From the Neuzeit Tarot, the Knight of Swords; from Rory's Story Cubes, Beans:
Today's gossip is tomorrow's headline.
—Walter Winchell
Blocking the road, this Knight of Swords forces us to pause before we go running off to call, text or post some tantalizing or inflammatory information that we've heard or read. He's a lover of truth and a hater of gossips, liars and hypocrites. His big book is like consulting Snopes or FactCheck to see if what we're about to let loose is fact, fiction or a mixture of both. Beans bring to mind a quote by Rudyard Kipling: “Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” Spreading unchecked information might give us a thrill, but those words are like unknown seeds that we plant that could boomerang on us. It might be wise not to "spill the beans."
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