beyond that, there is no past fears, anxieties, or illusions for us to build off of for Gen to overcome. Everything we know about Gen as far as conflicts are concerned we have seen him overcome and navigate through as the manga and anime unfold. Speaking of Asigiri Gen, he will be the last analysis that I will be doing, so that's exciting. As always, let me know what you think in the comments and let's talk about what you agree or disagree with. Untill then, take care.