Last night I dreamt that I woke up one morning and went out to my car only to find a bear sitting in the back seat. At first, I was afraid - the bear was large and imposing.

Then Bear (for that was the bear's name, he being not so much an individual bear, but rather, bear-ness itself) spoke: He told me that he had wandered from his home (Yellowstone State Park) along the rivers and through the forests during the night and when he awoke in the morning, he found himself in the city. The city was not where Bear wanted to be. He had gone too far in the darkness and now, here he was, stuck in a place in which he did not make sense and did not belong.

And so I agreed to help Bear get home.

That was the dream and a point of departure for my own attempt at returning to belonging and making sense.

Here, we have the Knight of Wands.

Wands are creative/intuitive and the Knight of Wands symbolizes putting an idea (likely creative or challenging to existing modes of being) into action. Both Bear and Knight of Wands represent bravery, courage and self confidence.

They urge us to channel our intuition and to open ourselves up. Trust in your ability to change course. The time for introspective hibernation is over, now we must re-awaken, rub the sleep from our eyes and make an inspired move without over-thinking it. Act first, think later. No more letting the winds blow us where they will.

Perhaps we, too have been wandering in the darkness only to find ourselves far away from where we want to be. Bear and the Knight of Wands join forces to help deliver us back to the place we belong.