Support with Timing

  From the Sacred Sites Tarot, the Knave (Page) of Swords:

Notre Dame de Paris

A gargoyle (or technically a chimera, since it's decorative and not a waterspout) watches over the city from atop the cathedral.  The Page of Swords is a watcher and listener too, and he makes me think of Radar from the television show M*A*S*H (who was known for his ability to hear helicopters flying in with wounded long before anyone else could).  The problem with this youngster is that he has no filter between what he sees and hears, and what comes out of his mouth.  He needs to take a lesson from the structure of Our Lady of Paris, one of the first buildings to use the flying buttress to support its thin walls.  This buttress is formed by a massive block on the ground with an arch that attaches to the building (the "flyer") that together act as outer reinforcements.  Likewise, the Page needs support for what he thinks he has heard or seen; sometimes our perceptions don't match reality. 

     From the Mana Cards comes "Pahu:"

Pahu means "sacred drum" and is an important instrument that accompanies the hula.  Because of its beat and rhythm, it is associated with timing.  There is a Hawaiian proverb that can be translated, "too often we only smell the ripe hala fruit after it has reached the ground."  If I am paying attention to what is going on around me, rather than just the intellectual analysis in my head, it will be clear when it is appropriate to speak and act or when I need to be silent and wait.