Time is a River

From the Sacred India Tarot, the Eight of Staves; from the Land Sky Oracle, Abhinivesha:

Time is a river, a violent current of events, glimpsed once and already carried past us, and another follows and is gone. ―Marcus Aurelius

After 14 years, Rama finally defeated the demon king and was headed home, collecting his allies as he went along. When hardships keep one away from the people and place one loves, no time is wasted in getting back for a joyful reunion. In this case, Rama borrowed the Pushpaka Vimana, a divine flying chariot, to get there speedily. The booklet suggests that there are times when we are struck with creative ideas or solutions, and we must act on them quickly. Abhinivesha translates to the "fear of death" - not just bodily death, but loss and change as well. Sometimes when we feel led to follow a new direction, especially when it is different from how we normally define our self, there is a fear of losing our identity. But this change is natural, as Marcus Aurelius tells us: "Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight."