Love and pain is her reward
She mothers best who breaks the cord

Your mother is normally the first person you have a relationship with. That relationship becomes a model for every other human relationship that follows, so understanding it, its strengths and its weaknesses, is key to understanding every current relationship you find yourself in.

The Mother card, then, asks us to examine our connection and bond with our mothers, and see what light it sheds on the relationships at the heart of the specific problem or issue we are exploring with the Psycards.

Like the Father card, there are also associations with the "idealized mother". Warmth, support, protection and generosity are all supposed to be elements of good motherhood. It is about feeding and comfort and security and homebuilding; it is about nursing and caring.

The Mother card can also warn us about particular dangers, particularly possessiveness. The best mothers are those that love their children unconditionally, but give them the space to be free and stand on their own two feet.