Seasons in tarot quiz: snow, harvest and blossom
Snow around The Hermit, pumpkins on the Three of Cups, a flowering meadow for the Page of Pentacles: spot the signs of the seasons on the Tayna cards.
- 5 questions
- ≈ 2 min
- +5 bronze keys for a flawless run
Are there seasons in tarot?
This quiz is about signs of the seasons on the cards of the Tayna deck. The seasons are never labeled, but the artist scattered their traces through the scenes: snow, harvest, blossom, a bright summer sun. The questions check whether you remember where they appear and what they say about a card's meaning.
Winter in our deck means stillness and a season that passes. The Hermit stands on a snowy crag, and the snow speaks of distance from the bustle, not of a cold heart. On the Five of Pentacles two figures trudge through a blizzard, a sign of a season rather than a life sentence. On the horizon of Judgement snowy peaks gleam: after waking, the road goes on.
Harvest and autumn fruit appear wherever something has been earned. Grapes and ripe pumpkins lie at the feet of the three dancers on the Three of Cups, so their celebration comes after hard work. Vines wind around the King of Pentacles' throne, with grapes and gold at his feet: his wealth is alive and growing.
Spring and summer on the cards
Blossom is a sign of growth and beginnings. The Page of Pentacles stands in a flowering meadow, studying a coin as if seeing one for the first time. The Lovers stand in a blossoming garden, and daisies bloom around the Queen of Pentacles' throne while roses climb above it. All of this speaks of fertile ground where what was sown can sprout.
Summer belongs to the sun and to sunflowers. On The Sun sunflowers reach over a brick wall toward the light, and the Queen of Wands wears a crown of sunflowers and holds one in her hand, reaching toward life the way those flowers turn to the sun. If a spread is full of such cards, ask yourself which season your situation is in: time to sow, to wait or to gather.
Each run draws five questions from a pool of twelve, with the options shuffled every time. Answers are final, but you can replay as often as you like. Tayna keys are awarded for a run with no mistakes. Every explanation links to the card page with the full scene, so if a picture slips your mind, take a look and try again.
All questions and answers
Open after you play: the full question set with right answers and explanations.
1. On which card does an old man stand on a snowy summit?
Right answer: The Hermit
The Hermit stands on a snowy crag with his lantern; here snow means silence and distance from the bustle.
2. What does the snow around The Hermit speak of?
Right answer: Quiet far from the bustle
The summit is a road travelled and a height of understanding; the snow is silence away from noise.
3. On which card do three people celebrate among grapes and ripe pumpkins?
Right answer: Three of Cups
The grapes and pumpkins at the dancers' feet are a harvest: the Three of Cups' celebration is earned by hard work.
4. On the Tayna cards both The Sun and the Queen of Wands have sunflowers.
Right answer: True
On The Sun sunflowers reach over the wall to the light; the Queen of Wands wears a sunflower crown and holds one.
5. Whose throne is wrapped in grapevines, with grapes and gold at his feet?
Right answer: King of Pentacles
Ivy and vines wrap the King of Pentacles' throne: his wealth is alive and grows rather than sitting in a chest.
6. What gleams on the horizon of Judgement?
Right answer: Snowy mountain peaks
The snowy peaks on Judgement's horizon remind you that after waking up, the road goes on.
7. Around whose throne do daisies bloom while roses climb above it?
Right answer: Queen of Pentacles
Roses climb above the Queen of Pentacles' throne, daisies bloom around it and a hare sits at its foot: fertile, cozy life.
8. Which season is plainly shown on the Five of Pentacles?
Right answer: Winter: snow, blizzard
Two figures trudge through a blizzard. It is winter, and winter passes: the card speaks of a season, not forever.
9. On which card do two figures in leaf garlands stand in a blossoming garden?
Right answer: The Lovers
The Lovers stand in a blossoming garden: an apple tree with a serpent behind her, a flaming tree behind him.
10. Why is the Queen of Wands' crown woven of sunflowers?
Right answer: She turns to life like the sun
Sunflowers always turn toward the sun, and so does this queen: reaching toward life and shining in her own right.
11. On which card does a young man stand in a flowering meadow holding a coin?
Right answer: Page of Pentacles
The Page of Pentacles stands in a flowering meadow studying a coin: the green and the blossom mean growth and good soil.
12. Harvest and fruit on the Tayna cards always mean money.
Right answer: Myth
The Three of Cups' pumpkins are an earned celebration, the Nine of Pentacles' grapes the fruit of her own work.