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The first spiritual event I can remember happened just after I started college. I was working for one of the departments and was asked to deliver a package to a destination around half a mile away. It was October and the weather had just begun to turn cold, and on this particular day it was extremely windy, and since I had just "left the nest" and was on my own for the first time, I was awfully underprepared for the weather (and many other things). So I had set out and was buffeted by the severe winds, so strong I could barely walk, and so cold that I was chilled to the bone. Normally I could make this walk in ten minutes, but with the wind it was taking me three times that. When I was halfway to my destination, I was stressed enough that I called out (to nobody in particular), "Would you please just give it a rest!?" and immediately the wind stopped dead and was so calm that the leaves on the trees didn't even move. I was shocked! I sheepishly murmured, "Thanks," and continued my errand. The wind remained still until I had finished the delivery and returned: I opened the door and a massive blast of wind, as if to tease me, kicked me over the threshold. Ever since I turned my back on a materialist worldview some years ago, I have wondered if this was literally a spirit: now that I have the tools to find out, I figured I'd ask.

I'm quickly-fading Fortuna Minor in the I, while spirits generally are peaceful Albus in the VIII. The VIII perfects to the I through a conjunction in the II, indicating that yes, a spirit did come over and make themselves known. Albus also occupies the IV, hinting perhaps that the spirit was a local nature spirit. The reception of the I and VIII is Cauda Draconis: this figure indicates commitment to a predetermined course of action, suggesting I was bound to bump into the spiritual sooner or later. This story is mirrored in the court: my world (the RW) is materialistic Tristitia; the outside world (the LW) is Caput Draconis, the figure of wide horizons and many opportunities; thus, the overall situation (the J) is Conjunctio, the figure of contact.