This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 11th day of February, 1930, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [2738], via Mr. [257].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mr. [2738] and L. B. Cayce.
R E A D I N G
Born April 30, 1897, Newport News, Va. Time of Reading 11:15 A. M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., N.Y. (Life Reading Suggestion)
1. EC: We have the entity and those relations with the universe and universal forces, as are latent and exhibited in the present entity.
2. In entering the present experience, astrologically, we find the entity coming under the influence of Mercury, Jupiter, Mars and Venus, with influences in some respects in Venus - WITH that of Arcturus; also Mars with that of Neptune. Irrespective of the will's influence, these influences astrologically would be adverse for the developing of the entity. With the applications as have been made in the earth's experience, many - as will be seen - have been turned by the entity into those that have been used as stepping stones for the entity; but some influences, then, must come as warnings, that the self uses same ever AS developments, and not allow same to become as DETRIMENTAL conditions in the present experience.
3. Then, with the influence as has been applied, and with those as experienced by the entity innately and manifestedly in the present experience:
4. One whose mental abilities are good, and may be use in the direction as applied to THINGS, to become materially successful.
5. One that easily makes friendships, and at TIMES as easily loses same. This has oft been a condition in the experience of the entity that has brought consternation at times yet the purposefulness of the entity's experience has been able to overcome any ill feeling as has arisen from same, yet the warning is: Be not too high minded in self, and knowing - no one, no matter how many friends they may have, are able to lose any.
6. One in Jupiter that finds bigness of purpose, nobleness of mind, and the abilities to MASTER conditions where others have failed; and the abilities thus far - and innately, and that that may be builded for success, materially - or
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success mentally - or success spiritually for the entity - is building where OTHERS have FAILED in their endeavors. In this the mental abilities are often used, and are necessarily used, for the developing of ideas and ideals. The warning: Be sure that ideas and IDEALS are not ALWAYS the same thing, but have an IDEAL and build toward that.
7. In the experiences in Venus, as is seen innate - and the contradictory influences, as has been and will be experienced in same; this that faltering influence as has occurred in self, and may be experienced, dependent upon how the entity applies self in THAT direction. This bringing those conditions wherein marital relations, or friendships, and the home life, and those close associations, have been, may often be, SUDDENLY broken asunder; yet these must have their influence in the experiences of the entity, and may not always be passed so lightly aside, for the exercising of the necessity of the moment; for that builded within self may only be submerged to the detriment of an individual's experience and an individual's OWN development. Individual meaning, the soul's force - or that as must be lived WITH by the entity in WHATEVER experience or sphere through which it, the entity, may pass.
8. In those influences, as has been applied BY the entity:
9. Things, and not so much as people, as interesting to the entity. Things that have to do with those of the ethereal nature, or those that have to do with the messages or the experiences of others, as may be expressed one to another. THESE will have their greater influence in the entity's present experience; for oft has the entity been a messenger, an the manner and the way, or the means of finding such communications as may be transmitted from individuals or groups to others, has always found within the entity that desire, that means of transmission, that means of expression.
10. In the experiences in the present, these may have much to do with the entity's mental, physical and material development, and whether they be of wires, stocks, bonds, or of whatever nature as has to do WITH things - these will always bring the greater expression of the entity's activities into actions, and should be followed by the entity for the better development for the entity, in mental, physical and material ways and manners.
11. Those conditions as are manifested in the entity as personalities:
12. One that LOVES a story, well told - and is bored by one who tells the same one often.
13. One that is expressive in the manner of approach to
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others. Hence the ability to interest and influence not only individuals, but groups - yet the entity finds that the successes are BUILDED first by individual associations and their relations one to another, rather than wielding such a great influence over a group at ONE time.
14. In the expressions of self, the entity find that those conditions as has to do with water, large bodies of water, expanses, and large unknown places, always have a call or an influence to the entity. Hence those of stories that relate to explorations, history, and such, is of especial interest to the entity; while those of detail and minutia have their place and their part, yet not the same to the entity as those that take in the whole at a glance.
15. In the experiences in the earth's plane, and the influence those have upon the entity in the present:
16. In the one before this we find during that period when there were struggles in the land in which the entity now resides, during that known as the Revolution. The entity then the emissary for those of the leaders in the land in the northeastern portion, and was closely associated with Israel Putnam during that period, being of the same name, yet of distant relation; and to the entity there has ever been for the manifested forces of this individual (Putnam) and his relations, some peculiar interest for the entity, as not WHOLLY understood. In the present there will be found that in this land, in this portion of the land, may the entity succeed the better - mentally, socially, financially.
