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Seven of Swords

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

Seven of Swords

Deception, strategy, acting alone, getting away with it, cunning.

Keywords · Upright

  • deception
  • strategy
  • acting alone
  • getting away with it
  • cunning

Keywords · Reversed

  • confession
  • conscience
  • exposure
  • coming clean
  • self-deception revealed

Confession, conscience, exposure, coming clean, self-deception revealed.

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How this deck reads it

The body of the man who gathers five swords bound in his arms and muffles his footsteps is twisted at an angle that looks back over his shoulder. The two swords left planted in the ground mark the share he could not take with him, and the tent and lit camp beneath the moon leave the warmth of the place he departed in mother-of-pearl light. The gleam of the blades glittering in the dark functions as a visual expression not of cunning but of the tension of fearing discovery.

Artwork

A man in hanbok carries five swords gathered in his arms and looks back with hushed footsteps. Two swords remain planted in the ground, and in the distance a tent and a lit camp are visible.

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