This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 5th day of March, 1931, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [1925] through Dr. [4470].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mr. [1925] and wife.
R E A D I N G
Born March 15, 1891, in Portsmouth, Va. Time of Reading 3:50 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., Va. (Life Reading Suggestion)
1. EC: We have the entity here, known as [1925].
2. In entering astrologically we find there are influences through the sojourns in various spheres, as well as astrological influences from the various effects in the planetary influences. These, however, are as influences, and may be - or may have been, as these indicate in many respects - altered by the application of the will in the present experience.
3. As to planetary, these in Jupiter, Mercury, Mars. In Uranian, THESE make for the altered influences in the experience of the entity in the present sphere. Coming near the ides in those of the altered experiences in the earth's turn about the solar system's center, these make for variations as to HOW THE INFLUENCE affects the entity. Under those of Pisces, brings for those effects at times that bring in, on certain phases of the moon, those bodily conditions, as from the escape from those of bodily injury; while those in the opposite, or in Scorpio or Capricorn - with those astrological influences; that is, making for in the early fall, or in the changes in the latter portion of the calendar months (as they are divided in the present - make for MENTAL changes, or changes in associations with individuals. In the influences, however, that are seen to WIELD the greater force, as in Jupiter, brings for that of a wide, a varied, experience of the entity in many fields. Whether in that in which the entity finds self engaged or not, these have an influence, and produce that desire to know of, or about, varied conditions. Little, however, of political influence enters in, while economic conditions in various portions of the country - or in various fields of various endeavors - have MUCH bearing on the thought or the activities of the entity; while in Mercury makes for a mental influence that is good, in that being carried over from the Jupiterian makes for that which is often termed by
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many an associate that the entity not hidebound enough in many respects, yet in other respects this same condition makes for an excellent judge in human nature, in personalities, and the entity is at once drawn to or repelled by associations through this same influence, making - though - for a good judge of human nature, as to whether the trustworthiness of an individual may be relied upon or not. This makes for those conditions that come as friendships. Individuals, as we find, to the entity - whether they be of high OR low estate financially - their character, their personality, their individuality, appeals or repels directly for the entity.
4. In those things seen in the influences in the Uranian make for some eccentricities, that are termed or called by the associates of the entity; that is, the entity makes decisions quickly, and if changes ARE to be made these are made JUST as quickly; though in friendships, in bonds of sympathy, the entity - through the combined influence of Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus, and in Mars - makes for a welding that makes for security for self, as well as friendships that are true. He that maketh a lie to the entity IMMEDIATELY becomes an outcast, as does in Mars make for those conditions which at times make for wrath, yet being tempered in Jupiter AND in Mercury, when the entity allows self to THINK the second time, the entity often makes for the soft word that will turn away wrath, and easily becomes the peacemaker in factions, or maketh for self factions that are neither turned to the right nor to the left, dependent upon the sincerity of the purpose that is taken by the entity as to being right or wrong.
5. In the likes and dislikes in the present experience, these - we find - come more from INFLUENCES of the entity's experiences in the earth's plane, than from PLANETARY urges; for in THIS entity it may be truly said the influences in the PLANETARY influence (astrologically speaking) have been accentuated by the EXPERIENCE itself. Hence occult forces, or those that pertain to the mental PORTION of life, have a peculiar interest for the entity; for few MEN are in as equal an attunement through that as may be termed by many as hunches, or as of those experiences coming from INTUITIVE influences. Hence the accentuations that are seen in the MATERIAL experiences THROUGH those of the INFLUENCE of INTUITION.
6. In appearances, then, and their effect upon the entity in the present:
7. In the one before this we find in that land about which the entity now dwells, and during that period when there
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were the beginning of the dwellings of the peoples that TOOK OVER the land. The entity was among those who labored in the establishing of home, of cooperations in the dispensing of, the building up of the home. Hence economic forces and commercial interests hold for the entity a peculiar interest, as in looking in data or following OUT the lines of import and export, these have an influence in the entity's experience. In the name in this experience, Larrens. In the present, as given, those of financial influences, those of commercial intercourses, those of conditions that make for the upbuilding on STABLE basis INFLUENCE the entity.
8. In the one before this we find in that land known as the Roman, and during those periods when there was much interest being shown in the games, or the reviving of the games in the Grecian - early Grecian periods. We find the entity among those who made, BUILDED, those places of amusement; MANAGING, then, as it were, the royal or the state arenas, and in the name Pericolilelis. In this experience the entity gained, for being in power, yet in that position in which the entity acted as the go-between between those who acted as the entertainers and those entertained. The entity gave service in both, aiding those entertaining and those entertained. Hence an innate influence for those of outdoor games, while those of the home or fireside have only a secondary influence - but the arena, or any that has to do with the physical prowess of individuals as against individuals (not animals) influences the entity much, and in this field may the entity find an OUTLET for THAT field as pertaining TO those influences IN the lives of individuals that engage IN, or may be aided by. Hence that as is often termed as those aiding principles in the religious forces in life, as has to do with a clean body - for a clean MIND is the greater influence, to the entity, that secular forces for a secular mind. These become cooperative for the entity, and well does the entity choose in such relations.
