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09/02/2026

THE DISCOMFORT OF NOT KNOWING AND DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT

Tuesday, September 1st, 2026

Today, we are opening our letter with the Moon. When the moon sits as the focal point, it suggests there may be aspects of our lives that hold mystery, confusion, and/or uncertainty. A problem may be present; we feel we don't fully know how to navigate through. Or there may be a strong lingering feeling we can’t seem to get away from.

In any case, we've been forced to sit in the proverbial boat and endure the situation without much control or understanding. It is common to ask ‘Why?’.

Why is this happening? Why can't any progress be made?

Crowning this uncertainty, this mystery, is the High Priestess. A reminder that we already possess the tools and the intuition necessary to guide ourselves through the uncomfortable feelings we feel. It is not the facts of the business that bother, but the emotions the situation is triggering that we may be being forced to live with without much alteration. The High Priestess reminds us that, despite the uncomfortable nature of the experience, our ability to function within the uncertainty remains.

At the foundation is Strength. A further reminder that deep down we have what it takes to carry on. Strength possesses a bit of the Empress's influence because strength is her greatest character trait. The ability to know one's worth. Often, when we are not being treated or are not in a position reflective of equality and equity, the awareness of that absence can feel entirely uncomfortable.

The Moon position has us questioning when our rightful equilibrium and inner peace are due to return.

To the left is the Lovers—the card of Nostalgia. Part of the uncomfortable feeling of the present is being agitated by memories of past feelings and experiences.

We must ask ourselves if there is something from the past we are afraid to let go of or that we wish to return to?

Nostalgia is very important and powerful. But it also introduces a certain amount of distortion. The longing we feel, while potent, is often for something we either never really had or had but didn't keep.

The Moon may have us wondering when and if that longing will ever be appeased or be silenced.

The card to the right is Justice. A future promise of balance we presently do not feel. Something has set our proverbial boat a kilter. There may be a sense of polarity, disruption, or just a lack of control. What we feel may seem terribly one-sided or cast too heavily to one side.

There is a longing for the imbalance to cease, and a promise that, eventually, that is exactly what will happen.

So how does one endure in the meantime?

The four pillars suggest the following.

The Hermit reminds us that sometimes we need to lean into the fact that we're not in control and that there isn't actually any work being asked of us at this time, other than to relax and rest. If reflection is valuable, then that also is an option, though we should be wary of obsession and rumination. These extreme aspects will not serve us and are best avoided.

The Magician, in his very cheeky way, reminds us to remember to focus on our own self-interest first. It's fine to share what's left over at the end of the day, but not at the expense of what we immediately need to be healthy and happy. Self-care is never selfish. It is necessary.

The Hanging Man encourages us to consider a new way of thinking. He stresses that most troubles are a matter of perspective. He also encourages us, along with the Magician, to make the most of our downtime and to try a bit of dissipation while we wait for the season of our experience to change.

The Wheel echoes this sentiment, reminding us that time waits for no one. If we feel uncomfortable and don't know what to do about it, it may be better just to wait awhile. Let the boat idle. Lean into the advice of the other three pillars with the assurance that the only constant is change and that everything has its proper time and place.

Hermit. Priestess Magician
Lovers. Moon. Justice
Hangman. Strength. Wheel

08/14/2026

THE RETURN OF TEMPERANCE AND THE TOPPLING OF A TOWER

Thursday, August 13th, 2026

We open our letter with what might possibly be a continuation of our discussion around moderation. Temperance once again returns to the center of the discussion. But this time new elements are in play.

The Hermit still stands as the crowning card representing the higher purpose of perusing rest and reflection but the foundational card has shifted to the Star. There is a lot riding here on the foundational hope that what we believe in most is going to be enough to see us through whatever obstacles and hardships we might face going forward.

With the Fool to our left we feel this way because we’ve had the benefit of trust in the past. In the past we could rely on blind faith to see us through. We could count on something deep inside us leading us on and helping us make the choices that have brought us where we are. By the philosophy of moderation we surmise that the trust should continue to sustain use going forward but the problem we are due to experience is one that will directly challenge everything we thought we understood up to this point.

Enter the Tower.

