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Mistrust vs Trust

• having an openness to divine


guidance
• willing to take a leap of faith into
the unknown
• belief that the universe will provide
you with what you need at the time
you need it
• having spontaneity and a sense of
playfulness
• listening to your inner child
• willing to take risks and try
something new without knowing
the outcome because you trust the
process
• abandoning old ways of thinking
Lack of Focus vs Focus
• able to prioritize and make a choice
• taking action on your own behalf rather
than only wishing for change or success
• knowing there is always more to a
situation than meets the eye
• being able to focus your energy
effectively to accomplish your goals
• creating order out of chaos, the ability
to plan and carry out those plans
• the ability to visualize your goals clearly,
seeing your own potential and being
able to visualize the work required to
manifest it
• being practical, energetic, insightful, and
emotionally mature
• discovering the creator within
Superficiality
vs
Intuition
• having complete faith in your
intuition, and making logical
decisions based on your
intuition
• exploring the unconscious
• seeking hidden knowledge
through dreams, images,
feelings, art, tarot, or
astrology
• balancing the intellect and
intuition
Controlling vs
Mothering
• now is the time to establish yourself in
relationship to others
• “The Gret Mother” is the part of you
who knows how to create what you
need
• time to nourish yourself as well as
others
time to heal family relationships
• letting go of the need to control
nurturing individuality
• creating rather than destroying
• a time to get in touch with your body
and sensuality
• allowing others their own truths
Rigidity vs
Stability
• being a respected authority figure
• building something real and solid,
giving form and structure to your life,
having a concrete idea or plan, with
well-deserved power
• energetic, imaginative, and assertive
• having the life force to strive and
succeed
• accepting responsibility for your
actions
• using logic to solve problems
• the loving father figure
• leadership abilities, especially at work
Fanaticism vs
Inner Conscience
• asking your inner teacher for guidance
• informed participation in a group
rather than blind obedience, finding
value in the religion or traditions of
your childhood
• searching for a spiritual or personal
philosophy that is accessible through
word, book, lecture, or service
• having a carefully thought out and
studied personal philosophy that
guides you rather than rules you
• conforming to a belief system or
group because your Higher Self
dictates it
Disharmony vs
Responsible Choices
• trusting love
• the moving of your consciousness
from your intellect to your heart
• making a responsible decision about a
love relationship
• being able to identify the opposites
needed for balance in any situation
• becoming aware of the loving nature
of your Higher Self
• the marriage of mind and spirit
• understanding that both the intellect
and intuition are important for
guidance
Conflict vs
Balanced Control
• activism, triumph and victory through
hard work
• solving a present problem using the
skills of your past experiences
• considering a problem from someone
else's viewpoint
• ying/yang: knowing the necessity of
positive and negative forces to
balance life and cause growth within
• strength and independence based on
taking a full look at yourself
• learning about yourself (inner work)
through the involvement with others
(outer work)
Rage vs
Compassion
• having an inner strength that allows
you to heal yourself and others, the
power to help others by first helping
yourself
• finding a way to make your animal
nature a peaceful companion, making
peace with the dark side of your
nature and extending that compassion
to others
• leadership abilities based on
compassion, being compassionate
with yourself when you make
mistakes, being compassionate with
others for making mistakes
• having courage, strength, and self-
discipline, self-awareness
Fear of the Dark vs
Patient Solitude
• seeking the advice of a psychic, tarot
reader, or astrologer, finding a guru
• accepting the natural rhythm of life,
including aging and death
• being at a crossroads of decision and
renewal, in withdrawing, you prepare
for a way out of the dark
• the ability to solve your own problems
by introspection and listening to your
own guidance
• a spiritual climb that makes you a
lantern in the dark for others
having inner wisdom, radiating a
higher force
Blame vs
Change
• the more you know about your inner
self, the more you choose your own
destiny, a fortunate new beginning, a
new chapter in your life is starting
• observing the overall pattern of your
life instead of the details,
understanding cause and effect and
directing your life accordingly
• understanding that there is an orderly
plan behind the seemingly random
changes of your life, every situation
has the potential for learning
• knowing you are a part of an ever-
