The Tarot Cafe

This chapter opens with a soliloquy by a young woman named Alecto, who tells the young woman that she mistook her for someone else. She tells the woman that humans are strange and that she should take off her hands from the man she loves. The young woman tells the girl that she is afraid of love and that when she falls in love, she will die. The woman asks the girl what she means. The girl replies that she came because she was the fastest and that something had happened to her master. She asks the woman if she means that something is blocking her from helping the black king. A coin is placed on the right side of the card and a coin on the left side. The coin indicates literary ability, the coin indicates forced happiness, and the upside down indicates that the card represents trouble in bringing about change. Two coins will lead the girl to a woman named cora, who is sometimes called the "queen of the dead." A coin indicates the woman's name and the other indicates the name of the woman. The first coin indicates that she has lost her dragon heart to the woman and that the chain of the coin is made of the magical substance or ihalcon. The second coin signifies that the woman will be staying in the cave for a long time. The card represents uncertainty, disillusionment, danger, and negative influences.