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We have now covered in brief the first six signs of the Zodiac, which represent the self. The next sis signs represent how the self reacts or responds to different levels of the Other. How the self relates to it’s external environmental influences and what effect these influences may have upon the self. The first six signs represent active and passive subjectivity. The next six signs represent objective passive and active responses or reactions to life circumstances, including people. Virgo is the last of the subjective/passive responses and reactions and as such is deep and feminine in Nature. The female mysteries center around just how the organism knows what response to take to insure survival and prosperity. In Libra we have the apex of the Grand Yin. Virgo represents the complex organismic processes inherent in all human beings and how the sub-conscious portion of the ” Mind ” operates. Just how does the Nurturing given by the Great Mother work in relationship to Karma/Dharma, the outpouring of the soul and the conditioning of the environment including the parental input of language, culture, etc. Here we must pause and examine our concept of the Self for all of the cultural ideas world wide, past and present. Virgo is the field of the harvest of millions of years of evolution. She is impeccable and we are the fruit of the Great Mother’s labor.

The exoteric Leo is concerned with the heart and circulatory system and with the cerebral spinal system, both critical to the functioning of the organism. One concerns the supply of nutrients and oxygen to the brain and vital organs the other system concerns the electromagnetic flow of life force through out the system. In an esoteric sense Leo has the same function as it concentrates and radiates the spiritual essence of the being. Identity is more than superficialities in this world. Identity concerns how the one relates to the whole and vice versa. It is here that the importance of the inner life connects with the importance of the outer life. Anything that disrupts or seeks to modify that relationship is deleterious to the whole. While the whole is greater than the sum of its’ parts, each part is vital to the whole and is never lost to the process. Leo is truly the King in this sense. The concept of ego, id and superego is superficial in relationship to the importance of the function of the one to the whole. When we consider this we can truly understand how special we are in the sense of our Dharma/Karma as the Hindu’s would conceive. The complexity and the simplicity is one of the great paradoxes. The one and the many..the many and the one. The Cosmic Human and the human being are really one and the same but separated by function and identity. Leo is the crossroad between the outer and the inner life. In creative function life is a point and a circle in two dimensions which hints at a multitude of dimensional possibilities. In an electromagnetic way attraction and repulsion equally balanced holds us in point and through imagination we may expand and contract from the periferia to the point infinitely aways defined by our unique identity. This is the true heart of the concept of Leo.

The Astrological ideas I am sharing with you come from 45 years of experience and yet there is much to learn. When I picked up Llewellyn George’s A to Z Horoscope Maker and Delineator I didn’t realize that this would be a lifetime of work on top of everything else I was doing. I have given my 1962 edition away and still have a 1973 edition which I reference from time to time, still. It is still foundational for me even though I have my own take on some things and outright disagree with others.

I have wanted to write a degree interpretation book for years but am still hooked on Mark Jone’s Sabian Symbols and Rudhyar’s Astrological Mandella. Especially Dane Rudhyar! I have used his system to make some incredible discoveries. Symbolism is fascinating to me! I have come to understand that human beings communicated in symbols long before spoken words. Colors, shapes, textures, and just plain ol marks on a stick still communicate faster than verbalization. And I am a Talker! Astrological symbolism is rich and deep! Is ancient and predates most of our so called civilizations. The language of genius and intuition. When reduced to words almost trivialized. Take Aries for instance the symbol can resemble the curling horns of the ram, the first plant shoots of spring or the breaching of a whale in the ocean. It can imply from the source outward. The connection of the organism with the outer world. The breath of life. On and On! It is the first sign of the zodiac ( which is depicted as a circle with no beginning or end ) only because presence is necessary to define. Beginning and ending are one and the same, in truth.  You’ve got to start somewhere and in the Northern Hemisphere the spring is the first visible manifestation of life on the surface. The sprout breaking through the earth. The deeper meaning of Aries lies within the mystery of the force of the Earth herself. More later!