Entrenchment

From the New Liminal Tarot, the Ace of Wands; from the Inward Oracle, Kapha:

          A salamander waits and watches from a rooted wand topped with a golden orb as flames lick up around it. The salamander's association with fire came from long ago; when wood from a stack was placed on a fire and salamanders (who were using the wood to hide in) scurried out, people thought they were born from fire. In Pen's illustration, I can almost see little salamander shapes appearing in the flames. No matter how inspired we get to create or change something, nothing happens until we feed that fire with action. Kapha is a dosha in Ayurveda. A dosha is a combination of elements (with one primary) believed to be responsible for a person's physiological, mental, and emotional health. Kapha is mostly earth with water being secondary. When in balance, Kapha people are strong, steady, patient and loving. When out of balance, they are stubborn and resistant to change. The roots on the salamander's wand suggest something has become too entrenched. What needs to be burned up in order for a new phase to begin and make progress? As John M. Keynes said, "The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones."