The artwork of the Akron Tarot is surrealistic and symbolic, done by the well-reputed German artist Siegfried Otto Hüttengrund. Influences include Egyptian, Byzantine, and Meso-American cultures. The cards are meant to be seen from a female perspective so many of the cards have a strong emphasis on the Goddess aspect.

There are two extra major arcana cards in this deck with the first being The Black Goddess / The Scarlet Anima, being numbered XV-I and XV-II respectively, indicating that they are extensions of The Devil card which is of course numbered XV. The Black Goddess is a representation of the darker side of the female soul while The Scarlet Anima is the reversal and is representative of the hidden female forces in the male nature.

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The second extra card is called The Dark Child which represents the self-destroying aspect of human behavior. Instead of a number it is assigned a symbol: an upside down ankh.