This is an image of a Druid, taken from a work by Charles Knight titled Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published in 1845.

I think he would make a fine equivalent of the Pope card in a Druid inspired Tarot.

The Norse god Odin is sometimes associated with the Hanged Man, because he hung upon Yggdrasil, the world tree, while being pierced by his own spear, thereby acquiring wisdom.

In this wonderful 19th century image, a majestic Odin seems more like the Emperor.

Edward Gorey presents a humorous Tarot set interpreted by one Madame Groeda Weyrd, a Finnish-Egyptian who has "devoted her life to divination and is the author of, among a shelf of other works, Floating Tambourines, a collection of esoteric verse, and The Future Speaks Through Entrails.”

The Magician's table sports a waltzing mouse. (Has the Magician himself been flayed into the écorché figure below?) The Sun is a burning head. Note that the Death card's skeleton has been miniaturized into a child with a toy dog on a leash. "The toddler, taking its first steps as a [human being], drags its whole world along as a pull-toy" (Madeline Gins & Arakawa, Architectural Body, 2002).

See bigger card scans at Aeclectic Tarot.

The design of these 19th century Tarot cards confounds the idea of a "reversal." Every card is upright, with the bottom half suggesting an inherent inversion.

Here's a Justice from Lisle de Vaux Matthewman's Brevities (1903). Note that the judge is placing a book of law onto his scale. The caption reads, "If advice is good why give it away?"

The evocative and beautifully composed works of 19th century artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi are as mysterious as Tarot cards, and indeed, some would make arresting Trumps. Above is a drawing of the Emperor Jimmu. While the Emperor is traditionally shown seated, I think this Emperor possesses all the attributes one normally associates with this card: authority and mastery over those around him.

This drawing is titled 'The Ghost of Yugao,' from his series 100 Phases of the Moon. I think it makes a haunting (quite literally) Moon card, one that expresses the nocturnal beauty and mystery one typically associates with this card.

"Everyone should experience strange beauty every day." -- Barbara Bestor

[Engraving from the 18th century Japanese anatomical work Kaitai Shinsho.]

This early 19th century painting by Michelangelo Maestri looks like something my Grandmother might have in her dining room. The Chariot tarot card is typically associated with Mars, since it depicts the triumphal chariot ridden by the victor of a war in the victory parade. Nevertheless, I usually think of Apollo, since the mastery required to ride the chariot across the sky properly ties in with the themes of control and discipline implied by this card.

Here's a combined Magician and Devil from Lisle de Vaux Matthewman's Brevities (1903). The caption reads, "Proverbs, like figures, can be made to prove whatever one will."

A figure reminiscent of the Knight of Wands, from Landjuweel (1561). His blooming staff appears to be standing in a tiny pool of water and overseen by equally tiny custodians. He has removed his gauntlets and holds them in his free hand. (See full context here. Via BibliOdyssey.)