An alien cultural anthropologist aboard a UFO could get a quick PhD. A fine example of this unfortunate principle lies in the way we tend to take the Ascendant and the Midheaven more seriously than the other two angles it is pure cultural bias, nothing more. Sometimes this necessarily creates blind spots and distortions in astrological practice. We must adapt to the customs and mythologies of the "tribes" we are trying to serve. Midheaven also has deep connections to questions of reputation, status, and the honor (or dishonor!) in which you are held by people who don't really know you on an intimate, personal level.Īstrologers are in general no wiser than the cultures in which they are operating. More broadly, it relates to one's most natural, happiest role in community: one's "mission" in the world, with all the flavor of destiny and high purpose that image suggests. In our culture, much of the Midheaven action centers on career. We are unable to discern characterological details anymore, only the grosser kinds of social labels: a "working class person," a "New Age type," a "conservative banker." We are no longer operating in that Meyers-Briggs universe populated by ENTJs and INFPs: personalities, in other words.
Moving to the Midheaven, we stand further from a person. You feel as though you have your act together - because you do. Wear that "mask," and you feel centered and at ease. The Ascendant symbolizes what you appear to be from the sort of close social distance where we observe we what term "personality." Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Talkative or quiet? A natty dresser or smiling merrily though a haze of slime? More deeply, the Ascendant suggests a good way for you to present yourself to the social world, the most authentic and psychospiritually useful way. The distinction between them is simply one of distance. They are the view from outside, not inside. The Ascendant and the Midheaven both represent external, social perspectives on you. Each chart is unique, but all charts hang on the same cross: the four angles - Ascendant, Descendant, Midheaven, and Astrological Nadir. Sky-consciousness is brought down to earth through incarnation, and anything born in time has a birth chart. You are the sky itself: that vast undifferentiated consciousness out of which arises your individuality and particularity.
At the deepest level, you are not your birth chart. The cross of matter, upon which spirit is crucified! A rather drastic metaphor in these more life-affirming times, but in many ways the picture it paints is apt. Topic: Pluto-Angles Aspects - Natal, Transiting/Progressedįrom Steven Forrest's "The Book of Pluto": quote: Pluto-Angles Aspects - Natal, Transiting/Progressed Pluto-Angles Aspects - Natal, Transiting/Progressed - Lindaland Welcome, Knowflakes, to Lindaland! ()
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