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Eight of Wands

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

Eight of Wands

Swift movement, momentum, news arriving, alignment, rapid progress.

Keywords · Upright

  • swift movement
  • momentum
  • news arriving
  • alignment
  • rapid progress

Keywords · Reversed

  • delays
  • frustration
  • scattered energy
  • missed timing
  • slowdown

Delays, frustration, scattered energy, missed timing, slowdown.

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How this deck reads it

The arc traced by the eight staves is a trajectory that directly transposes the curve of the cloud pattern in dancheong. The same curve repeats across the canvas, and this repetition creates the rhythm of speed. The flames at the tips of the staves are made by sprinkling and attaching mother-of-pearl powder so that they shine only against the dark sky, and thus the direction of movement is legible at a glance.

The river and small houses below are deliberately rendered dark and small, so that the eight lines filling the sky become the protagonists of the canvas. The curve of the river winding under the moonlight and the curves of the staves flow in the same direction, giving the impression that what is far away and what passes swiftly by lie on the same current.

Artwork

Eight wands fly diagonally across the sky toward a house beyond a river that winds through the landscape. A full moon and hills spread across the sky.

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