The constellation
J323 Man to be reforged chooses present unhappiness. He is in heaven and God is to reforge him, but he chooses not to change
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- Present possessions preferred to future possibilities · J321 entry
- Don't injure yourself to insure your family's future · J322 entry
- Children choose father they know rather than real father they do not yet know. Woman confesses that child is not by her husband. Child, however, chooses to keep the father he knows. (Cf. J391, J1279.1.) · J325 entry
- Man prefers servant girl who is present to her absent mistress · J326 entry
- Soldier prefers to live rather than die and be avenged on enemy · J327 entry