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Four of Cups

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

Four of Cups

Apathy, contemplation, disconnection, missed offer, reevaluation.

Keywords · Upright

  • apathy
  • contemplation
  • disconnection
  • missed offer
  • reevaluation

Keywords · Reversed

  • renewed interest
  • accepting the offer
  • emerging from withdrawal
  • new motivation
  • openness

Renewed interest, accepting the offer, emerging from withdrawal, new motivation, openness.

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How this deck reads it

Beneath a flowering tree a man sits with arms crossed, his gaze fixed elsewhere, turning away from the cup offered by a hand emerging from a pearl cloud. The three cups placed on the ground beside him are things already given, yet his posture shows a state in which he cannot fully accept even these. The pearly sheen of mother-of-pearl lies softly over the cloud and the cups, emphasizing the gentleness of the offer.

The flowering tree in dancheong contrasts vitality with the depth of contemplation in the dark ground. In that the cup offered by the hand and the cups on the ground are fashioned from the same material yet lie outside his gaze, the picture tells us that a missed offer is not something far away but already close at hand.

Artwork

Beneath a blossoming tree, a youth in long-sleeved robes sits with arms crossed and legs crossed, looking elsewhere. A hand emerging from a cloud offers a golden cup, and three other cups are placed on the ground beside him.

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