Clear Seeing

From the Badgers Forest Tarot, the King of Cups (Foxes); from the Gemstone Oracle, Quartz:

This King of Cups knows how to stay composed even when action is required. His equanimity comes because even though he realizes emotions are very real and powerful, he knows they don't always represent reality. He pauses in this card to watch each moment as it unfolds in the forest, keeping his mind where his feet are planted. Quartz symbolizes clear thinking, something not always employed when emotional chaos is at hand. The quote for this stone comes from Rebecca Solnit: "The coolness of Buddhism isn't indifference but the distance one gains from emotions, the quiet place from which to regard the turbulence. From far away you see the pattern, the connections, and the thing as a whole..." This King's ability to maintain compassion while seeing the whole with clarity is one of his greatest assets.