Hiding and Suppressing

From the Tabula Mundi Colores Tarot, the Prince (Knight) of Cups; from the Words of the Brehon, the Three things that characterize a patient person:

What he feared most was that all this hiding had made it impossible for him to ever be found again.

― John Corey Whaley

With the emotional depths of water and the intellectual currents of air, the Prince of Cups has the ability to be an artistic soul or a philosopher. He can easily pick up on what is going on with other people, yet he often protectively hides his own emotions. In some social situations, hiding rather than unloading our feelings can be useful if not done all the time. However, emotional suppression actually increases the physical symptoms experienced with the emotional experience and can negatively affect our cognitive abilities. The Brehon triad lists the outer signs that show a person is patient. Even when trying to be forbearing, our 'tells' often show that we are gritting our teeth to hide an undercurrent of irritation. In the Prince's case, he might practice patience with his own feelings by learning how to express them appropriately and eventually understanding that they are natural and simply show that he's human.