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What does it mean?
Someone appears angelic but is exhausted or passing through temporarily.
In plain terms
You look good but you are tired and leaving soon.
What can you take from it?
Appearances can hide fatigue or impermanence.

Where it applies

  • meeting strangers
  • travel
  • social encounters

Putting it to work

  • look beyond surface
  • ask about well-being

Questions to consider

  • Who have you misjudged?
  • What hides behind beauty?

Another view

Not everyone looking tired is passing through.

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