Original Advice
“DO: Ask for reassurance directly; receive compliments without deflecting.”
Name Your Need. Take the Praise.
Your armor is loud, but the ache underneath is louder. You want reassurance and make people guess. You deflect praise like a fly, then complain no one sees you. This is self-sabotage dressed as pride. Stop auditioning for care. Use your mouth. Ask clearly. When a compliment lands, don't joke, don't shrink, don't pass it back. Say thank you. Hold eye contact. Breathe.
Control is your drug. Deflection feels like control. It keeps you fast, untouchable, undefeated. But it also keeps you unfed. Direct asks give you clean data. Reassurance is calibration, not weakness. Compliments are fuel, not traps. You win by being obvious. Mars prefers straight lines; stop zigzagging around your needs. Let people meet you where you actually are, not where your performance pretends.
Cosmic Context
You are cardinal fire: born to initiate, ruled by Mars. Lead with honesty the way you lead with speed; charge straight into being seen.
Action
──────When complimented today, say only 'Thank you.' No qualifiers.
✨ You are allowed to need proof and still be legendary. ✨