Holding On

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The Four of Pentacles depicts a man holding on tightly to four coins. In fact, he’s a king and he sits on his thrown, his empire behind him. Kings can represent someone who, on the positive side, is a formidable leader but, on the negative side, is a dictator.

The Pentacles represent earthly goods, money, possessions – even people. The things we think we possess and refuse to let go.

But nothing ever stays the same. The universe is forever contracting and expanding. We can never hold on. In fact, the opposite effect takes place when we attempt to cling: we lose it all. The more we try to control, cling, possess … the more we will lose. On the other hand, the more we cycle everything around – the more we let go, the more we trust, the more we give out, the more returns to us.

This is true of money. This is true of possessions. This is true of people. Are people possessions? Of course not – but, often, we act so. We cannot cling to a person either. We cannot control. We must support them and their choices if we truly love them. That is not the same as enabling someone – that is quite different and usually linked to control.

If someone is ready to leave our life in some form or another – whether a friendship ends or they are ready to leave this lifetime, is it our right to hold onto them? Shouldn’t we honor that it is their time to move on? Sometimes, we impose our will upon others because we think we are wiser, smarter. We can never ever truly know the path of another, can we? We work on ourselves, do the best we can do to help, trust in Source, and let go of controlling others.

We let go and let God and we learn that everything runs in cycles, everything is perfect, and everything that is meant to be – just will be. Sometimes, we have to experience loss so that we may clear the way for the new.