Guidance    Offenders have too much of that instinct that I don’t have enough of when I don’t have the guts, the daring, for an adventure. We are staring this truth in the face right now. We go into how friends help me have the nerve I lack, and how missionaries go to prisons to enlighten those too-adventurous and too-gutsy inmates. Looking for ways to limit the risk – and to have the nerve – is a big concern of ours today!

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Hermit – Eight of Swords – Seven of Swords

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Tarot Readings: Being Daring, or Being Stuck (Eight of Swords and Seven of Swords)

Tarot Readings: Preventing Harm (Eight of Swords and Seven of Swords)

Tarot Readings: Bringing Comfort to Criminals (Hermit and Seven of Swords)

Tarot Readings: Crime Prevention (Eight of Swords and Seven of Swords)

Tarot Readings: Killed in Action (Eight of Swords and Seven of Swords)

Tarot Readings: Facts About Criminal Activity (Hermit and Seven of Swords)

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Tarot Readings: Being Daring, or Being Stuck (Eight of Swords and Seven of Swords)

I see no choice but to take a chance.

A friend encourages you to dare.

An old man who is disabled still gets around.

I am looking at either being daring or being stuck.

Help from a deceased person in your gutsy undertaking.

Contemplating going on my ‘mission impossible.’

I have no choice but to be truthful about breaking a rule.

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Tarot Readings: Preventing Harm (Eight of Swords and Seven of Swords)

Looking for ways to limit the risk.

Look – you can’t take chances.

Look for a loophole when you are stuck.

No sensible person would pull that off.

Be patient; you find a way around this impasse.

Your guidance prevents harm coming to you.

An elderly person can’t take that kind of chance.

A spiritually mature person just can’t take foolish risks.

When you are trapped, it takes both guts and wisdom.

Deceased comes to you when you are in danger.

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Tarot Readings: Bringing Comfort to Criminals (Hermit and Seven of Swords)

He is a missionary to the dying and to criminals.

He is on a mission of mercy to inmates.

Bringing truth and help to criminals who are in jail.

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Tarot Readings: Crime Prevention (Eight of Swords and Seven of Swords)

A way to prevent a crime is discovered.

There’s no way he is going to steal: He is being watched.

You are on to how sneaky he is, so he can’t get away with it.

You spot someone who’s up to something and prevent it.

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Tarot Readings: Killed in Action (Eight of Swords and Seven of Swords)

He calmly looks at death as an adventure.

Criminals assassinated the old gentleman.

A good man is killed in action.

He seeks to die in an adventure.

A medical treatment has a high risk of fatality.

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Tarot Readings: Facts About Criminal Activity (Hermit and Seven of Swords)

An honest man can’t do that crime.

The criminal investigation is stymied.

Enough evidence to put this criminal in jail.

The fact is, he is in jail for a crime.

A criminal can’t be made honest.

He’s a criminal; he can’t be honest with you.

He can’t be honest and can’t be dishonest either.

You can’t help a self-destructive person.

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*Go to Learn Tarot by Observing section below. This tells about the combined three pictures in the Tarot Readings – the pictures above here.  It explains how these three cards get together in your mind to make the messages. HERE ARE PHRASES FOR ALL THREE 2-CARD COMBINATIONSis a stream-of-consciousness bridge to your subconscious if you use it regularly – people report.

*Go to Learn Tarot by Pictures.  It is what each of the three cards, by itself, has to say.  It shows you how that illustration makes that card’s meanings in today’s Spread. All the words of each Tarot card reading you see here are a phrase-by-phrase translation of the scene pictured on those cards: no filler, no psychic impressions, no spirit guide. Word-for-word Tarot Verbatim™.

You can put all this together and intuitively see yourself how Tarot Verbatim™ works.

This is a group reading, with no Questioner and no Question to limit what the cards say, so there’s more variety – even contradictions – and also the pronouns are more flexible. If it feels like it’s yours, and it says ‘he,’ and you’re a ‘she,’ feel free to adopt it anyway.

