the fox and the hare

Well, I got the hare again. If you haven't been following this blog, I'll just say that this is probably the fifth time in the past week that I pulled a rabbit card in one form or another. But this time, I got the hare with the fox, which to me is a very interesting relationship. To top it all off, it is followed by the two of cups. This has so many implications - I could probably write an entire book on this card pull, but I will try to keep it brief for your sake, and the sake of my children who will probably need some attention soon!

So first - think about the relationship between the fox and the hare. Generally, the fox eats the hare, and the hare dies. We think that is the end, but we forget that death is not the end. We forget that the hare - in ancient lore - is a master shapeshifter. What if the hare has as much to benefit from this relationship as the fox does? What if we try to see this interplay as fundamentally neutral - as we are told by our most advanced spiritual teachers that everything essentially is? Instead of pursuer, the fox becomes a vehicle for the transformation of the hare. The hare is not a victim; rather it is a shining example of invulnerability and transmutation. Look at the hare in this card. It is the bigger of the two. It is standing in front of a mysterious henge. It is guarding four eggs. You can see a beautiful crescent moon in the background. This is not an average hare. This hare represents a mutable, receptive, and feminine energy. The eggs it is guarding are the very symbol of rebirth and transformation. This hare is telling us it is not the victim we think it is. The victimhood associated with the hare in this interplay is a result of our own fear-based projections.

And then there is the two of cups.

I feel like the two of cups - in this context - is asking us to take a look at what we perceive to be separate. What appear here to be two beings are actually part of a larger whole. Our senses, and the way our brains interpret things can be very deceptive at times. The hare and the fox appear to us to be mortal enemies, participating in an endless cycle of pursuer and pursued. But do they see themselves that way, or is there something bigger, something formless and nameless, going on here? I am touching on something that is incredibly difficult to put into words here, but look at the two snakes coiling around the rod in the picture of the card.

This is a Caduceus, which is - among other things - a symbol for alchemy. There is something profound that happens within the space of a relationship where real transformation can occur.  When two whole and complete beings come together towards a common goal, something within them forgets that they are separate at all. This is the fox eating the Hare. This is the Hare - not disappearing - but changing form. Within the space of this dance, beauty is created that is bigger than the sum of its parts. This is where we find the truth in each other, and we begin to approach the very definition of Love.

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I hope you enjoyed my deep thoughts for the day. There are many more where that came from, so I’ll see you again here soon!

xoxo,

erin