Dependence on other people's opinion

Spheres that use this interpretation:Obstacle point

Interpretations are currently available in Russian only — a translation is in progress.

Arcanum

The Hanged Man

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The obstacle shows up as constantly looking over at others. Decisions are made with an allowance for what people will say; someone else's disapproval is harder to bear than your own failure.

What it blocks is an understanding of people. Behind this point is a person who sees other people's motives and can help them make sense of them; but someone who depends on the general opinion cannot be a support to anyone.

What to do: make one decision knowing it will not be approved of, and hold your ground. It usually turns out that there was less reaction than expected.

A sign that it is receding: another person's opinion becomes a piece of information rather than a verdict.

Obstacle point

Obstacle point = DT + MT

The obstacle point is built differently from the other calculations, and that is important to understand before reading its interpretation.

In this system TP is the entrance to the best part of a person's karma: behind it stand their real talent and their strongest character trait. But the approach to it is blocked — by doubt, by the fear of doing it wrong, by the sense that in this particular matter one is weaker than others. That is exactly why a step that would come easily goes untaken for years.

Hence the main point: **the trait that TP names is not characteristic of the person.** It is not a diagnosis and not a defect, but an obstruction placed in front of a strength. If, on reading the interpretation, you felt stung — that is by design: recognition is itself the first step.

The task is not to fight yourself, but to see this obstruction and stop believing it. By this logic, what opens up behind it is the very thing the calculation is made for.

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