The tarot of userpics

Awhile back, I bookmarked this entry from ladytabitha because it reminded me that I'd been meaning for ages to write up a similar explication of my own userpic usage.

I know everyone does this to *varying* degrees, but for me the thematic correlations are pretty strong, and not always superficially obvious... so it's interesting to try and draw them out. That's why I think of this as tarot-like, because it's about resonance and different layers of meaning. The correspondences hold pretty well whether on my own entries or in comments.

( So maybe this will become a meme: What do your different userpics signify to you? )