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Tarot Checklist
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The Fool
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The Fool can be found to the right of your apartment door.
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The Fool is everyone - including you and me. Each step he takes on his journey feels like stepping into a brave new world. Ultimately, the journey will change him. But as the card shows, he's a trustworthy lad whose tireless hope drives him toward his goal.
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The Magician
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The Magician is on the highway support beam across the street from the parking lot of Lizzie’s bar.
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The Magician is the card of self-confidence and adapting to situations through intellect and sheer will. The Magician is a schemer who always has one last trick up his sleeve, who despite everything manages to stay afloat and remain in control of his own destiny.
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The High Priestess
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You can find The High Priestess on a wall on the fourth floor of an abandoned apartment building. This is the same building you are in during the mission “Search and Destroy.” If you choose to grab this tarot card during the mission, do it when you first enter the building. The tarot card will be more difficult to discover in the second half of the mission.
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The High Priestess is a card of mystery. It shows how all our secrets hang by a delicate thread and the struggle between common sense and intuition. The High Priestess symbolizes the cold, calm waters as well as the mysteries hidden in their depths.
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The Empress
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You can find The Empress at the bottom of the stairwell before entering The Afterlife nightclub.
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The empress is a card of femininity and motherhood. She is authoritative, knows what she wants, and exhibits refinement and sensuousness. The Empress symbolizes creativity and growth, and instructs us not to dismiss our unconscious impulses, but to trust our intuition.
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The Emperor
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The Emperor is on a display on the left side of the Konpeki Plaza gate near the underside of a bridge.
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The Emperor represents patriarchal control and is pleased with the authority and power he possesses to shape the future. The Emperor makes the rules and enforces them for the common good. But prestige has its dark sides – the Emperor is dominating and ruthless and will climb over a mountain of bodies to achieve his aim.
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The Hierophant
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Below the Japantown West fast travel point is a passage filled with garbage. You can jump down to the tunnel from the fast travel point or create a waypoint to find the safer route to the graffiti. The Hierophant art is on the wall near the entrance to a tunnel behind some bars.
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The Hierophant symbolizes a respect for tradition. It represents one who tries to maintain the established order, even though their very character is shaped by it. The Hierophant places his faith in institutions – for the alternative is pure chaos. Only by placing his faith in order can he draw strength.
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The Lovers
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The Lovers can be found at the Silver Pixel Cloud theatre. To gain access to the drive-in where the graffiti is located, you have to enter the building from the right. Near the door is a computer where you’ll find an access code: 0000. Use that code on the door in the back of the office.
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The Lovers is the card of dichotomies. It points to the contradictions that clash within each of us and of the challenge of striking a balance between extremes. The Lovers is also the card of dilemmas, like The Fool who stands at the crossroads, unable to make his choice.
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The Chariot
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The Chariot is on a wall to the right of the alleyway, next to Tom’s Diner.
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The Chariot is always charging ahead despite being pulled by its steeds in opposite directions. The rider who steers it constantly reins in the light and dark sides of the soul with the help of Reason. To ride in The Chariot is to experience highs and lows – ups and downs.
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Strength
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You can find the graffiti for Strength on the backside of the security building at the entrance to a shipping yard.
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Strength is the card of resilience. It is associated with determination, bravery and internal struggle. One must have dedication in order to overcome obstacles and reach one's goal. Strength is about physical prowess and spiritual fortitude – the power that must be unleashed to achieve the impossible.
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The Hermit
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The Hermit graffiti can be found next to some scaffolding at the El Dorado Pawn Shop.
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The Hermit is a card of self-imposed isolation. It represents an escape from the hustle and bustle of the city, a turning away from constant newness toward Ye Olde ways. For the hermit, solitude is the road to the sublime – a road that is taken not with great bounds and strides, but with small, concentrated steps.
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Wheel of Fortune
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The graffiti for the Wheel of Fortune can be found in a small area underneath the sign for the Sunset Motel, between rooms 103 and 104.
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The Wheel of Fortune means that change is coming. One's destiny could turn out for the better or the worse, yet it also bears the promise of new possibilities. The Wheel reminds us that nobody remains at the top forever, but also that not every situation is hopeless.
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Justice
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The graffiti for Justice is on a large container next to a building, behind a gate, under the highway. You don’t have to enter the facility to scan the graffiti. As long as you can see it, which you can from the street, you can scan it.
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Justice is the card of conflict resolution. It proclaims the need for order, to see through lies and deceit, and a return to the natural state of affairs. Justice implies a just sentence, but also due process.
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The Hanged Man
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You can find The Hanged Man on the side of a large container in the oil fields north of Watson.
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The Hanged Man is the card of sacrifice. It says that a price must be paid in order to achieve enlightenment. The Hanged Man's forsakenness opens the path for rebirth into a new life, though this path is wrought with pain suspended in time and ultimately ends in death.
