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Three of Cups

A 78-card digital tarot drawn in the tones of nacre and dancheong.

Three of Cups

Celebration, friendship, community, joy shared, creative collaboration.

Keywords · Upright

  • celebration
  • friendship
  • community
  • joy shared
  • creative collaboration

Keywords · Reversed

  • overindulgence
  • third-party interference
  • isolation from friends
  • gossip
  • excess

Overindulgence, third-party interference, isolation from friends, gossip, excess.

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How this deck reads it

The scene of three women raising golden cups among wheat and gourds captures a moment of sharing the abundance of the harvest. The glimmer of mother-of-pearl fragments scatters and shines across their clothing and cups, and against the dark night sky the light between the figures stands out all the more clearly. Wheat and gourds are symbols of fruition and play respectively, showing the two faces of joy that a community shares together.

The colors of dancheong are restrained, so that the figures' laughter and the curves of the cups form the center. The composition, with the three cups held at different heights, suggests a harmony arising from each person's own place, and expresses through the luster of the materials the meaning that creativity blossoms when people come together.

Artwork

Three women in long-sleeved robes raise golden cups, laughing together and clinking their cups. Cut wheat and scattered fruit lie at their feet, and the night sky covers the background.

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