To be in any sort of relationship where you do not express yourself, simply to keep the peace, is a relationship ruled by one person and will never be balanced or healthy.
~Bronnie Ware
Thursday, August 2, 2018
An Education in Relations
From the Rohrig Tarot, the Four of Cups; from the Master Tarot, 'The Children:'
The Thoth framework calls this card 'luxury.' The excess found in the Four of Cups is a saturation of love and devotion that can begin to feel confining. One person smothers another with attention, while the other person stagnates without an outlet. Thus what would normally give pleasure and joy has been transformed into apathy and ingratitude. Resentment is just a few sips away; the giver feels unappreciated, and the taker feels undeserving and uncomfortable. The Children card suggests we remember that innocent part of ourselves before all the causes and conditions we experienced shaped us. Rarely does anyone get a helpful education in how to have healthy relationships growing up. What we crave and what we fear often becomes how we love and live. Could we have a do-over?
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That Four of Cups looks like a vortex, sucking up everything in its path. That's when we need our friends to keep us anchored to the here and now
ReplyDeleteIt does look like a vortex - it's like an emotional rip tide.
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