Wednesday, October 13, 2010

On Rising: First House and First Experience...



This is how the kid in us first viewed (and soften still) views the world.
It does actually come down to that, where we first found ourselves when we were born.
How did we first react to those doctors, our mum's, our family and their friends? Were they frightening? Warm? Queer? Serene? Forceful perhaps?
Hmmm well it all depends. Regardless of what actually 'may have been' back then, it is in our experience of what had been 'in the air' that counts, what was 'Rising' at the time can point OUR EXPERIENCE of what was. It was our surroundings that caused us to 'act' or 'react'.

Some of us may have felt how uber-ly tender Mum's arms were and how beautiful her face was Sigh...
Some of us may have thought how funny looking everything was, everything is pretty fascinating and weird!
Some other of us may have felt like the soft comfortable, warm, constant nourishment has just been taken away, in an instant, WHY!???
And then there's some of us that felt like coming into life was a big struggle, but, we survived. We had gotten through and survived.
Some of us had both Jupiter and Sun there - Hello world!
I thought we'd be meeting again soon.
Oh how I love the way you surprise me constantly with your mysteriousness and surprisefulness!
Some of us have Saturn, where we learned early on to be equipped with a conscience of doing things right or' else'. Where we have had to stay on top of our game as to not be dominated by others and to keep ourselves in one piece, no emotional displays please!
Some of us have Pluto, where we learnt to be eternally aware to safeguard our souls (a perfect word to add to the all-too-true dramatic flair) or we would be taken over by the strength of others and our whole sense of self would become lost. NEVERRRR
Some of us have some of the chaotic Centaurs (Pholus, Nessus), were our earliest days taught us that nothing is stable, nothing is forever, change is constant, and perhaps constantly look forward to the next experience.
Some of us have the lady Venus, where everything around us is beautiful, we're beautiful, and acting and seeing things in this way have served us well, not to mention aesthetically pleasing! Other people are so unattractive and I don't know how they get through! Being warm, affectionate and loving will do me just fine.

And so on and so fourth.

We learnt in the consciousness of our first days and months, what conditions we were dealing with. So we learnt how to form ways of dealing, and ways to safeguard our happiness.

This is why the first house is commonly linked to the 'ego', that being the mask that filters through experience that gives us happiness. Not all of us necessarily feel happy from what the egoic messages give us, however that little voice we all have started to form initially for our survival.

So in terms of future growth, it comes down to three things (if we want to see it in this way, up to you :)

Firstly knowing our reactions that we still have to this day, come from our experiences that we've had (until this day). These experiences are a mix of what we 'put out there' and how we react. No one can hurt us, harm us, like us, unless we have acted in a certain way that we are conscious of, or not

Secondly, seeing we are not babies anymore. Especially if you up to reading or wanting to know about this. We can choose what type of friends we want, what circumstances we want to be in, and ultimately how we get along with life. Manipulation doesn't serve us well so changing ourselves is just changing our masks, but dropping the shield over time can only bring in the people that suit us best, even if this takes a little while...

And thirdly, to be aware that often how we act is an inbuilt asking for a steady supply of learning curves, getting us to deal with situations that resemble our views and NEEDS IN EXPERIENCE. We can change our behaviours and drift along, but if there is a part of us that still wants a certain type of response, the best we can do is transmute or change the quality of the experience.
If we need a strong response from everything in life (perhaps Scorpio or Mars taking effect), there can be a shift from a hateful/opposing expectation/response to a profound one. Both are intense and strong experiences, however one may be more preferable in the long run :)

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