ARTICLE ASTROLOGERS
MAURICE FERNANDEZ «MERCURY AND ITS HIGHER OCTAVE URANUS»
it requires the person to stand apart and abandon role models
or standard means of comparison; to be different is to be
alone. The immediate instinct is to look for security, thus to
conform, belong, and have a guiding authority. Consequently,
to live the individuality in a healthy manner, one has to mature the early needs of nurturing, to feel secured in being different.
Often one feels different from within the existing structures
and does not find ways to legitimize this difference. There is
then a lack of relatedness to the family or environment, which
can either lead to active rebellion or to passivity as in living
life without passion due to the lack of interest and relatedness. Furthermore, it can lead to emotional or physical ruptures as one can either be expelled from the structures, or
depart willingly on the basis of being different. Feeling alienated yet hungry emotionally, the person strives to find peers
and like-minded people with whom he or she can relate;
hence groups of like-minded people are formed. Consequently society, the largest group, is formed of many sub groups
such as the group of astrologers, Hispanics, feminists, stampscollectors, and so on.
As the person integrates into a group dynamic, he or she
finds an identity and a framework to support the self. The dynamics of the group foster mutual exchange and creativity. It
can strengthen the identity and the impact of everyone involved, and therefore facilitate the approval of the legitimacy.
For example, gays as a community have better chances to be
recognized than gays than standing alone.
Nevertheless, within the groups new conditions and conformity pressures can arise resulting from the insecurity of
being alone. Within the feminist group, there could be a conformity pressure to have a prominent career as a female leader; within the gay male community there could be a conformity pressure to have a muscular body, and so on. A person
within these groups can feel alienated yet again from the consensus pressure and disengage from the group-structure. In
this case one can choose to form subgroups within the larger
groups. For example within the astrology community, there
are subgroups of those who use the sidereal zodiac, Placidus
house system, or horary techniques, and so on. These divisions end up in the formation groups of one; no-one is exactly
identical therefore the feeling of being different will result in
standing alone with one's own personal flag.
The Aquarius archetype deals with the necessity to recognize and accept oneself as being different, thus promoting
within each person the innovative creative principle. To fulfill
this dynamic one has to free oneself from external pressures;
to be able to neutralize oneself from what is expected and
known, thus let the unique spark reveal itself. It is a liberating
experience that requires a great deal of faith in oneself and
courage.
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Being freed from expectations, the individual experiences new grounds. Like a scientist in the laboratory who awaits for the next moment to reveal itself without any projection or wishful thinking on
the results, whatever will be is the truth ! The approach is impersonal and therefore the results are
relatively objective. The individual becomes highly
inspired and can act as an instrument through which
higher forces channel innovations on Earth.
To bring the future in the present one must be
freed from the expectations of the future. Furthermore one must live in peace with the past otherwise
the past will haunt the soul and block its genuine
freedom. Denying the past because it is too painful
or too primitive causes unresolved emotions. These
unresolved emotions are enslaving the soul for they
represent a hunger that is not satisfied; consequently the emotions blur the clear visions of the present
and the future. To be freed from the past is to recognize the emotional needs and lacks, and to deal
with them.
In some cases one can detach from the emotional
body and anesthetize one's feelings as a reaction to
experienced traumas; thus no pain is felt. This reaction cannot stand the test of time for the emotions
are stored and can result in irrational behavior. The
soul will need to re-engage with the emotional body
in order to integrate into life. Often the way to reengage in the body is to experience emotional
shocks that will cross the threshold of resistance,
similar to electric shocks who reactivate the heart.
The paradox is that through these emotional shocks
one can detach even further from the pain and aggravate the situation to reach a point of extreme
disengagement, coldness and insensitivity. One fluctuates then among extreme emotional reactions
such as anger, tears, love or violence to extreme
numbness.
Unless one consciously deals with the emotions
and potential traumas, the vicious cycle cannot be
broken. Dealing with the emotions is the only condition to attain that inner freedom from which liberation occur to promote the innovative creativity.
As one liberates oneself from social pressure, integration in society is done without compromise on
the individuality; one lives and exposes a distinguished personality and qualities which can be
sources of admiration and respect. Nevertheless a
potential problem can arise as one liberates oneself
from the normative pressure to develop and anarchic attitude. Separating from the social order,
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