11. Whips

Playing Card Correspondence: Jack of Clubs

Attribute: Negative

General Meaning: Conflict, debate, violence, repetition

Color Theme: Green (Yang within Yin); passive conflict and discipline.

Day and Night Reflections: Enormous vines lash upward in anger, like whips danced from the earth. By day, the vines thrash restlessly, often flinging the traveler away. But at night, when the vines fall still, the traveler finds chances to climb. Persistent effort through cycles of struggle eventually leads to ascent—external hardships become the tools that refine a life.