Angel Paths for July 17 - Seven of Swords
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The Seven of Swords
The Lord of Futility represents the times in life where
we feel too overwhelmed and doubtful to act decisively
toward our problems. It will usually appear when there
are difficult decisions to be made, or when situations
arise that require we take action. Because we are weary,
feeling over-stressed and helpless, we do nothing. As a
result, of course, things inevitably get worse.
Sometimes the card will come up because we have such a
poor view of ourselves. We start to believe that nothing
we do could possibly make a difference to the unhappy
circumstances we find ourselves in. If not challenged,
this attitude will lead us into being poor-little-me's,
when we adopt a victim mentality, and secretly expect
everybody else to sort things out for us.
When feeling the effects of the Lord of Futility, we are
often ready to make unsuitable compromises in order to
try to ease the pressure we experience. We can be more
easily impressed by other people's opinions, seeking to
please them - often at our own expense. We vacillate,
unable to stick to any decision we make. And all of this
does nothing much more than increase our problems.
Neither of these options is viable, if we are to live a
happy love-filled life, is it? So when this card appears
in a reading for ourselves, we need to be prepared to
commit ourselves to a course of action and then follow
through. Even if it transpires that the choice we make
could have been bettered, any choice is better than no
choice at all, when the alternative is total inertia.
Often fear will be a big issue - fear of doing something
wrong, fear of taking responsibility, fear of being even
more hurt and feeling worse than we already do. In the
end, we simply have to take our courage in both hands
and, like The Fool, take that leap forward. The fact
that we have acted will help us to break from of the
Lord of Futility and to move on.
Working with the Seven of Swords
When the Lord of Futility rules the day we are,
inevitably, in for a bit of a tough few hours. Work will
tend to pile up, and conspire against our best efforts
to get through it all. We will often feel as though we
don't want to work, as well, which of course will make
everything feel worse.
We might also fall into the trap of worrying
unnecessarily about things that haven't yet happened,
and probably never will. This wastes our energy and
makes us feel despondent and futile.
So - what to do? For a start, we need to ensure we take
our senses of humour to work with us again! We also need
to look at any pressing fears or worries and ask
ourselves if, realistically we actually KNOW we have
something to worry about. If we are objective and honest
when we answer the question, very often we'll find we
are feeling down in the mouth, and are actively looking
for things to get anxious around. We can do this just to
try to take control of a day on which we feel out of
control. And it probably does us no good at all.
And anyhow - remember - what you put your attention on
grows. Worry about your bank overdraft, and it will get
bigger. Worry about your mound of work and it will
increase. Worry about whether a disaster is just around
the corner and you'll invite one!!
Next - accept in your heart that not every day is
trouble free and hassle-less. And also accept your power
to maximise or minimise the hassles you experience. The
less trouble things give you, despite their troublesome
nature, the easier the most awkward of days will go.
Finally, on a day ruled by the 7 of Swords, don't bite
off more than you can chew. Even if all you manage is a
minor nibble around your work, that's more than you
would have done if you'd spent the day feeling
overwhelmed and overworked. And recognise, at a very
conscious level, that every single task you complete on
a day like this took as much effort as a major triumph
on an easy day - so give yourself just as many pats on
the back as you would have otherwise!
Oh yes, and just one other thing - remember there's only
a 78-1 chance of this card coming up again tomorrow!!
Affirmation: I centre my attention on the task before
me, and complete it with ease.
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