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House of the Dead bosses and Tarot cards - Kakariko Kid - 01-01-2016 Many bosses in the House of the Dead series, in games 1-4 Special, are named after Major Arcana/trump cards and The Fool in a Tarot card deck.  Tarot 0 or XXII- The Fool Tarot I - The Magician Tarot II - The High Priestess - not used Tarot III -  The Empress  Tarot IV - The Emperor Tarot V - The Hierophant Tarot VI - The Lovers Tarot VII -  The Chariot   Tarot VIII - Strength/Fortitudo Tarot IX - The Hermit Tarot X - Wheel of Fate Tarot XI - Justice/Iustitia Tarot XII - The Hangedman Tarot XIII - Death Tarot XIV - Temperance/Temperantia Tarot XV - The Devil - not used Tarot XVI - The Tower Tarot XVII - The Star Tarot XVIII - The Moon - not used Tarot XIX - The Sun Tarot XX - Judgement Tarot XXI - The World http://m.tarot.com/articles/tarot/about-tarot-cards-major-arcana https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Dead_(series) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Arcana RE: House of the Dead bosses and Tarot cards - Kakariko Kid - 01-02-2016 Three of the bosses are 3 of the 4 Cardinal Virtues in classic antiquity (classical era of writing) *Justice - Iustitia (Latin) *Temperance - Temperantia (Latin) * Courage/Strength - Fortitudo (Latin) The fourth one is Prudence - Prudentia (Latin) *Prudence refers to wisdom and judgement and may possibly linked to Judgement, making all 4 Cardinal Virtues a part of the Major Arcana in a Tarot deck. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cardinal-virtue https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_virtues http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prudence