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Past Life

A past life as a metaphor for the lessons that keep coming back

History

Past-life spreads spread after the Theosophical movement of the late nineteenth century brought ideas of reincarnation to the West. Most readers today use it as a metaphor: the past life stands for a pattern that keeps returning, and this life's task is to finish or break it.

What to ask

When you keep stumbling over the same kind of problem and want to see the lesson underneath.

The positions

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  1. 1Who You WereThe "past life" as metaphor: an old, familiar trait in you.
  2. 2The Lesson Left UnfinishedThe lesson left unfinished that carries into now.
  3. 3What Carries Into This LifeThe gift or pattern you bring with you into this life.
  4. 4What This Life Asks of YouWhat this life asks you to complete or let go of.

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