Why Courage is in the deck
Courage is card 29, in the Self cluster. It was picked for a split in what the word asks of a person.
One reading says courage means having no fear. The other says it means doing the thing while you’re still afraid. There’s a third reading: walking away can take courage too. Leaving a job, a city or a friendship can be the brave act, even when nobody calls it that.
Read from different places
Courage is a big word with small stories inside it. Someone may think of a first day somewhere new. Someone else may think of a parent, or of the day they said no.
Because it’s a heavy-sounding word, a light answer is fine. A short story about a phone call can carry as much as a long one about a crisis. It sits in the Self cluster with Regret, Passion and Adulthood.
The other side: Bicycle
The other side is Bicycle. It was picked for one scene: a parent letting go of the seat, and a child riding alone for the first time. It can bring a story of first independence.
How to play this card
Draw it. Choose a side: Courage or Bicycle. Roll the die. Look at the word from that side.
The die has six words: MEMORIES · BODY · PEOPLE · VALUES · CHILDHOOD · FUTURE. Wherever it lands, you choose how much to say.
Keep going
- Regret · card 09
- Passion · card 13
- Adulthood · card 18
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