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Originally Posted by Eisengoth
I have a friend in my writing critique group who assigned tarot cards and their meanings to her characters. Her main character got three, showing the arc of the MC's growth over the course of the story, secondary characters get two, and more minor characters just get one. Seemed like a good way to keep track of the basic personality traits, especially if you have a large cast!
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One of the ideas that the author of the book suggests is using each of the Major Arcana cards as the basis of a character if you're writing a long project like a novel. She also makes the point that the setting itself is in effect a character in some ways.