I have finally finished up (mostly) the 6th House and, thus, the southern hemisphere of the chart, which is primarily concerned with the self. It is time to move into the northern hemisphere and the concept of the Other.
This starts in the 7th House, known usually as the House of Partnership and Marriage, but it also covers such Others as enemies and, especially with the Descendant (the cusp of the House), even our own shadow side – the parts of ourselves that we consider not ourselves, but something Other. It’s the mirror we resist looking into and can’t help looking into. We are attracted to an opposite, not because it is truly opposite and opposites attract, but because we see parts of ourselves that we haven’t accepted and, deep down, long to embrace. The House is traditionally ruled by Libra, the Sign of fairness, justice, and balance, which is in turn ruled by Venus, planet of pleasure, romance, manipulation, and values.
I have no planets in this House, but it is ruled by Aquarius, known as the Friendship sign and whose keywords include independent, unique, detached, scattered, humanitarian, rebellious, thoughtful, unpredictable, and tolerant. I’m attracted to people who are different, both in appearance and, especially, thought processes, but who are still good friends and focused on humanitarian, scientific, or occult things. Aquarius is also the sign associated with eccentricity and, even, a little madness. Which, yes, in some ways, I am both attracted to and do attract people with these qualities.
In all honestly, I’m not sure where I want to start. On the one hand, it makes the most sense to me, logically, to start with the Shadow side stuff. But on the other, I have recently made some progress in the area of partners as well as some realizations in the area of enemies. So, for now, I’m going to put out this basic intro to the House and do some ruminating on these subjects, maybe start each of them and see which one I have the most coherent things to say about.
Until next time.
Spirit Journey Space 