The theme of love triangles would not be complete without also examining so-called “protective triangles.” These are relationships in which a person panically avoids deep commitment to only one partner, because in the event of a separation they would not be able to endure the intensity of their feelings. As a rule, such a person […]
I continue with my presentation of Liz Greene’s article on the psychological dynamics of love triangles. This time, for people who can read their birth charts, there are astrological significators included. It is about the aspects between the planet of love, Venus, with difficult Saturn and Chiron. Aspects that point to the presence of emotional […]
In her book Astrology and the Rising of Kundalini (Astrology and the Rising of Kundalini: The Transformative Power of Saturn, Chiron, and Uranus), Barbara Hand Clow writes that during a painful event, two of the following three roles are activated: being the one who is wounded, being the one who wounds, and being the wounded […]
This article is a continuation of the article “For many are called, but few are chosen,” which I ended by saying that I still had no answer to the question of why some people decide to walk the “narrow path,” while others resist for a long time and try to “bargain over the price.” On […]
And they told us that love was supposed to be a joyful experience For the sake of “fairness,” the sun that illuminates the opposing ways of dealing with painful emotions now casts its other ray as well. Understandably, this ray is the exact opposite of unleashing the storm outward, as suggested in the previous article. […]
Below, I present an abridged excerpt from Howard Sasportas’ book The Gods of Change. He retells the Sumerian legend of the descent of the goddess of the heavens – Inanna – into the underworld to her sister Ereshkigal. Sasportas includes this myth in his book to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the psychological symbolism […]
“At origin aggressiveness is almost synonymous with activity.” — D.W. Winnicott This quote opens the chapter “The Astrology of Aggression” by Howard Sasportas in the book The Dynamics of the Unconscious. In it, the author reveals through astrological examples how the aggressive impulse is naturally embedded within us (the energy of the planet Mars) and […]
A friend of mine told me a parable about bamboo that she had translated from a book by Olivier Clerc. Deeply moved by this story, I decided to pass it on, adding my own commentary. The parable is brief: “They say that in China, there grows a very special variety of bamboo. If we plant […]
