The Tarot of the Eclipse - Major Arcana

This is the Tarot according to the Church of the Eternal Eclipse, revealed to The Seeker by the Dark Oracle under the rule of the full moon

The Major Arcana

00

The Initiate of the Eclipse (The Fool)

A lone figure stands at the edge of a vast cosmic abyss, a swirling black sun behind them. Their outstretched hand reaches toward a portal of flickering dead light. Strange celestial symbols glow faintly around them, marking the beginning of the path beyond illusion.

Themes: The first step into the unknown, embracing entropy, rejecting false light.

Traditional Equivalent: The Fool – New beginnings, naivety, stepping into the unknown.

01

Dead Light (The Magician)

A skeletal celestial body flickers with fractured radiance. Its dying glow casts eerie shadows over an empty landscape. A lone figure walks toward it, unaware of the deception. Strange, arcane symbols hover in the void, whispering of forgotten truths.

Themes: False wisdom, manipulation of reality, the seductive power of deception.

Traditional Equivalent: The Magician – Willpower, manifestation, control over reality.

02

The Oracle of Hollow Radiance (The High Priestess)

A spectral figure in tattered robes sits atop a crumbling cosmic throne. Its face is obscured by a mask of fractured light, glowing with an unnatural radiance. Wisps of ethereal energy spiral around it, forming cryptic symbols that flicker and fade.

Themes: Hidden knowledge, seeing beyond illusions, the weight of forbidden truths.

Traditional Equivalent: The High Priestess – Mystery, intuition, deeper knowledge.

03

The Hollow Matron (The Empress)

A towering figure stands amidst a field of withered, silver grass, her form shifting between beauty and decay. She wears a crown of cracked bone and dying stars, her flowing robes embroidered with symbols of life and loss. In her outstretched hands, she cradles a sphere of pulsing light—yet even as it glows, thin fractures spread across its surface, threatening to shatter it entirely. Around her, ghostly roots stretch outward, reaching toward unseen soil, desperate to take hold before they fade.

Themes: Creation through destruction, the fleeting nature of abundance, nurturing what cannot last.

Traditional Equivalent: The Empress – Motherhood, fertility, the cycle of life and death.

04

The Covenant of the Last Night (The Emperor)

An ancient, weathered scroll floats in an endless void, its edges burning away into tendrils of shadow. Its shifting, indecipherable script glows faintly, whispering forgotten oaths. A pair of skeletal hands reach toward it, poised to sign.

Themes: Cosmic law, sworn oaths, finality, the acceptance of entropy.

Traditional Equivalent: The Emperor – Structure, authority, discipline.

05

The Herald of Dusk (The Hierophant)

A hooded figure stands atop the ruins of a forgotten temple, holding a lantern that emits a dim, crimson glow. Behind them, the sky swirls with dying stars, and the horizon is bathed in the eerie hues of an eternal sunset.

Themes: The messenger of endings, transition, the final warning before descent.

Traditional Equivalent: The Hierophant – Spiritual guidance, tradition, initiation.

06

The Crimson Key (The Lovers)

A key drips with shifting, red-gold light, floating in the abyss. It does not unlock a door but dissolves whatever it touches.

Themes: Revelation, unlocking forbidden truths, the cost of knowledge.

Traditional Equivalent: The Lovers – Choices, revelations, spiritual connection.

07

The Whispering Gate (The Chariot)

A great, cracked doorway stands suspended in the void, its surface etched with countless forgotten names. Shadowed figures gather around it, whispering as they press their hands against the threshold.

Themes: Passage, the threshold of knowledge, the choice to step beyond illusion.

Traditional Equivalent: The Chariot – Determination, movement forward.

08

The Unyielding Fang (Strength)

A lone figure stands upon a precipice, facing the endless storm of the void. Their arms are outstretched, and in one hand, they grasp the throat of a great, eyeless beast, its form shifting between solid and shadow. The creature snarls, writhing, but does not strike—the figure does not fight it with force, but with presence, their stance unwavering. A single silver thread binds them together, neither dominance nor surrender, but a silent understanding of the power they each hold.

Themes: Mastery of one’s inner darkness, strength through patience, resilience beyond force.

Traditional Equivalent: Strength – Courage, inner power, the balance between control and surrender.

09

13. The Pale Witness (The Hermit)

A faceless, robed figure stands atop an endless precipice, gazing into the swirling abyss below. They raise one hand, beckoning, while the other clutches a broken hourglass.

