This contact does not hand over the room the way the conjunction does. It supplies an introduction, a fair price, an invitation, and then waits to see whether the native follows any of it up. Those who do acquire a reputation for being lucky in people, which is largely a reputation for answering letters. Those who do not spend a lifetime hearing about chances that went to someone less able. Nothing announces itself, and the aspect is easy to carry for forty years without noticing it is there.
Where it is used, the practical marks are consistent. The native negotiates well without appearing to negotiate, because the pleasantness is real and the other party leaves satisfied. Sums lent are usually repaid. A good eye shows in what the native buys secondhand and what they refuse at full price. Hospitality is the usual instrument: this is the person who cooks for eleven, and the eleven turn out to be useful to one another. The generosity has a return, though it is not calculated in advance.
The trap is mildness. Because agreement is pleasant here, disagreement gets postponed, and the native develops a habit of being liked instead of being clear. Partnerships formed on warmth alone go bad slowly and expensively. The second risk is smallness of ambition: a comfortable life is so easy to arrange that a difficult one is never attempted. Taken up in earnest, in a trade, an institution or a marriage that asks something real, the aspect produces steady increase across decades and remarkably few enemies.
What It Gives
- ◆social luck when acted upon
- ◆shrewd eye for value
- ◆agreements others honour
- ◆hospitality that pays forward
What It Costs
- ◆opportunity left dormant
- ◆conflict postponed to keep peace
- ◆ambition capped by comfort
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