What Does The Deck Say? March 24, 2022

TrueBlack Tarot: Ten of Swords, The Devil – XV, & King of Pentacles. ©TrueBlack, LLC

Today’s cards: Ten of Swords, The Devil – XV, & King of Pentacles.

It’s hard to recognize when the source of sorrow has ended and you no longer need to be in full defense mode. Sometimes, just standing still long enough to take a full breath is more than you can bear. How easy is it then, to make Panic Mode your permanent dwelling place. After all, if you’re always braced for impact, then nothing that hits you can do more damage, right?

Stop laying traps for yourself, and take a good look around you. Yes, things and people and connections were lost that you will not be able to recover. But, you are still here. And you still have agency. And you still have the ability to recover and rebuild. So do so.


TrueBlack is the brainchild of Arthur Wang, designer and illustrator. All 22 Major Arcana cards feature an individual and distinctive additional gloss design, specifically illustrated to complement the card, which is difficult to capture in an image but a delight to view in person. All designs, illustrations, logistics, photography, and production is handled by Arthur. The TrueBlack Tarot is ©TrueBlack, LLC.

What Does The Deck Say” is a weekday series of 3 card pulls from a cartomancy deck. No context or query is given to frame what the cards say as the posts are reading samples and not personal instruction. The result is sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, and usually surprising. All readers are invited to leave a comment about what they perceive in the random spread as each person will interact with the cards in their own way.

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