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Napoleon Bonaparte, early 19th century French military commander, said, “Circumstances – what are circumstances? I make circumstances.” You have to wonder what was going through Napoleon’s mind at Waterloo, his final defeat. Do you think he was content with the circumstances he made in that battle?
Unfortunately, the guillotine of personal adversity and fate slices right through that promise and proves there are limits in life, like when your goals conflict with your destiny.
Although you may think you have nothing in common, you really have a lot more in common than you believe. Shared long-term timing trends, derived from the full date of birth, especially in the extreme (the symbolism being more obvious, negative or positive) depict shockingly similar personal life themes.
Heightened frustration—in this case from about mid February until about mid March–is more common under these Mercury retrograde related circumstances, especially in regard to making progress with new projects and endeavors.
When is the last time someone you know well changed so much that you didn’t readily recognize his or her unique character? Never. It simply doesn’t happen. A tiger doesn’t change its stripes, as the saying goes.
Relationships, and the key circumstances of your life, appear to be arbitrary, but they are absolutely mapped. It’s like driving around in a strange city. The road you happen to take leads somewhere, you just don’t know where. Not knowing where it leads to doesn’t negate the fact that the beginning leads to the result.
Stubbornness is fairly common and can be classified as a subconscious defense pattern, like defiance, self-deception, and excessive secrecy. Unconscious defenses form as self-protective measures, and some are much more adverse than others.
Shared collective timing representatively brings people together, then when they phase out of the shared timing, the relationship falls apart. This dynamic can also relate to professional connections.
A common (respectable) primary motivation is ego needs (recognition); a person’s self-image is strongly tied to public acknowledgement of their accomplishments.
By tracking the astrological happenings in the bar graph below, you can still get a sense of the cyclical nature of life, and even gain enough insight to help mitigate some of the challenges in your own life.