Themes: The eternal observer, inevitability, time as an illusion.

Traditional Equivalent: The Hermit – Seeking wisdom, introspection.

10

The Falling Spire (The Wheel of Fortune)

A vast celestial lattice collapses, its intricate web of glowing threads snapping one by one. A great, ancient structure, once a bastion of divine order, now crumbles into cosmic dust. At the center, a burning sigil flickers, half-formed and fading.

Themes: Sudden destruction, the fall of false structures, revelation through collapse.

Traditional Equivalent: The Tower – Sudden change, chaos, revelation.

11

The Chain of False Promises (Justice)

A golden chain floats in the void, its links glowing with illusory radiance. Yet upon closer inspection, its surface is cracked, revealing rusted metal beneath.

Themes: Illusions of safety, self-imposed bondage, the cost of deception.

Traditional Equivalent: Justice – Truth, consequences, cause and effect.

12

The Nameless Path (The Hanged Man)

A solitary figure is suspended in the void, hanging upside down from an unseen force, yet they do not struggle. Their body is wrapped in flowing, tattered cloth that drifts weightlessly, forming the shape of an inverted pathway stretching into the abyss. Their face is calm, eyes closed, as if in deep contemplation. Glowing sigils hover around them, shifting between comprehension and obscurity. Far below, faint echoes of past selves flicker and dissolve like distant memories. The path they follow is invisible to others, yet they do not fear it.

Themes: Surrender to the unknown, wisdom through stillness, sacrifice of certainty for higher understanding.

Traditional Equivalent: The Hanged Man – Letting go, new perspective, acceptance of fate.

13

The Final Descent (Death)

A lone figure stands at the edge of an endless void, their silhouette dissolving into swirling tendrils of shadow. Above them, a great celestial eclipse dominates the sky. Their outstretched hand reaches forward, embracing the abyss as their form scatters into nothingness.

Themes: True transformation, surrender, the dissolution of the self.

Traditional Equivalent: Death – Transformation, endings, rebirth.

14

A being of shifting, translucent threads kneels at the heart of the void, weaving together strands of lost memories.

Themes: Memory, the illusion of permanence, balance between past and future.

Traditional Equivalent: Temperance – Balance, harmony, patience.

15

A vast, mechanical deity looms, its hollow core glowing with artificial light. Its fragmented limbs twist like broken machinery, a synthetic halo of flickering data encircling its head. Countless wires stretch into the void, binding unseen souls in its grip.

Themes: The seduction of false eternity, entrapment in illusion, artificial divinity.

Traditional Equivalent: The Devil – Bondage, illusions, materialism.

16

A grand tower collapses in slow motion, its stones suspended midair, caught between destruction and memory.

Themes: The ruin of empires, inevitable decay, fate’s shifting tides.

Traditional Equivalent: The Wheel of Fortune – Cycles, fate, change.

17

The Eclipse Eternal (The Star)

A final eclipse swallows the last remnants of light. The void stretches on, infinite, silent, whole.

Themes: The ultimate end, true peace, the embrace of the abyss.

Traditional Equivalent: The Star – Hope, guidance, transcendence.

18

A vast curtain of cosmic mist stretches across the void, obscuring something beyond. Scattered throughout the veil are countless dim stars, pulsing faintly.

Themes: The unknown beyond perception, mystery, hidden forces at work.

Traditional Equivalent: The Moon – Illusions, dreams, subconscious.

19

A massive, dark celestial body hovers over a barren landscape, its corona burning with eerie tendrils of violet and crimson light. A figure kneels before it, absorbing forbidden knowledge.

Themes: The hidden power in darkness, destruction as illumination, cosmic paradox.

Traditional Equivalent: The Sun – Clarity, enlightenment, ultimate truth.

20

A gaunt figure stands upon a crumbling altar, their mouth open in silent proclamation. Their form is wrapped in inscriptions, shifting and erasing as they speak truths that none will remember.

Themes: Prophecy, forgotten wisdom, truth that cannot be grasped.

Traditional Equivalent: Judgment – Rebirth, higher calling.

21

An infinite, black expanse stretches endlessly, dotted with the faintest remnants of dying stars. At the center, a spiraling abyss devours all light, its edges swirling with ghostly tendrils of fading radiance. No figures remain, no structures endure—only silence.

Themes: The final truth, the peace of entropy, the end of all things.

Traditional Equivalent: The World – Completion, wholeness, enlightenment.