Regulating the characters of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar children into the Major Arcana of the infamous Tarot Cards.
The Fool: Jacob's Family represents the fool, in this case a group of people who are constantly in danger (from the Wights), but are ignorant and manage to be unharmed by them.
The Magician: Hugh Apiston represents The Magician, not only because of his friendly demeanor and bee-related pranking abilities, but because he's one of the few Peculiars more in touch with nature, due to the fact that bees live in his stomach.
The High Priestess: Miss Peregrine herself is a woman (not necessarily described as old) who commonly wears a veil, and holds many secrets involving the peculiars, and time travel itself.
The Empress: Represents Emma Bloom, the love interest for the protagonist Jacob Portman. Aside from this, she embodies creativity, power, and comfort, several aspects of her character.
The Emperor: Enoch O'Conner represents The Emperor, due to his tendency to act as a group leader, and primary decision maker. He often leads the other children, and helps to the overall stability of the orphanage.
The Heirophant: Millard Nulling represents The Heirophant, which translates into education, conservative action, and obedience. Definite traits of Millard's personality, as he follows the rools, and rarely gets up to mischief with the others.
The Lovers: Cairnholm represents The Lovers card, due to this is where Jacob learns about his heritage, and actually beings to become conflicted about him leaving with his father, or staying with the Peculiars.
The Chariot: Miss Avocet is representative of The Chariot, as when she appears in the book it is to warn Miss Peregrine that the Wights were hunting the orphanage.
Strength: Is represented by Bronwyn Bruntly. She has immense strength, and although isn't the smartest of the children, she has a kind soul, as related to the arcana itself.
The Hermit: The Ill-fated Martin Pagett represents The Hermit, as his death would finally bring the characters into conflict with Malthus and Golan, and the revelation that in addition to Jacob being able to see the Hollowgast, that he can also kill them.
The Wheel of Fortune: Ricky, Jacobs friend at the start of the book seems to leave Jacob just as easily as the two become friends.
Justice: The Ymbrynes, Peculiars who can become birds and manipulate time are representative of the logical analysis, balance and order, especially when considering they manage to keep the Peculiars safe.
The Hanged Man: Jacob Portman's grandfather, Abraham Portman is the representation of The Hanged Man. At the start of the book, his death leads Jacob on to learn more about the Peculiars, and sparks most of the events of the book.
Death: The protagonist, Jacob Portman represents Arcana #13, Death. The similarity isn't due to his ability to see the Hollowgasts that threaten the Peculiar children, but from the fact that his arrival represents a deep change for the other characters of the book, which is the true meaning of the Arcana.
Temperance: The Hollowgasts and Wights are representative of Temperance, in the sense that the Hollowgasts and Wights are representative of what will happen to one who tries to disturb the harmony that has been set in place.
The Devil: Victor Bruntly is representative of The Devil, due to his constant resurrection at the hands of Enoch. This ties into the card's connotation of giving into selfish purposes, in this case waking the peaceful dead.
The Tower: Doctor Golan, the actual antagonist is representative of The Tower. When he is first named, it seems as though he is but a minor character, but the revelation that he is the Wight who accompanies and hunts for Malthus turns his connotations into the sinister. The fact that he apparently had been stalking Jacob for his whole life makes the character even more sinister and disturbing.
The Star: Fiona Frauenfield represents The Star in all ways but one. She is very altruistic to her fellow Peculiars, and before she came to the orphanage she helped her town out during the Potato Famines in Ireland.
The Moon: Horace Somnusson is a perfect representation of The Moon card, due to his innate ability to see vision of the future.
The Sun: Olive Elephanta is the representation for The Sun Arcana, although her picture at the beginning of the book would not suggest as such. In the book, she is one of the most happy, positive and energetic characters in the whole novel, which aligns perfectly with The Sun card.
Judgement: The Hollowgast Malthus would be the card for Judgement, as his sole appearances result not only in the death of Abraham Portman, but also the conclusion of the story itself.
The World: The World in this case is a representation of the orphanage that the Peculiars live in, representing how the children all desire to protect their home and themselves.
This all ties into the book, considering the mysticism that the characters invoke. Also, many of the Peculiars acted as circus freaks at some point in their lifetime, due to their strange and unusual powers. While tarot cards do not actually appear in the book, the connections between the cards and the characters are overwhelmingly strong at various points, making it a logical choice.
