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Key phrase:
feeling truly wealthy – a subjective attitude and inner evaluation
·
Feeling
possessive over what you have worked for.
·
Protecting
your money, position, and crafts from others who might want to copy and steal.
·
Feeling
as though you need to put material comfort before spiritual comfort.
·
Take
note – being miserly is no an impetus for spiritual growth.
·
The
4 of Pentacles assumes responsibility for himself – having gained success, he
feels it is better to hang on to position, power, people, attitudes of money.
·
He
is insulated, defensive, feeling that he has no need for others’ input. He has
difficulties in sharing.
·
Spontaneity
and generosity are absent. This card’s opposite is the inability to structure
and organise life. Are we giving too
much of ourselves away without recognising our own needs and priorities?
·
Delusion
that we are separate from other things in our environment. Inference that
wealth marks the end of illusion and recognition of our god-self and oneness
with all.
The 4 of
pentacles is a Shadow card when representing Greed.
Other shadow
aspects: mistaking material possession
for our sense of identity; using material or financial gains to insulate
ourselves; having limited interests in anything but wealth; keeping our
feelings from being readily accessible or understandable.
When this
card appears:
·
Consider
what you are holding onto and whether it might really be holding onto you.
·
You
may need to reorganise your situation or project, including getting more input
from others.
·
You
may be too inflexible in your demands or your view of your issue/situation.
·
Determine
whether you now have the security and confidence to permit you to be more
generous in situations or relationship, or, conversely, whether you give too
much away and now need to protect yourself.
(Echols, Mueller, Thomson, 1996)
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