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IV The Emperor
Qualities: Masculinity, Strength, Control
The bear represents the Emperor, the divine masculine and cosmic father. He is the stoic ruler with a strong will and intellect, governing through authority, order, regulation, and rationality to create security and stability. He has clarity in his vision and inner equilibrium. At a high consciousness, he weaves together divine masculine and feminine, maintaining a clear mind and makes conscious choice. When at a low consciousness, or out of balance, he can become overbearing, dominating, unfeeling, authoritarian, patriarchal, and refuses to adapt to changing circumstances and ideas. Rigidity keeps the bear in a low consciousness. Relinquish your reservations. Embrace formlessness, mutability, and the inevitability of change. Understand that nothing is fixed, that the water parts when you move with it. Focus on your breath to clarify your inner vision, to move your subtle body energy from ida and pingala nadi to sushumna nadi - envision the light of a thousand suns.
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LIGHT - WHEN IN BALANCE
Behaviors reflect values, Inner Stability, Flow
SHADOW - WHEN OUT OF BALANCE
Choices are Subconscious not Conscious
Based on Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript designed by Gordon Bunshaft for Yale Univeristy
