Grounded Awareness

From the Sun and Moon Tarot, the King of Pentacles; from the Jade Oracle, Coatlicue:

Whatever is happening right now is exactly what we need to be receptive to.

—Koshin Paley Ellison

This King of Pentacles prefers to have his eyes and hands on what he protects and sustains rather than listening to someone read a report about how things are going. That's part of what helps him stay in the moment and at peace in his own skin rather than caught up with worries or regrets. He knows each moment is full to the brim and dynamic if he's attending to what is around him right where he is. Coatlicue - 'She of the Serpent Skirt' - is a goddess connected to the fertility of the earth and its natural cycles. Both of these cards imply a sense of being aware of what is happening in the present even as change occurs. To be grounded implies that we are centered in the moment, without bias or reactivity. We let our body and mind connect to what is under and around our feet, rather than being hooked by the past or future.

...response emerges from the whole of oneself, grounded in the whole situation, with each element assuming its true size and shape. In responding we’re not doing something about a situation, but participating in it. —Joan Sutherland