Rabbit
Escape geometry, the kick from the corner, converting terror into forward motion
- Card
- 14 of 52
- Suit
- Earth
- Station
- the seed
- Kingdom
- Mammal
- Tradition
- Native American, Celtic
In Nature
A cornered rabbit can deliver kicks strong enough to break the back of a small predator, and its erratic zig-zag run is calculated to exceed the turning radius of anything faster.
The Medicine
Everyone thinks the rabbit's story is fear. The rabbit's story is what it does inside the fear. It runs in angles no faster predator can turn through, and if it is caught, its back legs fire with a force that can break what holds it. You do not have to stop being afraid before you move. Move within the fear, on lines no one modeled, and keep one strong kick in reserve for the moment of contact. Terror converted into forward motion — that is the whole teaching.
The Number
As card 14, the seed, the Rabbit carries fertility and the bolt from the corner.
Shadow
Multiplying commitments out of scarcity, running so many angles you never arrive.
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