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Monday, January 07, 2008 3:12 PM by Brigid Bishop

Fear and Hope, Hope and Fear, Often They Are The Same

When I read tarot cards I use a spread that holds a position for a card to represent your hopes and fears. What many people do not realize is that they are often one and the same. Confused? Let me clarify.

What we hope for is often what we fear, and what we fear, is often our actual hope.

Case in point. I once went after a job that was clearly advertised as "Masters Degree Required", at the time I was in my late twenties, newly divorced, and had only a high school education. (I went back to college only AFTER I achieved an executive level managerial position, they paid for it). Anyway, lo and behold, when I read my cards, the hope and fear position card was the Six of Wands, that card, boiled down to a one word meaning, indicates "Success".

Why would I be afraid of "Success" you may ask, because I am sure you can quite clearly see why I would hope for it.

Well, with two young children and a position requiring you to manage to operate three printing facilities with a total of 1800 employees between them, you can bet I feared it. How many more hours a week would I need to put in to effectively manage these facilities? How often would I have to travel and be away from them? How would I manage their daycare and nightcare? How would they be affected by my physcial absence from the home for extremely long hours? If they hired me with less than the Master's, would I find myself incapable of the daunting responsibilities? Would they? Would I end up unemployed? Etc. etc. etc.

So, yes, quite definitely, our hopes can breed our fears and vice versa.

When I was called for the interview, and then called back for round two, and then flown to corporate, I read my cards again. Guess what my hope and fear card was? Eight of Pentacles, or "Apprenticeship", boils down to new job.........yup, I was scared.

Did I get the job? YES. Did I take the job? YES. Did I succeed? YES. Was I scared? ABSOLUTELY!

But, by EMBRACING MY FEAR, I ensured my success! The next time you have a reading with me we can explore this for you as well!

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