SÍLA – láska

In love, STRENGTH tells you that volume is not an argument.

Look closely at the card, where a woman in a white dress bends over a mighty lion, holding its head with both hands — but not squeezing it, rather caressing it, while the animal's mouth is open, yet it does not bite.

And notice the most beautiful detail: what holds the lion is not a chain and not a rope, but a rosary. The beast wears a leash woven from flowers — because what is wild in you or in another cannot be restrained with iron: the animal fights against iron, but nothing fights against flowers.

If you are in a relationship, this card speaks of an argument that has been going on the same way for months: you raise your voices because you believe that whoever is louder is heard better. But it's the other way around — what you say loudly, the other person doesn't hear, they only endure it, and in the meantime, they learn that they need to defend themselves against you.

Look at the woman's hand: she is not tearing the jaw, but holding it, as one holds the face of a sick child. With such a hand, even the most difficult sentence can be spoken.

And notice that she wears no armor. She stands before a lion in a simple white dress, because armor not only protects but also sends a message: it tells the other that you expect a fight — and whoever sits down to talk in armor will indeed get a fight.

If you are alone, the lion is your wound: that old anger that resurfaces with every new person. Do not kill it, for with that you would kill what makes you live — just hold it gently and ask what it protects.

This card belongs to the Lion and to Fire, so it does not speak of cold endurance: gentleness is not the absence of fire, but the direction of fire. Whoever believes that gentle people have no passion has never seen a truly gentle person up close.

What you say out loud, he does not hear. He merely endures it.

Look closely at the card, where a woman in white robes bends over a huge lion, holding its head with both hands — but not squeezing, rather caressing it, while the animal's mouth is open, yet it does not bite.

And notice the most beautiful detail: what holds the lion is not a chain, not a rope, not a strap, but a rosary. The beast wears a leash woven from flowers.

This is your message tonight, because what is wild in you or in him cannot be tamed with iron: the animal fights against iron, but against flowers, nothing fights, because there is nothing to fight against.

You have an argument that has been going on for months in the same way, with the same sentences, and you both raise your voices, because you believe that what is said louder is heard better. But it's the other way around: volume is not an argument, and the other person at this point does not hear you, but learns that they must defend themselves against you.

Now look at the woman's hand, because she is not tearing or straining the jaw, but holding it — as one holds the face of a sick child. With such a hand, even the most difficult sentence can be spoken, and it will be heard.

Also notice that she wears no armor: she stands in a simple white dress before a lion, with her hand in its mouth. This is not thoughtlessness, but the card's bravest assertion, because armor not only protects, but also sends a message — it signals that you expect a fight. He who sits down to talk in armor will indeed get a fight.

And observe the animal's tail: it hangs down, it does not lash. This lion is not defeated, but calmed — because he who suppresses anger within himself builds a cage, and from then on, guarding the cage becomes his relationship.

And above its head floats the horizontal eight, the sign of infinity, because this kind of strength does not run out: willpower is exhausted, but patience regenerates — so you don't have to shout to be heard.

Tonight, do not raise your voice. Not because you are wrong — but because you are right, and you want him to receive that message.

In the reversed position, the hand that caressed the lion turns inward: you hurt yourself with the same passion with which you can be gentle with others.