From the Herbcrafter's Tarot, the Healer of Air (King of Swords); from the Green Wheel Oracle, Salmon:
We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take from us or spare us. ~Marcel Proust
The phrases for these two cards sync up nicely today: "What is remembered lives" (rosemary) and "Return to the source" (salmon). Stories are the building blocks of human relationships, whether cultural, familial, or between friends. With our stories we can create or destroy, encourage or humiliate. The stories we retell can keep beliefs alive or can change our view so that we see from new perspectives. Yet the salmon suggests that wisdom isn't simply an intellectual pursuit; it must be embodied. We must make the journey physically (through action) in order to know if the stories we've been told are more than fairy tales. And then we'll have our own stories to pass on.
Sometimes it is the stories we cling to that shape our direction in life.
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