This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 20th day of March, 1931, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [282].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
R E A D I N G
Born March 18, 1906, in Stapleton, Staten Island, New York. Time of Reading 4:00 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., N.Y. (Life Reading Suggestion)
1. EC: We have the entity here, and those relations with the universe and universal forces, as are latent and exhibited in the present entity, [282].
2. In entering astrologically, we find the entity coming near the cusps and under the influence of Pisces - in its latter portion. Hence we will find, while the entity has altered much of that termed as astrological, these are as innate and as conditions to be warned concerning in the PHYSICAL body:
3. In the latter portion of the Moon's phases, especially in June, September, December, be mindful of injuries to the feet. Especially beware of disorders with the digestive system, and at all times DO NOT overtax same with condiments, strong drink, nor with those conditions that make for the digestive forces becoming clogged - especially in the caecum region. These tendencies are innate, [See Physical Rdg. 282-1, Par. 3 on 6/10/30] yet - with care taken - the body may USE the condition rather as a stepping stone than being submerged by same.
4. We find astrologically this entity coming under the influence of Mercury, Uranus, Venus - and this being the ruling planet, affairs of the head and heart in this direction will wield an important influence in the life, ESPECIALLY as related to the other PORTION of self; for innately (though the body has builded and attempts to keep from) jealousy arises in this direction. [See Par. 17 below.]
5. In those influences in Jupiter also we see, with the ruling forces in Uranus, those of the occult or mental forces as may be accentuated in certain periods; through Mercury making for an influence over the experiences of the entity in occult forces - NOT the mystic forces; and about large bodies of water may the entity find the greater development, as is EXPERIENCED especially in the Moon's influence.
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6. In astrological forces, then, we find, these - as IRRESPECTIVE of will, though - as given - will has changed and may change any astrological, chronological, hereditary or environmental influence:
7. In Mercury we find the high MENTAL development. Slow, as it were, in grasping the IMPORT - often considered so; yet when gained control of, the entity seeks to know the last vestige as concerning that particular thing in which he finds himself interested.
8. In those influences in the Uranian, makes for that often called the extremist in the niceness of things, in the tidiness of self, of things about which the entity has a particular interest; often chiding others for their actions or activities in not being methodical, or being as nice or as direct in their activities as they should be, or as viewed by the entity. This also makes for those influences which at times (and these have been altered, and may be altered to a greater extent) makes the entity over enthusiastic about a condition, object, or what not, and SUDDENLY loses all interest in same from seemingly no reason whatsoever. These are innate, and we shall see the causes from experiences - even in the earth's plane.
9. In Venus, as seen - this as a RULING influence, with Mercury, Jupiter AND Uranus, makes for an extremist in the affairs of the heart or of the head. This also needs to be attuned to an ideal, else the entity may find that when IDEAS have seemed to fail the interest in and the care for conditions that have been even of the head, the heart, or the home, suddenly become as nothing in the entity's experience, unless IDEALS are followed rather than ideas; for with an IDEAL one may reason through the spiritual forces, and not wholly from those of the material circumstances or conditions in the experience or the affairs of a body.
10. In Jupiter, we will find in certain periods of the entity's experience - notably when those of Jupiter and Uranus are in ascendancy, or the ruling force in the life of the entity - that large questions of head, heart and mind - as in twenty-eight and twenty-seven, and as will be again in thirty-three and again in thirty-nine - especially is this in the latter portion of the calendar year, as the accounted time in the present. Also through such periods the opportunities for advancement in material things, as to money, power, position, place, and such. THESE will come along at such periods - and, taken advantage of, these may be made to be useful if the body uses same and does not allow same to become as a monster to DESTROY self in the
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very things or opportunities as given.
11. In the personalities - we find one pleasing in conversation; yet TENDENCY towards that of timidity.
12. One well versed in subjects which the entity likes, and also not adverse [averse] to knowledge concerning those things the entity dislikes. Hence a good REASONER, a good arguer; yet only when riled - or when seemingly someone the entity thinks of rather than self - do such conditions arise where the entity expresses self.
13. In those things as this has to do with the technique of those forces that deal with people, as WELL as things, will the entity gain in the giving of knowledge or UNDERSTANDING to others, and DEVELOPMENTS for self - either materially or spiritually - will the channels be through which the entity may labor in the present experience. These come, or are classified under those as an office man, or manager, or those as pertain to fields of the spreading of any particular product that has to do with people and things combined - as in the distribution of household things, or those things that pertain to individuals and nations, and groups - see?
