Old Love

From the Daniloff Tarot, the Ten of Cups; form the Kuan Yin Oracle, "The Way to the Summit" (verse 85):

Every person your partner becomes is someone new to discover and to fall

more deeply in love with. ~Stuart B. Fensterheim ("Grow Old With Me")

In Daniloff's version of the Ten of Cups, even the blooms represent a cup. If you're lucky enough to have a long-term relationship with a good partner, you know how age can change what we fill our cups with. What once took priority years ago might now be in the compost pile, allowing other blooms to take their place. Sometimes we plant different things than our partner, but overall, we support the health of our garden together. The 85th verse of the Kuan Yin Oracle reads:

On the way to the summit,

the clouds part.

The way

is hidden in the mists.

All challenges have moments when we feel like we don't know what to do or which way to go; the way seems obscured. An aging relationship can be one of those challenges, but the words of poet Antonio Machado are helpful: "Traveler, there is no path, the path is made by walking." We make mistakes, change course, and try again. And we keep a good dose of humor handy.