No Complaints

From Waking the Wild Spirit Tarot, the Blood Bond (Four of Water/Cups); from the MentorSpirit Cards, Clarity:

         This card, while resembling the Lovers and Two of Cups, is actually a nontraditional version of the Four of Cups called "Blood Bond." Such a relationship can be through family ties, but it can also a strong bond forged by friendship or an allegiance to a group. And though these relationships represent strength and security (the number four), they can require a strict loyalty and obedience. I used to spend a week at the beach with my mom and cousins each summer, along with our kids. Five adults and seven children is kind of chaotic, but we managed. But when the kids became teens and young adults, that beach house started feeling mighty cramped with no space to breathe. Sometimes those blood bonds can feel less like stability and more like a strait jacket. The fractal on the Clarity card looks like a tornado; in this case I would guess an emotional one. Musician Joni Mitchell once said that any song about overwrought feelings would fall flat without clarity, otherwise it would just be complaining. I think being in a tightly knit group lends itself to complaints more than clear seeing. But I'm the one who needs to figure out my own values and priorities rather than stay in lockstep with the rest of the troop. No need to complain if I can't take responsibility for my own needs.