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| Life's Greatest Adventure!
| | | | | | Hi Friend,
Last week we started looking at the planets in their role as 'spaceholders', contributing to the conditions for you to awaken. This week we continue by looking at the role of the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars as they contribute to the conditions that allow for the arising of instinct.
You can read more about the planets and their role as 'spaceholders' in chapter 5 of my book "Soul Astrology" ... enjoy! |
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| As we evolve through the levels of instinct> intellect> intuition>illumination and emptiness, it is important to remember that each stage is necessary. It's not that we 'lose' our instincts as we move into intellect, but rather that each stage is a vital foundation for what comes next. So by the time we reach the level of the wisdom realizing emptiness, we also realize that we are all of it. We are everything that has gone before. We don't 'transcend' instinct by 'getting rid of it' but rather it becomes integrated into our whole being.
Instinct is our basic animal sense: the primal force that gives us the drive to exist, protect, survive, and reproduce. It is also Mother Nature operating at her finest, keeping all the subconscious physiological systems working that are beyond your conscious control - from your beating heart to the neural networks that allow a thought to cross your mind at the speed of light.
The Sun creates the conditions for life itself to exist. We live in a solar system, and the consciousness of the Sun is the major 'spaceholder' (see last week) for the perfect conditions for life to exist. This is why the Sun is exalted in the sign of Aries, which creates the space for existence. Aries creates the space - the Sun holds the conditions for the continued existence within that space. At the physiological level the Sun is prana: the very life force that animates and breathes 'life' into physical forms. The Sun gives us our creative tendencies, and our first inkling of self-identity.
The Moon creates the conditions for life to take shape and form. The Moon is said to be the 'Mother of all forms', and influences the shaping of form in physical matter. The Moon is exalted in Taurus, the fixed earth sign, which indicates the close connection to the Moon and Earth. The Moon exerts a magnetic pull on the earth, affecting the tides and gravity. At the physiological level the Moon rules our stomach and digestive tract , and influences how we receive nourishment. We might say that the Moon provides the magnetic attachments (emotional and otherwise) that hold forms together. This links us closely with Karma, as our magnetic impulses (instincts) propel us from one life to the next. Whether we take the 'form' of a fish, reptile, mammal or human depends upon our past lives and the repeated habitual drives that make up our individual karma, which continues to propel us from one life to the next.
Mercury creates the conditions for the development of mind, mental processing, and communication appropriate to our group and species. At the physiological level Mercury governs the nervous system and cellular communication. All mammals have some kind of communication or 'language'. Whether you are born into a gorilla troop, a herd of elephants, or a whale or dolphin pod, Mercury creates the conditions for you to learn the rules of connection and communication within your group. This is why Mercury is exalted in Aquarius because it creates the conditions for the development of primary (primitive) awareness of group (in our case human) consciousness and how we connect within our group.
Venus creates the conditions for us to recognize and attract what we need for the continued survival of the species. Through Venus we recognize beauty, harmony, and cultivate personal magnetism. Physiologically Venus rules the 'harmonising' and 'balancing' factors in the body and so governs hormonal activity, including the chemistry of love and attraction. Through the activities of Venus we will attract our mate and be able to fulfil our function within our group. Venus is exalted in Pisces the sign of Universal Love, and we can see the presence of love as magnetic attraction is indeed universal throughout the animal kingdom.
Mars creates the conditions for us to assert ourselves as an individual and to move forward into the world to get what we need. Physiologically Mars rules the blood, sexual activity and your body's inflammatory responses. At the instinctual level Mars is all about protect and survive. Through the conditioning of Mars we seek out what is needed to provide for ourselves and our mate, protect ourselves and our group from adversaries, fight off the competition (so we get to keep our chosen mate), and engage in the necessary sexual activity for the reproduction and ongoing survival of our group and species. Mars is exalted in Capricorn, the sign of the resource manager and esoterically the sign for 'right use' of resources. It is the conditioning of Mars that ensures that all of earth's creatures have access to the resources we need to survive.
So we can see that throughout the animal kingdom, the conditions for the instinctive existence and survival of a species are held in place by the activities of the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars: the spaceholders for the instinctive level of our development. |
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That's all for now! Next week we will look at Jupiter, Saturn, and their role in the evolution of intellect. In the meantime... happy exploring!
Best Wishes,
Ruth
PS If you are enjoying this series, you will love reading chapter 5 "The Planetary Spaceholders" in my book " Soul Astrology"...
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