Moon Either of two satellites of Arrakis The moon confers the refreshing dew, a source of life and glimmers over Akarso and catchbasm the latter adorned with the central symbol XX. Judgment A Sadu presides over the traditional scales, which here weigh either the soul or the water rendered trom the dead, for the scales form the T of the Tau XXI The Universe A figure with two faces represents the Kwisatz Haderach bndg ing space and time, and symbolizes the intrusion of the divine into the ordinary O. The Wanderer Against the desolate sand he walks alone his bmdle with staff over his shoulder He does not know what the bmdle contains, for he does not under stand the affliction a Hero brings to his planet The card may mean escape or expul sion When the major arcana were used in prognosticating, the deck was shuffled and cut, and the top card, representing the one whose fate was probed, was dealt face up Around it were dealt six cards, face down, in the following positions At the prompting of the seeker (if present), the six cards were turned face up one at a time The order of their revelation established the order of event The significance of the cards was determined by their position thus, for example, al Lat represented a spiritual burgeoning if it fell in a "fortuna" position- Head or Right Hand, but warned of a test to come if it fell in an "mforttma" position-Left Hand or Loins The cards had a ranking of ' power' Gods, Demigods, Heroes, Men, Animals, Things Within each of these ranks, the expected ordering prevailed for example (in descending order) Baraka-Heiros Baraka, Ilmist Hajnte Wanderer Thus, a more powerful figure on a ' fortuna'' position, say, will outweigh a less powerful on an mfortuna ' position The skill of the reader came into play, too as Elagar Lunacharakn says, Meaning resides not in the cards but in the mind of the reader, the cards provide only a focus and a symbology for the channeling of the energy, for the clearing of the vision, for the opening DUNE TAROT 194 DUNE TAROT of,the eyes of the seeker." And there were many is high and low positions in the Atreidean empire who had that skill. A new edition of the Tarot pack appeared from unknown sources about 10208; both Paul and Alia were vexed by its increasing popularity, but they could do tittle to halt its use and they knew moreover that the rising tide of divination of all kinds had been inspired by their prescience. They had marked out prescience as part of the Fremen way, and spoke more clearly by their example than by proclamation. G W E Further references: MELANGE; Elagar Lunacharaku, Pasteboard Prophets: On Reading One's Own Fear and Calling It the Future (Kaitam: Linlhnn UP); Hadi Bai, Love, Wealth, and Peace Through the Tarot (Zunaona' Kinat).