fremen59 Posted April 7, 2000 Share Posted April 7, 2000 hey, i'm reading Dune Messiah, and they keep talking about the 'Dune Tarot' clouding people's presience vision. i still haven't figured out what the Dune Tarot is. Maybe i'm just blind...could somebody clue me in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xFedaykin Posted January 29, 2001 Share Posted January 29, 2001 Tarot cards as are commonly used today as a means of fortelling fortune or the future. In the Dune Universe, the Dune Tarot was introduced in Arrakis sometime during Paul's rule. This gave a lot of people a very limited amount of prescience similar to the powers Paul and Alia possessed. The effect of this on Paul, was that it muddied his visions of time. As was explained, oracles cannot see other oracles in their visions. The proliferation of the Dune Tarot meant that hundreds, maybe thousands of people were experiencing oracular visions (however inept) similar to Paul and Alia. This served to cloud their visions of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Harkonnen Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 I don't understand quitly...are they cards forseeing the future and they mudden Paul's vision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard3000 Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Both. By giving the user of the cards limited precience, it clouds the vision of other oracles.FOr example, in Dune Messiah,[hide]Edric was a part of the conspiracy because he had limited precient abilities. His presence there created a "blind spot" in Paul's oracular sight.[/hide] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 But, also keep in mind:[hide]It may have muddled Paul's vision a bit, but it didn't make a diference. He already saw everything that was going to happen in Messiah from the very beggining of the book. He was merely acting out a part. The only surprise was Leto, and that's because Leto, as an oracle, was hidden from him.[/hide] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Harkonnen Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 okey, thanks for the info. THis is really an old thread, three years old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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