Every Tarot Villain, Explained

Released on May 3, 2024, Tarot An American horror film that exceeded box office expectations based on poor reviews. The film turned its $8.25 million production budget into a lucrative $49 million profit for Screen Gems (via Box Office Mojo), paving the way for a potential sequel. The film follows six college friends who discover an ancient deck of tarot cards while staying at a Catskills mansion for a birthday party.

When each friend takes a different tarot card, their horrific fate corresponds to the character depicted on the face of the tarot card. Not to be confused with the Korean horror movie and TV show of the same name (which also shares two of the same cards), a closer look at each terrifying character Tarot The villain is on the line. Beware, it's time to meet Death, the Devil, the Fool, the Hanged Man, the Hermit, the High Priestess, and the Wizard.

All the villains and their victims

High Priestess

Morphological transformation Tarot The villain She takes the form of the High Priestess to attack Elise. One day after Halley reads her cards, the High Priestess is the second Major Arcana card in the tarot deck, depicting a female figure wearing a papal tiara. The details of Halley’s readings correspond to each victim’s death. For example, Halley mentions the “Ladder of Success” during Elise’s tarot turn. When the High Priestess approaches Elise, She repeatedly hits him with a ladder that extends to the attic.Once Elise dies, the villain changes form and targets Lucas.

hermit

The ninth major card in the Tarot, The Hermit, given to Lucas The card shows a creepy ghostly figure wearing a loose black robe. As Lucas reads, “Tracks” is mentioned. Later, when Lucas finds himself alone in the subway, the villain transforms into the hooded figure on the card and brutally attacks Lucas. The tracks point to the subway tracks below, where Lucas was eventually crushed by a passing train car.The hermit represents wisdom, contemplation, corruption, and isolation, characteristics that Lucas briefly displayed before his death.

The Hanged Man

After Lucas's death, the survivors meet a strange woman named Alma (Olwen Foere), who has intimate knowledge of the evil tarot deck. Alma explains that The villain is called The Astrologer, a shape-shifting female spirit bent on revenge for her daughter's death..

On the way home, the group's car stopped. Madeleine is suddenly tortured by the Hanged Man. When the astrologer changes his appearance and draws the image of the Hanged Man on the car window. The twelfth major arcana card, the Hanged Man, is associated with Pisces and depicts a person hanging upside down by one ankle. After teasing Madeleine, The miner kills her using the hanged man's face..

idiot

Once Madeleine was killed, Paxton couldn't take it anymore. He chose to leave the group and walk home alone at night, Paxton is suddenly harassed by the idiot.The Fool is a cunning, murderous being who is not associated with any number in most tarot decks. However, the card is associated with Taurus, which is Paxton's sign. Halley's reading for Paxton stated that he was trapped and besieged by “ascending numbers.” When the idiot chases Paxton into the elevator, his fate seems sealed.However, Taurus is also trustworthy, and Paxton proves his horoscope right in the final moments of the film. Jacob Batalon gives an outstanding performance in the film. Tarot.

The magician

One of the dumbest decisions in the movie comes when Alma decides to summon the spirit of the mine instead of burning the deck as intended. The miner quickly kills Alma with the Six of Swords card.. after that, The miner turns into a wizard and targets Paige.The Magician is the first arcana card in most tarot decks and depicts a circus performer working at a table. He suffers the worst fate, The wizard traps Paige in a box and cuts her body in half with a saw like a new magic act..

Death and the devil

After Paige's death, the miner transforms into the form of a demon. The Devil Attacks Grantthe biggest tarot card denier of the group. The demon drags Grant away and he breaks up with Haley. With his fate unknown, Haley reads the astrologer's horoscope, believing it will reverse the curse and send the demon away. The reading causes Haley to give the Death Card to the astrologer, saving Grant's life. At the end of the PG-13-rated hardcore horror film, the mine is burned to ashes next to a demonic Tarot deck. Haley and Grant return home and are greeted by Paxton, who survived the elevator attack by the idiot..

While it takes many evil forms, The villain in Tarot He is one person; the astrologer.The astrologer has been predicting the events of an 18th century Hungarian count. When the astrologer predicts the birth of the count's deadly wife, she is demonized and her daughter is killed. Determined to avenge her daughter, the astrologer kills the count and his men with a deck of tarot cards. The astrologer then kills herself and curses the tarot deck. Alma explains that many historical massacres were caused by the astrologer's cursed tarot deck.

Tarot Available to stream on Netflix.