Release

This week I'll be using the Tarot de St. Croix, created and self-published by Lisa de St. Croix. Along with it, I'll be drawing from the Archetype Cards, created by Caroline Myss and published by Hay House. Today's cards are the Five of Cups and Destroyer:

There is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power. 

—Alan Cohen

I am in awe of people who make their living by creating - be it a book, a painting, clothing design, or architecture - and then release it to the world to be judged. It is a sort of relationship they have with the public, albeit a fickle one, sometimes with the result of being adored while other times made an object of ridicule. No matter what sort of relationship we've poured our heart into, it hurts to be mocked or told we are unworthy. This woman has grieved her losses and now heads to the bridge to cross over to the other relationships that await her. The archetype Destroyer is like a volcano, erupting to rid itself of what burns and boils inside. Resentments that are nurtured always hold us back from being truly fulfilled and content until they are released. As Thich Nhat Hanh said, "People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free, and we don't suffer anymore."