Small Roles

This week I'll be using the Sacred India Tarot, a deck and book set created by Rohit Arya with Jane Adams and published by Yogi Impressions. Along with it, I'll be using Theresa Hutch's Land Sky Oracle: A Journey Through Patanjali's 8 Limbs of Yoga, now published by U.S. Games. Today's draws are Temperance and Satya:

Better to have a small role... than to cast yourself as the lead in your own fiction.

―Devaughn Moore LeCrae

Ganga, used to illustrate Temperance, was the personification of the river Ganges. She was a mighty heavenly river until Lord Brahma saw that her waters were needed on earth. Warned that her power might destroy the earth when she descended (she was not pleased about leaving heaven), Shiva made a maze of his matted hair that slowed the rush of her descent. Eventually, Ganga would temper her arrogance and learn to nourish others. Satya (truthfulness), the second of the five restraints described in the Yoga Sutra, encourages us to think, speak, and act with integrity. We don't need to embellish our roles and accomplishments to make us look good in the eyes of others. Exhibitionism is not a good fit for trustworthiness.