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Three of Pentacles

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

Three of Pentacles

Teamwork, craftsmanship, skill recognized, collaboration, building together.

Keywords · Upright

  • teamwork
  • craftsmanship
  • skill recognized
  • collaboration
  • building together

Keywords · Reversed

  • poor teamwork
  • mediocrity
  • lack of recognition
  • misaligned goals
  • working alone

Poor teamwork, mediocrity, lack of recognition, misaligned goals, working alone.

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How this deck reads it

With the stonemason on the scaffolding and the two figures examining the scroll placed in one picture, the making hand and the judging eye are not separated but stand beneath the same arch. The three coins set into the arch appear not as a finished result but as markers indicating the stages of the work, and the unevenness of the carved stone is read as overlapping with the process of attaching mother-of-pearl pieces. The contrast between the rough texture of the wooden scaffolding and the smooth mother-of-pearl surface sets the labor of the hand and the luster of completion side by side.

The dancheong colors are laid restrainedly along the contour of the arch, so that ornament does not obscure structure. It is an arrangement showing that the way skill is recognized lies not in splendid decoration but in the structure itself, built up together.

Artwork

Two people stand under a cathedral arch being carved, holding open a plan and talking, while above them a stonemason carves three gold coins into the arch. Scaffolding is set up.

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