54.2-- Not up to the task?

[mulberry]

Hi All,

I did a reading on behalf of my partner, who would really like to be included in the project a friend is doing. It is possibly a bit out of his league, though, and mostly includes more established people from his field. I asked, "How can he work towards being included in this project?" and received 54.2 changing into 51.

54.2 is the old "a one-eyed man is able to see" line. I appreciate how it's not completely hopeless-- but am I reading it correctly to think it's also saying "he's not up to the task"? Or do you think it could also being saying "He's not up to the task, and not prominent enough to be included, but like the one eyed man who is flawed but nevertheless can see, he might still squeak in"?

I generally have positive associations with 51, and it was cheering to see.

I will definitely come back to update this eventually, but it may not be for a few months.

Thanks, everyone!

 

[ginnie]

In 54.2 the person is definitely up to the task, despite being "one-eyed." He will need to follow the expectations of the others very carefully, else risk losing his position. A person occupying this position is, I think, generally very qualified.

 

[goddessliss]

Hi Mulberry, I see this reading as the bigger picture is not being seen here yet and where your partner may be able to be included, but it's a good idea for him to persevere inn his desire to be included and he will be....eventually. - Liss

 

[sooo]

As an apprentice or intern. In radio and TV, as well as in other vocations, college students were often employed to earn college credits, sometimes paid a small salary, sometime not. It could fit the 54 profile quite well. I'm uncertain how 51 might play into this. He may shock the others how well he could see/think/perform, even though deficient in his experience and/or education. Or, he may not be excited by not being viewed as a peer, but everyone must start somewhere.

 

[mulberry]

Interesting that you should make the internship connection, sooo, as that was my partner's original connection to this friend (let's call the friend J.)-- he interned for J. years ago. So there has always been a kind of distance and mentor/student relationship with J., not anything like an equal partnership friendship or emotional closeness, but J. has quietly done some very helpful things professionally over the years. Now J. has a much more prominent position and my partner hopes to be included in a new project he is doing... But he might not be quite at that point yet. It's all a bit uncertain, and something that he really can't bring up directly. But we're hopeful that if he's not included now, maybe he will be in a few years.

Liss and Ginnie, thank you for your reassuring insights as well! I don't think any of you know just how prescient you are in understanding the overall context-- it's really quite startling. Thank you!

 

[goddessliss]

Interesting that you should make the internship connection, sooo, as that was my partner's original connection to this friend (let's call the friend J.)-- he interned for J. years ago. So there has always been a kind of distance and mentor/student relationship with J., not anything like an equal partnership friendship or emotional closeness, but J. has quietly done some very helpful things professionally over the years. Now J. has a much more prominent position and my partner hopes to be included in a new project he is doing... But he might not be quite at that point yet. It's all a bit uncertain, and something that he really can't bring up directly. But we're hopeful that if he's not included now, maybe he will be in a few years.

Liss and Ginnie, thank you for your reassuring insights as well! I don't think any of you know just how prescient you are in understanding the overall context-- it's really quite startling. Thank you!

Yep sooo is sooooooo good at this, this is why we love hearing his interpretations.

Me and Ginnie, we not bad ourselves ey! glad I can help - Liss

 

[sooo]

Jung was once an intern to Freud, until he surpassed him. From the sound of everything you've shared, Mulberry, it's a little difficult to see why your partner would object to asking J to intern on this project. A little humility (one eyed man?) may bring shockingly positive results.

The key to success is ensuring you learn as much as possible when you get the opportunity and who knows, in a few years you could be changing the industry around you.

 

[sooo]

Yep sooo is sooooooo good at this, this is why we love hearing his interpretations.

 

[mulberry]

Ah, thank you sooo! The nature of the project is such that it doesn't have interns or anything; it's rather all or nothing (it's a big art exhibition)-- though J. could end up including him in a small way, as a gesture. They're meeting in the next two weeks, which prompted me asking Yi, but J. has so many irons in the fire that it could end up being about something else, or nothing at all. My partner doesn't want to put J. in an awkward position of feeling pressured to include him in the bigger thing when J. very well knows he'd love to be included-- if that makes sense.

But again, thank you all for your insights! I feel so lucky to be a part of this forum.

 

[sooo]

Even if he offers to help J hang pictures just to help out?

See the title under my handle? Not exactly prestigious but it is rewarding nonetheless. It's also nice to be appreciated. And I learn something new every day. I owe it all to a little humility and the chance to help out.

Just sayin...

I won't say more, don't mean to be a pest.

 

[mulberry]

Hi all,

thank you again for all of your suggestions and interpretations! My partner is still on good terms with the friend, but was not selected for the big project-- so it was a case of "not up to the task" (in some way). It turned out his work didn't fit into the themes of the exhibition anyway, so it wasn't a particularly bruising exclusion. I also agree with Ginnie's comment that he will be included eventually.

Thank you again!

 

[mulberry]

Hi all, I just wanted to update further now that the event in question has happened and is over. It's clear my partner was never ever in the running for this particular event as his work did not fit the themes at all. Like, not at all. So there was never a chance. In fact, reading over this casting, I actually laughed out loud because the "one eyed man able to see" so clearly describes the situation--we weren't seeing the whole picture by any means and didn't ever seriously consider that maybe the focus of the project would mean an automatic exclusion. But in contrast to the other place where the "one eyed man who is able to see" line appears (Wilhelm 10.3), the partial blindness never put my partner in any danger or anything like that. More like the sorrowful left-out feeling of 54.2. 51 plainly described the shock of realizing the theme of the project (from which he was excluded) was quite different than we considered it would be. Or perhaps it describes the surprising and much-appreciated ancillary benefits he's received from the project anyway (through association with colleagues whose work did fit it, and were included). Anyway, just a more nuanced update...

Final thoughts: if you get 54.2, consider that there may be factors you can't see or understand at the moment influencing what is happening, and that you can't control. Expect a certain degree of disappointment, but not danger (like in 10.3). And know that "loyalty" and "perseverence" will perhaps pay off in the face of disappointment. He's been gracious socially with the person who did not include him, and they seem to appreciate it.

 

[simonj]

Hi thank you for this update on the outcome for your partner in relation to 54.2 - it really clarifies the situation and is very helpful to me personally, good luck! Simon