Queen Seondeok
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Card meaning
Upright - one who looks ahead looks first at the sky. Today, set down one more record before deciding.
Reversed - 'I knew it in advance' is easy to add afterwards.
The tale
Seondeok became ruler of Silla in 632.
She was the first woman to take the throne in Silla.
Cheomseongdae and Bunhwangsa were built during her reign.
The nine-storey wooden pagoda of Hwangnyongsa was also built in this period.
Cheomseongdae still stands in Gyeongju.