Showing posts with label Houses and meanings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Houses and meanings. Show all posts

Friday, February 2, 2024

Houses as Lessons of Spiritual Growth to gain Character of Identity

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Master astrologer and psychologist Steven Arroyo has written about the nature of the elements and their impact on the psyche.  Credits and thanks to this wonderful teacher.  The material below is from my book Psychological Astrology for the Psyche.

Identity as material for social intellects
(“I am a social intellect” or I.M.S.I.)

The houses can also be considered as training modules (much like a 3D reality experience) for the individual’s soul.  Three unique and different observations can be made in the study of the houses as living environments of experience and their effect on the psyche.  

One pattern involves learning experiences that define I.M.S.I. lessons, or Identity, Material, and Social-Intellectual Learning Environments.

Identity means the soul has four different types of Identity Resolution issues to face:  Self, Core Self, Other-Self, and Global Self.  (By core self, I mean where the individual finds and applies the growth experience of being born and raised in the human environment. The Global Self means that facet of the soul that wishes to contribute toward the preservation and continuation of society, thereby creating a structure to add to the collective whole group’s efforts.)
     This takes place in the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th houses.

Material means the soul is using lessons to create something of substance; not necessarily a tangible, but gaining substance of character in a way that translates into results.  This takes place in the 2nd, 5th, 8th, and 11th houses.

Social-intellectual means that the soul is gaining wisdom through interactions with society by being involved as a group member.  Information is being received and transmitted; ideas are being born, stretched/extrapolated, and exchanged.    This takes place in the 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th houses. 

The houses are also identified in a triad by their respective focus as primary, secondary, and tertiary centers of impact upon soul coursework for learning life lessons.  The 1st/4th/7th/10th houses, also referred earlier as Direction Markers of Life (and corresponding to the Four compass points of N/S/E/W), indicate key areas where the soul builds the cornerstones of learning and growth.  

This is the ASLS method, or the “Actions of Elements.”                 
(ASLS=actions of elements)   
It also stands for Action to Secure Learning for the Soul.

Fire – Action Lessons – 1st, 5th, 9th
Earth – Security Lessons – 2nd, 6th, 10th
Air – Social/Intellectual Lessons –  3rd, 7th, 11th
Water – Emotional-Soul Lessons – 4th, 8th, 12th

Action lessons from the 1st/5th/9th houses with a fire-based Aries/Leo/Sagittarius energy give the soul challenges regarding momentum and inertia.  Procrastination and impulsiveness are two extremes.   

Security lessons from the 2nd/6th/10th houses with an earthy Taurus/Virgo/Cap quality will require the soul to learn “sticking with plans,” persistence, determination, and endurance to see a goal through and finished.  Responsibility is strengthened and developed here.  

Social-Intellectual Learning in the in the 3rd/7th/11th cerebral heights of air and Gemini/Libra/Aquarius) means the soul is engaged in examining cause-and-effect, principles of ethics, social conduct, and the capacity to exchange and share both tangible and intangible concepts, including communicating.
 
Emotional-Soul lessons from the 4th/8th/12th come to us from Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces’s realms to provide awareness of empathy, compassion, affection and love, and self-control.  Emotional-soul lessons are water-based, signifying their theme as a means to bring sensitivity to the subject’s life.  Interactions that create deep feelings are experienced here; the awareness of life-and-death cycles, physical ecstasy through sex, and strong attunement to one’s inner intuitive voice are found here.

However, I believe Emotional-Soul lessons also carry a secondary level of depth in that they carry with the lesson the personal elemental balance of the individual.  To me, each dominant element within an individual will color the way he or she experiences an Emotional-Soul lesson from the respective water-based house.  A fire-based intuitive-action type will respond to lessons one way; an earthy grounded-to-Nature type will feel/handle lessons through their senses and appetites to satisfy or sooth pain or happiness; an elevated-mind of an air type would spend much time in the communicating or sharing how he or she felt about significant life lessons.

