TRUTH OR LIE

If a lie is repeated often enough, it becomes the truth. Wherever, though, truth is stranger than fiction, no amount of repetition will render it believable. We see what we want to see... and accept what we want to accept. This is why, though people are often easily deceived, they are very difficult to enlighten. If you can't get across the message that you really want to get across, get across a message that some folk ARE willing to hear... and which will at least go some way towards accomplishing something useful.

The world is spinning. It doesn't stand still for a moment. Indeed, not only is it spinning, it is circling the Sun while is itself spinning. Even the Sun is in orbit around some distant part of the galaxy. No wonder we all feel so dizzy. No wonder, too, that we all cling so tightly to anything that suggests it will supply stability and security. Actually, though, you have nothing to fear from a source of upheaval in your world. Indeed, the more change it brings to a part of your emotional life that has grown stale, the happier you will eventually become.

If everything really is predestined, what does that make us? Robots? Puppets? Why waste all that mental energy trying to reach decisions? Why eat up all those emotional reserves on worry? If nothing we can do will make a difference, we may as well just do nothing. Ah, but we can make a difference. Ah, but it isn't all set in stone. Ah but we are neither robots nor puppets! The personal, moral choices that you make will turn out to have a big, positive impact on the way your future turns out.

 These are intense times. You have been grappling, for some while, with some difficult and draining issues that have arisen in the realm of your emotional life. Yet it is not actually your circumstances that are causing all the stress. It is what they remind you of, what they trigger within you, what fears they touch upon. You can take most things in your stride as long as you feel you know you can trust yourself and the people closest The best way to persuade someone of something is to make them think that it is their idea. Drop subtle hints. Hold leading conversations. Patiently lead a person down the road you have already travelled and wait for them to draw the same conclusions that you have. An argument now is based largely on the fact that two people have had a different experience. There won't be agreement until each understands what the other is talking about, facilitate that discovery.

 How far should you go? At what point should the voice of common sense be allowed to drown out the voice of impulse? But right now, some of your emotional and psychological limits need to be pushed a little. Your boundaries need to be redrawn. Your deepest passions need to be at least acknowledged. These are not all wild, indulgent urges. Many of your strongest most heartfelt feelings are intuitive visions that deserve respect.  Slowly you'll begin soon, to feel more confident. That will make everything less intense.

Great generals are not afraid of defeat. They may not be so foolhardy as to lead their troops into a battle they can't win, but nor are they so cautious as to keep away from conflict simply because there's a small chance of failure. We can't guarantee  for an unforeseen problem. You're right to acknowledge that risk, and to do all in your power to reduce it. At the same time, though, during this strangely challenging, yet you must keep up a crucial fight.

 'Breaking up is hard to do.' So goes the song. Ah, but is it? For some folk, it is all too easy. The slightest remark can trigger an avalanche of aggravation. Resentments, simmering away below the surface, can bubble up and boil over in no time. You get a choice now, about whether to fuel a feud or heal a wound. Be the one to reach out and make a genuine gesture of conciliation. Whether future paths go separate ways or stay together, it is better if all is done in a spirit of respect and good faith.

What if you have been hypnotised? What if, while you were in your trance, you were programmed to respond to a key trigger? You were told that, the moment you heard 'hippopotamus' you would... Ha! Look! There you go. That clearly was the word. What strange behaviour you just exhibited, trying to make an important point. You do have disproportionate responses sometimes, sparked off by associations in your subconscious. Watch for that and you'll be fine!

 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.' The best route forward in your emotional life now involves taking another good look at something you've already got, some opportunity that already exists or some factor that you're tending to take far too much for granted. It's fine to want what you want, but it's silly to assume that in order to get it, you've got to go too far from where you already are or alter some arrangement or involvement beyond recognition. If you seek change now, begin by seeking a change in your own heart.  

How are you supposed to stand up against the combined might of the forces of fate and fortune? They have decided your destiny. Their committee has met. Their edict, while it has yet to be formally declared, is written, ready to be read. It is all a done deal. You can accept it gracefully or resentfully. That's about your only choice. Er... isn't it? Well, as a matter of fact, that's not how things stand. You've got the power to change it all. As you'll discover to your delight this week, the last word has not yet been spoken.

 Secretly, in your heart of hearts, you've got a high hope or a great expectation. You feel it is imperative to acknowledge this and act on it as soon as you can. You don't want to miss an opportunity through dithering or doubting. But in the realm of deep emotional response and involvement, it is one thing to be highly motivated, another to make moves in haste that may then be regretted at leisure. What matters now, is that you really allow enough time to be sure of what you so strongly suspect.

Existence is a selfish thing. No matter how close to someone we may be, and no matter how much thirst they may be experiencing, when we turn on the tap, we can only quench our own parched throat. So much for sharing! Although, as they never fail to point out at the beginning of a flight, once we have put on our own oxygen mask, we will be in a better position to help others gain access to theirs. Now to some extent, you MUST put your own need first. Only after that can you work the magic you need to work.

 What's done is done. So what about what isn't done? Is it now too late to do it? Not if it needs doing. Not if it's something you really feel you want to do. If, though, you are only doing it because you feel you ought to, you may like to hang fire. You are dealing with a changing situation in your emotional life. What recently seemed essential may well, by now, be irrelevant. Feel free to wait a while and see which way the wind is blowing. What has already happened so far still needs time to be properly digested by everyone.
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Is there something wrong with your secret superpower? How could you possibly doubt yourself in that way? You are powerful enough to know when extraordinary magic is needed and when you merely imagine that you require otherworldly assistance. There are times in all our lives when it is better for us to fail than to succeed. There are times, too, when we think we want something really badly, but it would turn out to be a terrible thing if we were ever to get it. You are not being let down, you are being helped out.

 It is one thing to live in fear of loss of liberty, another to be afraid of freedom itself. To some extent, in one aspect of your emotional life, you are like a creature that has been caged so long that it has forgotten how to fend for itself in the wild. The notion of a key to unlock your prison seems more like a threat than a promise. Your instincts are stronger than you realise. Provided you don't deny them a chance to surface, you will remember all you need to know about the joy of self-sufficiency within seconds of release.

What if something fails to fall neatly into place? What if, in an attempt to clean up a mess, we end up making a situation even messier? What if we are all doomed and our lives are never going to get easier? Once you start travelling down the road of pessimism, you soon discover that it stretches a mighty long way. Fears become self-perpetuating. Potential problems breed like microbes in a dish of warm jelly. One bright, inspiring thought, though, can turn a dank dungeon into a palace of light,you will !

 To realise that although people quite like seeking advice, they rarely enjoy taking it. I always used to be puzzled. I would do my best to weigh up a cosmic conundrum and then dutifully deliver the most meaningful answer I could. People would nod sagely and seem genuinely grateful, yet their lives would not alter one iota. They didn't actually want to do anything; they just wanted to complain. Now, why do you think I am mentioning this with regard to your emotional life at the moment?