Soft Celebration

From the Brady Tarot, the Three of Horns (Cups); from the Wisdom of the Forest, Soften:

This Three of Cups card shows the migration of snow geese, who breed in the arctic and subarctic regions of North America and Russia during spring and summer. These geese spend more than half the year on their migration to-and-from warmer wintering areas - no wonder they are celebrating! Having a small group or community to commemorate special occasions can make it more enjoyable. Otherwise it's like hitting a hole-in-one on the golf course with no one around to witness it. Yet sometimes these occasions are bittersweet; while a cycle or challenge might have ended, there may have been losses incurred too. Soften suggests tamping down a rowdy celebration but still being appreciative of the good. As Pema Chodron stated, "The challenge is to let it soften us rather than make us more rigid and afraid."