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Four of Swords

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

Four of Swords

Rest, recovery, retreat, stillness, recharging.

Keywords · Upright

  • rest
  • recovery
  • retreat
  • stillness
  • recharging

Keywords · Reversed

  • burnout
  • restlessness
  • forced rest
  • returning to action
  • exhaustion ignored

Burnout, restlessness, forced rest, returning to action, exhaustion ignored.

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How this deck reads it

The figure of the knight lying upon a tomb depicts not death but pause. Three swords hung on the wall with points downward and a fourth laid along the pedestal show, through the orderly arrangement of the carving, weapons momentarily set down. The joined hands and closed eyes are rendered in the smooth surface of mother-of-pearl pieces, so that the stillness is read in the sheen of the material itself.

Artwork

A knight lies with hands folded atop a carved stone coffin. On the wall hang three swords with tips pointing down, and on the floor lies a fourth sword.

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