Furthermore, the nature of a water-based house and its emphasis on emotions and sensitivity, along with the larger principle of a powerful Emotional-Soul lesson, is slightly different because of human physiology.  A water-based empathic type could be even more vulnerable to sadness, depression, or euphoria.  The mood swings and physical changes that take place when the endocrine system is flooded with emotional charges of energy are at work here; hence the fluid levels of the body are affected—and this includes neurotransmitters as well as hormones.  The need for security/safety in home’s home for self and family, the explosive and primal forces of sex and survival, and the fears and dark hidden places in the psyche are all heightened in their respective water houses when activity in them is indicated by planet placement.  


(C) MDLOP8 2010

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Houses: the "Cities of the World" as Areas of Life Experience





Antero Alli, a fantastic author on astrology, wrote a book where he had the idea of the chart houses (those "wedges," as I call them) as "states" of existence, much as I've outlined in a prior post.

 But what I found helpful was to turn the idea of houses into "cities" around the world.  To me, the chart IS a "world view" of our lives on an individual level.  Here are my ideas for the 12 "city-states" of the world of our lives, along with the dynamics of each.

 In each “city” or house, we all find a new means of understanding a particular experience or Life Lesson that is crucial for our growth as individuals and also for the Four Primary Objectives/Goals of being born on Earth: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual learning.

 It is said that these are unique in their strengths because of the vibrations of the Earth Herself as a Living Entity (She grows Life in multiple forms), and therefore, our capacity to experience the houses (or “cities”) is vital to our knowledge of “how and why” we react and respond to the astrological messages of signs and planets in each house. 


1st House = Aries 
New York City:
"The Big Apple" & New York Yankees #1
(Personality & Physical Embodiment)
Early childhood years


2nd House = Taurus
Las Vegas/Monte Carlo: $$, indulgences, music; View toward sex & needs Self-values, attitude toward assets; Attitude toward earning capacity and its expression.


3rd house = Gemini
Minneapolis-St. Paul or Philadelphia
“Twin” Cities or the City of Brotherly Love;
 (siblings and communications; short travels)

4th house = Cancer-Crab
Rome
“No Place Like Home”
“Have you called your mother lately?”
(home environment; end of life; mother-figure influence)


5th house = Leo
Hollywood…Rio…Paris!
Creativity (physical and mental)
Activities of luck (gambling); arts and crafts skills,
Children and romantic nature


6th house = Virgo
Boston 
Hahd wehk nevah huht nobahdee 
(Yes, that's their accent in "Bah-stun")
("Hard work never hurt nobody").
Work ethics, Day-to-day service and activities to humanity; Health and dietary needs


7th house = Libra
Hawaii & Polynesian Islands
Partnerships (Marriage, Business & Social Engagements) 
Dealings with Significant Others & Soul Mates


8th house = Scorpio
Moscow; Chicago (in the 1920s--and now); Miami, Florida 
Values of Others
Death-Rebirth Cycles
Sexual Dynamics
Sharing of Self: Assets, body, energy; Attunement with world of spirit; Deep intensity of character
Intuitive mind; perceptive “radar
Destructive use of power: criminal mind


9th house = Sagittarius 
Notre Dame, (school and cathedral); Jerusalem, Mecca, the Vatican; HarvardHigher Education and values of learning.
Social regulations and order of ideals.
Morality; Spirituality keys;
Philosophical Issues;
Interest in other cultures and values


10th house = Capricorn
Washington, D.C.; London; Cairo; Beijing; Athens
Status/Occupation
Career/Ambition; 
Need for a legacy
Parent (of same sex) relationship


 11th house = Aquarius
Los Angeles - San Francisco; Seattle; Amsterdam
Humboldt County, CA (Eureka-Arcata)
Group Affiliations and networking
Humanitarian Endeavors & interests; 
Friendships and bonding ideals; Openness toward social change


12th house = Pisces
Eden; Never-Never Land; Shangri-La, Casablanca (the movie).
Undoing; self-destructive habits.  Self-limitations, Secrets and fears about oneself; Destructive habits and tendencies; 
abuses of soul/spirit. Unconscious mind: 
memory recall from prior life awareness; Retreat for privacy


(c) MDLOP8 2010; 2014

Monday, September 27, 2010

Houses and Life Lessons, Part II


Continuing with the evolutionary wheel of Life Experiences known as the houses (or "wedges" of the chart...I again credit Steven Arroyo with the idea of this.  (Go back to the previous post on the houses as places to explore spiritual, mental, physical and emotional growth.)
The appropriate type of elemental energy (fire, earth, air, or water) are also labeled for each house's Life Lesson and environmental training quality for the psyche.

