Miyka'el

Miyka'el accompanies the period from 19 to 23 October and belongs to the Virtues. The motto «From the boundary I see what limits others» describes an ability that comes alive when you move beyond familiar points of reference.

Your gift is to connect distant worlds. Different cultures, languages, ideas, eras and settings offer information you can relate to what you already know. You may sense a connection before you can explain it, then seek the evidence and language to communicate it. In this symbolic picture, the boundary is a vantage point as well as a line to cross.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, with The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, evokes a journey that becomes a story. John Le Carré brings the exploration of international relations and espionage; Michael Crichton, the exploration of scientific and imaginary worlds, including those remote in time. Real or imagined distances can nourish you, and you can return with something that broadens other people's outlook.

Pierre Larousse represents the work of gathering knowledge and making it available through an encyclopaedic dictionary. Umberto Boccioni evokes the arrival of a new sensibility in art. Crossing a geographical border is not essential: through research, communication and creation, you can bring distant things to the place where you live.

The risk is that movement becomes an end in itself. You may grow bored with conveying what you have discovered and immediately want another horizon. Arthur Rimbaud evokes a search that moves away from poetry towards a life of travel. Distance can become so attractive that it takes the place of communicating what you have found.

You may feel deeply uncomfortable when a situation becomes too familiar. A journey, a house move or a new person to talk to can restore your curiosity. This need deserves room, but does not make an enemy of someone who wants you close. Nor does it require you to leave a home or job as soon as responsibilities appear: you can distinguish constraint from a commitment you have chosen.

Many activities are possible: research, trade, communications, literature, theatre, cinema, music and sport. Opportunities for exchange, mobility and contact with new people suit you. Prolonged solitude can impoverish that exchange; at the same time, you may need quiet moments to put your discoveries in order.

A particular conflict emerges in close relationships. Everyday closeness may feel suffocating, while the same person becomes precious and desirable again when you are far away. Ending a relationship that is not working may become difficult too: as soon as you step back, you feel only its value again. The feeling deserves attention, but cannot decide on its own whether to return.

You can build relationships that include individual space, travel and agreed ways of being together. If you want a different form of relationship from the usual one, everyone involved must give free and informed consent. Alternating between presence and longing does not justify deception or oblige a partner to endure constant uncertainty.

Another strength is understanding the position of those who lead and those who carry out instructions. You can observe a hierarchy, recognise different interests and put yourself in the place of competitors or allies. This can support strategy, marketing, analysis and diplomacy. You do not have to love a structure to understand it; nor do you have to manipulate two sides to demonstrate skill.

Miyka'el's direction is to cross boundaries and make connections while remaining reliable. Every distance can become a resource when you bring something back, communicate it and respect the bonds you choose to keep.