Persona 5: Zenkichi by BurningArtist on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

HOLY MOLEY. I’m done. I finished them all! I can’t even believe this! I started by drawing Ryuji in August of 2020 on a whim and now, it’s April 2021. I just can’t believe I’m done with the Major Arcana... wow. I’ll need a little break. lol I’ll still post stuff but just... I need to use other colors now. lol

SO, for the Apostle Arcana, unlike the other cards, the Apostle doesn’t exist in regular Tarot. He is in fact, inspired by the Hierophant in the Thoth deck. While one could just reuse the idea on the Hierophant, (Knowledge, Teaching & Tradition) We are given a meaning in Persona 5 Strikers by Lavenza:

“Representing both fairness and compassion, the Apostle walks the road of life upholding his beliefs as well as his perceptions of the law”

So I used some Tarot symbolism to create a pictoral narrative for this card. In my head, the Apostle (unlike the Heriophant) is a more ACTIVE follower of a religious order. The idea of upholding beliefs & laws matches in idealized missionary types. The key represents sacred knowledge and he’s offering it to us, the reader. In his hand he has his case file representing something important to him as well as his mission by way of the law. I wanted to give him a compassionate look as well. We can argue that this version of him is his realized version of his story.

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