Seeing Both Sides

From the Druidcraft Tarot, the Moon; from the Druid Animal Oracle, the Frog:

This busy, grasping mind,

Always latching onto things,

Let it be given a break to recognize itself instead.

In that very moment of recognition,

This mind becomes wide open,

Free, and unconfined.

—Tsoknyi Rinpoche 

The French phrase "between a wolf and a dog" describes the time of day when it is hard to distinguish between friend and foe, the known or unknown. I begin jury duty tomorrow morning, and this card made me think that uncertainty can be a useful beginning. I wouldn't want someone to decide my character simply by my looks or because I was before a judge. Ambiguity can create more space and openness, allowing us to see more possibilities than the sole appraisal a narrow view might first land on. The Frog is semiaquatic, spending part of its time on land and part in the water. Those two places might symbolize both the hard facts of wisdom (land) and the humane lens of compassion (water). A sound judgment is a holistic and includes both.