Steven Karcher & Michael Servetus
The spokes of the cartwheel loosen. Husband and wife turn their eyes to one another.
You can resolve old quarrels now, the endless cycle of charge and countercharge. Preserve your integrity by connecting to what is above and let your old identity disappear. If you carefully present your case, you can acquire a new destiny. Be open and provide what is needed.
Richard Wilhelm
The spokes burst out of the wagon wheels.
Man and wife roll their eyes.
##### Comments
Here an attempt is made to press forward forcibly, in the consciousness that the obstructing power is slight. But since, under the circumstances, power actually lies with the weak, this sudden offensive is doomed to failure. External conditions hinder the advance, just as loss of the wheel spokes stops the progress of a wagon. We do not yet heed this hint form fate, hence there are annoying arguments like those of a married couple. Naturally this is not a favorable state of thing, for though the situation may enable the weaker side to hold its ground, the difficulties are too numerous to permit of a happy result. In consequence even the strong man cannot so use his power as to exert the right influence on those around him. He experiences a rebuff where he expected an easy victory, and he thus compromises his dignity.
