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{{Q|The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed...|Nyx Avatar, ''Persona 3''}} |
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The '''Arcana''' {{j|アルカナ|Arukana}} are the different classes of [[Tarot Card]]s. They are a major thematic element of the [[Persona (Series)|''Persona'' series]]. |
The '''Arcana''' {{j|アルカナ|Arukana}} are the different classes of [[Tarot Card]]s. They are a major thematic element of the [[Persona (Series)|''Persona'' series]]. |
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==Major Arcana== |
==Major Arcana== |
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In the ''Persona'' series, the Personas' Arcana are functionally equivalent to [[demon]] [[Race and species|races]]. According to the ''Persona World'' guide, each Arcana in ''Megami Ibunroku Persona'' equals a specific race. These racial equivalences were partially kept in ''Persona 2'' and abandoned in ''Persona 3'' onwards. In ''Persona 3'' and later games, each Arcana has a [[Social Link]] or [[Confidant]] related to it, usually with a "story arc" that represents the Arcana its related to. Each Persona user usually has an Arcana they are related to as well, usually defined by their first Persona. |
In the ''Persona'' series, the Personas' Arcana are functionally equivalent to [[demon]] [[Race and species|races]]. According to the ''Persona World'' guide, each Arcana in ''Megami Ibunroku Persona'' equals a specific race. These racial equivalences were partially kept in ''Persona 2'' and abandoned in ''Persona 3'' onwards. In ''Persona 3'' and later games, each Arcana has a [[Social Link]] or [[Confidant]] related to it, usually with a "story arc" that represents the Arcana its related to. Each Persona user usually has an Arcana they are related to as well, usually defined by their first Persona. |
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+ | While most Arcana in the ''Persona'' series follows the tradtional 22-card deck, Arcana can be used from other nontraditional decks. Nontraditional decks used in the ''Persona'' series include Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot deck (Jester, Priest, Hunger, Aeon, Universe), El Gran Tarot Esoterico (Councillor), and the ''Visconti-Sforza'' deck (Hope, Faith). |
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!Arcana |
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!P3 S. Link |
!P3 S. Link |
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|[[Magician Arcana|Magician]] |
|[[Magician Arcana|Magician]] |
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|[[Genma]] |
|[[Genma]] |
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− | |[[Kenji Tomochika]]<br>[[Junpei Iori]]<sup>1</sup> |
+ | |[[Kenji Tomochika]]<br />[[Junpei Iori]]<sup>1</sup> |
|[[Yosuke Hanamura]] |
|[[Yosuke Hanamura]] |
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|[[Morgana]] |
|[[Morgana]] |
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+ | |style="font-weight:normal; background-color:#222222;"|[[Councillor Arcana|Councillor]]<sup>7</sup> |
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|[[Yusuke Kitagawa]] |
|[[Yusuke Kitagawa]] |
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|[[Hierophant Arcana|Hierophant]] |
|[[Hierophant Arcana|Hierophant]] |
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|[[Kishin]] |
|[[Kishin]] |
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|[[Ryotaro Dojima]] |
|[[Ryotaro Dojima]] |
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|[[Sojiro Sakura]] |
|[[Sojiro Sakura]] |
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+ | |style="font-weight:normal; background-color:#222"|[[Priest Arcana|Priest]]<sup>8</sup> |
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+ | | [[Zenkichi Hasegawa]] |
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|VI |
|VI |
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|[[Chariot Arcana|Chariot]] |
|[[Chariot Arcana|Chariot]] |
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|[[Fury]] |
|[[Fury]] |
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− | |[[Kazushi Miyamoto]]<br>[[Rio Iwasaki]]<sup>1</sup> |
+ | |[[Kazushi Miyamoto]]<br />[[Rio Iwasaki]]<sup>1</sup> |
|[[Chie Satonaka]] |
|[[Chie Satonaka]] |
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|[[Ryuji Sakamoto]] |
|[[Ryuji Sakamoto]] |
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|[[Justice Arcana|Justice]] |
|[[Justice Arcana|Justice]] |
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|[[Wargod]] |
|[[Wargod]] |
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− | |[[Chihiro Fushimi]]<br>[[Ken Amada]]<sup>1</sup> |