A profound moment of truth that will strike and shake our perceptions down to their foundations. While many people fear this tower strike above almost anything else the tower at it most pure is a sudden shocking and at times destructive moment of clarity. It is a lightning strike of truth that literally obliterates any falsehood that was in place preceding it. IT is powerful, deeply inconvenient, and rarely a kind experience but it is a necessary one if we are to emerge from the rubble knowing exactly where we now stand.

Towers can be rebuilt. Towers are meant to shelter and protect us but sometimes all they really do is hold us hostage.

The monoliths overseeing this lightning strike of clarity include the Devil (Discernment), the Lovers (Nostalgia), the Wheel (Timing), and the Sun (Joy).

What do these influences indicate about the lightning strike that is about to one down on us?

The Devil asks us to think about what we’ve been building all this time and if it’s really all we think it is. The devil warns use that the things that make us feel the most excited, the most passionate, the most motivated (all hopefully pleasurable to us) might not actually be in our best interests. The Devil encourages us to look to our higher and foundational purposes. Does what we have built truly align with what we believe and what we want for ourselves? Have we perhaps gotten so wrapped up in the pleasure of the experience that we have begun to forget ourselves? The devil is not our enemy but it is also not his responsibility to liberate us from prisons of our own devices. Somewhere along the line we stopped practicing Temperance.

Somewhere something overtook us and we must now face a mighty jolt of clarity through the Tower to come back to ourselves and remember what we originally set out to achieve.

The Lovers gives us a clue as to how the misunderstanding might have come about. When we are people who have lived dynamic lives we long for the things we had that were good and right especially if those things were removed from our lives. If we have lived difficult lives we may long for something we didn’t have in the past about thought we had finally acquired in the now. Nostalgia is a creature of distortion. While often beautiful it does not fully capture the truth of our past experiences. We look upon our memories with a distorted glow of longing and so when we find something in the present that is reminiscent of something we coveted in the past we find ourselves sometimes blinded by the realities of its actual expression in the now. The clarity of the tower strikes and burns away the film of our nostalgic thoughts, feelings, and memories and when suddenly find ourselves face-to-face with the truth of things as they are and not as we wish they were.

The wheel in conjunction with the Tower warns us of the importance of timing. In the end it may not be that what we built was inherently bad, rather it was just pursued in the wrong place and at the wrong time. The wheel reminds us that we are not the ones who really get to decide. Everything happens in its own time. More importantly everything ends in its own time as well. We can choose to fight it, ignore it, or negotiate with timing but at the end of the day it will persist to its logical conclusion despite our preferences. It is OK to not be happy about this. But we are also encouraged to look around us and see what remains once the storm has cleared. There may yet be silver linings to be found and are for us here and now.

Finally the Sun in conjunction with the Tower is a powerful and miraculous event. No matter how powerful the lightning strikes, the Sun will always rise in the morning to greet us and to illuminate what happened during the storm. The benefit of letting go of what we do not need, what does not benefit us, and what is not meant for us gives way at first light to the clarity of what we do need and still have and well as what will be now in our best interest to pursue. The Sun reminds us that the point of living is to pursue our happiness and to experience the joy that comes from knowing and loving ourselves deeply.

Everyone deserves happiness and fulfillment. But sometimes we first have to weather the storm.

The Devil Hermit The Lovers

Fool Temperance Tower

Wheel The Star The Sun

08/14/2026

A TEMPERATE LIFE

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

At the center of our Letter today is Temperance.

At its heart Temperance speaks to the concept of moderation. While some might attribute moderation to be likened to balance (which we at Mystical Novelistical associate with the card Justice), moderation is a different creature than its cousin.

Moderation is the avoidance of excess and extremes. While balance governs the equal distribution of things. Moderation is not a matter of equality, it is a matter of restraint. It is the wisdom of taking things in stride. When we practice moderation, we may indeed take on less than what we can manage but in taking and or doing less we make room for the possibility of more. We leave room to develop and to add additional elements later with the security of knowing that we have done enough.

When we look around ourselves it is valuable to examine where we are being excessive. Where are we doing too much behaviorally, emotionally, and mentally. When we do not do things in moderation we risk over exerting ourselves and burning out.

Temperance is crowned by the Hermit.

