Redirect, Your Honor

From the Via Tarot, the Nine of Swords; from the Nature's Pharmacy Deck, Horseradish:

          This guy has nine swords protruding from his mind, each held by a skeletal hand. At the top is an inset of two figures, one who appears to be casting the other into a vortex of doom. People can truly be pissers sometimes, but no one does cruelty like we can do to ourselves. Give the mind a little resentment or fear to chew on, and it can do wondrous (and horrible) things with them. Do it long enough, and you end up as a victim with a terrible case of analysis paralysis. What does the Pharmacy deck produce for an antidote? Horseradish. This herb's common name comes from its coarse leaves and thick root (sturdy like a horse) and for its pungent taste (radish). I know of it mostly as a sauce - the condiment with the kick of a horse. We used often at oyster roasts when I was in college (it covered the taste for me, until I got drunk enough not to care). Both these cards brought back a memory of my mom right after the love of her life died. She told me she could get up every morning as long as she had a purpose, something to look forward to. I think this guy would be wise to redirect his mind to a positive focus that he could get excited about and anticipate too.