Though I cannot recall where, I have heard it said before that the character being followed in the Two and Three of Wands is intended to be Alexander the Great, and that the scene depicted in the Three is the legendary moment when he looked out over the ocean and “wept, seeing as he had no more worlds to conquer.”
Despite its prevalent use, this quote ca…
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