+ | |[[Chihiro Fushimi]]<br />[[Ken Amada]]<sup>1</sup> |
|[[Nanako Dojima]] |
|[[Nanako Dojima]] |
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|[[Goro Akechi]] |
|[[Goro Akechi]] |
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|[[Hermit Arcana|Hermit]] |
|[[Hermit Arcana|Hermit]] |
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|[[Holy]] |
|[[Holy]] |
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− | |[[Isako Toriumi|"Maya"]]<br>[[Saori Hasegawa]]<sup>1</sup> |
+ | |[[Isako Toriumi|"Maya"]]<br />[[Saori Hasegawa]]<sup>1</sup> |
|[[Fox]] |
|[[Fox]] |
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|[[Futaba Sakura]] |
|[[Futaba Sakura]] |
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|[[Fortune Arcana|Fortune]] |
|[[Fortune Arcana|Fortune]] |
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|[[Beast]] |
|[[Beast]] |
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− | |[[Keisuke Hiraga]]<br>[[Ryoji Mochizuki]]<sup>1</sup> |
+ | |[[Keisuke Hiraga]]<br />[[Ryoji Mochizuki]]<sup>1</sup> |
|[[Naoto Shirogane]] |
|[[Naoto Shirogane]] |
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|[[Chihaya Mifune]] |
|[[Chihaya Mifune]] |
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|[[Strength Arcana|Strength]] |
|[[Strength Arcana|Strength]] |
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|[[Snake]] |
|[[Snake]] |
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− | |[[Yuko Nishiwaki]]<br>[[Koromaru]]<sup>1</sup> |
+ | |[[Yuko Nishiwaki]]<br />[[Koromaru]]<sup>1</sup> |
− | |[[Kou Ichijo]] or<br>[[Daisuke Nagase]] |
+ | |[[Kou Ichijo]] or<br />[[Daisuke Nagase]] |
|[[Caroline and Justine]] |
|[[Caroline and Justine]] |
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|[[Star Arcana|Star]] |
|[[Star Arcana|Star]] |
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|[[Yoma]] |
|[[Yoma]] |
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− | |[[Mamoru Hayase]]<br>[[Akihiko Sanada]]<sup>1</sup> |
+ | |[[Mamoru Hayase]]<br />[[Akihiko Sanada]]<sup>1</sup> |
|[[Teddie]] |
|[[Teddie]] |
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|[[Hifumi Togo]] |
|[[Hifumi Togo]] |
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|[[Moon Arcana|Moon]] |
|[[Moon Arcana|Moon]] |
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|[[Night]] |
|[[Night]] |
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− | |[[Nozomi Suemitsu]]<br>[[Shinjiro Aragaki]]<sup>1</sup> |
+ | |[[Nozomi Suemitsu]]<br />[[Shinjiro Aragaki]]<sup>1</sup> |
|[[Ai Ebihara]] |
|[[Ai Ebihara]] |
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|[[Yuuki Mishima]] |
|[[Yuuki Mishima]] |
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|[[Avian]] |
|[[Avian]] |
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|[[Akinari Kamiki]] |
|[[Akinari Kamiki]] |
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− | |[[Yumi Ozawa]] or<br>[[Ayane Matsunaga]] |
+ | |[[Yumi Ozawa]] or<br />[[Ayane Matsunaga]] |
|[[Toranosuke Yoshida]] |
|[[Toranosuke Yoshida]] |
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− | |[[Faith Arcana|Faith]]<sup>7</sup> |
+ | |[[Faith Arcana|Faith]]<sup>7</sup> <sup>9</sup> |
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* <sup>1</sup> In ''Persona 3 Portable'', female route only. |
* <sup>1</sup> In ''Persona 3 Portable'', female route only. |
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* <sup>2</sup> In ''Persona'' and ''Persona 2'', Strength and Justice Arcana are VIII and XI respectively, this is swapped in ''Persona 3'' and subsequent installments. |
* <sup>2</sup> In ''Persona'' and ''Persona 2'', Strength and Justice Arcana are VIII and XI respectively, this is swapped in ''Persona 3'' and subsequent installments. |
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− | * <sup>3</sup> In ''Persona 4 Golden'' only. Initially called Jester Arcana (numbered 0), then becomes Hunger (numbered XI). |
+ | * <sup>3</sup> In ''Persona 4 Golden'' only. Initially called Jester Arcana (numbered 0), then becomes Hunger (numbered XI) unless you do not tell the rest of the Investigation Teams of your suspicions of Tohru Adachi. |
* <sup>4</sup> In ''Persona 3 FES'' and ''Persona 3 Portable'' only. |
* <sup>4</sup> In ''Persona 3 FES'' and ''Persona 3 Portable'' only. |
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* <sup>5</sup> In ''Persona 4 Golden'' only. |
* <sup>5</sup> In ''Persona 4 Golden'' only. |
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* <sup>6</sup> Only mentioned in ''Persona 3'', ''Persona 3 FES'' and ''Persona 3 Portable'', with no gameplay effect. |
