What is my lesson for the day?-} Chariot (Jane Austen & New York)


The Chariot symbolizes being totally in tune with a fast-moving process or event; aware of the tolerances and limitations of the situation and understanding instinctively how to act and react in order to direct or affect movement from within. It can be about immersing yourself in the situation so you can exert control over it and direct its course. The more immersed you are in the transition or growth process, the more involved you are with the energies and harmonies of the change, the better you'll be able to see and direct them.
"Positive: Events are moving quickly but you understand the situation well enough to know, instinctively, how to act or react. You know how to handle yourself within the situation, so go ahead and immerse yourself in the current transition or growth process. The more you are involved with the energies and harmonies of the changes, the better you'll be able to use and direct them.
Upright: You are in a situation where transition is occurring at an amazing rate. You are completely involved and attuned to the fast pace of the changes that are happening in your relationship, home, career, or worldly situation. You sensitively shift, balance, and react to participate in keeping things moving." - Gail Fairfield.
Heedless, passionate and headstrong Mary Crawford gallops across this card as she gallops through the tale of Mansfield Park. She is a sparkling and attractive personality who attracts us by her very vibrancy. She is engaging and charming although she charges ahead in full pursuit of her own goals and desires. She disregards social convention and custom when it suits her purposes or would stand in the way of her goals. During the course of Mansfield Park, Mary also exhibits a certain moral flexibility that ultimately estranges her from Edmund Bertram.
I can see this card giving me a two-folk lesson today. One is that it's time for me to take the reins in my hand and move forward with my life. I've put things on hold for long enough. I need to start steering things instead of just taking a passive, passenger role. If I do not start guiding these horses they will run rampant and endanger me.
At the same time I need to take the story of Mary Crawford as a cautionary tale. Being strong-willed is a positive trait, a strength. However being heedless of how my actions may impact others or how it defies convention. My life is not as subject to those rules and conventions as a Regency era lady's would be, but there are still expectations I have for myself. I expect to live a life that makes some kind of difference in the world, even if only in a small way. After all even small acts can prove to have profound impact on our lives and those around us.


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