STUDY
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Queen of Spades combines Queen themes of refinement, service, advocacy, and embodied values with Spades themes of consciousness, work, belief, action, and transformation.
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The clarity of one's conscience makes one an obvious leader
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Resolute and direct; completely reliable in one's word and deed
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Totally unaware of the magnificent superpower that is within one
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Believing one's self-worth is entirely dependent on the amount of work one do
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Proudly holding oneself above the "unacceptable" human behavior of others
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Operating with a judgmental mindset and making things harder on oneself with one's own judgements
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Attuned to the larger process of life; living with a Zen appreciation of each moment
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Wisely delegating duties and off-loading tasks; empowering others to get the job done
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Perfectionistically insisting on doing all the work oneself and piling it all on oneself to do
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Micromanaging and obsessive, trying to control all the details
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A poverty mindset: believing one's work is not valuable and accepting low compensation for one's efforts
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Making oneself into a menial workaholic and occupying oneself with busy work
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Utilizing the power of one's psychic knowing to manifest serendipitous solutions
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Acting with a royal facade of perfection; unwilling to show any real, vulnerable feelings
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Cold and aloof; unaware of how unapproachably icy one appear to others
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Acting as a caretaker for others; making oneself into a servant for one's loved ones
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Nitpicking the flaws in others; magnifying what's "wrong" until one "make a mountain out of molehill"
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Committed to cleaning oneself in the mirror of one's romantic relationship
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Slave-driving oneself with an iron will, which makes one high-strung and nervous
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Burying oneself in household chores to avoid dealing with unresolved emotions
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Obsessively splitting hairs over the perceived cleanliness of one's health and wellbeing
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Finding transformative healing through the power of one's consciousness