* <sup>6</sup> Only mentioned in ''Persona 3'', ''Persona 3 FES'' and ''Persona 3 Portable'', with no gameplay effect. |
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* <sup>7</sup> In ''Persona 5 Royal'' only. |
* <sup>7</sup> In ''Persona 5 Royal'' only. |
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+ | * <sup>8</sup> In ''Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers'' only. |
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+ | * <sup>9</sup> The ''Visconti-Sforza'' deck (where the Faith and Hope Arcana originate from) uses no numbers. |
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==Minor Arcana== |
==Minor Arcana== |
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===''Q'' Series=== |
===''Q'' Series=== |
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− | Arcana is only applied to Main Personas and [[Sub-Persona]] |
+ | Arcana is only applied to Main Personas and [[Sub-Persona|Sub-personas]] that player characters can use; Shadows do not have an Arcana in this series, even though the bulk of enemies are generic Arcana Shadows. |
==Nonexistent Arcana== |
==Nonexistent Arcana== |
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** 11. Strength: [[Koromaru]] |
** 11. Strength: [[Koromaru]] |
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** 12. Hanged Man: [[Chidori Yoshino]] |
** 12. Hanged Man: [[Chidori Yoshino]] |
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− | * As of ''Persona 5'', the [[Temperance Arcana|Temperance]] and [[Tower Arcana|Tower]] Arcana are the only major arcana to have never been represented by any playable character. |
+ | * As of ''Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers'', the [[Temperance Arcana|Temperance]] and [[Tower Arcana|Tower]] Arcana are the only major arcana to have never been represented by any playable character. |
** Temperance is the only major arcana to have never been represented by any Persona user at all. The Tower Arcana is represented by [[Takahisa Kandori]] from ''Megami Ibunroku Persona'' and [[Anna Yoshizaka]] from ''Persona 2: Innocent Sin'' (via the playable version of their Personas, [[Nyarlathotep]] and [[Aeshma]] respectively, being identified as such). |
** Temperance is the only major arcana to have never been represented by any Persona user at all. The Tower Arcana is represented by [[Takahisa Kandori]] from ''Megami Ibunroku Persona'' and [[Anna Yoshizaka]] from ''Persona 2: Innocent Sin'' (via the playable version of their Personas, [[Nyarlathotep]] and [[Aeshma]] respectively, being identified as such). |
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+ | * ''Persona 5 Royal'' was the first persona game to introduce a new Tarot that was not in another number as a tarot in the traditional European decks, with the Faith Arcana. |
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==Gallery== |
==Gallery== |
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|File:Hunger.png|Hunger Arcana |
|File:Hunger.png|Hunger Arcana |
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|File:Aeon-0.png|Aeon Arcana |
|File:Aeon-0.png|Aeon Arcana |
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|File:FaithArcana.png|Faith Arcana |
|File:FaithArcana.png|Faith Arcana |
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|File:Faith.png|True Faith Arcana |
|File:Faith.png|True Faith Arcana |
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Revision as of 19:34, 5 May 2020
"The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed..."
The Arcana (アルカナ, Arukana)? are the different classes of Tarot Cards. They are a major thematic element of the Persona series.
The Arcana are divided into the Major Arcana (22 unique cards) and the Minor Arcana (four suits of 14 cards each, not unlike those of traditional playing cards). The Minor Arcana appear in rare events in the Persona 2 duology, only in Shuffle Time in Persona 3 and Persona 4 Golden, and not at all in Megami Ibunroku Persona, Persona 4 and Persona 5.
"Arcana" is properly the plural form, the singular being "Arcanum," but in the Persona series "Arcana" is used for both singular and plural.
Major Arcana
In the Persona series, the Personas' Arcana are functionally equivalent to demon races. According to the Persona World guide, each Arcana in Megami Ibunroku Persona equals a specific race. These racial equivalences were partially kept in Persona 2 and abandoned in Persona 3 onwards. In Persona 3 and later games, each Arcana has a Social Link or Confidant related to it, usually with a "story arc" that represents the Arcana its related to. Each Persona user usually has an Arcana they are related to as well, usually defined by their first Persona.