There is a higher calling for rest and reflection which we only have room for when we practice a moderate lifestyle. The hermit was not always a hermit. But whatever they were or are under their robes, the Hermit has learned the benefit of waiting and watching. There is a higher calling to not only rest and reflect but to become a moderator of sorts for others. When we stand in Temperance we come as a living reminder to everyone else. In modeling moderation, Temperance affords others the permission necessary to pull back as well.

In a world driven hard by excess and extremes, temperance is a tall cool glass of water offered on a hard blistering day,

The foundational card is the radiant Sun.

This suggests that the root of Temperance’s business is that of embracing joy and fun amidst the toil and demand. A reminder that we are still a part of the greater rhythm of the world. It hums below our feet constantly inviting us into its beautiful dance.

To the left of Temperance is Strength.

In the Traditional Rider-Waite depiction, Strength is illustrated by a woman placing her head between the jaws of a lion. Many have tried to interpret this imagery, The lion being a traditional symbol of strength and royalty. Here at Mystical Novelsitical we suggest that the woman on the card is a reference to the Empress who symbolizes cultivation. So in this way the strength card can represent the symbiosis of Equity and equality. When we embrace the symbiotic relationship between what we are capable of and what is required of us to thrive the end result is the cultivation of strength which is required to pursue the justice we deserve, True justice, which is the crowning card of Temperance in this case, can only be achieved through the application of Strength.

Ahead of Temperance is Judgment.

Judgement is the card of revelation. Of truth being revealed. There are many unknown factors to living life. But by practicing moderation we make room for these revelations to come to life and we are then able to accommodate them in kind. The restraint we practice protects us by allowing for this adjustment space. So that we may better align ourselves with the truth. Instead of tripping over it.

Today the four Monoliths of influence are the Star (Distant Vision & hope), the World (Completion & The Return to Origins), the Chariot (Momentum), and the Hierophant (Convention).

The Star’s influence on moderation deals with the promise that if we just keep our eye on the prize we will achieve our ends eventually and we are encouraged to do so in our own way and at our own pace. There is no rush as long as we move forward with Strength and Judgement.

The world’s influence reminds us that we will encounter many different things on our journey and that if we apply moderation to our lives we will be able to get the most out of what we encounter.

The chariot is the influence of momentum. Although moderation is the avoidance of excess when paired with momentum we find we may just get where we want to go a lot sooner than we anticipate by simply taking life in stride.

The Hierophant influences us by reminding us to lean on the conventional wisdom we already have, Guidance is always available to us.

The practice of temperance in our lives allows us the time, space and ability to make the most out of our experiences. This can serve to improve our moods, help us to keep our minds sharp and our bodies healthy, and give us the spiritual space to listen and respond to our intuition. Moderation is a philosophical process rooted in Stoicism among others. A temperate life is a life that draws other elements like Strength and Justice to it. It is a lifestyle of restraint that leads to great rewards and a deeper relationship with the inner self.

Star Hermit World

Strength Temperance Judgement

Chariot Sun Hierophant

08/11/2026

WHEN BEING HELD IN THE PALM OF THE WORLD

Tuesday, August 11th, 2026

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At the center of our Letter today is the World itself.

The World feels like a powerfully heavy and momentous subject to take central stage today. For how does someone summarize such a vast and diverse celestial body that holds such diverse life and expansive cycles? The early ancients once believed the world was the central point in the universe. From their perspective it is easy to understand why they might have thought so. We know far more about our world as a whole than we once did and there is likely much yet left to learn.

Crowning the world is Justice.

In this instance Justice represents the great profound balance of existence. Though the world is a mighty and glorious place, its existence and we have known it, do know it, and will yet know it relies entirely on a precarious balance point of endless things. Thus it is the highest purpose of the world to remain in balance and long as it may until it reaches its final profound conclusion. While this conclusion may likely extend far beyond the timeline of Humanity, Humanity’s influence over the world’s expression is undeniable.

Despite our lasting influence the World itself is the greatest manifester in the tarot. It is the platform and canvas that makes all other human and non-human manifestations possible.

At its foundation is the Magician.

