Freedom

From the Rohrig Tarot, the Sun; from the Master Tarot, 'The Scream:'

          The tiny fellow on the mountaintop reflects the keyword that the companion book gives this card - self-actualization. Psychologists Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers developed this concept of psychological growth. Maslow defined it as "The impulse to convert oneself into what one is capable of being." The Sun's radiance shines and illuminates all the dark places. Symbolically, it represents seeing our potential and the possibilities that lay before us. Fear of 'what if' has been burned up by enthusiasm for what is. The preciousness of life is felt and acknowledged on an experiential level. The Scream depicts the moment when our pink cloud is interrupted by the pain of life. Just when we were having fun, we get thrown out of our comfy nest. Yet this too (the dark side) offers us a chance to grow and learn if we realize pain is universal and not personal. As Viktor Frankl puts it, "Human freedom is not a freedom from but freedom to" and further explains, "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."