Libra - an essential ingredient in relating
Libra is about relationship, yes - and true relationship
is about many things, including being true to oneself and
offering that to the other; balancing that with a fresh non-judgemental
interest in how the other might be at the same moment; endeavouring
to establish balance when a conversation or situation feels
weighted against someone or an important principle by supporting
the losing side - of course, if the balance goes the other
way, Libra would shift to supporting the original person or
principle! The aim is to achieve fairness to all, a judgement
that doesn’t upset the scales of society, or of spiritual
truth. It’s a difficult place to be, often misunderstood,
even by the person doing it. We all need to notice when and
how we make Libran mistakes, and how to correct up.
The position that works best is to hold the entire scales,
and observe the swinging of the pans, rather than jumping
into one and then the other and back again. It’s no
wonder that Libra takes a long time to make up its mind, and
insists on knowing every last bit of information possible
before choosing which way to go. So, yes, Libra is about relationship,
essential in society, not easy but well worth our effort.
The scales balance light and dark
From 15 October, with the New Moon in Libra, we are likely
to be trying to make life nice and pleasant, and that can
mean ignoring the bits we don’t like - this can be about
any life situation. But with Saturn now in Scorpio, digging
up the dirt, we will help ourselves most by trusting that
whatever comes to light is something we really do need to
know (Saturn trine Neptune/Chiron in Pisces). We
will do best by not making whole judgements based on what
is revealed, just taking it into consideration along with
all the good stuff.
We are very likely to be prepared to make allowances this
month (Mercury in Scorpio sextile Venus) as though
we find ourselves able to relate in the best way a human being
can: helpful, loving, understanding, non-judgemental. We will
need to remember that this style can’t always be maintained,
not by oneself or by the other.
Part of our difficulty is that we are all carrying ‘baggage’
of some sort (especially the wounds shown in our chart
by Chiron’s position) and, when relating is going
sweetly, we tend to push the pains to one side. We might think
‘I’ve no right to feel upset’ or ‘let
sleeping dogs lie’. So we stuff these emotions down,
determined to enjoy ourselves (Mars in Sagittarius squaring
Chiron this month), and of course they will erupt at
some time when we are less in control of our expression. If
you are doing any of this, you can bet that others are doing
it too.
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You need more than one point of view to harmonise!
We often put on a bright face in spite of all the awfulness
in the world (beware media news hype! Jupiter in Gemini
is squaring Venus in Virgo). This positivity may stem
from our desire to believe that the spiritually-driven transformation
we hope for is positively underway. Sometimes that belief
may waiver (Mars squaring Neptune) and it seems we
can do nothing to help.
The truth of this month is that, by talking about the deeper
levels of our own experience, we can find that things change
by themselves as the river of life flows along. We keep things
fixed and stuck by clinging to the story we tell ourselves,
rather than being prepared to accept that we only have one
side of any situation. We occupy one pan of the scales, that
is our viewing-point and determines our opinions. There is
always another side, and learning to hold at least two points
of view about anything, we grow to understand the larger view,
especially if we trust spirit to hold the scales. From a spiritual
perspective, a smile, as well as being light-hearted, can
be full of compassion and understanding - one side does not
exclude the other, both are necessary to achieve balance.
We can relax, there is no need for us to make the final
decision that will determine our whole future. We aim, we
hold an intention, and we act - but life will take us where
we need to go next.
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