The Magician is the master of Material Utilization. Every living thing on the planet must pull from the same pool of matter because, according to the Law of the Conservation of Mass, matter cannot be created or destroyed. It can only be transformed. Thus the deeper purpose of the world and every manifester upon it the mastery of transformation.

The Hanging Man to the left of the World reminds us that the nature of the World and what it holds has largely been defined by differing avenues of perspective. Particularly where Humanity is concerned. The world has been torn apart and rebuilt upon the back of these many, often human originated perspectives. But the Moon ahead warns that the true purpose and nature of the world and everything in it remains, as yet, still a prolific mystery.

Still, for those trying to discern the truth of the World’s greatest mysteries we are called to look to the guidance of the four pillars.

Temperance warns us to consume in moderation, both our earthly utilities and information. Too much or too little all at once is sure to leave us destitute and wanting. Meanwhile the Sun is a reminder to stop and appreciate the innate joy of existing for existence's sake. We do not need to know all the answers to everything all at once all the time. Sometimes just being is just reward in and off itself. Judgement reminds us that we haven't even begun to scratch the surface of the truth about anything and everything. There is still so very much to be revealed. Finally the Empress speaks to collective cultivation for the benefit of all.

By this philosophy, the best way to preserve the World’s balance (justice) and beneficial manifestations would perhaps include the sharing of limited resources, the generation of collaborative instead of divisive communications, the implementation of processes and procedures that positively impact everyone and not just the few, as well as to foster and enhance the practical sharing of knowledge and biodiversity.

All are lofty but not impossible ambitions.

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Temperance Justice The Sun

Hanged Man World The Moon

Judgment Magician Empress

08/11/2026

TO WISH IS TO DREAM IS TO MANIFEST; ENTER ANOTHER EMPRESS

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Monday, August 10th, 2026

We open our letter with another visit from an Empress.

This great manifester is a different flavor than the Empress we have met in the past. It is possible that this particular Empress is new to her role and still trying to find her footing. Even if this is the case, she is still a natural creator with her own particular style and personality.

Crowning her is the Fool. This Empress is deeply open minded, curious, and willing to experiment. Like all Empresses she is competent and skilled, but this Empress is driven by a higher spiritual trust that everything that happens will work out for the best. She trusts that her path is predestined and that if she were to falter she will always be guided back to the right path eventually.

How does she know this?

At her foundation is the Devil. Whatever her past, she has known the taste of temptation and learned through various experiences how to discern the difference between what feels good and what is good. She has mastered, perhaps through extensive trial and error, her own passions and gleaned great wisdom from her various mistakes. In this way she has an intimate understanding of the nature of human vice which she now used to make better, more educated choices for the sake of everyone under her care.

To her left is her confidant, the Hermit. He has followed her, leaving behind his shepherding to carefully watch over her in his calm distant way. We do not know what kind of man he was in his former life, but now he acts as a quiet supporter. A reminder to the Empress to rest and reflect regularly so that she has the fortitude to be the manifester that she is. No doubt this Empress has learned to take her time and to have patience for her processes.

Ahead of her is the Star.

This Empress is in the early stages of manifesting her vision. Her ideas are still forming and her dreams of the future she wants to cultivate are still a far off hopeful and somewhat undefined thing. There is still much time to daydream, to imagine, and to gather the information she will later need to fulfill her dreams.

This Empress is supported by powerful Monoliths.

The monolith of Judgement holds many old and new revelations. Truths discovered and yet to be uncovered that will serve to shape her future designs and purposes. She does not yet know all there is to know in her position, but the unknown feeds perfectly into her curious nature and will help to keep her interested and fulfilled for years to come.

Whenever she feels unsure of her purposes she can look to the second monolith for clarity. The World is a reminder that all possible paths will lead her right back around to where she started and that she need not worry so much about the substance of her manifestations because her real duty is only to complete them and pass them forward into her reality. The Empress understands that she is not creating solely for herself and that everything she does complete will be sent out into the world to be utilized by others.

As the destined feminine counterpart to the highest authority in the land, the Monolith of the High Priestess reminds her that she is the culmination of all the powerful feminine identities that have come before her. A spiritual legacy that would belong to her no matter who she was. It is her time now. Her chance to contribute to that great unbroken line of feminine divinity.

