37 Thistle

Providing for others

Thistles may be spiky and unwelcome, but they provide a valuable food source to birds and pollinators, and it is for this reason that the thistle card represents true fulfillment. Like the thistle, you have so much to give, and the world around you is ready to give back. Your found family is there to help you on your journey as much as you have helped them on theirs. This joint relationship is the most emotionally satisfying of all and the pleasure of providing for others is its own reward.

Facing your problems, delayed objectives

Something is holding you back from making progress. Like abundant thistles on the path of your journey, waiting to be a spine in your foot, complications are frustrating but sometimes ultimately unavoidable. You can't move forward while you're bottling up anger and aggravation; whatever the source, find it and confront it. The process of removing that thorn may be difficult and painful, but if you're going to make any progress at all, it will only come after you've faced your problems.