The Telling of Stories

From the Victorian Romantic Tarot, the King of Cups; from the Dreaming in Color Deck, 'Foreboding:'

          I imagine this King of Cups knows what Aesop knew - stories stick better than simply giving advice about ethics and morals. Wrap what you want to teach in tales of challenge and courage, loss and love, and forgetting and finding if you want the listener to remember. Yet there are some stories that we should avoid because they are more harmful than helpful. The Foreboding card seems to point to a dark storm that is coming. But I know if I am stressed and worn-out, I'm likely to be over-sensitive to any information I receive. What may seem like a strong intuition about an impending catastrophe is likely just my emotions on overdrive. Time to turn off the news channel and find some quiet stillness for relaxation and recuperation.