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Angel no. 1

Wehewuyah

«My energy meets limits all around»
Hebrew letters
waw-he-waw
Choir
Seraphim
Period
From 21 to 26 March

Wehewuyah accompanies the period from 21 to 26 March and belongs to the Seraphim. Its motto is «My energy meets limits all around». In this symbolic portrait, personal strength is great and seeks a challenge worthy of it. The two waws evoke obstacles; the he at the centre suggests the desire to turn them into results.

You come alive when something seems too difficult. A new idea, a cause to defend or a project others have abandoned can set in motion abilities that lie idle in routine. Even when you want to win someone's affection or engage an audience, you seek something of special value. A challenge gives you direction and makes your abilities visible.

You can become stuck in two different ways. Sometimes you find nothing ambitious enough and lose interest. At other times, someone challenges your position and asks you to compete on equal terms. A great undertaking attracts you, but everyday competition irritates you: feeling constantly measured against others can make you withdraw instead of giving your best.

This is why you may struggle in environments full of rivalry, comparisons and petty power games. A group in which you have to defend your importance every day risks taking more attention than the work itself. Ayrton Senna brings the theme of continual competition into this portrait. It is a different tension from that of someone who finds a personal space in which to express themselves more freely.

Arturo Toscanini, Dario Fo, Mina, Franco Battiato and Elton John represent a direct relationship with an audience, on the conductor's podium or the stage. David Lean evokes the director who takes on works of great scope. Akira Kurosawa shows a particular connection with a creative world, that of the samurai, to which he can devote study, passion and a distinctive voice.

Trust in your calling matters most when what you want to do seems excessive or unusual. If you give up simply because others do not understand it straight away, you may find yourself lonely and frustrated, feeling that you are living below your potential. A personal project outside work can also offer an important space, provided it has real meaning for you and is more than a way of waiting for the recognition you lack elsewhere.

Success, however, does not complete the journey. You can grow attached to admiration, become vain and lose the ability to smile at your own limitations. In time, you may also fear being overtaken: a younger talent, an able colleague or a criticism becomes a threat. The strength you once used to create is now used to secure your position.

Beneath this defensiveness there may be a desire that is hard to recognise: the role you have achieved is beginning to feel too narrow, and you want to change again. If you do not acknowledge this need, you may attribute to others a wish to take away what you have. You feel under siege even when some of the pressure for change comes from within you.

Self-knowledge and the ability to examine yourself critically help you distinguish these impulses. Pay attention to signs of dissatisfaction in yourself and those close to you. If you stop noticing them, relationships can drift apart while you continue to take them for granted, and a break catches you more by surprise than it needs to.

Anger, too, needs to be recognised. Determination that helps at work can become harshness in relationships; suppressing it without addressing it can leave you tense and tired. Kickboxing and wushu, practised with an instructor and within your abilities, offer concrete work on movement, rules and control. They are not a way to prove superiority: they can give you something to work at without bringing every confrontation home to the people you live with.

Wehewuyah's direction is to take on great undertakings while continuing to understand your limits. Making room for other people's talent, accepting criticism and changing course when a role has run its course allow your strength to remain alive, without turning your whole life into the defence of first place.

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