9. In the one before this we find in that land now known as the Arabian, and during that period when the wanderers of the plain subdued the Croesus' rule. The entity then among those leaders of that period, and aided in the overcoming of those peoples; not in destruction, but rather in the supplying OF the necessities to those who OVERRAN the land. Hence we find the entity among those who, under the leader of the period - Uhjltd - when there was the building again on the plain and the gathering of those forces to that leader, the entity the one who BUILDED in the position of a place of exchange for that peoples. In the name Ujdlhi. In
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THIS experience the entity gained and lost. Gained in the service rendered TO those peoples IN the upbuilding, and losing in the USING of the power gained to the detriment of self and to the allowing of others to come in AFTER the changes in the land. In the present experience we find these make for those innate influences that make for the study of travel, yet stay in a GIVEN place - as is seen in the entity's experience, as WELL as the keeper of exchequer in the land brings to the entity in the present the abilities to deal with individuals in their going in and coming out.
10. In the one before this we find in that land now known as the Egyptian, and during that period when there were turmoils in the land. The entity then among that group who, in the return of the priest - who, though broken in body, was strong in the power of mind and in the abilities to correlate the truths that had been and were gathered for the dispensing of the knowledge and understanding gained to the peoples in the period, and the entity became the keeper of that put in the treasure house for the dispersing OF that knowledge in FOREIGN fields, home fields, in the building UP of the temple, in the building up of the king's household; for the entity and the king - but more particularly the priest AND HIS CLOSER band - became fast friends through the latter portion of the entity's experience in THAT period, and there may be found still those of the storehouse of El-Dhli, those storehouses in those pyramids or mounds not yet uncovered; for the entity became an INDIVIDUAL of power through the great storehouse of gold, precious stones, and of those of worth both as those that had to do with BODILY conditions as well as exchange among the peoples. The entity gained throughout this experience, though being among those banished, coming again with those in return, the entity rose to power and was a servant, an aide, a high priest, a counsellor, to ALL the peoples. In the present the entity finds those abilities to reason with those that need physical, mental, or material assistance, by the understanding of the personality of the individual. Also we find from this experience the peculiar phases of religious forces in the experience of the entity, as in that showing for the recognition of whatever may be the influence in an INDIVIDUAL'S life, as for the religious life, THIS is held sacred BY the entity for the individual's belief, but does the individual claim one thing and act another - this the entity feels, even as of old.
11. In the abilities in the present and that to which the entity may attain, and how:
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12. Through the various experiences there have been the various effects upon the entity's individuality, as appears in the present in the personality of the entity. In the application of self to the intuitive forces, to those of the study of the occult (not the mystic) may the entity gain much as to HOW it may APPLY itself in the present; for the well ROUNDED individual, or for that soul development that gives a closer insight into the associations of life to Life as a whole, and for the continuity of existence to EVERY soul; for, as is held as a first principle by the entity - which is far above many an individual's experience - that a soul itself is the only thing that may SEPARATE itself FROM ITS maker, by the use of that IN hand. Knowing this, then use thine forces, thine abilities, in the way that self has set them. Being true to self, thou canst not be false to any man! Keep that committed sacred in those forces that have been builded, and these will bring for the developments that make for CONTENTMENT - which is the greatest boon in man's whole experience. Ready for questions.
13. (Q) Will I ever gain possession of my children by my former wife? If so, when? (A) In the next three to four years.
14. (Q) Am I pursuing my correct vocation, or should I make a change? (A) As has been given, keep that thou hast in mind, for well hast thou chosen - and in the use of those intuitive forces - NOT IRRESPECTIVE of circumstance OR conditions, but in the study of the relationships of self WITH the divine - may the greater strength come.
15. (Q) Can I ever speculate? (A) Not well for the entity to speculate, for - as is seen from the experiences in the earth's plane - SPECULATION has always meant deterioration. While there are periods when there is innately felt, THIS is NOT speculation, when there is given into self that ability to judge of conditions existent - then this is sure, but to heed to those of others and NOT of self IS speculation.
16. (Q) Is the ailment in the chest, that has been going on for several years, serious? (A) When the body keeps in the open, or in those exercises that are to the entity as a portion of life, THIS almost disappears. Do not make the life TOO confined, or take TIME to take care - and it will NOT disturb thee. [See 1925-2 Par. 4-A, 5-A regarding health.]
17. (Q) Any further advice at this time? (A) Well to harken to, and heed to, those forces from occult influence. Beware of mysticism or formalism.
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18. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " File