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| The Hobbit Tarot | |
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| Publication Information | |
| Author | Terry Donaldson, Peter Pracownik |
| Illustrator | Peter Pracownik |
| Publisher | U.S. Games |
| Released | 8 May 2012 |
| Format | Softcover |
| Pages | 96 |
| ISBN | 1572816775 |
The Hobbit Tarot is a book describing a Tarot deck with illustrations of characters and scenes from The Hobbit. The book is accompanied by deck of Tarot cards called The Hobbit Tarot.
This is the second Tolkien tarot-related collaboration between Terry Donaldson and Peter Pracownik, who also authored The Lord of the Rings Tarot, released in 1997. Unlike that release, The Hobbit Tarot does not feature instructions for a game to be played with the cards.
Synopsis from the publisher
In anticipation of two new feature film releases, enter the world of The Hobbit and allow the powerful imagery of the tarot to guide you through this mystic realm. Following the hero s quest along his many adventures, The Hobbit Tarot helps us understand the meaning of our own life journeys.
Cards
Major Arcana
- 0 - The Fool: Bilbo Baggins begins his journey
- I - The Magician: Gandalf sitting near a lake, gazing into a sphere, perhaps a Palantíri
- II - The High Priestess: Book reading 'The lost key to the Book of Dain, Lord of the Misty Mountain." in Cirth.
- III - The Empress: Bilbo, Gandalf, Thorin and Company.
- IV - The Emperor: Thranduil sits in a tree
- V - The Hierophant: Gandalf in a trance
- VI - The Lovers: Belladonna Took and Bungo Baggins converse.
- VII - The Chariot: Thorin and Company on horses, travelling to the Lonely Mountain
- VIII - Strength: Thorin Oakenshield rests.
- IX - The Hermit: Beorn with an axe.
- X - Wheel of Fortune: Bilbo Baggins and Gollum’s Riddle-game with the Ring-inscription superimposed.
- XI - Justice: Thorin Oakenshield, Bilbo Baggins and The Arkenstone.
- XII - The Hanged Man: Gollum hunting for food.
- XIII - Death: Death of the Great Goblin.
- XIV - Temperance: Bolg
- XV - The Devil: Smaug attacks Laketown.
- XVI - The Tower: Smaug emerges from the Lonely Mountain, breathing fire.
- XVII - The Star: The Back Door of the Lonely Mountain
- XVIII - The Moon: Gollum and the Moon
- XIX - The Sun: The Sun shines over a valley, Mirkwood can be seen in the distance.
- XX - Judgement: The Battle of Five Armies
- XXI - The World: Smaug on his horde of gold
Minor Arcana
Coins
- Ace of Coins: The Arkenstone
- Two of Coins: Two members of Thorin and Company arrive at Bag End
- Three of Coins: William, Tom, and Bert tie up the Dwarves
- Four of Coins: Thorin and Company searching through Smaug's horde in Erebor
- Five of Coins: Thorin and Company in Mirkwood
- Six of Coins: Bilbo and the Dwarves searching through Smaug's horde in Erebor
- Seven of Coins: Bilbo attempts to retrieve the first of the barrels in which he and the Dwarves managed to escape the Elvenking's Halls
- Eight of Coins: Thorin and Company cross the Dark River
- Nine of Coins: Bilbo decides to deliver The Arkenstone to Bard and the Elvenking
- Ten of Coins: Smaug's horde in the Lonely Mountain
- Page of Coins: Beorn in bear form
- Knight of Coins: Bard prepares to fire the black arrow at the Dragon Smaug
- Queen of Coins: A Lady of Lake-town
- King of Coins: Dáin II Ironfoot sitting on his throne, which reads "High Lord Dáin, Son of Náin, Misty Mountains" in runes.
Cups
- Ace of Cups: The Seven Stars shining above a gem-encrusted chalice reading "Thorin Oaken" in runes
- Two of Cups: Gandalf meets with Bilbo Baggins, who is smoking outside of Bag End
- Three of Cups: Bilbo smoking while Thorin and Company rest in a wood
- Four of Cups: Gandalf quietly reflects while filling his pipe by the side of water
- Five of Cups: Bilbo, wearing his ring, discovers the dungeon where the Dwarves are held in the Elvenking's Halls
- Six of Cups: Gollum holding his ring by a lake of water in his cave
- Seven of Cups: Bilbo discovers the Arkenstone in the Lonely Mountain
- Eight of Cups: Two Great Eagles landing
- Nine of Cups: Thorin playing his harp in Rivendell
- Ten of Cups: An Elven guard at the edge of Mirkwood
- Page of Cups: Elrond
- Knight of Cups: Balin
- Queen of Cups: Tom Bombadil watching Goldberry bathe
- King of Cups: Bilbo in Hobbiton
Swords
- Ace of Swords: Orcrist
- Two of Swords: Orcrist and Sting
- Three of Swords: Orcrist, Sting and Glamdring
- Four of Swords: Thorin and Company escape the Three Trolls
- Five of Swords: Two of the Dwarves try to escape the spiders of Mirkwood
- Six of Swords: Bilbo escaping from the Wargs up a tree
- Seven of Swords: Thorin and Company take a head count after escaping the Great Goblin
- Eight of Swords: The Elves of Mirkwood capture Thorin
- Nine of Swords: The Lake-men, Elves of Mirkwood and Dwarves hear the coming of Bolg's Goblin army
- Ten of Swords: The body of Thorin
- Page of Swords: Bilbo slays his first enemy with his sword: a spider of Mirkwood. He names the sword "Sting"
- Knight of Swords: An armoured Lake-man prepares for battle
- Queen of Swords: A female Warg leader mourns the loss of her kin in the Battle of the Five Armies
- King of Swords: Thorin Oakenshield
Wands
- Ace of Wands: Gandalf with his staff alight
- Two of Wands: Bilbo and Gandalf hide from Wargs in a tree
- Three of Wands: Bilbo enters the Back Door
- Four of Wands: The Company at the Long Lake
- Five of Wands: Goblins ambush the Company in a cave
- Six of Wands: Gandalf and the Dwarves fight the forces of Goblin-town
- Seven of Wands: A Warg howls after being set alight by pinecones thrown by Thorin and Company
- Eight of Wands: The Eagles come to rescue Thorin and Company from the Wargs and Goblins
- Nine of Wands: A Stone-Giant, about to hurl a rock
- Ten of Wands: Smaug, struck by Bard's black arrow
- Page of Wands: Bilbo reading Thrór's Map
- Knight of Wands: Bilbo holding the Arkenstone
- Queen of Wands: A woman of Lake-town selling apples to a traveller
- King of Wands: The Lord of the Eagles