17. In the one before this we find in that land now known as the Grecian. The entity then in that period known as the Trojan, though often called of a mythological nature this REALITY to the entity, and in that experience the entity gained much of that ability to meet circumstances, conditions, relations, that are often hard to be understood by others; yet to the body they become as stepping stones for the successes as may be brought, whether of the mental or of the physical, or of the financial nature. In that period the entity served in the rule of those who defended the city, yet sent as the emissary or the messenger for those in the eastern coast. In the name Odessa. In that experience the entity gained and lost. Gained through the abilities to serve others. Lost in being put into power and aggrandizing of selfish interests brought detrimental influences in the life and the experience during that experience. In the present, the ABILITIES are present. The USAGE of same has often been a WONDERMENT to the entity. The applications of same in the present may be either for the weal or for the woe of the entity's own development, in
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that direction of ruling, controlling, and being able to keep that committed unto the entity for USAGE in physical and mental ways and manners.
18. In the experience before this we find in that land known now as the Persian, and the entity then among those that were driven by the nomads into the hill country, and the servant and the aide to king Croesus; and to the entity, the entity represented - and the power as is represented in that individual - a force, a power, something to be reckoned with. As experienced in that experience by the entity, this should be known: That MIGHT does not make right; neither does the possession of wealth give that security against those who have power of right in THEIR own defense. In the name Eliot. In that experience the entity gained much during the early portion of the entity's experience; in the latter portion becoming rather the student, after the divisions of the land and the Bedouins becoming pitted one against another - the entity rose to power after the release and the return from the hills, and builded much for the peoples of the land, and SOME of those efforts as were founded by the entity may STILL be seen in those hills lying just southeast of what is now Shushtar. This the entity builded as a memorial to the power of Croesus, and there is much gold there. In the present the entity has much to be warned concerning the power of fame or of wealth, but used aright may be made that which will develop an individual, in mental and spiritual forces, giving food for the soul of a body.
19. In the one before this we find in that land known as Atlantean. The entity then among those that knew OF and USED those of the universal forces in the manner of communciations in that land, and the varied peoples in the different lands, and the entity used these to self's OWN destruction; for rather than being used for the UPBUILDING, these were turned into destructive forces for the satisfying of individual desires of the peoples in that period. Hence the entity lost through this experience. In the name Esla. In the present these have much to do with the entity's own innate abilities, as to those conditions in the mental forces of the body. Hence those things that have to do with mechanical devices have a call to that something from within. Applied aright, whether to him who would use or him to whom the message is sent, keep the faith, that service to the fellow man is lending to the Creative Energies, to whom each and every soul, every individual, must give an account for the deeds done in A body, THE body, EACH body; for in the application of that known comes understanding. In understanding comes knowledge. In knowledge comes power.
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Power, MISDIRECTED, only destroys that which MIS-USES same.
20. In the abilities of the entity in the present, and that to which the entity may attain:
21. As is seen, those things that have to do with the transmission of messages, transmission of thought, transmission of ideas and ideals - these will have their particular influence, and in these may the entity attain for self abilities that will surpass many during the present experience. Use same for the service of others. Ready for questions.
22. (Q) Am I in the right business? (A) So far as it conforms to that as has been given, correct.
23. (Q) Am I in the right company? (A) WHATEVER company thou findest self in, use that thou hast in hand and build to that thou desirest. Be sure that there is the IDEAL and work toward THAT ideal. Be content in whatever position thou findest thyself. Be not SATISFIED, for that one satisfied has already lost the ideal or the ability to go higher.
24. (Q) Will my company progress this year? (A) It should!
25. (Q) Will I change my company in the near future? (A) Is the desire to do so, then do it! Is the desire to remain and build up, then do it!
26. (Q) Will I ever marry? (A) Would be best not to, too soon - for there are those conditions, as has been given concerning warnings as to marital relations; for these will ever prove very unsatisfactory - for while the entity is drawn to the opposite sex, yet to depend upon one is hard to do!
27. (Q) Will it be someone I now know? (A) If it's chosen to be!
28. (Q) When will this be? (A) It's best NOT to be, too soon - as has been given! If it's to choose within self, then it may be MADE soon! We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " Ass'n office " " Datastician