3. Making Decisions (contd.)
When you take a conscious decision to buy a new house, you have fears: is this the right house?, are you doing the right thing? How can you know? If you are really following the trend towards the future, crossing the boundary from one realm to another, than you will have to pass through the state described by 7. 7 is a (o) sign and encompasses every fluctuation of mind and emotion, and if you are in 7, you will swing back and forth between many emotions and conclusions. A first sign that you are approaching 7 is that you don’t seem to find any house that will do. Then you may go back and consider one you had originally discounted because it seemed to be outside the parameters you had set. You will be prompted to re-analyse its features. This is another indication that you are approaching 7 – moving outside your expectations. The corollary here is that if you do find what you think is the house of your dreams and it’s entirely within your budget, then it’ll probably prove to be insufficient for your future development. When it comes to your budget, some of the future benefit of the house to you (which may not become clear until later) will have to be paid for now, though the price you pay now will seem like a bargain in a few years to come – in spite of the ups and downs of the market place. (In fact 6 – the sign most to do with money – antagonises 7 who may feel they lack the control over it they would like). On the rational front, launching yourself on the tide of change leads to questions (this is because 7 resolves to 1, the sign for questions, new departures). And so too, on the emotional front, there are probably even more ups and downs in feelings. As your imagination starts working, you may seem to be on a rollercoaster of emotion. Even when it comes to actually signing the contract, you will worry a great deal over issues you already thought you had covered before taking a deep breath and deciding to go ahead. After the signing, you will be elated, later still downhearted.
Another indication that you are on course for the future is that the house you want will inevitably seem to be more than you need right now. It will question your list of requirements and promote others. It will ask you to think again on all fronts: space, utility, esthetics. One day, you are all for the new house, the next full of doubt. One day the house seems beautiful, charming, the next grubby and ‘all wrong’. These feelings are proof that you are in 7 and on the verge of real change. Is this change good and is it what you want? It is good if change is what you are looking for. The important thing to see is that uncertainties and fresh doubts are certain indications that you are on the right path for change. People often hold back when they experience these ups and downs, taking them to mean they are on the wrong track, or that they are no longer being rational, and, as a result, never make that good decision. They seem unable to trust to the fact that choosing a new pathway for yourself cannot be completely rational. There has to be an element of a crap shoot in it since the new pathway is just that – new. The pathway isn’t made until you make it and therefore cannot be fully assessed by rational means.
‘Buyers remorse’, a phrase that might strike a chill through many a hopeful purchaser (post completion tristesse?) That there is a name to this experience shows how widespread a sensation it is. And it is very real. Because the state of 7 is a bridge, and, like a bridge, has a foot in each camp. Half way across you are clearly in the next state but you are still on the bridge. There is a little bit of each state’s territory that is occupied by 7, and the same fluctuations in mind and spirit occur before and after the dividing line between them. You may have been bold and made your decision but still the necessary and obviousness of it has not become clear. You sit in your new house, look around and wonder, what have I done? You wonder if you can undo what you did, walk back across the bridge. This is quite normal. Indeed, you should watch out. If you don’t get a moment’s of buyer’s remorse then that can be an indication that the decision may not have been for the best.
Anger can also be lying in the background. It is actually a useful tool in the advancement of change, but people often misunderstand its function. The axis of energy and identity, 7 to 3, can also represent an expression of anger. In 7, the anger is generalised, not directed necessarily at one object but a state of high emotion and impatience. This is where the potential energy of 7 is spilling over into your feelings and making you feel overwhelmed by the tasks ahead. When you feel anxious and impatient during the decision-making period, this is a good indication that you are in 7 and on the verge of taking a new path.
7 is far from the Landscape. People around you who are living on the Landscape are unlikely to be able to give you the right advice when you are in 7. When the pragmatic advice runs against you, it is often an indication that you are at a juncture of change they cannot see. When your family, colleagues and members of your community all tell you that you must be mad to take such a course of action, that can be a very good indication you are on the right track. When people nod in agreement and understand completely what you are doing, there is a very good chance that your decision is probably too little and or too late. For Landscape people, their perceptions are tuned to what exists. They care less about the relevance of what is incalculable, they work with reason more than with dreams. If people on the Landscape appreciate what you are doing, then you are not likely to be in a state of risk. (to be continued.)
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