My birth date is 11/27/48. Life has been tough lately. I can’t find work, had to fight to get grant money to upgrade my skills, and have been fighting the VA to upgrade my disability. I was at a metaphysical fair a while back, and while looking at some merchandise, a woman walked up to me and told me that the universe wants me to rest, and that’s why I’m having all these problems, why I can’t seem to get a job, etc. Does the universe/spirit decide such things as when I need a rest in my life? I have worked most of my life and have chosen to remain single. I have gone through all my assets and I am scared I will not have enough to retire on. If what that woman said is true, the universe/spirit has picked the worst time to force me to rest. I don’t know if I can handle much more, especially living here in the desert. What do you think?
– Karen
Dreamchaser:
Karen, you say that “the universe/spirit has picked the worst time to force” you to rest. Would there have been a better time in your life? Were you ever at a point where you were able, in any form, to take a rest? I would venture to say the answer to those questions is “no.” There is no good time for struggle. We tend to say, “Why now?” Well, as I said, there is never going to be a better time.
Whenever we struggle in any way (with finances, health, faith, etc.), we try to find a solution or an answer. The iceberg theory applies here: We can usually only see the tip of things. Under the surface, there is a huge mountain of ice that is keeping everything frozen. You cannot see why this is happening, so your efforts to try to fix things are not really helping at all. There is a bigger plan. You just are not privy to it at this time, so all the fixing that you are trying to do is not accomplishing much of anything except making you tired.
I keep flashing back to a man from the Bible named Job. I am sure you have heard of him. His problems were not even about his life; the problems were a result of God and the Devil doing battle – a bet, if you will. All Job did “wrong” was to be the most just man on the planet. He was tortured for being too good. I think you need to look at Job as an example in your own life. Read about him if you can. Maybe you’ll get some much-needed inspiration.
You also said another mouthful when you wrote, “I am scared.” This is like a light switch: It cannot be both on and off. We cannot be walking in faith and afraid concurrently. You believe in spirit enough to go to a metaphysical fair and listen to something a woman told you out of the blue. Maybe you should seek your faith that is missing. If you could find it, you would stop trying to fix things, and you would be at peace with how life is, because you would know that things would move again when the time is right.
I do understand how you feel. We all lose our faith from time to time. It is time for you to go looking for it again. You have worried and tried to fix things for long enough. Just because we are suffering and things are very difficult does not mean that spirit has abandoned us. It just means that we are going through hard times and they’ve gotten the better of us. It’s easy to trust when things are good. Are we really that fickle?
I wish you attainment.
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Astrea:
Your birthday is so close to mine that I feel your pain. I get tired, too. I think you probably know all this about Sagittarians, but here goes:
We are lucky. No matter what happens, something always comes along to save us. You can’t find a job right now? When you get down to your last two nickels, a dream job will fall right into your lap. You can’t get yourself motivated to get going? Something to inspire you will come along after this last Mercury Retrograde.
Everyone gets depressed from time to time, but a Sag knows how to get herself out of that state. You need to do some blasting, that’s all. Never give up!
I know what an awful year it’s been for you: Stress piling onto more big piles of stress, people being ugly and rude, family letting you down at every turn. Yes, I do know. This next year, however, is going to be fabulous for fire signs. We’re finally going to slow down enough to allow the abundance the universe has planned for us to come into our lives.
Perhaps this was what the lady in the store was trying to tell you. Sit tight now, waiting and resting, and let these things start to stack up on the positive side of your life. You’re going to be so busy in 2004 (???) making money and having a good time that this is the only down time you’ll have for a long time. Take advantage of it until January 6 (???), and then go all out to get what you’ve only dreamed of before.
As for the universe wanting us to rest. If that were so, I would be back in bed this morning! Whether it’s a blessing or not, a Sag is driven to do everything but rest! From my own Sagittarius experience, I know very well that rest is a foreign concept to us; it’s something we do when we’re sick. It’s that way with all fire signs, but we seem to get an extra dose of “busy hands are happy hands.” Even if you’re not working, you can be creating. Write, dance, walk, run, play! Lots of exercise will help you get straightened out, and will lift that depression, too!
As tempting as it might be to heed the stranger who came up to you in that store, I think you know that was just the Devil trying to make you lazy. As a Sag, you have to take charge of your own life every single day to make sure you get as much out of each day as possible.