changing process, accepting
responsibility for what befalls you
without blaming fate
Imbalance vs Balance
• being true to yourself
• having the ability to be make
adjustments in your life
• a balanced intellect
• having clarity of mind and the ability
to make fair decisions
• being reasonable
• weighing and balancing difficult
decisions
• setting things right
• making amends
• blending your Higher Self with daily
thinking to produce harmony
• being a mediator
Pride vs
Humility
• being suspended in time and being
able to tolerate that suspension
• considering another viewpoint, being
able to look at something from
another angle
• understanding that success requires a
sacrifice, being willing to make a
sacrifice for a larger goal
• losing pride to gain humility
• making a conscious choice which will
have far-reaching consequences
• allowing things to happen without the
need to control
• sacrificing comfort for a greater good
Stagnation vs
Transformation
• letting go of the old to make way for
the new, saying goodbye and
relinquishing in love
• tuning in to the process of rebirth,
understanding that nothing ever dies,
it only transforms
• being comforted during a sad time
• realizing it is the end of a relationship,
situation, or way of thinking/feeling,
and new beginnings will follow the
grieving period
• recognizing it's time to let go of
outdated habits, actions, and
attitudes, being open to change and
the opportunities it brings
Overindulgence
vs Easy Does It
• not rushing or overdoing
• having harmony within relationships
• striving for emotional balance
• using moderation and self-restraint
• allowing higher consciousness to flow
freely into conscious thought
• performing service for others without
thought of selfish gains
• living a spiritual life, but being
concerned with human matters, too
• learning how to balance life's
opposites
Fear & Separation vs
Love & Connectedness
• finding the discipline and courage to
break free of negative habits and
stuck ways of thinking
• understanding your own light side/
dark side which leads to compassion
for others, learning to love yourself
and others
• expressing your sexuality with joy
• having a choice to do things
differently
• accepting your need to lighten up and
play
• confronting your own negative reality
and breaking free of the bondage
Destruction vs
Liberation
• finding inner strength and spiritual
meaning in tragedy and loss
• realizing nothing is permanent
• seeking divine truth, having sudden
insight, having a flash of illumination
• breaking down unhealthy beliefs to
liberate your true self, breaking
through old ways of thinking,
changing false structures and finding
true values
• exercising free choice, living your own
chosen way rather than by convention
• seeing things in a new light
• making room for the unexpected
Denial & Despair vs
Healing & Hope
• belief in a new and better life, having
a sense of purpose
• the calm after the storm, removing all
fear
• an opportunity for new insight into a
situation
• reliance on your higher consciousness
for renewal
• participation in your own healing
• inspiration, gaining a sense of
direction
• having a renewed sense of hope
based on an inner focus and outer
awareness
Confusion vs
Mystery
• relying on intuition for guidance,
trusting feelings and intuition
• recognizing the changes and cycles of
your life
• having vivid memories that help you
understand your situation
• being open to information from
dreams
• being open to the mysteries of your
life
• failing intellect when facing the
darkness and realization that only
intuitive insight can uncover the
depths
Burnout vs
Golden Understanding
• having no need for secrecy
• feeling as though life has opened up
because of some positive
• optimism, positive energy, successful
and action, having abundant energy
• to become a child again and see the
world with joy
• raising the consciousness of golden
understanding; calm self-confidence
• and personal power because you
understand your place in the universe
• reconnecting with your Higher Self
which yields a direct experience with
your Spiritual Source
Paying the Piper
vs Rebirth
• making amends, paying debts that
need to be paid
• reaping what you have sewn
• focusing on what is being gained,
rather than what is being lost, in any
situation
• reaching conclusions, summing up,
hindsight
• a spiritual rebirth and renewal based
on taking responsibility for your
actions and choices
• an increased awareness that leads to
increased responsibility and more
choices
Chasing a Rainbow vs
The Challenge of
Living Here
• a feeling that nothing can overwhelm
you now, standing on solid ground
inside yourself
• without attachment, you are able to
let go of the past and dance into the
future but equilibrium at its center
• feeling untouched by human
problems, yet fully capable of dealing
with them
• the completion of one cycle and the
beginning of another
• being a whole person-not perfect, but
complete

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