From Tarot by Caro, the Queen of Cups; from the Holitzka I Ching, Hexagram 37:
Technology amplifies empathic distress. We’re exposed daily to the world’s grief in real time. Every tragedy can feel personal, every injustice, a summons to act.
―Shermin Kruse
Though this Queen is quite comfortable with the world of emotions, she protects her cup as a giant wave threatens to sweep it away. Seneca reminds us, “Reason wishes to give calm to our emotions, not to root them out.” Rather than indifference or drowning, logic and critical thinking can guide our actions. Shermin Kruse offers three ways to practice:
- Pause Before You Fix - expand the space between stimulus and response.
- Redraw the Circle of Concern - distinguish what can be controlled from what cannot.
- Practice Connection with Boundaries - witness and assist, without allowing empathy to become ego (their emotion is theirs).
Hexagram 37 refers to family or kinship; it is a safe place where there is a mutual sharing of support. This group is what helps us have the confidence and strength to meet the suffering in the world with compassion that has cognitive boundaries.
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