While most Arcana in the Persona series follows the tradtional 22-card deck, Arcana can be used from other nontraditional decks. Nontraditional decks used in the Persona series include Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot deck (Jester, Priest, Hunger, Aeon, Universe), El Gran Tarot Esoterico (Councillor), and the Visconti-Sforza deck (Hope, Faith).
- 1 In Persona 3 Portable, female route only.
- 2 In Persona and Persona 2, Strength and Justice Arcana are VIII and XI respectively, this is swapped in Persona 3 and subsequent installments.
- 3 In Persona 4 Golden only. Initially called Jester Arcana (numbered 0), then becomes Hunger (numbered XI) unless you do not tell the rest of the Investigation Teams of your suspicions of Tohru Adachi.
- 4 In Persona 3 FES and Persona 3 Portable only.
- 5 In Persona 4 Golden only.
- 6 Only mentioned in Persona 3, Persona 3 FES and Persona 3 Portable, with no gameplay effect.
- 7 In Persona 5 Royal only.
- 8 In Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers only.
- 9 The Visconti-Sforza deck (where the Faith and Hope Arcana originate from) uses no numbers.
Minor Arcana
Persona 2
Personas from the minor Arcana are featured in these games via mutation only. These Personas cannot be summoned normally in the Velvet Room nor their tarot cards ever exist. See List of Persona 2: Innocent Sin Personas#Minor Arcana and List of Persona 2: Eternal Punishment Personas#Minor Arcana.
Persona 3
The Minor Arcana cards appear during Shuffle Time and grant the player various effects depending on which card is chosen:
- Cups - Restores the protagonist's or party's health if drawn (amount depends on number)
- Wands or Staves - Grants bonus experience or stats if drawn (amount depends on number)
- Pentacles or Coins - Grants bonus Yen if drawn (amount depends on number)
- Swords - Grants the player a random weapon (power depends on number, and FES: The answer gives the player one random equipment)
Persona 4 Golden
The Minor Arcana cards are featured in the remake of Persona 4 for the PlayStation Vita. The Minor Arcana cards have the same effects as in Persona 3, except for the Swords Cards, which give the player Skill Cards instead of weapons, and the Cup Cards, which restore SP along with HP.
Q Series
Arcana is only applied to Main Personas and Sub-personas that player characters can use; Shadows do not have an Arcana in this series, even though the bulk of enemies are generic Arcana Shadows.
Nonexistent Arcana
In the Persona 2 games, due to the way the contact system is built, all enemies are classified under an Arcana. However, some of those aren't present in the tarot deck, being more akin to races. However, the game does acknowledge them as such and refers to them by "Arcana". They are:
- Reich (Nazis in the PlayStation release)
- Machine
- Leo
- Aquarius
- Scorpio
- Taurus
- Rumor
- Human
- Zombie (misspelled as Zonbie in Eternal Punishment)
- Dummy
Trivia
- Persona 3 features thirteen main Persona users. Each represents one of the first 13 major Arcana, with the exception of Elizabeth:
- 0. Fool: The protagonist
- 1. Magician: Junpei Iori
- 2. Priestess: Fuuka Yamagishi
- 3. Empress: Mitsuru Kirijo
- 4. Emperor: Akihiko Sanada
- 5. Hierophant: Shinjiro Aragaki
- 6. Lovers: Yukari Takeba
- 7. Chariot: Aigis
- 8. Justice: Ken Amada
- 9. Hermit: Jin Shirato
- 10. Fortune: Takaya Sakaki
- 11. Strength: Koromaru
- 12. Hanged Man: Chidori Yoshino
- As of Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers, the Temperance and Tower Arcana are the only major arcana to have never been represented by any playable character.
- Temperance is the only major arcana to have never been represented by any Persona user at all. The Tower Arcana is represented by Takahisa Kandori from Megami Ibunroku Persona and Anna Yoshizaka from Persona 2: Innocent Sin (via the playable version of their Personas, Nyarlathotep and Aeshma respectively, being identified as such).
- Persona 5 Royal was the first persona game to introduce a new Tarot that was not in another number as a tarot in the traditional European decks, with the Faith Arcana.
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