Animal/anthro tarot ideas

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For a while now, I’ve been thinking about drawing my own animal themed tarot, as many of the decks I see around aren’t really ‘me’. I have a few ideas which I really like, that I don’t particularly want to change, and I have some vague ideas (which I’ll put in italics); but mainly I’d like it if people offered suggestions for cards I have no ideas for.

I’m just going to concentrate on the major arcana for now (although I do have a pretty good concept for the swords suit in the minor arcana involving porcupines) as I don’t want to get swamped early on. Keep it bite-size.

0 – The Fool – Puppy happily charging off, with stick and bundle held in it’s mouth.

1 – The Magician – Owl with sword, stave, cup and pentangle.

2 – The High Priestess – Snow leopard in robes with Triple Goddess (Wiccan) headdress.

3 – The Empress – Tigress in finery. Art Noveau influences.

4 – The Emperor – Lion (or a dragon?) in finery and armour pieces.

5 – The Hierophant –A sheep weaving on a traditional drop loom.

6 – The Lovers – Swans or birds of Paradise together?

7 – The Chariot – Two horses charging filling most of the card. Parts of a harness and chariot can be seen around/behind them.

8 – Strength –An elephant carrying a heavy load (or pulling up a tree? Muscles bulging!)

9 – The Hermit –

10 – The Wheel of Fortune –An octopus with it's tentacles out like the spokes of a wheel.

11 – Justice –

12 – The Hanged Man –

13 – Death – A cowled figure with the face of a raven’s skull, with black wings and carrying an hourglass and/or scythe.

14 – Temperance –

15 – The Devil – Classic version of Baphomet, maybe with some reptilian features, with two humans chained and burning.

16 – The Tower – A huge tower-like tree struck by lightening, split in half and burning. Critters falling out terrified.

17 – The Star –

18 – The Moon – A Fox under a large moon holding Odin's Rune of Illusion.

19 – The Sun – Ra with sun 'crown'.

20 – Judgement –

21 – The World – Jörmungandr (snake) biting it’s tail, a map of the world can be seen inside the loop it’s body creates.

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Here are some of my ideas for your cards;

5- The Hierophant; A bull? Apparently this card is rules by Taurus, so there's that.

8- Strength; maybe an ant? I know it sounds weird but when you consider how much ants can lift and carry in comparison to their size. Or perhaps a bear?

10- Wheel of Fortune; An armadillo XD Or maybe some other sort of animal that curls up into a ball and rolls around...or maybe a scarab?

14- Temperance; A deer perhaps? 

17- The Star; bear with me since this might sound weird, but a coyote. There's an old Native American legend about how stars came to be and long story short all the animals were going to put drawings into the sky but Coyote tripped and scattered the drawings into the sky which then became the stars.

18- The Moon; A rabbit. Ya knew I was gonna stick one in there somewhere <.< Are you familiar with the story of the Jade Rabbit? It explains why there's a silhouette of a rabbit on the moon, rabbit's spirit lives there eternally as a remembrance of his willingness to give up his own life in order to feed a hungry traveler...also there's the Japanese legend about bunnies on the moon that make mochi.  

19- The Sun; I know you like Egyptian mythology, and Ra was the sun god so maybe a falcon flying across the sun? He's sometime associated with a heron as well. Or a Phoenix?

20- Judgement; a jackal maybe? Like Anubis, since he was the one who judged souls. Or a crocodile, similar to Ammut?