The Elemental Alignment of Jung Hoseok (Part 3)
Subject: Jung Hoseok, born February 18, 1994 — Aquarius
Performed: October 15, 2024
Original Post Date: October 22, 2024
Spread: Elemental Alignment, original design by BlueMoonPunch
Deck: The Wild Unknown: Animal Spirit by Kim Krans, Sacred Geometry Activations by LON, Oracle of The Radiant Sun by Caroline Smith and John Astrop, The Arcana of Astrology by Claire Goodchild, Wisdom of The Oracles by Colette Baron-Reid
Time: 2 hours
Details: The Elemental Alignment reading is designed to showcase an individual's energetic alignment and balance with the elements, then compare it to that of the Higher Self's alignments.
Previous Readings
Since Hoseok has just left the military, it is time for a new Elemental Alignment reading to see his new standing and how things are settling in for him now. This was a really exciting one to do as a lot of it, at the time, seemed to build up toward the Full Moon in Aries (October 17), which was the day he was let out. There’s a lot of stimulation, a lot of excitement toward getting back out into the world, but a suggested or desired effort toward balancing between personal comfort and outside communication and work with other people.
The set above is split down the middle by Clean It Up, and from there, the surrounding cards mirror each other end to end. First, The Warrior mirrors the Full Moon in Aries card at the end, both holding the images of horned animals and really pushing that sense of focused action and conscious/physical level readiness and exertion. Following that, Passion leans over into the Elephant Spirit where it feels like an extension of The Warrior/Full Moon in Aries, but higher up, more centered in the soul or his higher energy. This shows that on both levels, physical and energetic, he is very amped up and ready to go. I know he said he was already packed and ready to leave a month beforehand, so I’m sure this eagerness is quite palpable for him.
Mother Earth is then reflected by The Empress, both of which are very steady and stable energies, and seem to be more focused on work and engaging with the world again. The 2 of Wands sits underneath The Empress showing more of that Fire energy from the previous two sets, that passion and excitement, being tempered and planned out a bit more on his end. I feel like he’s aware on some level of his cycles of high and low energy, and I feel like he’s deliberately trying to pace himself there under The Empress, but his vision and excitement is still quite high for what is to come and what he wants to do, short term and long term.
The next set that follows Mother Earth has three cards — Mars, Second House, and Third House. Again, this Mars energy rolls in with that Aries, Warrior, and Passion energy, the Fire energy is very strong and suggests quite a lot of stimulation that is very familiar for him, and for me as someone who has done readings for him plenty of times in the past. But again, there’s a noticeable effort to temper this energy and not do too much too soon, or too fast. With Mars, there is an effort to balance between the 2nd and 3rd House, between personal comfort and stability, a more self-focused state, and a more externalized, communicative, space of activity. This is then reflected in Negotiation, with the effort to balance the Sun and Moon being the most prominent part here, effort to maintain a stable balance between the internal and external world.
You can imagine Hoseok, at least upon his release, as the 2 of Pentacles, but rather than juggling Pentacles with Water flowing in the background, he’s juggling Fire with lava flowing in the background.
Current Core State: Hawk — Air
Higher Self Core State: Bee — Air
Hoseok’s current state of core energy is represented by the Hawk which combines aspects of Air and Fire together to create a very stimulated and illuminated system of movement, observation, and communication. The Higher Self, however, is trying to calm that energy into the state of the Bee. It’s the same Air, the same direction, same kind of movement and progression, but the Fire energy is way more toned down. Rather than being bright red, burning hot, to the point where the dark part of the image feel like soot or ash, the Bee carries illumination and a comfort within the idea that as the Bee moves just a bit slower, it is able to see more and therefore able to navigate a little better without worry of getting lost or too tired.
Water Alignment: Gazelle — Fire (rev.)
This is entirely centered around his energy at the moment where Fire is quite a dominant force, but in a way that he is actively trying to subdue or filter to a degree. The combination of imbalanced (reversed) Fire energy in the space of Water suggests risk of boiling over in the energetic and emotional spaces, there’s a risk of burn out right out of the gate, which is something he’s trying to avoid. It’s quite a personal conflict between wanting to do everything, wanting to do absolutely nothing, and knowing for a fact that neither of those things on their own are going to end well. Balance is very much required here, especially as these are the inner, personal foundations. Efforts with Negotiation, the balance between the Sun and the Moon, between the external and internal spaces would start here.
The Gazelle on its own does represent hypervigilance and being overstimulated by or heavily influenced or distracted by your surroundings. As the Gazelle is prey, its natural instincts leave it very overly aware of everything going on around it, constantly tensed up and straining around a constant urge to run.
Fire Alignment: Bat — Air (rev.)
The Fire Alignment, the space of passion, energy, and action, is in the same state as the Water Alignment, with an imbalanced energy causing somewhat of an overstimulation of the energy. The Air here fuels the Fire beyond the point of containment and I was seeing this as throwing off the Bat’s natural cycles. Bats are nocturnal, they begin to hunt at night, but I was seeing this as the Bat being so eager to hunt that it doesn’t sleep through the day and heads out while the Sun is still up. Because of this, it blinds itself in the light and it becomes exhausted, falling out of the sky due to the light, the heat, and a sudden drop in energy.
The influence of Air does show that it’s a matter of the mind that is both stimulating and tempering this Fire energy, a battle of the mind, which is well represented in Negotiation and the focus on self and other.
Earth Alignment: Mouse — Earth
The Earth Alignment is the connection to the external space and can show aspects of groundedness and stability, as well as self-awareness and connection. Here, for Hoseok, this feels very focused on areas or moments of stability. I’m seeing this in a very literal way where the Mouse is representing that these areas or moments are small and in the details. I’m also thinking of the idea of the Mouse being in the walls, or moments of isolation, being alone in the dark, where there really is no outside input and the stimulation is cut off, as an aspect of his stability.
The colored lights around the Mouse feel like ideas of visions, points of inspiration or energy that is much easier to manage and process when alone, in the dark, in the quiet. However, there is an odd fear or discomfort around this, a hesitancy towards slowing down or taking a break as it feels, similar to the Gazelle, like a matter of prey, a matter of if you stop moving now, you’re dead.
Air Alignment: Frog — Water
This is something I’ve seen for him before in terms of emotional flux and a sense of inner instability that is very at the mercy of his environment alongside his own perception of himself within that environment. The Frog is a very emotionally concentrated figure and it typically refers to emotional overwhelm or emotional purging. In the Air Alignment, this Water energy has the potential of clouding judgment and distorting self-perception and perception of reality. This could contribute to the fear around slowing down or quitting something.
The conscious level mind is very influenced by the subconscious space here, by darker waters, which really clashes with the vibrant Fire energy that is also present around him. Again, I think the effort toward Negotiation is connected to this, the awareness of this clashing as well as the awareness of how this type of energy and cycle has gone for him before. He seems to be very mindful of this now and is taking easy steps with a mindful eye on his own well-being.
That's all I have for this one, thanks for reading!