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Following an earlier newsletter on personality-soul fusion I thought it would be interesting to go deeper into this integration process, explore why it is important to understand the six polarities and why it is important for your own journey of spiritual awakening to acknowledge and integrate the energy of your 'opposite' signs.
This is especially important with the signs opposite your Sun, Moon and Rising Sign ... enjoy!
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| Wheel of the zodiac: This 6th century mosaic pavement in a synagogue incorporates Greek-Byzantine elements, Beit Alpha, Israel. Source: Wikipedia. Public domain. License: Creative Commons.
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| The Zodiac is made up of twelve signs arranged in a circle. Each sign therefore has it’s polar opposite on the other side of the circle. So although we have twelve signs, they are grouped into six pairs of opposites. These are called the six polarities.
The six polarities are:
• Aries-Libra
• Taurus-Scorpio
• Gemini-Sagittarius
• Cancer-Capricorn
• Leo-Aquarius
• Virgo-Pisces
Because of the illusion of separation, we tend to think of them as separate, but it is important to remember that they are inherently connected. In Soul Astrology, not only are they connected but they are an important key to unlocking your spiritual journey: your healing journey to wholeness and personality-Soul fusion.
“We may break a piece of magnetized steel as often as we like, we shall never be able to separate the positive from the negative pole; each fragment will always have both. This shows that polarity is an aspect of unity, not an arbitrary duality but an inseparable whole”
– Lama Anagarika Govinda
Opposite signs can be thought of as two ‘poles’ (two ends) of one continuous energetic spectrum. Understanding the totality of this spectrum can lead us out of a sense of duality into a more complete experience. The opposite pole of any sign can therefore be considered as a spiritual “gateway” in the sense that it opens us up to the higher spiritual potential of our own sign. By embracing the energy and character of the opposite sign, we energetically create an evolutionary loop (like the figure-eight infinity symbol) that enables a quantum leap to a higher Soul vibration.
To understand this we have to remember that in Soul Astrology we are always talking about energy and the movement of energy. Studies in quantum physics have shown that matter can act as a particle or a wave depending upon how it is observed . In other words it can appear like a solid object or it can be more like a fluid wave of energy. Essentially there is no separation. There is only a difference of experience based on frequency or vibration. At the denser end of the spectrum light is matter, while at the lighter (finer) end of the spectrum, matter is light:
“there is no difference between energy and matter except for the rate of motion … matter is spirit vibrating at it’s slowest and spirit is matter vibrating at it’s fastest”
- H.P. Blavatsky
Because we are creatures of habit, we tend to ‘solidify’ at one end of a polarity. Through our social conditioning and brain wiring we will tend to have a default set of behaviors and psychological patterns.
Our default patterns are reflected in our Zodiac signs (especially our Sun and Moon). We are born under our particular Zodiac signs because that is the energetic patterning that we are already resonating with as our default way of being. We become ‘polarized’ and our behavior tends to ‘solidify’ at our preferred end of the pole. |
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That's all for now! Next week in Part II we look at what happens as we break the identification with one polarity and move towards our opposite sign. In the meantime... happy exploring!
| | | | Ruth Hadikin, B.Sc. specializes
in the science of Soul Astrology, as applied to living our Soul Path
and Life Purpose. She is dedicated to supporting people to live from the
Soul in 'Life's Greatest Adventure'. |
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