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Death
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The Death graffiti can be found on an empty billboard on the side of the Embers restaurant.
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Death is the card of becoming. It signifies an imminent and difficult transition – the conclusion of one phase of life and the beginning of another. Inevitably, something gets lost during the transformation, but something else will rise and take its place.
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Temperance
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You can find Temperance on one of the columns near the entrance to the Columbarium.
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Temperance is the card of balance. It may symbolize self-restraint or the gradual shift toward a more mature state of equilibrium. Temperance is associated with being in control of oneself as well as the desire to achieve inner peace.
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The Devil
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"The Devil" is found upon accepting help from Hanako and Arasaka to remove Johnny Silverhand. During the tests in Where is My Mind?, V will experinece a nightmare in which, when trying to solve the puzzle cube and almost completing it, the cube breaks in two, revealing part of "The Devil".The actual tarot card can only be seen in-game during Where is My Mind?, when V breaks the Rubik's Cube in half.
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The Devil is addiction, craving and passion. He brings fame and fortune, but at the price of losing oneself to a world of material distractions. The Devil lures unsuspecting souls into traps, but always grants them a choice. One can try their luck and take him up on his offer, but one should always know when to call quits.
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The Tower
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The Tower is located inside a lobby at Arasaka Tower.
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The Tower is an omen of radical change, chaos and destruction. The lightning striking The Tower signifies a return to the old order that lies buried under the ruins, and a new order that will rise from it. It is a symbol of tragedy, apocalypse, and self-destruction.
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The Star
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The Star graffiti can be found on the side of a small building near the large antenna in the solar farm.
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The Star is the card of hope. In the darkest of nights there is a light that shines the path to home. The Star is inspiration, motivation and gives us strength to move forward.
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The Moon
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You can find The Moon to the left of the gate at the Arasaka residence.
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The Moon reminds us that reality is not always what it seems at first glance. In a world of appearances and illusions, the best course is often charted by one's own intuition. The Moon is also the card of dreams, desires, and of course, sleep – Death's nightly ritual.
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The Sun
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The Sun is located between a flight of stairs and an entrance to a tunnel.
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The Sun symbolizes success. It is a card of freedom, renewal and a bright future that lies ahead. The Sun also represents truth, for its light will always pull back the curtain of shadow that hides the world's secrets. It is also represents greatness and splendor.
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Judgement
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"Judgement" is found in any ending sequence involving attacking Arasaka Tower and battling Adam Smasher. The "Judgement" will be on the left wall just before the hallway that leads to the port to jack in to Mikoshi.
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Judgement is the card of renewal. The angel blowing into the horn heralds resurrection and liberation. This card foretells an important change that will result in healing or fulfillment. It is also a symbol of self-worth.
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The World
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To find this graffiti, first take the elevator in the alleyway between Misty and Viktor’s shops up to the roof. Exit the elevator and take the stairs up. As you exit onto the roof, the graffiti will be on a wall to your left.
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The World lies at the end of The Fool's long and winding journey. Wiser and more world-weary than he started out, the Fool faces a moment of reckoning. Some of us accept where our journey has led us to, while others embark on a new challenge. One thing in this World is certain – you can't have it all.
DLC: Phantom Liberty - Tarot locations
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King of Cups
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The card is on the right side of the metal fence wall as you look directly into the main gate of Dogtown. You pass through it literally for the intro mission for Phantom Liberty where you have to meet and talk to Songbird for the first time.
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A King of Cups is a creative and emotionally-driven person. They are a strong individuals, who realise the importance of feelings. Intuition helps them navigate their lives. When fate is in their favor, compassion guides their actions. Who they're at odds with fate, it'd be unwise to trust them.
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King of Pentacles
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This happens during the mission “Lucretia My Reflection”. Right after you exit the elevator and before you enter the apartment (or at any point after this mission), you can scan a mural on the right wall across from the apartment’s entrance.
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The Kind of Pentacles is imperious. They represent enterprise, pragmatism, but also attachment. From such a person one can expect coldness or attachment to material possessions; they are likely to turn your world upside down sooner or later.
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King of Wands
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Near the sitting area of the basketball court, which is located on the hill across from the Kress Street Fast Travel Point, in the eastern part of Dogtown.
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The master of planning and unorthodox ideas. An individual who brings people together and radiates inspiration to those they consider friends. However, their enemies will soon find they are an impulsive, devastating force of nature, capable of breaking oaths and crossing any line, just to see their goals achieved.
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King of Swords
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From the bottom of the stairs leading up to The Moth, go west into the dark back alley, pass the white Militech crates and look for the mural on the left wall of the building with the restaurant.
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Two things matter above all else for a King of Swords: logic and conviction. They represent a person with a precise moral compass, who is known for their caring demeanor. However, enemies beware - the King of Swords is a ruthless opponent, who will not rest until you are punished and left to be torn apart by hounds of fate.