I have the whole house for myself since Saturday night until Wednesday evening.
I had forgotten how it feels.. even the occasional loneliness feels lovely.
My energy is becoming more concentrated in the bedroom and I’m slowly allowing myself to settle in this place.
There is a cemetery around the corner of my house where I went for couple of walks. The energy there is peaceful and soothing.
I had yet another strange experience whilst giving an astrological reading. This time though it wasn’t as awkward, it was just confusing. The client didn’t seem to care much about anything.
It wasn’t difficult for me to do the reading. She was lovely and I’m sure that we could be good friends and have a laugh together.
But once more it wasn’t the kind of reading that I intend to be doing or the kind of astrology that I believe in.
There was no big insight conducive for transformation.
The lady seemed to be the epitome of Neptune. (Of the confusing side at least..)
She just didn’t know anything and didn’t truly care about what direction things were taking. She couldn’t remember what happened at certain times of her life, and with a lot of confusion in the air, even I started feeling clouded during that reading.
These last couple of readings have made me question a few things about my work as an astrologer.
Perhaps I should trust more and flow with it.
Today I was rereading Carl Jung “Man and his Symbols” and at some point, speaking of dream interpretation and the relationship between the analyst and the analysand, he says:
“The individual is the only reality. The further we move away from the individual toward abstract ideas about Homo Sapiens, the more likely we are to fall into error.”
Maybe that’s it, the more we try to fit or shove the symbols down the client’s throat the more likely we are to fall into error..
A few questions (since you put this out for all to see).
1) You recently moved into a new house (a literal house, not an astrological placement thing)?
2) You ARE or are planning on professionally giving people readings?
3) The woman who was not-all-there for this recent reading. Is she a new neighbor or someone sent to you like a referral?
4) In relation to 3, did you offer her a reading or did she come to you?
5) You say it was not the astrology you believe in. Can you better explain that? Did she ask you to do a reading under the terms/guidelines of a sort of astrology you have not studied?
From what you said of this woman, I detect or “hear” her behaving like a zombie or depressed. It’s as if she was coaxed into the situation with no real clarity of mind or interest. [One sign of depression is a lack of interest.] Similar to a balloon artist at a birthday party making a balloon animal for someone who just drops it on the ground.
And, I do not see how “shoving symbols down throats” is related to what Jung said. Are you suggesting generalizing people by patterns of signs/traits is getting away from the individual? I read Jung’s words as being more about losing grasp of the ego or all the things we attach to our material selves like makeup, clothes, computer devices…anything that we associate with our personal activities and interests. The abstracts about homo sapiens sound like what I’ve been doing myself, lately. I feel I am losing touch with all the “social media” and technology traffic that is consuming so much time, money and air space…while thinking more about humans in the eyes of other species and human history. If that is in error, why? Is Jung saying we should keep close touch with the material/trending world versus looking to a bigger picture?
Sorry if I ask or say too much. But, you put it out there. 🙂
I will try to reply to each question! 🙂
1)Yes, I just moved in a new literal, actual, house.
2)I am professionally giving readings.
3)The lady from the reading was someone sent to me, and she came to me.
5) No, that was just a way of writing. She didn’t ask me for a type of astrology that I haven’t studied (I wouldn’t give her a reading otherwise!)
6) No, she wasn’t depressed, she was laughing many times during our chat.
About Jung’s quote, he is saying to keep focused on the individual. Each person is an universe with wishes, needs and understandings that are unique. Trying to generalise too much is where we are bound to commit a mistake. That’s it! 🙂 I hope that answers ♡
1) I figured that out after commenting and looking over the past few posts.
3) Aha. Thought so.
5) Well, it still is confusing (what you said).
6) You didn’t mention her enjoying any of the experience. You clearly stated her lack of interest which–in my mind–gave an image of a Marilu Henner looking over your shoulder with dark, vacant eyes, as if she was not in control of her body.
Jung was directly talking about astrology analysis? Hard to believe. I keep running into this Jung guy, whether I am studying astrology, art therapy or Greek mythology. There must be something to this recurrence.
As for generalizing, in terms of astrology readings, I hear that a lot from “non-believers.” They quickly dismiss astrology for being applicable to just about anyone. I’ve had the conversation about daily horoscopes being inaccurate, mentioning how they are often more accurate the closer you get to your birthday and the signs of the same element.
Thanks for making the effort to fill in some blanks. 🙂
I also admired Jung when he wrote he gave up hypnotic treatment as he wanted the healing process to grow out of the patient’s own personality thereby preserving the patient’s free will, and not by suggestions that would have only a passing effect. I think there is great experiential wisdom from Jung here, he understood the healer acts as catalyst to cause the patient to initiate self healing by self
Yes, his idea of allowing the individual healing to happen and his deep respect for each person’s individuality was truly inspiring! ♡
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