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Seven of Cups

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

Seven of Cups

Choices, fantasy, illusion, wishful thinking, options.

Keywords · Upright

  • choices
  • fantasy
  • illusion
  • wishful thinking
  • options

Keywords · Reversed

  • clarity
  • decision made
  • cutting through illusion
  • overwhelm ending
  • realism

Clarity, decision made, cutting through illusion, overwhelm ending, realism.

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How this deck reads it

Before a figure with the back turned, seven cups float in the clouds, each holding a jewel, a castle, a laurel wreath, a snake, a figure draped in a shroud, a dragon, and a tower. Things of different natures are set side by side on a single plane, showing that the options are not reality but a state of floating above the clouds. The luster of mother-of-pearl reflects in a different color on each cup, emphasizing the many-colored allure of temptation.

The dark floral-patterned clothing in dancheong keeps the figure centered so as not to be overwhelmed by the glittering fantasy. The composition, in which the cups rest at a height beyond reach, reveals through the arrangement of materials alone that possibility and illusion occupy the same place.

Artwork

A figure in dark-patterned robes, with their back turned, gazes at seven cups floating among the clouds. In the cups are reflected jewels, a castle, a laurel wreath, a snake, a figure in a shroud, a dragon, and a distant tower.

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