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What does it mean?
Some consequences or truths persist due to magical or unchangeable forces.
In plain terms
The blood stayed because the key was enchanted.
What can you take from it?
Some consequences persist due to unchangeable forces.

Where it applies

  • dealing with unavoidable outcomes
  • accepting fate
  • interpreting omens

Putting it to work

  • accepting consequences
  • understanding cause and effect

Questions to consider

  • What consequences feel unchangeable?
  • How do you accept fate?

Another view

It attributes outcomes to magic rather than human choices.

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