Card 57 • swords

Eight of Swords

Brief Description

The Eight of Swords signifies a period of intense stress and trials where one must face formidable challenges. It's depicted as a searing environment where one must use all their faculties to emerge stronger or face destruction. It represents the necessity of courage, fear, and sacrifice to achieve growth and victory.

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TEST; CRUCIBLE; STRESS; PERSECUTION

The Crucible

A test, a fiendishly hot environment, a stressful time. A searing blade stands in the center while 7 more linger in the background. Some stand guard, observing and waiting, while a certain few fall shattered to the floor from the stress of unforgiving heat.

Opportunity

Now is your opportunity to enter the crucible and come out stronger than you ever have, or be destroyed trying. This is the time to use all your faculties to learn as much as you can from the situation and emerge victoriously.

Courage and Sacrifice

There is no courage without fear, no gain without sacrifice.

Depiction

The swords depicted are medieval arming swords from ~1200-1400.

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✍️ Deck author(s): Arthur Wang

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