Symbolism & Imagery:

A man stands on a beach, victorious. He looks at the people he’s defeated with disdain as he holds his three swords. At his feet, two more swords lie discarded for him, the victor, to take with him.

The man wears orange boots, the color of challenge, which keep the green of his cloak from the earth. The green wants to be grounded or touching the earth, as it is a symbol of the element of earth. The green which can ground this man is separated from the earth by red, the color of fiery ambition, and orange. This indicates the man is losing touch with Mother Earth because of his own hubris.

The two defeated men have their backs to him, heads down in grief. The victorious man has caused this grief with his victory. It’s not that he’s won, it’s how he’s won that has caused the damage.

This man has won at all costs and is soon to find that the costs were too great for him. His own mental anguish is on the horizon, which is symbolized by the grey clouds breaking up the blue sky. We can read those as the storm brewing over his head while he enjoys his short-lived victory.

The defeated men both wear yellow, and one has a green sleeve as well. Yellow connects us to the higher consciousness, correlating to the element of air once again. The victorious man wears no yellow, proving that those with the higher understanding are the ones walking away from him. This is a huge negative for him.

The water matches the sky in mixes of grey and blue. Blue, the color of the subconscious, is being blurred by the stormy seas which this man has brought on himself.