Mirror Mirror On the Wall

A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY INSIDE THE DARK

The threads of the Underworld grab us in one of two ways.

There is the sudden plunge, that is the result of an outside force. A fire, a death, an accident, bad news, something that deeply challenges our identity, etc.

And then, there is the slow conscious descent.

Wherein the threads of katabasis reach out like tendrils, slowly wrapping themselves around our ankles and wrists, invading our thoughts and beliefs.

The Underworld = Is The Realms of the Unconscious from a psychological standpoint.

Whether we go to the underworld by our own design, or by the design of the universe, this journey always results in a reclamation of our inner gold if it’s done properly.

However, In the second case, the case of the slow descent, ruled by the Venus cycle, we are forced to visit the underworld because we are operating in the unconscious in some area of our lives. Jung lays out this principle below…

“The rule says that when an inner situation is not made conscious, it happens outside, as fate. This is to say, when the individual remains undivided and does not become conscious of his inner opposite, the world must perforce act out the conflict and be torn into opposing halves.”

We see in the Underworld story of Venus/Inanna, that she travels to the Underworld to meet her opposing halve, her dark sister, Eris/Erishkagel.

It’s incredible to see how beautifully the sky story mirrors this back to us.

In Astrology, oppositions take on the nature of Libra.

Casting a mirroring effect between two archetypes, having them act in opposition to each other to illuminate some part of our unconscious programming that we were previously unaware.

In the Sky Story our current Venus Star Point, Venus dipped into her “Underworld” phase, (late April) conjunct her dark sister Eris in Aries. Playing out this psychological phenomenon in near perfection. The two halves coming together, to become ONE.

What is even more fantastical in this symmetry to the myth of Inanna, is that Eris is thought to be ruled by Libra giving Eris the quality of a mirroring trickster Goddess invested in divine justice through the qualities of an Underworld Deity/Dark Feminine. It is Libra, the sign of both Eris, and Venus’ rulership that sits in opposition to Aries.

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In terms of the Underworld & Venus…

Love & Desire, (areas ruled by Venus), can both be born from the act of projection. Projection has been highly codified with a negative connotation in modern times. However, projection itself is actually a neutral function of being human.

It is the act of casting our inner gold onto someone else. The act of having another person act in the place of God for us, until we ourselves are able to hold our gold in that area of our lives. It shows us what we admire, and what we desire to become. We need projection to be able to dream and even to relate. (this is deep, I can’t possibly cover it in one post)

Projection becomes problematic when it is unconscious, when there is no agreement, or when we don’t take our gold back, allowing someone to continue to hold it long after the sell by date.

Venus disappearing, or her influence being occulted by the rays of the sun, often causes an area where we’ve cast our gold, to become illuminated. In essence, the stars fall from our eyes.

The projection becomes toxic when the person or thing we’d cast into the role of God is revealed as fallible or human. And this phenomenon of “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” becomes active.

In other words, we must become conscious of our projections, and reclaim our inner gold for ourselves.

It is in the Underworld that we meet with reality as it is. We see ourselves and all of our limitations precisely as they are. And all of our projections get called back to us. It is a place of inner alchemy. Whereby we stop mixing our metals with other people, and have an opportunity to repurify them.

As we make this Underworld trek over the next 70 some odd days, it will be important to notice this dynamic and take ourselves into this inquiry..

Where have I cast the image of God (or an archetype) onto another person?

Where might I be jealous, or envious? Where do I feel disgust, or a desire to extinguish another’s light? Where do I admire people?

How do those complex emotions inform who I want to become?

And is my lack of being able to step into that role for myself, causing me pain or anguish?

What is does our own inner gold, (places of self mastery) verses our outer gold ( *our worldly vestments of false power”) even mean, and how do I differentiate between the two?

The dark sister is the holder, or unconscious repository of all of our toxic projections, the ones that have become outdated. Meeting with her helps us to reclaim our inner gold. To revivify our being, to fill ourselves to brim with our own essence- self. To cut away the dying parts or the cords that have been cast onto to others.

This is, in part, the opportunity before us.

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