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Hermit – Eight of Swords – Seven of Swords

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………………….…………………...   Today’s spread is yet another example of how the dastardly cards can make friendly meanings. Eight of Swords and Seven of Swords are not to be taken lightly even in a 13-card spread. In a three-card spread … gulp! But not to fear: Hermit is here – he, the friend who helps, the healer, the patient and wise counselor.

………………………….. Then we remember to look for the peripheral, ancillary, minor, meanings for the baddies – like Seven of Swords meaning ‘the nerve to pull it off’ and ‘guts,’ and don’t forget ‘adventure.’ Risk is another of its conservative meanings. Well, there’s also ‘sneaking around’ or ‘breaking a rule’ too, and even ‘gets around.’ Seven of Swords describes a loophole, and a getaway – as in getting away with it. Trespassing and violating a person’s defenses are occasional meanings.

…………………………..     Right off the bat, you see Eight of Swords, the lead death card – and it means helpless, no choice, boxed in, can’t, and prevented.

……….…………….…      Eight of Swords and Seven of Swords – with Seven of Swords, the lead criminal activity card, also meaning double-cross, thief, and assassination. Assassination, or mere major treachery linked to death, disability, being unable …. Be still, my heart!

…………………………..    But the wise healer, the objective view, the supportive friend, the helper, has come. Welcome, Hermit – we need you right now! Hermit is reminding us that …

……….…………….…     Eight of Swords and Seven of Swords … Eight of Swords and Seven of Swords combined say ‘locked up criminal.’ And he, Hermit, the counselor, the missionary, goes to see those in need. So our friend Hermit, the supportive buddy, is here to take over and calm the situation.

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Caution and daring should counterbalance one another, lest we get stuck. We picture a helpful counselor-type friend encouraging a person to dare, and we see the same type of person as a missionary to prisoners to encourage them not to. Sometimes we need both wisdom and guts, or we are stuck. We talk about the risk, looking for ways to limit risk, finding ways to prevent crime, finding a loophole around an impasse, getting around even though we are disabled. We talk about people who are self-destructive, who seek to die in some adventure, and people who feel death is the adventure. The whole dissertation here suggests finding a happy median.

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……….…………..       Hermit and Eight of Swords   I see no choice but to …. A friend encourages you to _ when you can’t. An old man who is disabled …. I am looking at either _ or being stuck. Help from a deceased person. Contemplating going on … impossible. I have no choice but to be truthful. Looking for ways to limit …. Look – you can’t …. Look for a __ when you are stuck. No sensible person would …. Be patient; you find a way … this impasse. Your guidance prevents …. An elderly person can’t …. A spiritually mature person just can’t …. When you are trapped, it takes both _ and wisdom. Deceased comes to you. He is a missionary to the dying. He is on a __ of mercy to inmates. Bringing truth and help to __ who are in jail. A way to prevent _ is discovered. There is no way – He is being watched. You are on to … so he can’t get away with it. You spot someone and prevent it. He calmly looks at death. … assassinated the old gentleman. A good man is killed. He seeks to die. A medical treatment has a high risk of __. An honest man can’t …. The investigation is stymied. Enough evidence to put _ in jail. The fact is, he is in jail. __ can’t be made honest. He can’t be honest with you. He can’t be honest. You can’t help a __ person. x..

………..…………...   Hermit and Seven of Swords   I see … to take a chance. A friend encourages you to dare. An old man still gets around. I am looking at being daring. Help from … in your gutsy undertaking. Contemplating going on my mission. Truthful about breaking a rule. Looking for ways to __ the risk. Look – you take chances. Look for a loophole. … sensible person would pull that off. Be patient; you find a way around. Your guidance … harm coming to you. An elderly person … that kind of chance. A spiritually mature person … take foolish risks. Guts and wisdom. He is a missionary to criminals. He is on a mission of mercy. Bringing truth and help to criminals. … a crime is discovered. He is going to steal: He is being watched. You are on to how sneaky he is … get away with it. You spot someone who’s up to something. He calmly looks at _ as an adventure. Criminals assassinated the old gentleman. A good man is _ in action. He seeks an adventure. A medical treatment has a high risk.  Facts About Criminal Activity An honest man … that crime. The criminal investigation …. Enough evidence to _ this criminal …. The fact is, he is __ for a crime. A criminal … be made honest. He’s a criminal … honest with you. … be honest or be dishonest either. Help a self-destructive person. x..

