Program 16-8-6: Boasting
A gift for storytelling that captivates, and gains strength when the shine of words rests on real facts.
- art of the story
- shine
- word kept
Program 16-8-6: Boasting at a glance
A few sentences are enough for the room to listen: humor, rhythm, and a sense of the telling phrase make this person a born storyteller. They make you want to believe in projects, know how to sell an idea and set a mood. Combined with actions kept, this ease opens many doors.
Embellishing a little, then a little more: the gap between the story and reality grows without your noticing. The day someone checks, trust wavers. Get used to stating the fact before the hope, clearly distinguishing them. An honest story keeps all its charm.
- The card 16
- XVI · The Tower
- The card 8
- VIII · Justice
- The card 6
- VI · The Lovers
- The position
- Programs
By Thomas Guilhot · updated
What this program carries
This program gives a real talent for storytelling: when the person tells a story, time flies.
Its strengths
They know how to persuade, find the words that win people over, and present themselves in company at their best. These assets serve them wherever speech matters: public speaking, negotiation, leading a group, or running a team they know how to motivate.
Where it can get stuck
The person tends to embellish the present and pass off their wishes as accomplished facts. They may keep a showy outfit meant to look more beautiful, richer, or more important, or buy a very expensive piece of clothing for a single evening and then take it back to the store. Most of the time, these embellishments harm no one. But when a commitment weighs heavily, sometimes even someone’s life, a broken promise costs trust. It then becomes painful to knock on the door of a coveted circle and be turned away because its members were let down.
What helps
Give up bragging and, once you have given your word, keep it. Before promising, honestly assess your strength, time, and means, and decline what you will not be able to carry through. When a favor depends on someone else, say so frankly instead of taking the credit. Keep in mind that trust is lost in an instant and rebuilt slowly. Let your achievements speak for you: winning admiration through results is far more rewarding than talking about projects.
In everyday life
At Sunday lunch, everyone asks about your work.
The story runs away with you: a contract almost signed, a boss who adores you. You notice a loved one’s attentive look and catch yourself with a smile: “Let’s say it’s on track.” The conversation becomes truer, and people finally ask you about what matters to you, not only about your feats.
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 16Justice
The card of energy 8The Lovers
The card of energy 6Program 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 16-8-6: Boasting
Does this program make me someone who lies?
No. A lively imagination and a taste for staging are qualities when they serve the pleasure of telling. The limit lies where the story replaces the facts others need in order to decide. An honest word about what remains to be done never spoils a good story, it makes it even more credible.
Where does this need to impress come from?
Often from a desire for recognition, born early: you learned that adults’ attention came with success. The program brings this need to light without ever condemning it. Seeking recognition through simple actions, a job well done, a favor rendered, offers more solid ground than exaggeration.
How can I talk about my successes without exaggerating?
Lean on three elements: a fact, a figure, a concrete effect. For example, say what you delivered, within what time frame, and what it changed for others. The story stays lively, and no one can contradict it, which reassures your listeners. Your storytelling talent gains credibility from it.
Programs: the 22 energies
- Program
Program 9-6-15: Fairy-tale world, writer
An imagination that invents whole worlds and flourishes when it finds a language, a form, and an audience to share them with. - Program
Program 15-21-6: Excess of pleasures
An uncommon appetite for life, which becomes real richness when it learns to choose its pleasures instead of piling them up. - 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 18-8-8: Fear of disappointment
A fine sensitivity that guards against disappointment in advance and finds safety in carefully chosen ties rather than in distance. - Program
Program 22-22-8: Prison
A spirit in love with freedom that, when it withdraws, locks itself in, and that finds air again by daring to ask for help. - Program
Program 22-4-8: Lack of freedom in the face of the system
In the face of rigid frameworks, a thirst for air that finds its way by refusing commitments that bind too tightly. - Program
Program 14-22-8: Avarice
A generous heart that swings between going without and lavishness, and that settles by finding a steady rhythm. - Program
Program 9-8-17: Hidden truth
A gap between the image given and the reality lived, which closes by confiding your truth to someone safe.
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.