Program 16-5-7: Loss of authority
A sensitive relationship to authority figures: real gratitude toward those who pass things on, turning into contempt when you doubt yourself.
- active gratitude
- esteem regained
- chosen teachers
Program 16-5-7: Loss of authority at a glance
This person knows how to receive: advice, a trade, a family story. They keep the memory of those who taught them something and keep it alive, by quoting a former teacher, reusing a recipe, passing it on in turn. This gratitude attracts good mentors and makes learning flow.
The trap opens when your own work stalls. To avoid feeling left behind, you run others down: the incompetent boss, the overrated colleague, the outdated elders. No one finds favor anymore. This disparagement isolates you and closes doors. When criticism rises, ask yourself instead what you would like to achieve yourself.
- The card 16
- XVI · The Tower
- The card 5
- V · The Hierophant
- The card 7
- VII · The Chariot
- The position
- Programs
By Thomas Guilhot · updated
What this program carries
This program gives deep gratitude toward those who passed on knowledge and real pride in one’s ancestors.
Its strengths
The person honors family history, respects elders, and listens without contradicting or interrupting. They value other people’s work, consider their supervisor, take colleagues’ opinions into account, and work for the common good. They accept that others think differently, including in matters of faith.
Where it can get stuck
When the person cannot, for whatever reason, do their own work well, they start to devalue others. No one is an authority in their eyes anymore: they find fault in every career path, see only flaws, and refuse to recognize the value of others’ experience. Even an inheritance, house, car, or savings, leaves them dissatisfied. According to the method, this is not calculated: it comes from an unconscious need not to appear beneath others. They may feed gossip and sterile criticism, or borrow money and then convince themselves there is no need to pay it back.
What helps
Practice truly listening, hearing and accepting a point of view different from your own. Respect other people’s work and experience. Look after older family members, even when they are not right about everything: their age alone deserves consideration. Take an interest in their journey and look for what in them inspires your pride. At work, respect your manager and colleagues, and be glad for the team’s successes. Finally, watch your health: no self-medication, no passive waiting, and rest stays at a spa when possible.
In everyday life
At the break, the conversation turns to the new manager.
You drop a sharp remark, then another; the laughter encourages you. In the evening, an uneasiness lingers. Try this the following week: note one thing she does well, and say it, simply. Ask her for advice on a point where you are stuck. Respect given takes nothing from your worth; it often opens the door to the recognition you were waiting for.
A symbolic reading of the Destiny Matrix: food for thought about yourself, never a verdict or an established fact.
Go further
The Tower
The card of energy 16The Hierophant
The card of energy 5The Chariot
The card of energy 7Program 11-9-16: Putting oneself at risk
Another page of the same family that shares one of these energiesProgram 9-16-7: Silence
Another page of the same family that shares one of these energiesProgram 10-8-16: Plot
Another page of the same family that shares one of these energies
How is it calculated?
First calculate all the points of the matrix, then look at each line of three points.
Fictional example, March 14, 1987: the finance line brings together points c1 = 10, x2 = 11, and x = 19. These three numbers form program 10-11-19, “Burnout, flare-up.” Order does not matter: 19, 10, and 11 would give the same one. The karmic tail is not part of this search; it has its own reading. In all, this date carries nine programs, including 17-22-5 for the talents of the paternal line and 20-3-10 for the maternal line.
Frequently asked questions: program 16-5-7: Loss of authority
Does this name mean a lack of authority?
No. It speaks of an authority lost from view, the kind we recognize in others as well as the kind we grant ourselves. When self-esteem wavers, respect for others wavers too. By regaining confidence in your own work, you regain the ability to admire without rivalry, and your word naturally regains weight among those around you.
How do I choose a mentor with this program?
Look for someone whose work you admire more than their status, and who accepts your questions. Set a framework: a regular meeting, a precise topic. The trio rebalances when admiration rests on concrete actions; it then withstands disappointments, since no teacher is perfect, and teaches you to recognize your own expertise.
What should I do if this program awakens in adolescence?
The age of defiance often makes it visible: teachers despised, rules mocked, all adults judged ridiculous. Rather than demanding respect, show it: speak with consideration of those who trained you, admit your own mistakes. Above all, help your child succeed at something by their own means; personal pride calms the need to put others down.
Programs: the 22 energies
- Program
Program 5-14-19: The millionaire program
Real potential for abundance, in money as in affection, that shows itself when you stop waiting for luck and start building. - Program
Program 10-15-5: High spiritual mission of unification
A talent for bringing people together around an idea, which becomes a mission when the person dares to embody it instead of merely imagining it. - Program
Program 17-5-6: Beauty
A natural radiance, of face or heart, that touches others and grows when the person puts it at the service of a project. - Program
Program 18-5-5: Magical knowledge, idealization of the family
A legacy of sensitivity and knowledge passed down the lineage, and a dream of a perfect family that needs to meet reality. - Program
Program 18-7-7: Fear of fulfillment, of roads
Valuable know-how that hesitates to leave the shelter of the familiar and takes flight when the person moves forward in small trips. - Program
Program 13-7-20: Danger on the road, in decisions
A foresight that protects loved ones and, well dosed, finally allows leaving, changing jobs, or moving to another city. - Program
Program 15-22-7: Gambling, risks, adrenaline
A rare boldness that tastes the unknown and gains by measuring what it puts at stake before leaping. - Program
Program 10-5-22: Inquisition
Firm convictions that become a strength when they leave everyone the right to live in their own way.
Illustrations: Nicolas Conver’s Tarot de Marseille, dated 1760, restored by Tarot World Project, CC BY-SA 4.0 license, via Wikimedia Commons — images resized and compressed by Versana.