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"The Chariot." You seize the card, appraising it for a second time. It depicts a two-wheeled contraption - half a carriage, drawn by two steeds, one pure white, the other midnight black, both with lush manes. The woman holding the reigns stands up in the gilded chariot, under a canopy of velvet that imitates the starry sky. She dons an armor, polished to a shine, the kind worn for festivities that has never seen the dent or scratch of a sword, that aims to impress rather than protect - that might blind the foe in a battle, though.