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This page is a quick-reference primer for the Fortune Deck. Credit where credit is due: in the interest of not duplicating effort, we stole the HTML from Jim Henley's Amberway II site (long gone but not forgotten).
To see the actual fortune deck, with cool illustrations, buy a copy of Everway.
Card | Meaning/Reversed | Correspondences |
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Autumn | Plenty/Want | earth, Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn |
The Cockatrice | Corruption/Recovery | earth and water |
The Creator | Nurture/Abandonment | earth, water, the moon |
Death | Change/Stasis | water |
The Defender | Safety/Peril | air, fire, the sun |
The Dragon | Cunning/Blind Fury | earth, air |
Drowning in Armor | Protective Measures Turn Dangerous/True Prudence | air (negative) |
The Eagle | The Mind Prevails/Thoughtlessness | air |
Fearing Shadows | Unnecessary Fear/Recognizing Safety | fire (negative) |
Fertility | Growth/Decline | water and earth |
The Fish | The Soul Prevails/Shallowness | water |
The Fool | Freedom/Lack of Connection | the sun |
The Griffin | Valor/Cowardice | fire and air |
The Hermit | Wisdom/Isolation | Mercury |
Inspiration | Creativity/Lack of Imagination | water and fire |
The King | Authority/Tyranny | Jupiter |
Knowledge | Truth/Falsehood | air |
Law | Order/Treachery | air and earth |
The Lion | The Body Prevails/Weakness | earth and fire |
Nature | Life Energy/Energy Sapped | earth |
Overlooking the Diamond | Missing Opportunity/Recognizing Opportunity | water (negative) |
The Peasant | Simple Strength/Lack of Vision | Venus |
The Phoenix | Rebirth/Destruction | water and fire |
The Priestess | Understanding Mysteries/Impracticality | the moon |
The Satyr | Indulgence/Moderation | fire and earth |
The Smith | Productivity/Evil Effort | Mars |
The Soldier | Duty/Blind Obedience | Saturn |
Sowing Stones | Fruitless Labor/Ceasing Fruitless Labor | earth (negative) |
Spring | New Growth/Stagnation | air, Gemini, Libra, Aquarius |
Striking the Dragon's Tail | Underestimating the Challenge/Recognizing the Larger Problem | all four elements |
Summer | Energy/Exhaustion | fire, Aries, Leo, Sagittarius |
Trickery | Deceit/Subterfuge Revealed | fire and air |
The Unicorn | Purity/Temptation | air and water |
War | Great Effort/Effort Misspent | fire |
Winter | Maturity/Inexperience | water, Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces |