Quality not Quantity

This week I'll be using Le Veritable Tarot de Marseille, restored and reconstructed by Kris Hadar and published by Mortagne. Lee Bursten's The Marseille Tarot Companion will be a resource for reading with this deck. The oracle I'll be using is one I created myself called the Greek Rune Tiles. AlaskaLaserMaid on Etsy burned the designs on cedar tiles for me. Today's draws are the Nine of Cups and Eta:

I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old.

― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter

The LWB for the Hadar describes the Nine of Cups as a departure from adolescence. What does that look like on an emotional level?

• We learn to be flexible and resilient instead of demanding life give us what we want.
• We learn to be responsible, cultivate self-honesty, and admit our mistakes.
• We realize we don't know everything and are willing to listen to other points of view; we seek out opportunities for growth and learn from our experiences. 
• We develop a calm disposition and a confidence that does not feed on being better than someone else.
• We maintain a sense of humor, an open mind and an empathetic response toward others.

Of course no one does this perfectly, we just realize these traits are something worthy of aspiring to and developing. The Greek letter Eta was derived from the Phoenician letter het meaning “wall” or “fence.” It is tempting as adults to see ourselves as founts of wisdom and emotional intelligence while relegating the young to a clueless group. Yet wise maturity depends on the quality of our years, not the quantity.

Sanity Filter

From Hadar's Le Veritable Tarot de Marseille, the Chariot; from the Greek Alphabet Runes, "Eta:"

       In the Chariot we see a triumph, or victory parade, which came after a major military success in Rome. At the beginning of the parade were the prisoners and spoils of war, and behind them came the general in his chariot followed by his soldiers. Yet the parade was also a religious rite; two white oxen were sacrificed when they reached Jupiter's temple. This card reminds me that for most any victory, discipline is needed. The faces on his shoulders suggest my personal likes and dislikes are not important now. I must become a master of myself and not allow my emotions and impulses to drag me hither and thither (like the oxen, they will be my sacrifice).
       Eta was derived from the Phoenician letter het, meaning "wall" or "fence." The words I say, the actions I take and the thoughts I think will all have consequences. If I want their effects to be productive and constructive, I need to send them through a sanity filter first. Some may be "wild broncos" not fit for pulling a chariot. It would be better to enclose them with a protective barrier instead.