……….…………….…  Eight of Swords and Seven of Swords Being Daring, or Being Stuck  No choice but to take a chance. To dare when you can’t. Disabled and still gets around. … being daring or being stuck. … from a deceased person in your gutsy undertaking. Mission impossible. I have no choice … breaking a rule. Preventing Harm Limit the risk. You can’t take chances. … a loophole when you are stuck. No _ would pull that off. You find a way around this impasse. Prevents harm from coming to you. Can’t take that kind of chance. Just can’t take foolish risks. When you are trapped, it takes both guts and __. Deceased … when you are in danger. The dying and to criminals. On a mission to inmates. Criminals who are in jail. Crime Prevention Prevent a crime. There’s no way he is going to steal. … to how sneaky he is, so he can’t get away with it. Can’t get away with it. Killed in Action Death as an adventure. Criminals assassinated __. *Killed in action. Die in an adventure. High risk of fatality. Can’t do that crime. Criminal _ is stymied. To put this criminal in jail. In jail for a crime. A criminal can’t be __. He is a criminal; he can’t be …. He can’t be _ and he can’t be dishonest either. Can’t be dishonest. A self-destructive person. x..

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Hermit ……… Quite a few branches to Hermit’s meaning tree. They grow out of his whole story, which goes as follows: Monks from isolated churches go out at night looking for travelers to bring them to a safe warm place where they can eat and bed down comfortably. ‘Service’ and ‘contemplative’ are the divisions to Roman Catholic clergy, and ‘service’ meant things like Hermit is doing. Pictured is an older man. Hermit is a doctor (healer, medic, physician) by his garb in the illustration. Here are those meanings that arise from this story: old man, friend, celibate or monogamous, comes to help, comes, investigation, discovery, wisdom, knows, counselor, on the road, light/flashlight, night/darkness, journey by foot, search, search at night, quest for truth, missionary, physician/healer/medic/doctor. Hermit represents paramedics since he is a doctor who comes to you. Hermit also translates ‘Be on the lookout.’

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Eight of Swords…………. You see a woman blindfolded, tied up (not too well), surrounded by swords, in a swamp. There’s a home in the distance. This card operates as the actual lead death card in Tarot Verbatim™. Meanings are determined by what cards meant in thousands of questions in which the answer was known, and not all of the meanings are what you would choose – which is the beauty of Tarot Verbatim, and why it works so well. Eight of Swords’ most common translation is ‘can’t.’ It means boxed in, helpless, limited, prevent and prevented, stymied, no way to, ineffective, restrictions and restricts, no choice, no choice but to, handicapped or disabled, trapped, and a suffocating environment. You find it meaning being in a strait jacket or ‘in the box’ or even being dead to something.

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Seven of Swords………. shows a daring fellow who is disarming the enemy, stealing its weapons in broad daylight. He is hotfooting it out of there, carrying the swords by the blades, which is what makes him mean ‘self-destructive.’ So Seven of Swords means daring, guts and gutsy, adventure, risk, sneaky, stealth, criminal, thief, getaway and getting away with it, pulling it off, a mission (and a dangerous mission), danger. It also means things like loophole, trespassing, violating a person’s defenses.

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Illustrations from the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck®, known also as the Rider Tarot and the Waite Tarot, reproduced by permission of U.S. Games Systems, Inc., Stamford, CT 06902 USA. Copyright ©1971 by U.S. Games Systems, Inc. Further reproduction prohibited. The Rider-Waite Tarot Deck® is a registered trademark of U.S. Games Systems, Inc.

