Persona 6, the next main series title in the popular Japanese role-playing game series, will likely continue the tarot theme first established in the original Revelations: Persona. If Persona 6 follows the pattern of previous games, each playable character will fight using a Persona associated with one of the Major Arcana from the tarot deck. However, Persona 6 should not simply stick to the standard 22 Major Arcana from the popular Rider-Waite tarot deck, but should explore more variants and completely unused Arcana.
Although variant Arcana began to appear as early as Persona 3, recent Persona games have unfortunately become fairly stagnant in how the Arcana are used. The protagonist of the past three games has been represented by the Fool Arcana, while the Magician Arcana has been their close sidekick, the Lovers and Priestess have both been female characters who are potential love interests, and the Hierophant has been an older male authority figure. Persona 6 should introduce some variation on these themes in order to appeal to both new players and established fans of the series.
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The Thoth tarot deck is an updated version of the traditional Rider-Waite tarot created by Aleister Crowley and painted by Frieda Harris. Crowley wished to rework the Major Arcana to align more closely with the signs of the zodiac and the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. For this purpose, he renamed some Arcana and changed the numbering and order of others. Persona first drew from the Thoth tarot deck in Persona 3, where the Aeon — the Thoth version of Judgment — was used by party member Aegis. Persona 4 Golden reused Aeon for new potential love interest Marie and assigned Lust, Crowley's
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