Light Not Heat

This week I'll be using the Daniloff Tarot, created and self-published by Alexander Daniloff. I'll also be using a set of Kuan Yin Sticks with the corresponding verses from Stephen Karcher's book The Kuan Yin Oracle as well as from www.kuanshihyin.net. Today's draws are the Two of Swords and Verse 46:

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat. 

―Woodrow Wilson

The two rocks on either side of this woman seem to indicate she is between a rock and a hard place - she faces a situation that doesn't have great options on either side. The blindfold and 'earmuffs' head covering suggest she is shutting out all the people trying to steer her in one direction or the other. She will rely on inner wisdom and intuition to make this decision. The Kuan Yin verse reads:

Even a withered tree will bloom again one day.

Count on the rhythms of nature.

Stay still for now

and let things be just as they are.

Sometimes people or situations won't show their true colors unless we wait patiently instead of poking them. As Lao Tzu asked, "Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself?" We must put our stirring sticks down if we want to see with clarity.