Cancer 3 - Four of Cups - Resting

If you are reading this, thank you so much for being here. This blog is a project that I enjoy working on because tending it has become a deepening source of solace, meaning-making, and oddball pleasure within the cycles of my daily/weekly/monthly life. If you've found any portion of solace, meaning, or pleasure while here, if only for a moment as you stopped by on your way to elsewhere, then thank you, sincerely, for your time.

I'm going to rest for this post. I have been learning from the Four of Cups--not just during this decan (July 11 through 22, 2024) but, in many ways, through this summer. I am full-up with life (a privilege, to have both life and enough relational responsibilities to worry about "keeping my head above water"); I am "at capacity"; I am needing to sit the hell down and be still, for better or for worse, and for periods of time that are not convenient. I am having to pause pretty significantly before accepting the chance to tell the world and, more uncomfortably, myself, that I can of course do that thing and take it on and process it like business as usual. 

The Moon--the planet ruling this decan--is in domicile in Cancer, and I think one signification of this placement is getting comfortable with making things uncomfortable if doing so is what is necessary to provide the care. Tending to what is needed is nourishing in the same way that water is nourishing to life--which is to say, not optional.

BRB. With love, care, and hope for a tomorrow where all people are afforded their rightful access to safety, water, and a chance to live.

The Four of Cups card from Tarot of the Magical Forest. A rabbit sits underneath a tall, thin tree. Three cups are lined up in the front of the image. A small white cloud with a hand extended out of it is holding out a fourth cup towards the rabbit, who has their eyes closed and their paws down on the ground.

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