The Mediator

no matter what the story is, I can suit my self and play my part

Symbols

Fox, Donkey, Owl, Crow, Rose Tree, Fleur-de-lis, Banjo, Morning, Early Summer

Keywords

Complexity: mixed emotions, dilemma, nuances, harmony, synergy, creativity, free thinking, humor, wit

Tolerance: moderation, leniency, forgiveness, understanding, humanity, working together, bending the rules, looseness, imperfection, politics, opportunist, corruption

Ambivalence: in between, straddling the fence, fluid boundaries, change, transition, adaptation, transformation, poetic justice, craftiness, ambiguity, neutrality, double-think

Examples

Movie Clips & Videos:

Mere surmise, sir – A Serious Man

I am that merry wanderer of the night – Dead Poets Society

It's complicated – Fantastic Mr. Fox

Latin Names Scene, Toast To Our Survival – Fantastic Mr Fox,
Gideon Grey's Apology, Hopp's Final Monologue – Zootopia,
A Wise Rose – A Little Chaos

Why Are Things Funny? - Absurdism & Humor,
Trickster gods– Joseph Campbell

"The fox is here on earth and that friendship must last, otherwise it is meaningless, but now the fox makes him realize that at the same time he has an obligation to the rose. He should have not concluded that he has to go back to his rose; He should have fallen into a conflict because now he has a friend on both planets. But it does not even occur to him that through the fox he has got into a conflict!

Life itself is a conflict because it always means the collision of two tendencies. That is what makes up life, but the realization escapes the little prince completely or he escapes the realization. It is one more of those little, but fatal, turns in the story which points toward the tragic end."

–Marie-Louise Von Franz, The Problem of the Puer Aeternus, p. 97

Podcasts:
What's Left When You're Right (Radiolab),
Another Tequila Sunrise (This American Life),
Conan O'Brien podcast with Stephen Colbert,
Hermes: Divine Trickster (This Jungian Life)

Writings:
Putting your self on the line and playing a part in your story,
Wisdom Lies in Accepting Your Own Foolishness,
The Nuanced Relationship Between Agency and Victimhood,
How to Negotiate Our Capacities for Good and Evil,
Are These Rules Worth Breaking?,
The Politician Is The Malformed Monster Of Our Coexistence,
I'm Ok – You're Ok

Performance, Locus of Control, Ingenuity, Self-Reliance,
Totem, Daemon, Symbolic Boundaries, Liminal Being, Trickster,
Id, Ego & Superego, Higher Self, Humor, Comedy, Shapeshifting,
Poetic Justice, Politics, Politically Correct, Ambivalence

Literature:
Puss in Boots,
Robin Hood,
Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream,
Reynard the Fox,
The Musicians of Bremen (Brothers Grimm)
(The story that in part inspired this card, except I traded the rooster for a crow and owl, and the cat and dog for the anthropomorphic fox)

"A donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster (or hen), all past their prime years in life and usefulness on their respective farms, were soon to be discarded or mistreated by their masters. One by one, they leave their homes and set out together. They decide to go to Bremen, known for its freedom, to live without owners and become musicians there ("Something better than death we can find anywhere")."

Songs:
Harmonium (english lyrics),
Let Her Dance – I Fought the Law (The Best of Bobby Fuller Four)
The Perfect Life (Moby with Wayne Coyne)