Reality Check

From the Granny Jones Tarot, the Moon; from the Button Oracle, Music:

          Granny uses Edward Lear's tale of "The Owl and the Pussycat" to illustrate the Moon. Supposedly, the owl and cat fall in love and sail away to be married. Now opposites do attract, but it's doubtful a feline and a bird could resist the roles of prey and predator (as Granny's drawing suggests). Yet many lonely hearts end up with someone they don't want to be with because they've fallen under a delusion they think is love. The Music button's keyword is 'mood,' and the quote for it is an African proverb: "When the music changes, so does the dance." Moods, those subtle emotions wrapped in a tangle of unfounded thoughts, go hand-in-hand with the Moon. Under their influence, the world can appear in the form of pink clouds and unicorns or as a dark chasm filled with evil. Either way, the owl would tell us it's time for a reality check.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

~Marcus Aurelius