Today’s card is The Maiden from the Dreams of Gaia Tarot. This card reminds us that we are all free beings and that family, peer and social influences are just that: influences. You don’t have to listen to any of them.

This card shows a brown-haired maiden wearing a flower crown and a dress made of spring leaves. She is attended by butterflies and bunnies and she walks a mysterious path towards a clearing in the forest. She walks barefoot without fear of hurting herself. A sacred waystone marks the route, but will she follow it?

Sometimes our limits are self-imposed, and the dreams we don’t follow are those we forget to work on. The Maiden is full of childlike innocence yet filled with adult maturity: she has the wisdom of a mother, but without being tied down by a child. It’s okay to not want to put roots for a while, but remember that a home is an essential need.

Know that as a free being, you are free to seek your own answers to all the questions you have. You do not have to listen to received ideas about anything; you can make your own enquiries, consult peers and mentors, and make up your own mind.

In the end, The Maiden is here to remind us that innocence is not childish: it’s important to look at the world with a beginner’s mind, at least once in a while, in order not to become jaded.