Stuck On Mr. Wrong While Waiting for Mr. Right - 10/07/05

Dear M.R,

The image that came up in your tea leaf reading was of waves. The exact shape of the leaves looked a lot like the classic wave symbol associated with the sign of Aquarius, the Water Bearer. You've seen it before. It looks like this:

There are two interpretations coming through with your reading, and they are both good concepts to keep in mind as you continue to sort through your emotions surrounding this relationship.

Aquarius Energy Contains Healing, Insight, and Wisdom

The first interpretation has to do with the sign of Aquarius itself. Aquarius is a dynamic Air sign, yet it is the sign of the Water Bearer. The two things often confuse people because there is both air and water in the symbolism of this sign.

The Water Bearer is usually depicted as a goddess who is carrying water in a jug or a vessel of some kind. The Aquarian archetype is one of creativity, insight, and wisdom. Aquarian energy is all about being innovative and accessing powerful spiritual energy to bring about good things. Aquarian energy inspires us to work toward improvement and healing in all aspects of our lives.

Since the Aquarian symbol surfaced in your reading, it would be good to meditate on it. Think about whichever part of Aquarian energy resonates the most with you - the creative part, the spiritual part, the wise part, etc - and invoke these energies in prayer or affirmation. You may find some keys to your current situation by doing this. Solutions about how to handle this relationship might surface in your dreams and your daily train of thought if you ask for the wisdom of Aquarius to be revealed to you.

Being in the Stream of Your Life

Another part of your tea leaf reading has to do with the waves themselves. There is a strong message here about "being in the stream" or getting back into the flow of things with your personal life. Right now, it sounds like you are still standing on the riverbank, unwilling to plunge into the waters. To step into the stream opens you up to the flow of the universe, and everything that doesn't serve you will be washed away.

To move beyond your current situation, you'll have to step into the stream or embrace the waves and see where they take you. Only you can take this step. Your reading shows that the power is within you to move beyond or to keep hanging on.

By the way, it's often in letting go that you find out what is truly yours. So I don't mean to say that if you surrender this relationship and move on with your life, that the man in question will necessarily disappear. He may resurface. But if he does, you'll be coming at the situation from an empowered place. No longer will you be holding up your life to wait for him. You will be moving on, and he'll either start swimming fast and hard to catch up with you, or you'll be waving goodbye to him for good. Either thing may still happen.

So another thing to meditate on is the idea of making that step to move into the stream, step into the waves, and swim in the waters of romantic possibility again. This would seem to be what your Higher Self is revealing in this reading, the ideal path for you to take.

You know that old saying, "If you love someone, set them free?" I think your reading is saying set YOURSELF free and embrace the full possibilities of your life instead of maintaining a limited, hemmed in vantage point and shaping your entire future around this man.

Open up to more options and new probabilities, and those who are truly capable of sharing love with you will be standing at your side. Everything (and everybody) else will drop away, cleansing by the Aquarian energy and the water's healing waves.

I wish you the very best. Do focus on the Aquarian symbol and the concept of waves or being in the stream of life again. These are powerful cues which can help you to reclaim balance and clarity.

--Lipstick Mystic