This week I'll be using the Delta Enduring Tarot, created and self-published by Bridgette Egan. Along with it, I'll be drawing from the Southernisms Oracle (a deck I created based on sayings I grew up with). Today's draws are the Nine of Oaks (Wands) and Drunk as Cooter Brown:
The Nine of Oaks shows a mother nutria (a semiaquatic rodent similar to a beaver) defending her babies. Motherhood is exhausting, but it has already taught her to be flexible and adaptable when meeting challenges - necessary traits for resilience. We can draw on our own experiences, remembering what worked well and what didn't, when we face a new difficulty. The Southernism card illustrates the legend of Cooter Brown who refused to fight on either side of the Civil War. He decided he would stay drunk on moonshine for the entire time, making him an unfit soldier. Yet even if he didn't want to go into battle, there were other options other than giving himself cirrhosis of the liver. Perhaps he could have hidden people in danger, helping them to safety. While action isn't always advisable in every circumstance, doing nothing can have extreme consequences.
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