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I stumbled across your site by accident about a year ago and admit to being a skeptic. Over the last year or so I have been stunned by the accuracy of your tarot predictions each week. This Sunday's prediction was for the end to financial hardship. On Monday I received an offer of employment which arrived after over a year of unemployment due to illness. Not only was it a job for which I am well qualified, but also a 40% pay increase over what I was earning before I became unwell, and working in an industry I had never before considered. This not the first time you have been correct -- you've predicted major arguments, frustrations, and unexpected travel. I'm beginning to wonder if there isn't more to tarot than meets the eye!
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I just really feel overwhelmed right now by life! I have already been through a world of changes since February of 2004 (the 23rd, to be exact), and I thought stuff would at least level off some time or other, it just hasn't! I guess I just kinda wanted to know when will life straighten out again ... or at least when will I get through all the mess life has been handing me for over three years now?
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I know. Mess is part of every life ... but sometimes it does feel like we get handed more than our share ... or at least more of our share than we should have to handle at one time. In looking at your chart, I see it's not just one long-term problem you're dealing with ... but the "several things at once" experience ... which is why you're feeling overwhelmed and "attacked from all sides." You've had to cope with people who promised more than they were eventually willing (or able) to deliver ... but that still left you with the unpleasant results of feeling let down by people you depended on, having to compensate for their failures, and maybe deal with the challenges of finding yourself "out on a limb" ... because you trusted you'd have help that just never came through for you.
That, of course, means you have to scramble two or three times as hard just to stay afloat, when if you'd known these folks were going to fall apart on you -- or conk out early, you could have planned not to count on them in the first place. That alone might have made life easier. At least you wouldn't feel so overwhelmed and overextended. You're also dealing with a lot of added responsibilities ... that require you be especially organized, self-controlled, determined and persistent.
You're a Leo ... and these past two years have been a time of especially "hard work and no play" for Leos born early to mid-way through the sign. If it's any consolation, those born during early to mid-Aquarius (!!!), Taurus, and Scorpio have been keeping you company ... or having it even rougher. In some ways, I'd honestly rather have your problems than theirs. But that doesn't mean you're not darn tired of having your nose to the grindstone ... and disappointments and more challenges lurking around every corner.
You do appear to be getting your life together at the moment in ways that leave you far less dependent on the whims and promises of other people. (And maybe you're just learning to be self-sufficient and not rely on others any more than you must -- which is a good thing, because "unstable relationships and partnerships" continue for several years yet ... and the less you have to cope with the fallout of people who just "aren't there for you" ... no matter what their assurances said in the beginning, the more control you'll have over your life, your everyday routines, and the privacy that is so important to you.)
I wish there were better news, but it will be several years yet before life straightens out appreciably for you. The problems you've been coping with will get solved and dissolve, it's true. But new ones will move in to take their place ... and demand your attention. So as far as "life getting easier" ... well, it will be a while yet. (Translation: there are still a few major "learning experiences" waiting to introduce themselves.) The good news is ... they'll at least be different problems, and some of what you've learned through these three tough years you've described will equip you to cope with them more easily for the "experience" you've gained.
So ... life may seem easier to you, even if it doesn't look less stressed to someone seeing it from the outside. Or maybe you'll just be so relieved to get through some of your current concerns and on to "something else" ... even if that "something else" is also demanding, things will be easier ... because the problems themselves are different.
Saturn goes direct this afternoon, in fact, ... and though it won't be "a miracle" ... or even anything quick like "the fog lifting" ... things will gradually start to get easier at least on the "hard work and hardship" front ... since at that point Saturn moves away from your three important planets in Leo, who, apparently have really not welcomed his presence. By September / October, you'll definitely feel some relief ... and life does ease up on this issue of being loaded down with lots of thankless "personal responsibilities" ... starting almost right away. I realize though, the time between here and autumn may still feel like a pretty long slog!
But you've also got planets in early Virgo, which is where Saturn's going next -- toward the end of this calendar year, which will bring its own set of "building new structures and handling challenges" ... just in a different part of life. You don't just get to bid him "good riddance" once and for all. None of us can ... I'm sorry to say.
Thank you for your question. If you need to talk more ... or ask further questions about your concerns ... please consider a personal consultation appointment where you can ask further questions ... or maybe a Pinpoint Problems reading on this matter to clarify issues where you'd like more information.
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Rebecca Brents writes on a wide variety of spiritual and occult subjects, including astrology, tarot, metaphysics, and self-improvement. She publishes the extensive online new age Ezine, The Enchanted Sprite on her website: Enchanted Spirit. Rebecca is also available for personal astrology and tarot readings and consultations.
No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
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Born April 25, 1599
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