![]() Most likely you are feeling tired, weary, blasted, battle-weary, and scattered. Look at it with a critical, unbiased eye. The goal you’re clinging to may or may not be worth saving - only you can know this for sure. Sometimes when the going gets tough, the tough have to cling to a knife edge to survive. Gort ill-dignified dearth: Hanging by a thread They will try though, and they will try hard! For instance, the rich man who commits a horrendous crime to become more famous or the fantastically-wealthy author who tweets every passing thought in a vain effort to push DVD sales will never be happy because they will never be able to fill a void that cannot be placated by money. Perhaps you have too many abstract goals and need to whittle down what you can and cannot achieve given this short lifetime which ones should you release? Success for some people can turn into fairytale-style warnings about greed for more. They have succeeded so much, now they feel compelled to pay to store all of the sentimental trophies of excess in a glorified garage. Many people in the US have too much physical stuff - so much that storage of excess stuff is a multibillion dollar industry. If you succeed too much in business, you may have too many clients to handle, which means it’s either expand the business or not be able to serve all the clients. Think of how ivy, once established, can kill a tree or cause the wall holding it up to crumble. ![]() ![]() Gort ill-dignified excess: Victim of your own success When you have gotten something you wanted in the past, what were you willing to do to get it? Were you willing to compromise? What would you have done if it had not worked out? What are three of your main goals right now? Which is the one that is the dearest to you? Beaten down by wind, washed loose by rain, and scorched by the sun, you will outlast adversity by the strength of your will. Like ivy, you will cling and grow around obstacles. Drawing Gort is an opportunity to examine your goals and which ones you are the most serious about. Gort implies a certain leanness and willingness to sacrifice/impose hard limits to achieve a goal. Water is power: most forms of electricity, including electricity created by harnessing nuclear energy, are nothing more than souped up versions of a steam engine. Water can penetrate almost any substance: for instance, you can soak calloused skin in oil and nothing will happen to it, but soak it in water and it becomes soft and pliable. There is a certain ruthlessness about water. Gort is the fiery energy inherent to water - think of water’s ability to forge any route over time and how it carves canyons out of rock. Gort indicates you are a steadfast personality and will hang in there no matter what, or perhaps a goal that you’ll do nearly anything to achieve, or a person or cause you are willing to put a great deal on the line for. As an Ogham, Gort signifies unbreakable character and nearly-superhuman determination. Ivy, not to be confused with ground ivy, is a tough plant, considered invasive by many. Perseverance, strength, tenacity, determination Tree: Ivy (Hedera spp.) Letter: G Image from Wikipedia
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