Permission to Play

From the Margarete Petersen Tarot, the Three of Cups; from the Elemental Dice, Volcano (Earth + Water):

The child-like drawings of people in this Three of Cups alludes to the playfulness and lightheartedness it symbolizes. Petersen suggests that sometimes it is hard to join a group because we have become comfortable in a partnership or our solitude. We forget that just as work can give us purpose, a celebratory group can give us the freedom to relax and set aside what weighs us down for a while. Volcano represents a dormant chamber that still has molten rock flowing within its chamber. It implies a gestating potential that may lead to expansion. One thing that 'letting down our hair' can do is allow inspirations and new perspectives to bubble up that a rigid 'got to solve this' mindset can keep us from. Concrete beliefs give way to possibility or acceptance. Nancy Collier describes it this way:

Surrendering to living in the questions feels like dropping through a trap door. Suddenly we are deposited into the present moment; we have permission to be here, to experience what life is like—now. We have permission to get interested in the experience of this reality and allow the answers to reveal themselves on their own timeline. Just for now, we don’t have to do it all ourselves, don’t have to push our way through with our mind, as we’ve been taught.