     
1ST HOUSE:  Action of Identity
(I am Who I Am)


2ND HOUSE:  Material Security
(Gathering what I Need)


3RD HOUSE:  Social-Intellectual (mental) Learning Skills (Learning to think)


4TH HOUSE:  Soul/Emotional Needs & Identity
(Why and what I Need)



 5TH HOUSE:  Action of Material Ideas
(Manifestation and Creativity)

6TH HOUSE:  Social-Intellectual Security
(Proving our usefulness & learning)

7TH HOUSE:  Action on Identity of Other-Self
(Becoming “We/Us”)


8TH HOUSE:  Soul/Emotional Material
(Gathering substance of the psyche)


9TH HOUSE:  Learning Social/Intellectual Actions
(gaining values and beliefs)

10TH HOUSE:  Action of Material Security
(making a legacy of Self)

11TH HOUSE: Social-Intellectual Material
(creating the social network)

12th HOUSE:  Soul/Emotional Learning
(Gathering the meaning/purpose of life)


(c) MDLOP8 2010

Friday, September 17, 2010

Houses: the psychology of the Mandela of Life Experience and Expressions, Part I

The houses of the Zodiac are the 12 "slices" (or "wedges" in my vocabulary) of the chart:  the psychological mandela of Life Experiences and Lessons Encountered.  They function like a Classroom of Life, each with its own course of study and purpose.  They also follow the natural 1-12 cycle of the signs, starting with Aries on the 1st house, Taurus on the 2nd, Gemini on the 3rd, and so on.  

They show where your life story is being played, and what kind of "outward-or-inward" dynamic of the psyche is being taught.  (An outward "strong visibility" wedge is like a fancy theater.  An inward "quiet-and-internal" wedge is like a small school play.)  Wedges go in a pattern of "outward" and "inward" from house #1.  Each "house" has its own dynamic for presentation of YOUR life experience and expression.)  The houses show what area of your life is being cast in the spotlight:  

  1. personality-self-identity (early childhood); how the world sees us.
  2. self-value and earning power; ownership issues
  3. communicating and thinking; relations with siblings
  4. home life and foundation of Self ; "mothering" issues
  5. creativity and romantic nature; children and views toward them
  6. day-to-day tasks, activities and health; service to society
  7. relationships (business and personal)
  8. ability to adapt to the values of others: death-rebirth-sex
  9. philosophical, religious and educational values; foreign cultural influences
  10. career goals and emphasis of status; "fathering" issues and authority figures
  11. friends, associations and wishes; groups and affiliations
  12. and need for privacy and retreat, limitations, self-undoing, and personal fears.
In each of our unique charts, planets and signs are performing there in the respective houses that are designed by the patterns formed by your birthday, latitude/longitude, and time of your birth.  It’s like cable tv, with a different show on each channel.

At our birth, the time, place, and location "spin" the chart so that it matches the mathematical calibrations that work in the astrological system of choice.  No matter which one is used (and there are several, including a Vedic (or Hindu) astrological system), all the respective planets fall in the proper "locations" on the chart.  

It's sort of like watching an opening break on a game of billiards as the balls fall into the pockets--but each planet goes into a house that is part of the 360-degree balance according to specific geometry and measurement within astrological plans.

Each house also has a natural "sponsor" that follows the pattern of the traditional zodiac from Aries to Pisces.  The qualities of each respective wedge will take on the dynamics of the "sponsor" regardless of which sign is positioned on the cusp ("doorway") when our birth chart (or other chart, depending on purpose) is prepared. 

In this way, no matter what planets are placed in our chart, the natural "sponsor" adds something of its own qualities to the activities whether or not the wedge is occupied or not.  For this reason, it's all right to have "empty" houses or wedges in a chart; it simply means that the individual is not dealing with those specific lessons in this lifetime.

(c) MDLOP8 2010