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✦The Snarky Lexicon.
Welcome to the brutally honest, 156-part tarot encyclopedia. We have stripped away the transits, the planets, and the celestial hand-waving to deliver raw, unfiltered psychological realism for every card in the deck, upright and reversed.
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Eight of Cups
Eight of Cups Upright: The Art of Knowing When to Ghost Your Own Life
King of Cups
King of Cups Reversed: The Masterclass in Emotional Sabotage and Mood Swings
Ten of Wands
Ten of Wands Upright: The Glorious Art of Being Your Own Worst Enemy
Three of Cups
Three of Cups Upright: Because Being a Lone Wolf is Just a Fancy Word for Lonely
The Hierophant
The Hierophant Reversed: Burning Down the Cathedral Because the Pews Are Uncomfortable
The Magician
The Magician Reversed: When You’re All Gear and No Idea
King of Cups
King of Cups Upright: How to Be the Only Adult in the Room Without Losing Your Mind
Eight of Wands
The Eight of Wands Upright: Welcome to the "Find Out" Phase of "F*ck Around and Find Out"
Ten of Pentacles
Ten of Pentacles Upright: The "I’ve Finally Arrived" Card (And the Taxes That Come With It)
Six of Swords
Six of Swords Reversed: Trying to Sail with an Anchor in Your Pocket
Five of Cups
Five of Cups Upright: The Fine Art of Crying Over Spilled Milk While the World Moves On
Three of Swords
Three of Swords Upright: Your Heart is a Pincushion, and That’s Actually Fine
Page of Swords
Page of Swords Reversed: The Art of Putting Your Foot in Your Mouth and Keeping It There
Ace of Pentacles
The Ace of Pentacles Upright: Congratulations, You Found a Seed. Now Get a Shovel.
Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune Reversed: How to Stop Dragging Your Feet While the Universe Drags You
Eight of Cups
Eight of Cups Reversed: The Sunk Cost Fallacy and the Art of Staying in a Burning Building
Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune Upright: Buckle Up, Because Your Control Freak Era Just Hit a Speed Bump
Queen of Swords
The Queen of Swords Upright: The Patron Saint of No-Nonsense and Sharp Tongues
The Hermit
The Hermit Upright: Congratulations, You’re Officially Tired of Everyone’s Crap
The Chariot
The Chariot Upright: Stop Waiting for a Sign and Start Driving the Damn Bus
The Emperor
The Emperor Reversed: When Your Inner CEO Becomes a Middle Manager from Hell
Three of Wands
Three of Wands Upright: Congratulations, You Finally Left Your Driveway
Two of Wands
Two of Wands Reversed: How to Successfully Trip Over Your Own Ambition
Eight of Swords
Eight of Swords Reversed: Taking Off the Blindfold and Realizing the Door Was Never Locked
Temperance
Temperance Reversed: The Art of Doing Absolutely Too Much and Wondering Why Everything Is On Fire
Two of Swords
Two of Swords Reversed: When Your "Ignore It Until It Goes Away" Strategy Finally Implodes
Ace of Pentacles
Ace of Pentacles Reversed: How to Fumble the Bag and Call it "Bad Luck"
The Devil
The Devil Reversed: The Unglamorous Art of Finally Getting Your Act Together
Seven of Cups
Seven of Cups Upright: The Glorious Art of Being Productively Delusional
The Empress
The Empress Reversed: When Your Garden of Eden Becomes a Literal Dumpster Fire
Eight of Pentacles
The Eight of Pentacles Upright: How to Actually Be Good at Something Instead of Just Posting About It
Knight of Swords
Knight of Swords Reversed: The Art of Running Full Speed into a Brick Wall
Ten of Swords
Ten of Swords Upright: Congratulations, You’ve Hit Rock Bottom (The Only Way is Up, Unfortunately)
Eight of Pentacles
Eight of Pentacles Reversed: How to Fail at Success by Trying Too Hard at the Wrong Stuff
Three of Pentacles
Three of Pentacles Reversed: The Group Project from Hell and the Art of Doing it Wrong
Seven of Cups
Seven of Cups Reversed: The Moment You Finally Stop Chasing Shiny Objects and Get a Grip
Death
Death Upright: Stop Performing CPR on a Corpse and Start Moving
The Fool
The Fool Reversed: How to Look Before You Leap (And Why You’re Still Standing There Like a Statue)
The Fool
The Fool Upright: The Glorious Art of Stepping off a Cliff and Hoping Gravity is a Myth