The View from Above
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our own lives. We stop living vicariously through others and live for ourselves, guided by the wisdom of our deepest knowing. Here is the reason astrology is being rediscovered and has evolved to merge with depth psychology: the symbolic language of the stars has the power to connect us with the deepest parts of our being. This is because it touches our souls and silently acknowledges their importance in our outer lives. The linkage astrology makes between our inner lives and the planets places us in our rightful context, as cosmic beings. Astrology recognizes the truth of “as above, so below”—that celestial events are reflected in terrestrial ones. The soul is the interface between both of those levels. It links our personality self with our infinite self. The truth is, we live from the inside out. Everything we act out, or that comes to us from the outer world, has its birthplace in the home of the invisible. The soul is an emissary from the Mind of God. If we fail to hear the voice of the soul, if we do not listen to the knowing within and listen instead to the hollow imperatives of society, our parents, our partners—and worse, our own egos—we betray ourselves, and our lives become fractured, empty, painful, stagnant. We become alienated from our true being. This is the true meaning of the word tragedy. So this is the quest each of us will ultimately follow—to know ourselves. And it is hardly a simple task. It is a journey that, if we are open to it, will engage and challenge us for a lifetime. There are many layers that make up the conscious and the unconscious. The forces of our collective history and our personal history, as they play out in compensatory behaviors, are quite resistant to being examined, brought to the light of day (or the light of consciousness), and released. It takes drive, courage, and insight to become conscious of our old patterns, programming, and cultural conditioning. But this is the way to live a truly meaningful life. To live with meaning requires the richness and depth of a connection