The river is life's flow with direction — unlike the ocean's vastness, the river goes somewhere. It is time, the current of a life, the boundary to cross (Rubicon, Styx). Standing at a dream-river, ask: with the current or against it?
Positive Resonance
Flow, direction, the journey of a life, purification in motion
Shadow Aspect
Being swept along, currents too strong, the point of no return