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Guidance      Precautions:   Our topic.   You know how some people won’t sit with their back to the door in a public place?  Our focus today is on knowing … keeping your eye on … ways out, escape routes, of whatever you are into.  When they say it can’t be done, this knowing ahead of time is what makes *you doing it* – and doing it on the spur of the moment, unexpectedly – an actuality. Tarot makes the point that precaution is patient honest wisdom (as opposed to paranoia).   Knowing the road hazards and escape routes are common sense survival mechanisms.

 

 

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If you just want your daily look ahead, Guidance and Tarot Readings are all you need. ‘Guidance’ (above) is a summary of what the cards are telling visitors to be aware of this day.

‘Group Tarot Cards Reading’ (just below this) is the actual word-for-word messages from the pictures of the four cards you see – to everyone. These readings are about you and the people around you.  They are about today and the days around it. So, go ahead and pick the sentences you feel are yours and decide whether to encourage or reject them for yourself.

Did you come here for your predictions? – You are done now – See you tomorrow. The family of commenters here would love for you to join in (the very last thing, at the bottom).

 

Eight of Swords

Knight of Swords – Eight of Wands – Hermit

 

GROUP TAROT CARDS READING

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Tarot Readings: Look at Things (Eight of Wands and Hermit)

Tarot Readings: Things that Can’t Be Done (Eight of Wands and Eight of Swords)

Tarot Readings: Telling the Truth (Eight of Wands and Hermit)

Tarot Readings: Look at ‘the Box’ (Hermit and Eight of Swords)

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Tarot Readings: Look at Things (Eight of Wands and Hermit)

My view is of things I can change and things I cannot.

Leave without notice when you determine there’s no other way out.

I see how I can turn some of these impossibilities around.

Calmly change one thing at a time when you feel trapped.

Keep looking for ways around the dead end.

Be patient on your path: Things done in a hurry are dead ends.

Looking at all the places I cannot go back to.

Tarot Readings: Things that Can’t Be Done (Eight of Wands and Eight of Swords)

One sudden forceful action after another where you just cannot be patient about it.

Look at the list of what is impossible to change them one at a time.

Honestly say ‘I can’t do that,’ and get the heck out.

I see how I keep running into dead ends.

When ‘they’ tell you you can’t, the truth is the opposite.

I got myself into this fix so I’m looking for ways to get myself out.

You can do some of those impossible things if you already know how to, and do them quickly.

I observe and conclude some things really cannot be changed.

Tarot Readings: Telling the Truth (Eight of Wands and Hermit)

Telling the truth gets him out of jail.

Find the list of facts they cannot contradict.

They can’t tell the truth, and that turns things around immediately.

Observe people run from you when you keep telling the whole truth!

Tarot Readings: Look at ‘the Box’ (Hermit and Eight of Swords)

Find the boxes in order to see your way out of them.

Now that I am out of there, I can see ways I was limited.

There’s no end of boxes a sincere person has to bypass.

I’m looking at all the ways out of where I’m stuck here.

Being honest limits the number of ways to do things quickly.

The fastest way just cannot be the wisest way.

Just knowing all these things can’t change them.

 

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*Go to Learn Tarot by Pictures.  It is what each of the four cards, by itself, has to say.  It shows you how that illustration makes that card’s meanings in today’s Spread. All the words of each Tarot card reading you see here are a phrase-by-phrase translation of the scene pictured on those cards: no filler, no psychic impressions, no spirit guide. Word-for-word Tarot Verbatim™.

You can put all this together and intuitively see yourself how Tarot Verbatim™ works.

This is a group reading, with no Questioner and no Question to limit what the cards say, so there’s more variety – even contradictions – and also the pronouns are more flexible. If it feels like it’s yours, and it says ‘he,’ and you’re a ‘she,’ feel free to adopt it anyway.

