Nan Quick sent me this interesting tidbit back on June 1, 1997. I don't pretend to understand it--not being into Tarot, after all--but I do find some of the imagery quite thought provoking. In fact, so thought provoking I had to pull it out of the archives and update it...

Of course, the deck STILL has to be printed on old punch cards...

0. The FOOL
A manager using an UltraSPARC 10 to run a screensaver.

1. The MAGICIAN
A hacker with a G4 Mac, a Xeon box, a Sparc, and a Cray on the table in front of him --- all running the same program with the same GUI (obviously, he is running Linux). An infinity sign is over his head.

2. The HIGH PRIESTESS
A woman holding the Documentation, closed and concealed. The crescent moon is showing on an Indigo behind her.

3. The EMPEROR
Steve Jobs sitting on an iMac DV, holding a DVD vertically in his hand.

4. The EMPRESS
A secretary with an iMac.

5. The HEIROPHANT
Bill Gates (seated upon Steve Ballmer) with two flunkies kneeling before him, their faces averted, offering him CD-ROMs. He wears a ActiMates Barney on his head (http://www.geekchic.com/~jpd/barney/).

6. The LOVERS
A PowerMAC and an IBM Power PC exchanging software as an angel bathed in glory regards them.

7. The CHARIOT
A man in a chariot, hurtling up an exponential curve, drawn by the twin sphinxes of Technology (black) and Culture (white).

8. STRENGTH
A woman holding the entire design and implementation of Microsoft Excel in her mind as she corrects the final error. An infinity sign is over her head.

9. The HERMIT
An old hacker, white-bearded, burns the midnight oil; its Star-of-David flame illuminates his keyboard.

10. The WHEEL OF FORTUNE
A rotating wheel. Cray is on the side going down, despite its good technology; Smalltalk is opposite it, and C++ is sitting on top. Four winged beings -- a mouse, a turtle, a dog-cow, and a human -- look on.

11. JUSTICE
A cold-faced woman holds a Microsoft EULA in one hand and preliminary findings of fact in the other.

12. The HANGED MAN
A programmer is tied by his ankle to a cable duct. His phase is completely shifted: he awakens at sunset, he sleeps at dawn. His monitor is reverse- video. He programs on, flawlessly, oblivious to his circumstances.

13. DEATH
A skeleton wielding a scythe surveys a field, on which are scattered PDP-11s, Apple ]['s, IBM 360/91's, Xerox Alto's, and many other machines.

14. TEMPERANCE
An angel stands with one foot on her chair and one on the floor, as she copies files from one disk to another. A cursor blinks from her chest.

15. The DEVIL
The goat-headed Lord of the Pit stands on a pile of Windows manuals, holding an inverted torch in one hand. Two humans, male and female, are in chains at his feet.

16. The TOWER
An ivory tower is struck by a bolt of lightning. Two robed figures, denied tenure, are hurled to the ground.

17. The STAR
A Mac is running its `warp' screen saver, in a transient fragile moment of peace.

18. The MOON
A wolf and a jackal are typing at two PC's. A crayfish crawls out of a pool, offering suggestions that may ultimately prove deadly. The moon shines through a window.

19. The SUN
A naked child riding a winged rocking horse programs clever applications on a high-quality workstation.

20. JUDGMENT
An angel blows a trumpet; all over the net, 'dot com' companies arise, to be rated profitable or not. (Those that are not file for patents on obvious ideas and make a killing on lawsuits)

21. The WORLD
A woman dances on the clouds, unclothed, unencumbered, in a ring of clouds, a 3-d mouse in each hand. The four winged beings from the Wheel of Fortune surround her.