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Heartcore. Art by Jackson Nathan, from the Etherea Illumination Deck.

#5: HEARTCORE Sign: Sagittarius Gift: Patience Shadow: Impatience

Gift: Patience The beautiful and nearly daunting quality about this gift is that to unearth patience requires patience -- and so, you must uncover it slowly and deliberately. It is like a precious gift, carefully wrapped; all you wish to do is rip off the paper and retrieve the present, but the reward is that much greater when you take the time to, inch by inch, reveal the contents of what lies within. In fact, the reveal itself becomes part of the gift. To be patient is to be one with the pulse of life, the heartbeat of being. You trust in the natural rhythm of existence, complete with its seasons, and realize that all experiences (both exuberant and challenging) fulfill a necessary part of a greater pattern. Tension melts into ease and you accept all that life has to offer you. Break away from structures that do not belong to you and find solace in your own rituals and altars.

Shadow: Impatience Impatience is the experienced manifestation of this shadow, which is a consequence of failing to trust in the timing of life. When fear is the underlying mechanism for action, you relinquish your peace and true, authentic power, a boundless strength that fuses both energies of the masculine (action, to do) and feminine (reception, to receive). When lost in the shadow, you attempt to control the pace and timing of all aspects of life (an impossible task) and create action from the disharmonious place of agitation, becoming pushy or pessimistic and yielding results that reflect that core of tension. Deviating from the shadow does not mean a lack of fruitful action (i.e. complacence), but action produced from a centered place. You must get still enough to listen to your own inner guidance system versus racing the imaginary clock of your ceaseless mind. You may try to keep up with others or do things just as others do (a reflection of conditioning) which causes you to be out of sync with yourself and your own timing.

The Crossroad. Art by Maria Surducan, from Timemongers.

UPRIGHT: time for a crucial decision, choice, responsibility, commitment

REVERSED: hesitance, overthinking, regret, fear of failure

Panfleto entregue nas ruas do Castigo. Só pode ser visto sob a luz das ruas do Castigo e queima ao atravessar o portal para qualquer outra parte de Storydom:

Preparem-se para a noite mais caótica de suas vidas. Pela primeira vez desde sua existência o Clube da Luta abre suas portas para o maior evento de sua história. Sejam bem-vindos ao:

                                    HALLOWEEN MADNESS

Uma única luta, todos os lutadores se enfrentando entre si, em busca da glória. Aquele que recuperar a maleta dourada, balançando a 4 metros de altura do centro ringue, terá a honra eterna de ser o primeiro vencedor do Halloween Madness, e estará diante do maior dilema de sua vida: Escolher abrir a mala e ganhar o prêmio secreto, escondido em seu interior, ou aceitar a quantia de 200 mil excals, oferecida gentilmente pela Whiskey Frollo's, para esquecer o prêmio. E para apimentar um pouco mais a disputa, a única regra é que o lutador deve estar fantasiado e com o rosto coberto. Apenas o vencedor terá sua identidade revelada, assim, todos os outros terão que conviver em segredo com a vergonha eterna de ter sido um dos muitos perdedores do melhor evento esportivo da história do Castigo.

Será que você tem o que é preciso para vencer o Halloween Madness?