The Monolith of the Emperor reminds her also that she will not be alone in her endeavors. Her counterpart, the Emperor, will execute whatever she desires to manifest and ensure it carries the authority to land. While she does not need her counterpart's permission to create, it is helpful to have the Emperor’s undivided support. She is as necessary to him and he is to her. A profound marriage between cultivation and authority that will create a platform of support where anything is possible.

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Judgement Fool World

Hermit Empress Star

High Priestess The Devil Emperor

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08/08/2026

Magician Justice Emperor

World Star Wheel

Fool Death Chariot

AUGUST
FRIDAY 7Th, 2026

THE STAR OF A BETTER AND MORE HOPEFUL VISION

Today in our letter, a beautiful distant vision of hope appears suddenly bright and clear before our very eyes. Usually distant and far away, this particular star has decided (like its prophetic predecessors) to become clear and central to us bringing with it many wishful things.

Whatever we may hope to gain by bringing this particular star within the scope of our reach, our greatest hope is that this star signifies a return to a higher balance that, until now, has been sorely lacking within the present reality. More deeply and foundationally is the desire for whatever is currently in play to finally and most definitely serve its purpose and come to a much anticipated end. Only then when these grand purposes have concluded their work, might we begin to know the meaning and purpose behind why these elements existed in the first place.

To the left of the Star is the World.

Two profound celestial bodies dancing in a silent and often obscure collaboration between who we are, where we are going, and where we wish we could, should, and will be. The world and the star reminds us that this has all been done before and will be done again, and again, and again. Dance after dance. As it has always been, so it will be. The wheel reminds us that what will be, why, where, when, and how will come down to a matter of simple circumstance and timing. Everything has its allotted time to exist. Good and bad. Right and wrong. The wheel of time waits for no one.

Yet the Star is a figure of hopeful vision. A dream that speaks to better timing and better circumstances, of cyclical returns. The promise of new visions that will restore balance and return us to the beginning where different choices might still be made.

The Star is surrounded by the four monoliths that will define the nature of the vision it holds and perhaps encompass the tools the aspiring visionary must master to achieve the balance and most ideal ending the visionary prefers. This includes the Magician (Material Utilization), the Emperor (Authority), the Fool (Openness), and the Chariot (Momentum).

If we are to grab hold of the vision of this particularly hopeful Star, and manifest it as we would a seed, we must first become the rightful masters of our skills, tools, and talents. We must gain the authority to apply these skills, tools, and talents for the sake of the vision. We must remain open to new endeavors and influences, and, we must lean into the momentum that such mastery and ex*****on demands.

Only then may we see the greater design that was intended and only then may we design to carry forward our hopeful vision to its most logical and ideal manifestation, expression, and conclusion.

09/28/2025

THE GRAND BUSINESS OF VISION

Today, our letter opens with the entrance of an Empress. The grand manifester. Second in the Major Arcana, only to the final card, the World.

This particular Empress is crowned by the Hanging Man, representing a broad and diverse perspective rooted in the greater good. The Empress is the high ruler of the four kingdoms, later represented in the Minor Arcana. The Empress speaks for the better cultivation of all as she works her intent with careful precision and with the practical support of her counterpart, the Emperor. She alone is given complete discretion to shape the landscape of her shared domain.

Grounding her is the High Priestess. It is possible that in her youth, this particular Empress was formally trained in the practices of some divine feminine tradition from which she derived the tool of profound intuition. This Empress trusts deeply in the impressions she gleans from the world around her. It is almost as if she knows what to say and do in all cases because she is listening. This makes her a formidable figure of leadership and cultivation.

The Star to her left suggests that this Empress has carried a singular vision with her since birth. It is only now that she has attained the highest position in the land that she can now begin to incubate and eventually birth this vision for the benefit of her greater world.

Ahead of her, she is destined for a prolonged period of rest and reflection. What she intends to bring into the world, though magnificent, will cost her much time, energy, strength, and fortitude. But once the vision has come to fruition, her primary purpose in her endeavor will be fulfilled.

The four pillars of this Empress’ world include Timing (the wheel), Momentum (the Chariot), Mystery (the Moon), and Openness (the Fool).

