Bison
Facing the storm to get through it faster, generosity from a full body, standing broadside to wind
- Card
- 18 of 52
- Suit
- Earth
- Station
- the trial
- Kingdom
- Mammal
- Tradition
- Plains Nations
In Nature
When a blizzard rolls onto the plains, bison turn and walk directly into the storm rather than away from it, cutting their exposure time in half — the only large land mammal that does this.
The Medicine
When the blizzard comes, every other creature turns and runs — and is chased by the storm for days. The bison turns its great head into the wind and walks straight through, and stands in the sun on the far side while the runners are still being battered. This is the way through: face it, and cut your time inside it in half. And know this too — the bison fed and clothed and sheltered entire peoples, giving everything it was. The one who meets the storm honestly ends with more than enough to share.
The Number
As card 18, the trial, the Bison carries facing the storm to get through it faster.
Shadow
Charging into every conflict as if it were weather, giving from empty reserves.
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