(1) Superhuman beings may symbolize the way events seem to conspire to force you into a decision you ought to have taken long ago and which, at a deep level, you know is for your good. (Compare the guardian angels, tutelary saints and protective spirits of religious traditions.)
(2) They may symbolize authority and wisdom. Rut be careful not to relinquish your own inner wisdom in favour of some externally imposed authoritarian code of belief and behaviour that is foreign to your personal ground-plan or destiny.
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