NIGHT LIGHT NEWS
ESOTERIC ASTROLOGY AS NEWSWeek of November 8-14, 2017
Warrior Am I
And From The Battle
I Emerge Triumphant
(Scorpio Seed Thought)
Scorpio – the Sign, the Person & the Mystery
When the Sun is in Scorpio all of humanity enters into a time of Testing. Humanity is given Scorpio’s Nine Tests. An example of the tests, ancient yet relevant today, can be read in the biblical story of Samson, the Old Testament hero, who had to choose between passion (Delilah) and obedience to and love of God.
The Nine Tests describe the Scorpio labor (each sign offers us tasks and labors to overcome). The tests are subtle and are given to ascertain whether we are strongenough to proceed forward into Initiation. As we encounter the tests we either enter into an expanded field of Soul light or remain within the underbelly of Scorpio, the darkened emotional waters of the personality. The latter makes us feel imprisoned and drowning.
In the 8th Labour, the Scorpio Labours of Hercules, Hercules was given the task of seeking out the nine-headed hydra &, when discovered, capturing it & lifting the hydra’s nine arms & heads up into the air & light. Only then was the hydra, used to hiding in a cave of dark waters, able to be transformed. The story signifies the recognizing our personality selves & lifting the nine aspects of our personality to the Light of the Soul. Allowing the personality to be directed by the Soul. Hercules was told by his Teacher, “We rise by kneeling.” The knees signify humility. One must, in humbleness, lift up the personality to the Soul & ask for the Soul’s direction.
The Nine tests focus on the three aspects of the personality (physical, emotional, and lower mental). How we respond is part of the test. Do we react or respond when the tests appear? The Tests….
- Physical tests: sexuality, physical comfort over service to others; and the right use of money.
- Emotional tests: fear (inhibiting activities); hate (which destroys relationships); and excessive and obsessive ambition and desire for power, (which can destroy entire nations. Hitler was an example).
- Mental (lower mind) tests: pride (creates a barrier to the Soul); belief in separateness and isolation (create barriers to Right Human Relations); and cruelty (outcome of inappropriate use of power).
These tests are for our own personal spiritual practice. They are not to judge others. Neither are we to judge ourselves. Observation, discrimination, non-criticism and compassion must be learned. We are all traveling the path together. We are all being tested. Understanding these things, we help each other. Struggling towards Jerusalem, together.
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