 

Eight of Swords

Knight of Swords – Eight of Wands – Hermit

 

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Knight of Swords and Eight of Wands Both Knight of Swords and Eight of Wands are fast or quickly. While Knight of Swords is about actions being done fast, such as turning something around in a hurry, speeding past and so on, Eight of Wands translates as words that mean quickly or fast, and apply uniformly to the same thing being done (or contemplated, or whatever) over and over (not a turnaround from one thing to another, in its own meaning).

Eight of Wands often translates as the modifiers of words – modifiers that make the word plural or make it mean ‘more’ or ‘moreso.’ It also alters the meaning of a nearby translation to say ‘repeatedly’ or ‘one after the other.’ It means a list. It means communication, written or verbal: tell, say, testify, keep saying, texting, documents … probably even smoke signals. It is a problem child to the reader, in Tarot Verbatim™. It often means more than one thing in the same sentence, too.

Knight of Swords and Hermit Knight of Swords is fast and Hermit is slow. Knight of Swords is impulsive and immediate; Hermit is deliberate and gradual (usually).

Eight of Wands and Hermit Hermit knows the way, and Eight of Wands is all the ways. Together, these two in Tarot Verbatim™ say: know all, know how to quickly, looking at all the possibilities.

Eight of Swords means limitation, impossibility, being trapped, ‘in the box.’ It often translates ‘can’t’ whether that word is applied literally (You can’t do that!) or actually (a real impossibility).

Eight of Swords and Hermit Eight of Swords means ‘no way’ and Hermit knows the way, and …

Knight of Swords and Eight of Swords … Knight of Swords gets away fast. This is the basis of our message today: Knowing the escape routes when you are boxed in. And of course,

it’s that pesky Eight of Wands that makes the escape routes plural.

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Knight of Swords and Eight of Wands Things I can change. Leave without notice. Ways out. Turn these … around. Change one thing at a time. Ways around the …. Things done in a hurry. All the places I go back to. [Go back to all the places.] One sudden forceful action after another. __ the list, to change them one at a time. Say __ and get the heck out. I keep running into __. When they tell you … the opposite. Ways to get myself out. … things … and do them quickly. Some things … changed. Telling __ gets him out of __. … the list of … contradict. Tell … turns things around immediately. Turns things around immediately. … run from you when you tell …. … your way out of them. Now that I am out of there, … the ways …. There’s no end of … bypass. … all the ways out of …. … number of ways to do things quickly. The fastest way …. … all these things … change them. Change them.

Knight of Swords and Hermit My view is: change. Leave when you determine …. I can see how I can turn __ around. Calmly change …. Looking for ways around …. Be patient on your path … in a hurry. [Hurry up and be patient.] Looking at … places I __ go back to. Be patient about sudden forceful action. Look at … to change …. Honestly … and get the heck out. I see how I __ running into __. *The truth is the opposite. Looking to get myself out. … know how to, and do __ quickly. I observe and conclude … really __ be changed. The truth gets him out of __. Find the … contradict. [Find the contradiction.] … the truth, and that turns things around immediately. Observe people run from you …. Run from the truth. Find … see your way out of them. Now that I am out of there, I can see …. … a sincere person has to bypass. I’m looking at way(s) out of …. Being honest … ways to do things quickly. The fastest way … the wisest way. Knowing __ change __. x

Knight of Swords and Eight of Swords Cannot change. Leave when there’s no way out. There’s no way out. Turn impossibility around. Change … when you feel trapped. Ways around the dead end. __ done in a hurry are dead ends. *Cannot go back to. … what is impossible, to change them ….”I can’t do that” and get the heck out. *Running into dead ends. … you can’t … the opposite. Got myself into this fix. Get myself out of this fix. [Into, and out of, a fix.] … impossible things … quickly. Really cannot be changed. *Gets him out of jail. **Cannot contradict. They can’t .. and that turns things around immediately. … the boxes … out of them. [Your way out of the box.] Now that I am out of there, … I was limited. Boxes to bypass. … out of where I’m stuck here. … limits … to do things quickly. The fastest way just cannot be … … can’t change them.

