Hello EoT,

if you aren't too busy working on catching up with the readings u missed during ur absence then id love to get your reading and following advice for the next month, id be very grateful

Thanks in advance,
Mike

Hello Mike,  

Please do not worry about such matters as I am completely up to date with my readings as of yesterday Adelaide time, and I am therefore completely and happily at your service for a reading and some friendly advice, which I know that you will intelligently follow in combination with listening to your own inner teacher as to what is right and best for you in your life to live as you decide to.

To be honest and upfront with you, your focus card for this month's effort which was BTW the Seven of Wands does not come up in my readings all that often, when compared to most of the other cards in the Tarot. And as is also the case with most other cards, whether or not you might view this as necessarily being a good or bad thing is mainly a matter of your own personal viewpoint or perspective.

The Seven of Wands is primarily involved with one's current major life challenges during the next six months, and how to most effectively deal with the competition from other people around you for limited resources (such as getting a job, and earning a comfortable and more than adequate income from it).

I am getting with you the distinct impression from your reading that especially between now and approximately the end of July 2011, that this will be a time for you to make big strides towards preparing yourself as best you are able for eventually entering the workforce, once you have satisfied the requirements for that particular type of job through completing any formal studies.

On the face of this card a young man stands on an elevated piece of ground (it would be a gross exaggeration of the truth to call it a hill) firmly holding a wand in both his hands, using it as a staff in order to defend himself from being attacked by unseen assailants also brandishing a wand or staff, who are lower down than he is and are therefore almost out of sight with the exception of their weapons which are just visible.

To gain the maximum advantage over those people with whom we compete for limited and getting more limited by the day resources (we rarely get into a real fight or battle with other applicants for the same course or job these days), we need to find the "higher ground" or to take the "higher ground".

In the good or bad old days men often had to fight with and be willing to kill each other to get what or whom they wanted (such as a mate). So brute strength and trickery and very quick reflexes often were the qualities which separated those who had from those men who had not.

Finding a higher ground gave that person a strategic advantage, as it allowed him to more clearly assess the situation and him being in danger from a higher vantage point where he could more quickly detect the approaching enemy and take whatever precautions and make whatever preparations were thought to be necessary to repel their attacks.

Big castles on a hill with an excellent view of the surroundings were almost unapproachable without the opponents being detected, and being able to shoot arrows and pour boiling oil over your enemy from a height such that they cannot easily respond without either getting fatally wounded or deep fried was generally a very effective way to come out of the conflict on top, and still alive.

But big castles and pouring boiling oil and shooting arrows at the other people who will be competing with you for the same course or job as yourself in future have basically gone out of fashion in the 21st century (with the possible exception of some emotionally unstable psychopathic killers and terrorists who kill a lot of innocent victims in the process if they do not get their way) and frying your competition like fish and chips is no longer regarded as being socially acceptable behaviour.

In our modern, more civilised (?) society and culture, and with as one of the other members said the world economy still being in the toilet, it is imperative that we instead of using lethal force or boiling cauldrons of oil as our ancestors once did find every way that we are able to beat our opponents to the prize, without having to concurrently terminate them.



Consequently I would interpret this card in the context of your reading as a powerful sign or indicator that during the next six monthly period, you should really get down to seriously putting in place the firm foundation for your future career, utilising some of the measures and personality strengths I have suggested in the above two paragraphs in italicised print.

Anything which you can think of using your considerable grey matter (keen intelligence), and which is both practical and affordable as well as which supports or further develops such positive personality traits in order for you to make significant forward progress in the direction of beating your competition, and ultimately claiming your well deserved and earned victory, is what the main message behind this month's reading is trying its very best to communicate to you.  

From your favourite PIC and loyal companion on the long and dusty road of life,

EoT

Eot,

well that's really interesting that i seem to keep getting these "rare" cards haha. Also i laughed at your boiling people to fish n chips comment as well as your deranged psychopath description... oh man. haha

I would never consider a reading to be negative when it sheds light on how to better deal with the events in my life. However, this reading about a career seems very strange to me because i will be in school for another 6 and a half years. I do, however, strongly hate my current job, though there are few other jobs that a person with my age and experience can do to earn so much.

If you are certain that this is about a career or job then by all means i will embrace any opportunities i can to increase my chances at success.

If however this may be about out competing rivals in school, or much more likely a romantic challenge then this makes more sense to me.

All the same i embrace any opportunities i have to better myself and my chances of success in any area of my life, and i kindly thank you for you monthly reading. As always you leave me excited to face my new challenge.


Thanks again from your PIC,
Mike

Mike,  

It was my pleasure, I can assure you.

Yes the reading was very definite about it referring to your future career and job, and not having anything to do with matters of the heart, although having a better paying job than the one you have now would certainly not be unwelcome as establishing a relationship can be an expensive exercise these days when you are trying to impress the woman of your affections.

As for it being another six point five years to you completing your education, my feelings are that it will not be quite as long as you planned.

The reading is not simply making wild predictions about something which may or may not happen in six decimal five years time.

The sense of urgency and the high priority being given to this subject while you are still only 19 years of age strongly suggests to me that this event is much closer than you could ever hope to imagine.

Are you seriously telling me that if the position you had always dreamed about in your area of expertise came up to be filled to before you had finished your schooling and the employer recognised that you possessed qualities which would be an asset to his or her company in spite of you having not finished your studies, that you would then turn down the offer because your course still had a couple of years to run?

I sincerely hope that I misinterpreted what I am reading between the lines from what you have written, when someone with all your intelligence and positive qualities of character appears to be willing to throw away what could potentially be a once in a lifetime opportunity, because it must exactly happen exactly the way that you planned it would, or not at all.

Please send me some comforting words to show me that you would never be so narrow minded to think of throwing away what could turn out to be the best job that will ever come your way during your entire lifetime (and bringing with it an increased income and possibly your future life partner), merely because tradition dictates that that things must turn out that way as they have often tended to do in the past.

Successfully living in and adapting to the challenges of the 21st century is going to require a much less narrow and far less traditional way of thinking on your part than has been adequate in the past, and at 19 years of age you are I feel very well placed to enjoy more than your share of success and happiness, but only if you are able and willing to progressively break away from the old restricting habit of thought of seeing your life on a fixed time line check-list, where everything must happen in precisely the same order as it happened to the people living and working in the 20th century.

Throw your Aussie friend a life line by showing me beyond any shadow of a doubt in your response that you would never do such an unwise thing as looking a gift horse in the mouth (turning down the opportunity of a life time), so that I can confidently assume that you are with me about this during our future meetings/conversations/readings on this forum.

Open your mind to new possibilities and ways of thinking and doing, as the traffic light will only stay green for a finite period of time at each major crossroad in your life, and the next six months could very well turn out in hindsight to be one of them (a major crossroad in your working life that is)

Take good care of yourself,

EoT  

EoT,

how did you ever get the idea i would throw away my dream job, or one that is equally awesome but i have not considered yet, because i didn't go to school for it? :P

Ask my mother and you will know the level of hate i feel for school, which completely revolves around waking me up in the morning  . But, in all seriousness i can't imagine turning down something simply because of a lack of education. Yes, there are factors that would weigh heavily, such as the fact i do not want to live in an area that has below 0 temperatures, field of work, pay, etc., but lack of education (provided the job is available without it) would probably not be one.  I mean i won't go all in without looking at the hand im dealt first, but you can count on me to keep an open mind and heart  

As i stated in my first response, i look forward to bettering myself through whatever means necessary. Whether that means i will be rewarded in 6 months or 6 years.

If there is any doubt left that i would throw away this "opportunity of a lifetime" so easily, then i'm not sure what else to say other than have faith. ;)

From your PIC, pupil, teacher, and friend
Mike

P.S. Opportunity of a lifetime? that's how big this is going to be? wow.