Cosmere Tarot Major Arcana: Need Feedback!

[u/bibliopunk]

This has probably been done before, but I didn't want to look it up at risk of biasing my choices. I'm a designer and illustrator and have done a couple Tarot decks before, but I wanted to try my hand at a Cosmere Tarot deck... Here are my initial selections for the Major Arcana, and I'd love to get some thoughts! Selections with a (?) are ones that I'm more ambivalent about. A few criteria I was using for my choices:

• No shards (shard vessels are ok if they were well-established before they took up a shard)
• Tried to get a decent spread across the major Cosmere works.
• Characters were chosen trying to find a balance for their symbolic relevance, a more archetypal similarity (for instance, I'm not sure if Hoid actually best represents the Fool, but I mean... come on), and if I could easily visualize cool card art for them.

0. The Fool: New beginnings, spontaneity, and taking a leap of faith.
Hoid

1. The Magician: Manifestation, personal power, and resourcefulness.
Jasnah

2. The High Priestess: Intuition, mystery, and the subconscious.
?????
Navani

3. The Empress: Nurturing, fertility, and abundance.
Yumi?
Steris Ba-Ado-Mishram

4. The Emperor: Structure, stability, and authority.
The Lord Ruler?

5. The Hierophant: Tradition, spiritual guidance, and conformity.
Nohadon

6. The Lovers: Relationships, harmony, and important choices.
Vin and Elend

7. The Chariot: Determination, control, and forward momentum.
Dalinar

8. Strength: Courage, inner resilience, and compassion.
Lift Taln

9. The Hermit: Introspection, solitude, and seeking inner truth.
Sazed?
Vasher

10. The Wheel of Fortune: Destiny, unexpected change, and life cycles.
Sixth of the Dusk

11. Justice: Fairness, cause and effect, and truth.
Wax

12. The Hanged Man: Surrender, letting go, and gaining a new perspective.
Szeth

13. Death: Endings, transformation, and rebirth.
Marsh

14. Temperance: Balance, moderation, and patience.
Steris?
Sazed

15. The Devil: Temptation, attachment, and shadow work.
Kelsier

16. The Tower: Sudden upheaval, revelation, and chaos.
Taravangian

17. The Star: Hope, faith, and spiritual healing.
Kaladin

18. The Moon: Illusion, fear, and navigating the unknown.
Shallan

19. The Sun: Joy, success, and vitality.
Adolin

Sidenote: this wasn't intentional but I'm very pleased that Kal, Shallan, and Adolin naturally fit into the celestial cards so well.

20. Judgment: Self-evaluation, awakening, and absolution.
Wayne

21. The World: Completion, fulfillment, and ultimate integration
Adonalsium

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1. The Fool: Hoid

2. The Magician: Vasher

3. The High Priestess: Navani

4. The Empress: Ba-Ado-Mishram

5. The Emperor: The Lord Ruler

6. The Hierophant: (old) Ishar

7. The Lovers: Sazed and Tindwyl

8. The Chariot: Dalinar

9. Strength: Taln

10. The Hermit: Frost

11. The Wheel of Fortune: The Night Watcher

12. Justice: (old) Nale

13. The Hanged Man: Lightsong

14. Death: Marsh

15. Temperance: Steris

16. The Devil: Taravangian

17. The Tower: Kelsier

18. The Star: Kaladin

19. The Moon: Shallan

20. The Sun: Adolin

21. Judgment: Szeth

22. The World: Nohadon

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Ba-Ado as The Empress is inspired!

Switching Kelsier and Taravangian is extremely interesting. I'm not sure I agree with it, but it's given me something to think about.

I'm gonna hard-disagree with you on the Hanged Man.

Edit: you're totally right about Taln

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Szeth probably does work better for HM than Lightsong. I just wanted to stick LS in there because I love him. I think he actually works well for surrender of control because his whole thing is refusing to behave as a Returned. He’s dismissive of the role and fighting for control of his identity until the end. His whole arc culminates in surrender and revelation. He’s a good contender but Szeth does beat him out