We may persist today, on a quest that’s not truly our own. ‘Sir Galahad and the Quest for the Holy Grail’ By Arthur Hughes 1870 {{PD}}
The funny thing about today is that we may feel strong, capable, ready to raise the roof to get what we want–but there is a hidden danger lurking under a layer of bravado (which we may mistake for genuine confidence): it’s that we have already been told, loud and clear, that what we’re aiming for in the moment will not be ours. That’s a hard thing to accept, that something we’ve held dear, dreamed of, and were fairly confident was within reach will never arrive, and we’ve already received this message, the dangerous part being we’ve managed to ignore it. If we insist on continuing our quest, the Universe may step up and put serious, even insurmountable obstacles in our way–and these might have a negative effect in other areas, because we’re daring the Powers-That-Be: I don’t have to listen to you, I want this! And that’s when we are struck by lightning, swept away in the flood, lose our wallet, fall for the scam, marry the wrong person–because we are so sure we know better than the Universe. Oh no, we don’t. We have mistaken someone else’s goal, prize, accomplishment, title, position, or dream for our own. We have been carried off by an idea of Love that is not who we are. Once we admit that, we make room for the dream that’s really ours, the one that suits us down to our toes.
Possibly in addition to this mistaken quest, there is a particular difficulty with matters of Love or Money, or in mistaken values, where with that last we have been honoring something that doesn’t deserve our honorable treatment. In these areas, it’s a matter of ridding ourselves of illusions or delusions, or admitting we’re being lied to. Again, not a pretty picture, but a necessary one, if we are to get to the real Love, Money, or atmosphere we truly resonate with.
Today’s aspects play nicely into our Cinderella Point discussion, which I’ll post a second part on shortly.
(Ceres parallel Zeus, Uranus sq Vesta, Saturn sxt Ceres, Venus sesq Neptune)
Today’s word image is a frightening figure with a ludicrous hairstyle. If not for the comical do, this dark being would be really scary (and if you’ve dreamed about something like this, it’s even more apropos, in terms of representing illusion). What in your life is presenting as formidable, acting intimidating and dangerous, making you worry or actually fearful? Look more closely. There is some detail, some ‘tell’, that will let you know you don’t have to take this entity or environment nearly as seriously as you have been. You’re free to see him/ her/ it as it really is.
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“Its loves illusions I recall. I really dont know love…at all” Joni Mitchell. Both sides now. Indeed we often need to experience both sides now as the tables constantly turn, to understand what is & what isnt, love or what is or isnt our dream to be making our reality. But then being quite eccentric, as well as deeply emotional, highly sensitive, Im inclined to see things diagonally rather than straight up n down or left & right, to me the dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around, which works for me personally to be working with the universe & nature, rather than be anti it. It is all about me, yet it isnt at the same time, to me its all about individually finding the happy medium within, to be able to coexist, sharing the world with other life, our personal dream, doesnt have to rob others of theirs, indeed it can add equally to the richness of the individual dreams. We can try to live someone elses dream, yet we will & indeed can. only ever be truly successful by living our own, because this is what we long to be, where we find a true sense of belonging. “to be or not to be? that is the question” William Shakespeare, & after 57 years of life, making many mistakes & learning from many of them the hard way, I feel safe in the understanding, that for me, the point is, that is also the answer.
Well said, though I differ from you on one small point: I don’t think the dream can choose the dreamer–that’s not only passive, it sounds like there’s something outside us that bestows the dream–but the dream is the essence of ourselves, of who we are–so to me, there’s no way it’s outside us, it arises from within us, with our task being to recognize it as our own.
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Thank you, Julie, I respect that, besides it is food for thought & I do love a good intrigue. How boring would life be without its mysteries & we were all the same 😉
Exactly! Thank you, Debbie 🙂
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