14. In the appearances, and the effect these have upon the present experience:
15. In the one before this we find in that land now known as France, and in the borderland now called Alsace. The entity was then in that period when great distress arose through the overrunning of the land. The entity, then in the name Stresbergh, gained through the experience in the service rendered the peoples - even under stress. As a soldier in the land did the entity gain, though suffering in body and in mind, yet wholeheartedly, wholesoully, did the entity labor for an ideal; losing confidence in many, losing the respect of those close in hand, yet to an ideal did the entity hold. In the present we find those tendencies are to harken to many and counsel with few, yet DECISIONS are mostly made in the intuitive forces from within - and ALL of a sudden. Too often is this called a fault in the entity, too quick to make decisions. Will this be [If this will be] guided by the intuitive forces from WITHIN, and not harkening to those voices from without - whether of the fair sex or of those in power, but with the communion with self - these may be made to grow and blossom as the rose of Sharon in the valley of the beauties of life!
16. In the one before this we find in that land known now as the Persian, or in the Arabian and Persian land did the entity then serve in the capacity of an aide to those who overran the land, in the settling of the country after those
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invasions were made. The entity gathered together those peoples as they came about the leader [Uhjltd] in the building up of the city in the plain, where that well, that cave, just below Shustar now stands. In this experience the entity gained in power, in understanding, in the relationships with individuals; for the entity became an emissary or an actor for the leader injured in body. In the name Ullend. In this experience much of that as has been for the religious influence, as well as the belief in unseen forces and the occult powers of the entity, is seen; yet in this experience also comes those influences towards the bodily conditions - as are warned of, and this from those aggrandizings of those very things builded in the body. [Karmic - prenatal conditions - See 282-1, Par. 3.]
17. In the experience in the present, those abilities to present, or to represent, interests of others as well as of self; the love of home, the love of the connections or the family relations, these are the outgrowths, yet these are the very conditions in which warnings may be seen.
18. In the one before this we find in the land known as the Egyptian, and in that period when there were rebellions in the land. In this period the entity was among those who succeeded in the latter portion of that rule, for the entity - being in the household then of the priest - gained in power and in the use of same. As the entity developed in body and mind, and as the powers were gradually shifted to the entity as the responsibility for the carrying on of the forces that were manifest, the entity gained through the experience; losing only in the latter portion when there again rose rebellions, when the entity pitted self against many who had gained power FROM the spread of those tenets given in the land; yet in this same tomb - in the upper portion of same - is the chamber there of Ra-La-Ral. In the leading of the people to the services of those before the beasts, the entity failed, for this brought in those of another people that led the peoples later astray. There the Ibex WITH the entity locked horns.
19. In the present the indecisions, yet the quick decisions, are seen. The questioning of peoples as respecting their marital, as well as their religious relations.
20. Hence the entity's injunction to make for self an ideal, one that - through WHATEVER conditions the body, the mind, the material affairs or what not, may come to pass - the entity may be ever able to lift up the eyes unto the mountains, as of old, calling on the forces of nature to guide through the innate forces that lie in each individual to make a portion of and with the creative energies that are
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manifest in the earthly experiences.
21. In the abilities that are seen, these are those that the entity may adhere to most.
22. In the one before this we find in that land now known, or has been called, the Atlantean, and in the city of Sus [?] [Zeus?] did the entity rule as a leader. Hence the mechanical turn of forces, especially as will relate to those forces now termed the chemicals, does the entity have PECULIAR interests. Here the entity lost through the misapplication of the truths gained in that experience, as Lus-Lu. In the present, those of the visionary forces, and the apparent feeling as of [that] EVERYTHING may be done from a chemical sense is INNATE and FELT in self. This is true in many respects, yet life itself may be lost through this carried to too great an extent for FORCING issues rather than for the giving of a sustenance of life to many.
23. In the present, and the abilities, the entity may - through the study and through the ideals - gain for self a place of power in those directions either as of or for self-building in things as pertain to individuals AND things as pertain to the home.
24. Ready for questions.
25. [EC did not wait for questions but said at once:] We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " File