Angel Ariel “The price of admission to a human life is before you leave and go back home again, you are to make a powerful positive, permanent impact on another human soul. That pays for the journey.”.
April 2022 Readings
Guidance for April 24th, 2022: "Balance the Power of Emotion”
This week your emotions could get unleashed after a “great display of power” and this power has the potential to create or destroy- its all in the intention. Sometimes people don’t get it until you lose it a bit. Letting your emotions get whipped up so others can witness their strength & ferocity could be the great motivator to getting something to completion. In contrast, anything you have been suppressing is not helping you nor the situation. Focus on directing your energies towards maintaining a middle ground; nurturing the ability to roll with them instead of expressing extremes. Not paying attention to the uglier or shadowy aspects to your personality could see it bobbing up later to sabotage whatever you are trying to create. Tempering is the trick. You are stepping into new territory & having evenness of your emotions will become important. You’ll come out the winner if you can moderate your creativity, passions, feelings, tears rather than exploding or quashing them down so no one can see what’s truly going on. Address repressed feelings or hurts. Recognize & incorporate them into your full expression of self. You don’t have to feed it but denying will allow it to fester. Maintain balance & pace to stay in touch with your intuition as you ‘cross the finish line’. The inner guidance received will allow you to manage the ebb & flow of events. Stay balanced internally and externally, or else the road ahead could become bumpy. Don't “struggle for air” where it cannot be found. Instead, let go of resistance allowing your head to rise above the water naturally. Breathe and travel smoothly by changing thoughts of resistance into thoughts of persistence. You are in the running to reap the rewards of success after putting in small but constant efforts.
What will help you: Lightening
What will hinder you: Iceberg
Unrealized Potential: Ocean
I Ching 63 Completion
Guidance for April 17, 2022:
“Being Still Rather Than Boxed In”
Theme: Isa
Do this: Death (Reversed)
Don’t do this: Emperor
You may be frustrated that change is not happening as quickly as you'd like and so you are forced to wait for what’s to come. But Isa tells us the pause is necessary to gather strength & clarity before action will be required. Transformation is not anything you can force and like most things it has its own timetable & comes just when it means to. Death reversed says “Resist the new”. Hang on a bit longer and don’t be so eager to embrace the future just yet. Use this time of contraction to examine your will & any emotional distress that’s occurred before life’s distracting pace picks up once again. The pause allows you to face a hard reality, like it or not. If the rush of life had you making bad decisions because you lacked the inner understanding, focus & wisdom of self-counsel, now is the opportune time to course correct. There may need to be internal changes & shifts before anything external is to be executed. There are things of the past that still need to be considered, analyzed or processed. These could be thoughts, beliefs, emotions or relationships that would serve you well to review or revisit. Take advantage of the pause to examine & finally action on eliminating negative life patterns that repeat themselves endlessly….and needlessly. Some personal transformation or re-organizing needs to be done first so avoid being firmly set or resolute in your thinking since the Emperor insists on doing what he’s resolutely determined to do. Avoid being rigid & unwilling to be receptive to another course of action including doing nothing at all. Isa asks the Emperor to have some humility as you don’t have it all figured out. Don’t be so sure that everything is set in stone -leave room for surprises.
In regard to others, you may know better but leave well enough alone & keep sagely advice to yourself.
Guidance for April 10, 2022: “Now’s Not the Time”
It would be a serious error in judgement and not worth tempting the good time you are enjoying by trying to persuade others to your arguments or try to sell anyone on anything as it will not go well for you. One would think it’s the perfect time to pitch an idea or have a discussion while the wine flows & everyone’s feeling good, but it could turn sour quickly & result in a wounded ego as well as reputation. You may be misjudging another’s receptiveness to your proposition or conversation. Now’s not the time. Know your audience & appreciate there’s a time & place for everything or else risk damaging a relationship whether it’s in your professional or personal life. Mixing business with pleasure or bringing up something controversial during a family get together may result in damnation, prejudice & a loss of faith in you. People could turn on you. Communication is cut off- Coolness sets in. Both the Hermit & Standstill warn “Wise men note that the situation is dangerous - Retreat into introspection, modesty and meditation”. Very little of value can be accomplished at this time so withdraw but keep the faith. Consider revisiting this thought when everyone’s sober or under quieter circumstances. Let somber introspection rule & keep quiet until you know where you stand before introducing any new ideas. In the meantime, just enjoy the party & each other’s company.
Situation: Cheerfulness
Action: Merchant (reversed)
Outcome: Priest (reversed)
Advice: The Hermit/ 12 Standstill
Guidance for April 3, 2022:
“Being on the Right Track”
Theme: Father
Strength: The Thinker
Weakness: The Father
Advice: I Ching: 24 The Turning Point
Life, with all its twists & turns, can make things so difficult that it’s easy to lose direction & feel lost. In these moments, it helps to have an instructing force providing guidance to help ease the hardships and problems we all must go through. So whether it’s you coaching another as a father would or The Father providing guidance here for you, it’s never an easy task to deliver difficult life truths; well-meaning messages that although hard to hear, are for our own good. If playing the fatherly role, your strength is in your ability to put aside emotional feelings for the time being and focus on the rational while pulling on your wealth of experience. Your advice may be hard to take but don’t get tied up in knots about having to deliver this message. Adopt a level headed approach and come from a place of sincere instruction. All you can do is cheer them on by the sidelines and assist by calling out when they have gone afoul. Encourage them to stay on course & accept responsibility knowing that no one can travel the path of their life but them. The advice here is to return to walking the proper path and forgiveness for oneself if they have traveled down wrong roads in the past. A new turn in life is on the horizon and a new cycle is set to take place. Don’t let them get so used to hopelessness that they cannot recognize regeneration is around the corner.
If it’s you having trouble finding your way, remember to play on your strength of having the ability to think things through…to make decisions using common sense, analysis & reason rather than impulse or illogical emotionality. Be aware that overthink could leave you in knots complicating matters further. Leave the complicated & return to the simple. Return to what you know. Don’t force change but be receptive & let things progress at a natural pace. You just have to start doing something -heading in some direction- the rest will sort itself out. Remember that nothing lasts forever and although it may seem confusing not knowing what’s coming up around the bend, the scenery is forever changing despite the occasional standstill. It’s in these moments of inertia where you can fine tune any plans, do additional research or learn a new skill. Life will pick up again. Take care of the basics & yourself in very simple ways. Enjoy the relaxation when you can get it trusting that life will bring a new phase soon enough, just when you need it