If you've
looked at astrology at all
(beyond the daily newspaper) -
then you've probably heard of "aspects."
Aspects are special degrees of separation between the planets that act as dynamic connectors.
Typical aspects are the:
- conjunction
- opposition
- trine
- square
- sextile (nope, it has nothing to do with sex).
Or, maybe, their energy will conflict and they'll wind up in opposite corners and feuding. But whatever the case, the connections between the planets reflect the myths or plots (attitudes, beliefs and actions) that shape our lives and our journey....
Examples
(gross oversimplifications)
of Moon Connection Myths:
Moon/Saturn - "the hungry, deprived child"
Moon/Uranus - "the abandoned child"
Moon/Neptune - "the lost child"
Moon/Pluto - "the violated child"
Of course, no two people with a Moon/Saturn connection are going to play out the part (live out the myth) in exactly the same way... but a typical underlying belief statement of someone with a Moon/Saturn connection might be something like:
"I'll never receive the emotional nurturing I need to survive. I'll always be disappointed and go away hungry...."
Hooray
for Hollywood!
(I'm about to get myself in trouble. It's been a very l-o-n-g time since I had Literature 102 and Theatre 203.)
Coming from a "Jungian" background, I've picked up the careless habit of throwing out phrases like: "living out the myth." I forget we've all been conditioned to think of a "myth" as being nothing more than a make-believe story.
Fact is - that the old Greek myths get played out all the time in our regular world of "time and space" reality.
So, I'm now experimenting with a brand new approach to this.
(Click
Mac the guide dog to see my new approach)
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