Character Relationship Map: Tarot

Characters

• Haley (played by Harriet Slater) — protagonist

  The main protagonist and recent college graduate. She draws the Death card during the initial reading and initially struggles with unresolved grief over her mother's death. She ultimately survives by...

• Lucas (played by Wolfgang Novogratz) — protagonist

  A member of the friend group who draws The Hermit card. He is the second victim, chased by a monster version of the card into a restricted train area where he is killed by a speeding train.

• Grant (played by Adain Bradley) — supporting

  Haley's ex-boyfriend who draws The Devil card. He is dragged away by the Devil spirit at the mansion but survives the ordeal and reunites with Haley.

• Paige (played by Avantika) — supporting

  A friend who draws The Magician card. She is lured to the basement, hypnotized, trapped in a box, and fatally sawed in half by the Magician spirit.

• The Devil (played by Joss Carter) — supporting
• Paxton (played by Jacob Batalon) — supporting

  A friend who draws The Fool card. He is stalked in an elevator by the Fool spirit but survives when his roommate intervenes, later reuniting with the other survivors.

• Astrologer's Daughter (played by Dunja Pavlović) — minor
• The High Priestess (played by Lucy Ridley) — minor
• The Fool / The Hanged Man (played by Felix Leech) — minor
• Elise (played by Larsen Thompson) — supporting

  The birthday girl for whom the mansion was rented. She draws The High Priestess card and becomes the first victim, murdered in the attic by a monstrous version of the card.

• The Hermit / The Magician (played by James Swanton) — minor
• Madeline (played by Humberly González) — supporting

  A friend who draws The Hanged Man card. After the group's car breaks down, she panics and runs off, only to be hanged by the Hanged Man spirit.

• Haley's Mother (played by Višnja Obradović) — minor
• Death (played by Cavin Cornwall) — minor
• Count (played by Vahidin Prelić) — minor
• Astrologer (played by Sunčica Milanović) — supporting

  The vengeful spirit of a 1798 Hungarian astrologer who cursed the deck after her daughter was killed. The entity manifests as the tarot monsters and is the primary source of the film's supernatural th...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Haley's Mother → Haley (mother)
• Astrologer's Daughter → Astrologer (daughter)
• Astrologer → The Hermit / The Magician (Power Manifesting Force) — The Hermit operates as a manifestation of the astrologer's supernatural power.

  The astrologer's cursed deck produces the tarot monsters, including The Hermit, who attacks Lucas after his reading.

• Astrologer → The High Priestess (Power Manifesting Force) — The High Priestess functions as one expression of the astrologer's curse.

  The astrologer's curse causes the tarot cards to kill their users, and the film presents the card monsters as manifestations of that supernatural thre...

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Astrologer → Count (Conflict Curse Bearer) — The astrologer retaliates against the count through the cursed cards.

  After her daughter is killed, the astrologer uses her cards to doom the count and his friends to death.

• Count → Astrologer's Daughter (Conflict Killer) — The count's revenge causes the daughter's death.

  After the astrologer's prediction about his wife and child comes true, the count orders his men to kill the astrologer's daughter.

• Paige → Astrologer (Conflict Indirect Victim) — Paige becomes a victim of the astrologer's cursed supernatural system.

  The Magician, one of the tarot manifestations controlled by the astrologer's curse, lures Paige into the basement and kills her.

• Grant → Astrologer (Conflict Adversary) — Grant participates in the survivors' final struggle against the astrologer.

  Grant remains with Haley during the mansion confrontation while the astrologer's spirit attacks the group through the cards.

• Haley → Astrologer (Conflict Adversary) — Haley directly defeats the spirit responsible for the curse.

  Haley performs a reading on the astrologer's spirit, gives her Death, and helps burn the spirit alongside the deck.

• Haley → Death (Narrative Card Counterpart) — Haley's card becomes the instrument of her final counter-reading.

  Haley draws the Death card during the initial reading and later gives the astrologer's spirit Death in a counter-reading.

• Grant → The Devil (Conflict Victim And Manifestation) — The Devil attacks Grant but does not ultimately kill him.

  Grant receives The Devil card, and The Devil later drags him away during the final confrontation.

• Paige → The Hermit / The Magician (Conflict Victim And Manifestation) — The Magician manipulates and kills Paige through the fate of her card.

  Paige draws The Magician card, is hypnotized in the basement, trapped in a box, and fatally sawed in half by The Magician.

• Paxton → The Fool / The Hanged Man (Conflict Victim And Manifestation) — The Fool directly hunts Paxton after the reading.

  Paxton draws The Fool card and is stalked and attacked by The Fool in an elevator.

• Madeline → The Fool / The Hanged Man (Conflict Victim And Manifestation) — The card's monster enacts the fate shown in Madeline's reading.

  Madeline draws The Hanged Man card, runs from the broken-down car, and is later hanged by The Hanged Man.

• Lucas → The Hermit / The Magician (Conflict Victim And Manifestation) — The Hermit becomes the supernatural force responsible for Lucas's death.

  Lucas draws The Hermit card, is terrorized by The Hermit, and is chased into a restricted train area before being killed.

Story Analysis

A cursed tarot deck turns personal readings into supernatural deaths until Haley confronts grief and reverses the astrologer's vengeance.

Plot Progression

1. The Fatal Birthday Reading — The friends gather at a Catskills mansion for Elise's birthday and use an old tarot deck to read their fortunes. The readings establish the supernatural pattern that soon claims Elise and Lucas.
2. A Curse Takes Shape — The survivors recognize that the deaths correspond to the cards drawn by the group. They seek an explanation and learn that the deck carries a curse rooted in a tragic 1798 revenge.
3. The Road Of Broken Fates — The remaining friends attempt to destroy the deck while returning to the mansion. Madeline dies on the road, while Paxton narrowly survives an attack by The Fool.
4. The Mansion Turns Against Them — The cards resist destruction, and the astrologer's spirit is summoned. The spirit kills the tarot expert, while The Magician and The Devil attack Paige and Grant.
5. Death Answers The Curse — Haley confronts the astrologer's grief and performs a counter-reading using Death. The spirit and deck are burned, allowing Haley, Grant, and Paxton to survive and reunite.