Daily Draw - Justice, The Devil, Five of Swords (& Page of Cups)

Early this morning, I drew Justice, The Devil and Five of Swords. I was still tired because it was pretty early, so I said to myself, "What is this about?" and I turned over the deck to see the bottom card for a clue. It was the Page of Cups (the card that represents my son). I laughed, because it was crystal clear. The cards were acting out a situation that had just occurred.

About five minutes earlier, my son told me that the girls (who are younger than him) sometimes hit him, but they never get in trouble for it. But when he hurts them on accident, I tell him to stop. He said it wasn't fair that they don't get in trouble for hurting him on purpose, but he gets talked to if he hurts them accidentally during play. I normally don't get involved in their fights, I let them work it out themselves. They are always play-fighting, so someone is bound to get hurt. But they get into it voluntarily, so they know the risk involved. Also, if the girls are pissed, they will sometimes hit him, whereas he would never hit them out of anger. Although they don't hit him hard enough to hurt him, it's the principle of it. This must really have been bugging my son if he brought it to my attention, so I told him he was right, that it wasn't fair at all. So I talked to the girls about it. I told them that they couldn't hit their brother, unless it's in self defense. They reluctantly agreed, but we'll see if they actually acquiesce.

While I was looking at these cards, my son came over and started laughing. He said, "Hey! That looks like what I was just talking to you about the girls, and me asking you to make it more fair." I told him I was thinking the same exact thing. The behavior of the "Devilish" girls compared with his behavior towards them is unbalanced and has left him feeling taken advantage of (Five of Swords) so he brought it to my attention so that I could do something to make it right (Justice). I saw the girls in the Devil card as the two gummies being chained... they need to be restrained a bit in this situation and not free to do whatever they please to their older brother, just because they are smaller than him. And I, serving as Justice, need to be more aware about the fairness being even all around.

It's amazing how dead-on these cards were this morning!

Deck: Gummy Bear Tarot by US Games