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Pit

CardDMTCRGp. 532014

A deep hole studded with spikes gapes in the earth. The Pit card represents a literal or metaphorical fall—losing status, wealth, or position.

Upright Meaning

  • Person. A person who has lost significant wealth, social status, or favor.
  • Creature or Trap. A pit trap, or a scavenger lurking at the bottom of a pit.
  • Place. A pit or cliff that creates the risk of a fall.
  • Treasure. An art object depicting someone's calamitous fall, or a magic item that allows falling safely (such as a Ring of Feather Falling).
  • Situation. A situation involving someone's fall from grace.

Reversed Meaning

  • Person. A person in a precarious position who soon will have a calamitous fall.
  • Creature or Trap. A creature (such as a piercer) that attacks by falling on prey.
  • Place. An abandoned mansion or palace that is in disrepair due to the owner's downfall.
  • Treasure. An art object depicting flight or incorporating feathers, or a magic item that grants flight (such as Winged Boots or a Cloak of the Bat).
  • Situation. A conspiracy to cause the downfall of a wealthy or prominent person.
Raw data
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