From the Wheel of Change Tarot, the Prince (Knight) of Cups; from the Oracle of the Dreamtime, the Black Swan:
Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.
― Rumi
Using his intuition as a guide, a young man follows his heart into unknown waters. There are sure to be some emotional ups and downs along the way, but hopefully they will foster a mature, deeper understanding of what it means to be fully human. His plentiful supplies suggest that while physical preparations are often made, emotional equanimity is a skill few folks are taught when they launch out into the world. The Black Swan is the story of a tribe of skilled boomerang craftswomen tricked by a greedy group of men who stole their weapons. White swans were used as a distraction, but ended up being collateral damage when attacked by eagles. Being left plucked in the desert, crows kindly offered some of their own feathers so the swans could cover themselves. In this story of envy and hatred, humans illustrated the damage emotions can do. Yet the crows took the higher road, not wasting time on who was right or wrong, but on helping the innocents caught up in the fray - a story this knight/prince and the rest of humanity could learn from.
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