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Snake

from The Dondorf Lenormand, c. 1880 to 1895

Schlange. A patterned serpent coiled at the foot of a dead tree stump, head raised. Inset: queen of clubs. Deceit, a rival, a complication with a winding path; in many traditions also a clever woman. The inset queen has given the card its reputation as the other woman.

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