Look Where You Slipped

From the Lukumi Tarot, the Queen of Wands; from the Diloggun, Osa (nine mouths):

          This Queen is represented by Oya, Orisha of Wind and Tempests. She believes in blowing down old, dead wood to make way for new growth. The Queen of Wands has the passion and charisma to make great changes, yet she must be wary that her agenda doesn't become so aggressive that she ends up 'salting the earth.' Nothing thrives in that kind of environment. The ethic and proverb for Osa reads:

Ifa: One must cease leading themselves to misfortune. One must cease bringing harm upon themselves.

Proverb: Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.

If this Queen does find the people she serves less than willing or stubborn, she must not automatically assume they are lazy or ignorant. If she looks at her behavior, she might find that she didn't listen to anyone else's ideas about the changes she wanted. And while her big stick might force someone to do her bidding, she might find it creates more upheaval and chaos than for which she bargained.