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The Chariot

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

The Chariot

Determination, victory, willpower, self-control, momentum.

Keywords · Upright

  • determination
  • victory
  • willpower
  • self-control
  • momentum

Keywords · Reversed

  • lack of direction
  • aggression
  • obstacles
  • scattered forces
  • loss of control

Lack of direction, aggression, obstacles, scattered forces, loss of control.

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How this deck reads it

Beneath a canopy scattered with stars, the figure standing on the chariot does not halt, staff raised. The arrangement of a black sphinx and a white sphinx drawing a single car in opposing colors visualizes control that binds contrary forces to one direction. The luster of the mother-of-pearl fragments flows along the outlines of the stars and the canopy, creating a tension in which the center does not waver even amid motion. The distant lit ramparts and the falling stars show that the goal is already within sight.

The chariot's outline, rendered in the deep colors of dancheong, lends weight, and the vertical posture of the figure set upon it becomes the axis of propulsion. The contrast of the two sphinxes suggests at once the risk of forces dispersing and the will that binds them.

Artwork

An armored general in a black hat stands on the deck of a turtle ship with a dragon head prow, mother-of-pearl sails and banners spread beside him, a drum on the deck, on a starry night sea.

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