Never regret a day in your life. Good days can give happiness, but even bad days can build experience. Worst days can still offer lessons, while best days can create cherished memories.

There is an ancient but well-known saying among sailors: A good seaman weathers the storms he cannot avoid, and avoids the storms he cannot weather.

Rods represent energy in its many forms, including action, creativity, desire, passion and spirituality. It is the suit of ambition, drive, enterprise, initiative and risk-taking.

The author Christan Nestell Bovee once wrote, “The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity, and execute with vigor; to sketch out a map of possibilities, then to treat them as probabilities.”

The poet Henry David Thoreau once asked, “Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.”

There is a French expression “entre chien et loup” (literally “between dog and wolf”) that evokes the uncertainty over whether something new and mysterious will turn out to be friendly or hostile.

Actions have consequences. Some consequences can be immediate and obvious. And sometimes, choosing to act for a short-term gain may overlook a potential long-term result.

Patience is a virtue, but some choices have a time limit.  If our doubts keep us from making an important decision that may involve change, a great opportunity may be missed.

With great power comes great responsibility.  This modern saying has been noted for centuries.  Moliere added, “It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.”

How can you tell an infatuation from a true first love?  Your first love may be the sweetest, yet the first cut will be the deepest.  A first love doesn’t have to be perfect.  It just needs to be honest.

It has been said by many that the opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.  At its extreme, those that completely lack empathy for others are often inhuman and open the door for true evil.

Sometimes, just one of something isn’t enough.  Even someone in control of their own resources may want to gain more, and in doing so overreach.

Security is not the absence of danger. It is the presence of stability and certainty, no matter what the situation. That strength can come from external sources, or from within your own core.

Sooner or later, everyone has the experience of finding themselves in completely unfamiliar new surroundings. Some people adapt to fit in, while some insist on continuing to do things their own way.

Blades represent mental activity, intellect, thought and decision.  It is the suit of the deliberate mind and its rational abilities, capable of piercing distraction and illusion to arrive at truth.

“Oh, what a tangle web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.” This quote itself is even deceptive, as most people believe it comes from Shakespeare, while it is really from a poem by Sir Walter Scott.

There is an ancient African proverb, originating in Swahili, that means, “Unity is strength. Division is weakness.” This is true of groups, but also true of the aspects within oneself.

It is said that beauty is only skin deep. But true inner beauty comes not from the surface, but from deep within, starting with the very soul and spreading its way outward with every action.

Into all lives, some rain must fall. It is impossible to completely avoid all adversity. Even death is inevitable. But how we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life.

Cups represent the deep inner workings of emotion, intuition, the subconscious and the psychic. It is the suit of fantasy and feelings, imagination and love.