The Walking Between

A Na-Dené Tarot

A 78-card initiatory Tarot {in progress}rooted in Cherokee and Athabaskan cosmology, mapped onto the Thoth Tarot structure. Each card draws from Na-Dené spiritual concepts, clan systems, sacred animals, and cosmological archetypes — rendered through AI-assisted sacred art with all conceptual and symbolic decisions made by the author.

Completed at 22:17 PDT, Westchester, California · ☉ 6° ♋ · ☽ 17° ♐ · ♄ VII · Saturday 27 June 2026 e.v.

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The Major Arcana

Twenty-two cards mapping the initiatory path from the Walker Between’s cliff edge to the Martian dome. Each card is drawn from the Na-Dené cosmological tradition and cross-corresponded with the Thoth Tarot, Tree of Life, and I Ching.

• Atu 0 — Inage’i
• Atu 1 — Jistu
• Atu 2 — Selu
• Atu 3 — Anisgaya Tsunsdi’s Mother
• Atu 4 — Asgaya Gigagei
• Atu 5 — Didaniyisgi
• Atu 6 — Nvda Asgaya / Nvda Ageyv
• Atu 7 — Tsul’Kalu
• Atu 8 — Kanati’s Balance
• Atu 9 — The Uktena Seeker
• Atu 10 — Selu’s Wheel
• Atu 11 — Nvdagi
• Atu 12 — Atagahi
• Atu 13 — Kalona Ayeliski
• Atu 14 — Nvwoti
• Atu 15 — Uk’ten’
• Atu 16 — Nvdatsunasgadvdi
• Atu 17 — Ani Tsutsa
• Atu 18 — Nvda Ageyv
• Atu 19 — Nvda Asgaya
• Atu 20 — Eloheh
• Atu 21 — Digalvlati Eloheh

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The Minor Arcana

56 cards across four suits, each assigned to a Cherokee clan and elemental direction. Pages forthcoming.

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All card images generated with AI tools. Conceptual, symbolic, and cosmological decisions by Christopher Robert Neal (Kit). Companion text developed in collaboration with Claude Sonnet (Anthropic). Completed June 27, 2026 e.v. · Hoopoe Educational Consulting · Algorithmic Mission.