The message of this card is that freedom comes from understanding. We are not free whenever we base our happiness, our self-worth, and our satisfaction in life on the opinions and good will of others, on the whims of fortune, or on anything external to ourselves. We do not have control over the opinions and good will of others. We do not have control over the whims of fortune. We do not have control over anything external to ourselves. We have varying degrees of influence over these things, but we do not have control. Anytime you make your happiness, your self-worth, your satisfaction in life dependent on anything out of your control, you are a slave.
Be your own source of happiness. Be happy when you know you have done the best you can to do the right thing, to take good care of yourself and others, to be true to who you really are. No one can take this away from you. Be your own source of self-worth. Feel self-worth when you know that you are a kind, loving, and decent human being. No one can take this away from you. Supply your own satisfaction in life. Be satisfied with a life of compassion, loving-kindness, harmony, and inner peace. No one can take this away from you.
Freedom is available to any of us at anytime. All we have to do is look within.
"In the inner world, freedom is the highest value - everything else is secondary, even blissfulness, ecstasy."