"Tough Love with a Velvet Touch"

This week speaks to the patience needed to support another as they learn, study or improve themselves academically. It’s about giving the space for someone to grow & overcome challenges while restraining the urge to leap up & take over. The figures in the Prince of Books suggests someone more learned taking lead or a dominant role in the situation. A master instructing another master in-training so to speak. Some of us have forgotten what it’s like to be in the place of the student, novice or the untrained. When one knows the material or it’s become routine to us at this point in our lives, one can become impatient at the lack of comprehension, motivation or slow absorption of someone learning this stuff for the first time. The cards suggest adopting the traits of both the Wolverine & the Page of Birds to overcome the challenge of us having a lack of patience while teaching this student. Now, there couldn’t be more opposite methods of instructing than in the Wolverine & the Page of Birds. The energy of the Wolverine aggressively meets this challenge head on, takes absolutely no BS and has no problem saying NO when his boundaries are breached. And while they are seen as respected leaders, their assertiveness can be regarded as scary which will not help your pupil learn any faster. His raw attitude must be tempered by the Page of Birds. (When appearing in readings, the suit of birds represents a family member or another individual extremely close to the querent requiring a delicate course of action to preserve the bond.) The Page of Birds encourages thoughtful contemplation & consideration, making use of pauses to consider next steps. He suggests taking time outs while training allowing you both a chance to get your head straight minimizing mounting frustration levels. Yet too many pauses will delay progress which calls on the Wolverine to step in. Here The Lovers help to bridge the gap suggesting making a conscious choice to use a little of each to take on the issue at hand. A deftly orchestrated dance swinging between the two polarities of approach, all the while remembering that you do this out of unconditional love and not selfishness or coercion.