Dangled Bait

From the Tarot of the Masters, the Seven of Wands; from the Key to the Kingdom, the Three of Hearts:

Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world but has not solved one yet.

― Maya Angelou

Hera hated Hercules because he was a reminder of Zeus' infidelity. Using her mojo on him, making him temporarily insane so that he killed his family. Filled with despair, he accepted the 12 impossible tasks to atone, one of which was to kill the Hydra (seen in this card) that Hera had created with the intention of killing him. Rather than resenting Hera after his success, Hercules would go on to have other heroic adventures. The Three of Hearts is paired with a poem that describes a carnival worker encouraging people to throw darts into a target and win a prize, only none of the darts ever stick. Humans are often triggered by pot-stirrers using snippets of information designed to instigate yearning, fear or anger. But as the saying goes, "Beware of the half-truth; you may have gotten hold of the wrong half."  As Hercules learned, we need not be distracted by emotional bait dangled before us.