Even Keel

From the Shadowscapes Tarot, the Queen of Cups; from the Cedar Runes, Eihwaz:

This Queen is most at home when she's following her heart and intuition, but like the sea turtles, she does come up for air occasionally. That helps her stay on a even keel rather than getting swamped and pulled down by her or another's emotions. The Queen of Cups knows that life is fluid, just as the sea ebbs and flows, changing from one moment to the next. Eihwaz literally means 'yew,' an evergreen tree known both for its longevity (it's not considered an ancient tree until it is 900 years old) but also for its extreme toxicity. It is a paradoxical symbol, representing both life and death. So too are our emotions, those that bring us uninhibited joy and those that bring us to the depths of despair. The Queen of Cups would likely agree with the words of Ralph De La Rosa:

The thing is—in case you haven’t noticed—our emotions aren’t up to us. What we do with them, however, is absolutely up to us. The parts of us that express our afflictive emotions are very much like people. If we relate to them with understanding and care, there tends to be one kind of outcome. If we relate to them by shoving them in the basement or forcing them to change, we get another kind of outcome.