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Thanks for your email, Tom. A difficult dilemma confronts you. I can see from the cards that you've experienced a dip in your fortunes lately. It's as if the present situation with the bothersome colleague has somehow arisen from this downturn in your luck. We're not talking complete disaster, but you've experienced some definite setbacks in your plans, which - I sense - you've found very frustrating, not least because there wasn't much you could do to prevent them! There are losses here, blockages, and the current situation with your colleague probably feels like the icing on a particularly nasty and indigestible cake.
A card appears in your spread which, I think, indicates the nature of the person in question. This is someone who ought to lead and inspire you, but is singularly failing to do so. This is someone who ought to nurture and have vision, but - at present - they are singularly lacking these attributes also. This is someone who is temperamental; they will fly off the handle if not handled carefully. They can also be stifling, encroaching, and sometimes markedly insensitive.
However, this particular card suggests to me that one way to deal with this person is to be very frank and honest. Yes, they may indeed go off on one if you adopt this attitude toward them. At the same time, this is not a person who holds grudges for very long - simply because the feelings of others don't make much impact, except where their own issues are concerned. Confronting this person may create stormy conditions in the short-term, but my guess is that it may not be long before things settled down again.
The real issue to look out for - however - is what's going on inside of you. You've got to look after yourself, because you don't feel in a place right now where it's possible for you to tolerate major upset and discord. There's a lingering, negative influence from the past, which is casting its shadow over you. Think about your past relationships. Is there anything in the situation with the work colleague which resonates with a situation from your past? Does your colleague remind you of anyone you've had a close relationship with? If so, tread carefully, because that situation hanging over from the past isn't 100% resolved just yet. What you want to avoid is staging an exact re-run with your colleague in the present. Beware - the cards suggest - of re-enacting a bad situation. You need to discover new tactics to deal with the present situation, in order to avoid the mistakes of the past.
In conclusion then, this is a tricky situation, and you're not at your strongest at the moment. But as long as you can avoid falling into past mistakes, and are prepared to weather the storm in the short term, hopefully this unhelpful person will soon get the message and move on.