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Dedicated to the art of self study.
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They who meditate see the offer provided and feel themselves like Achilles, the cup on display is just more of the same from the hand of Agamemnon. But the offer is made from the heavens, and the meditator contemplates under a tree with four cups of truth.
January 18, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Four of Cups - A young man is seated under a tree and contemplates three cups set on the grass before him. He expresses discontent with his environment. An arm issuing from a cloud offers him another cup.
January 18, 2026 at 6:01 PM
January 15, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Seven of Pentacles - A young man, leaning on his staff, looks intently at seven pentacles attached to a clump of greenery on his right. One would say that these were his treasures and that his heart was there.
January 15, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Page of Wands - In a scene similar to the former (Knight of Wands), a young man stands in the act of proclamation. He is unknown but faithful, and his tidings are strange.
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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A Magician lives on Bleecker Street. . .

The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, New York and London Harper & Brothers Publishers 1902

THE REPAIRER OF REPUTATIONS
December 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Eight of Pentacles - An artist in stone at his work, which he exhibits in the form of trophies.
December 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In the end the Hermit withdraws, searching for wisdom within himself therein finding the wealth and wisdom of an entire Universe.
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
With his lantern, is the Hermit searching for wisdom or for a wise person?
November 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
IX. The Hermit
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Eight of Swords - A woman, bound and hoodwinked, with the swords of the card about her.
November 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Charon ferrying a dead mother and child across the River Acheron or Styx. The swords that guard them are those that were used by the soldiers who slaughtered them, the soldiers having surrendered them to Charon as payment and as protection to the innocent travelers.
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Six of Swords - A ferryman carrying passenger in his punt to the further shore.
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The Woman of the Apocalypse
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
III. The Empress
November 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
X. Wheel of Fortune
October 31, 2025 at 10:16 AM