Eight of Wands and Hermit LOOK AT THINGS My view is of: things …. … notice, when you determine …. I can see … some of these ….Calmly __ one thing at a time. Looking for ways. Be patient on your path: Things ….One __ after another … be patient about it. Look at the list to __ them one at a time. Honestly say __. I see how I keep __ing …. When they tell you __, the truth is __. Looking for ways to get …. … things, if you already know how. I observe and conclude some things …. TELLING THE TRUTH Telling the truth …. Find the list. *List of facts. [Find the list of facts.] *Tell the truth. … keep telling the whole truth. Find … in order to see your way __ of them. *I can see the ways I was limited. … no end of __ a sincere person …. I’m looking at all the ways …. Being honest … the number of ways …. The fastest way … the wisest way. Just knowing all these things ….

Eight of Wands and Eight of Swords … things really cannot be …. There’s no other way out. Some of these impossibilities. __ one thing at a time when you feel trapped. ___ ways ___ the dead end. Things __ are dead ends. All the __ I cannot __. [Things that can’t be done.] THINGS THAT CAN’T BE DONE One __ after another where you just cannot be __. [The list of what is impossible.] The list of what is impossible, to __ them one at a time. Say “I can’t do that” … I keep __ing __ dead ends. When they tell you you can’t …. … ways this fix …. *Impossible things. Some things really cannot be __. Telling … jail. … list of __ they cannot __. … can’t tell …. *The boxes. … ways I was limited. **No end of boxes …. … all the ways … I’m stuck here. … limits the number of …. The fastest cannot be …. *All these things can’t __ x

Hermit and Eight of Swords My view is: cannot …. … when you determine there’s no way …. I can see the impossibility. Calmly … when you feel trapped. Looking for … the dead end. Be patient on your path … dead ends. Looking at … cannot …. Just cannot be patient about it. Look at what is impossible …. Honestly __ “I can’t do that.” I see how I … dead ends. … you can’t, the truth is …. Looking for way(s) … this fix …. … impossible … already know how. I observe and conclude … cannot be __. The truth … jail. Find the __ (they) cannot __. … can’t … the truth …. LOOK AT ‘THE BOX’ Find the boxes in order to see your way _of them. I can see I was limited. … of boxes a sincere person …. I’m looking at … where I’m stuck here. *Being honest limits …. … cannot be the wisest. Just knowing cannot __.

 

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Knight of Swords is about haste and speed and emergencies. Getting out, turning around, pursuing are its main actions. Energetically. ‘Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead’ is Knight of Swords’ world view. The illustration shows an armed knight in hot pursuit, weapon raised.

 

Eight of Wands has a few major trunks to its tree of meanings. Today it is making plurals in the sentences, of the other cards’ words; it is a list; and it means talking, telling and so forth. We also make use of its ‘quickly’ category of meanings. Those are its main categories. Illustration shows sticks flying through the air.

 

Hermit A monk late at night on the trail in the snow looking for travelers to help. He is sincere, honest, down-to-earth, patient and wise, and he is coming to and looking for. Those are the meanings we use today: He isn’t being the helpful friend or the doctor right now.

 

Eight of Swords is boxed in, as you can see in her illustration. This is the card for you when you feel helpless about anything … but her ties and her blindfold is loose, like the chains in Devil. It stands for predicaments like that, and often translates ‘can’t.’ Other of its words are blocked, impossible, trapped, dead end, a fix, and limited.

 

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Illustrations from the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck®, known also as the Rider Tarot and the Waite Tarot, reproduced by permission of U.S. Games Systems, Inc., Stamford, CT 06902 USA. Copyright ©1971 by U.S. Games Systems, Inc. Further reproduction prohibited. The Rider-Waite Tarot Deck® is a registered trademark of U.S. Games Systems, Inc.

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