New Priority

From the Restored Order Tarot, the Four of Pentacles; from the Oracle of Kabbalah, Zayin:

Self-care has become a new priority—the revelation that it’s perfectly permissible to listen to your body and do what it needs. ―Frances Ryan

When people see pentacles, they think of money and financial security. So it's easy to look at this guy and think he is a miser, obsessively protecting his hoard. But pentacles also represent this body that carries us around, the vehicle that allows us to love, create, and fight for what we believe in. We often take better care of our cars than our bodies, maintaining them far better. This fellow asks if I'm sustaining and nurturing my body, or if I've forgotten how precious it is. Zayin is a paradox. It means 'weapon' (and resembles a sword), yet numerically it is associated with the number seven (the day of rest). Sometimes the sword is not used for fighting, but for cutting a loaf of bread or (metaphorically) dividing our time so that we can rest and care for our bodies.