From the Llewellyn Tarot, the Nine of Cups; from the Beasts of Albion, Cockerel:
I don't look for bliss, just contentment. –Alison Krauss
The Llewellyn companion booklet refers to the Nine of Cups as well-being of the heart. It doesn't necessarily mean that we have everything that we want or have managed to avoid what we don't. We might not sit in the lap of fame, wealth, praise and pleasure. But we see clearly all the good we do have, and we have a satisfactory relationship with the world around us. The Rooster/Cockerel is generally connected with the sunrise. Yet roosters crow for other reasons as well: to declare their territory, to tell the hens it's time to forage, and to warn of predators. This bird warns us that there is a difference between contentment and complacency - the first allows us to actively respond to life with gratitude while the latter keeps us stuck with a mindset that thinks nothing will change.
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