Unknown Equation

From the Waking the Wild Spirit Tarot, the Ace of Water (Cups):

A spring pours out onto the earth's surface from an underground natural water source.  Outside our city limits, there is a place called Radium Springs (above), considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia.  The 68F clear, blue water pours out of a cave at the rate of 70,000 gallons a minute.  It used to be the local "swimming hole," but now has been preserved and protected as an ecological and environmental park.  A resort and casino, built in the 1920's but destroyed in a flood, has been replaced by a botanical garden.  The two floods, in 1994 and 1998, covered the whole area with brown, muddy water.  It is a delight to go back now and see the blue of the water again.  My heart is in need of some comfort and healing, so I'm hoping that's the encouragement this card brings today.

From the Fairy's Ring Oracle comes "King Finvarra:"

Finvarra sits in front of a chess board; like all figures of authority, he not only makes plans but tries to figure out what moves other people will make and how situations will play out.  I tend to do the same thing in my life, attempting to anticipate what will come.  Naturally, it rarely works out in reality as it does in my head.  But adding this card to the one above, I see that the "unknown" in the equation is emotions.  Love and relationships can lead a person to act courageously or blindly.  Deep feelings are always a wild card, allowing the outcome to always be a toss-up...