Whatever it is that she is envisioning, she does so with tremendous trust because she is wise enough to know that some elements of her manifestations will be outside her control. She also knows that the outcome of manifesting her vision is not something she can decide. Her job is only to develop and then bring the vision to life.

This Empress teaches us that the gift of manifestation is more about the creation process itself, rather than how the manifestation is used after the fact. While the Empress certainly has her own idea about what she is developing, she understands that it will not be her influence alone that will decide the utility of what she creates. That will be the job of the Emperor later.

In the cultivation and manifestation process, completion is the first and foremost goal. We are encouraged to worry less about what will happen after we achieve our design and focus more on completing it in the first place. Until then, our vision is almost useless.

We are also reminded of the importance of rest after achieving our vision. No matter how wondrous, we must allow for how long and involved the process of manifesting was. Once our vision is born, we deserve time to care for ourselves, rest, and reflect on our accomplishments. We deserve support and help where it can be had. The Empress was not entrusted with the responsibilities of her role for nothing. The cultivation of her visions has been a lifelong endeavor. One that only she can accomplish. Her vision, at least while in development, remains hers and hers alone.

09/11/2025

THURS, SEPT 11TH, 2025

AT THE CROSSROADS

Today, the Lovers take center stage in our letter.

Our company's position is to interpret the Lovers as embodying nostalgia. However, in the Rider-Waite tradition, the imagery symbolizes choices. The Lovers is often associated with crossroads and the romantic attachments of our youth. It can sometimes be interpreted as a departure card, capturing the last heartfelt moments before our journey away from everything we have known begins.

When the Lovers appear, it signifies that we have once again reached a checkpoint in our lives where we are encouraged to stop, reflect, and consider carefully which direction to take next. It is essential to consider that our chosen path will inevitably lead to more crossroads, some tried and familiar, some not.

The paths we pick inform the lessons we are due to learn. These lessons may be repeated throughout our lives or only met once. In the former case, we should consider whether what we are re-experiencing lends itself to a greater life theme.

This spread gives us an idea of the themes that might lie ahead.

To the North, the path leads to a new and expansive society where the seeker may find a practical education from a greater worldly teacher. This is signified by the Pope, who is master of the conventional world and its many and varied philosophies. This is a path of formal education of some kind.

To the East, waits the path of entrepreneurship, trade, and showmanship, where the seeker may find a mentor to fashion themselves after or they may leverage a skill or talent to their benefit. This is signified by the Magician, who always looks for a wayward apprentice to pass on his cleverness and material mastery.

To the South, there is a less specific path—one that offers the seeker a deeper insight into their higher self. That road is harsher, more wild and overgrown, yet still discernible to the naked eye. The path governed by Judgment promises the revelation of our greatest purposes at the expense of the exposure of our deepest flaws and secret regrets. If we are willing to endure this road, we will be rewarded with the clear development of our inner voice and better human aspects. The road of judgment examines what has already been. The things we cannot change. It also offers us a chance to explore the things we can. Thus leading to a greater development of the self.

To the East seems a perfectly tranquil path, but its stillness belies something far more unexpected. Death governs the Eastern path. Once ventured down and explored, it will lead to a greater understanding of the natural cycles of life. By being willing to walk side by side with death, we learn to value what remains once something has served its purpose in the world. We learn how to face the inevitability of endings to embrace what is new and young in its development within our lives.

No one road is better or worse than the others, and sooner or later, the seeker will come to walk them all at their own pace and interval.

Only when they have walked them all may they think to return to the first crossroads once more and remember from whence they came.

At the corners stand the four monoliths of perspective, authority, cultivation, and mystery.

We will confront and explore all additional themes regardless of the path we choose to take.

The human lifetime is a tapestry of circumstances and choices. We are asked to consider our options wisely and to be gracious towards ourselves when we inevitably misstep.

The monoliths remind us that the meanings of the journeys we undertake are primarily influenced by the way we perceive them, our authority or lack of authority, the levels of cultivation required to help us along the way, and the way we decide to react to the things we cannot know, control, or influence.

We are encouraged to respect and be accountable for our choices. Some will be more informed than others. But if we endure, our reward is the inevitable return to where we started—renewed and better acquainted with the world.

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