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I feel this can be one of the most difficult degrees of the
zodiac. Since the person who possesses
this degree in their chart is aware of factors that others miss, often
those factors are ones that people have overlooked on purpose, because they don’t
want to have to acknowledge them, or are intimidated by them, or can’t
comfortably fit them into their world view, or are downright afraid of
them. Often these are areas of shadow –
ugly or horrific aspects of human experience.
This
degree sees what’s been left out, expunged from the record, glossed over,
abandoned by the wayside. Making the
effort to re-integrate these factors back into human consciousness can evoke
strong negative reactions in others. A way
to resolve this problem is for this degree to find ways to communicate these
things that are more soft, sympathetic, gentle, diplomatic, and which help to render these
difficult truths less bitter and threatening. Also,
providing positive suggestions as to how they can be dealt with can greatly
help people to assimilate them.
But
since people often do not want to listen to such unsavory things, the one who
is trying to communicate them may be ignored and/or rejected. Then they may become more emphatic about trying
to get these ideas across, which can lead to even stronger rejection from other
people. The best way to deal with this
would be to leave the ego out of it, but, of course, that can be very difficult
to do. One way to help it along is to
realize that people are rejecting what you have to say, and not really
rejecting you, even though they may be seeming to do
so. You are merely the source of the
information, and not the information itself.
The
Omega Symbol for this degree is “A woman boiling clothes in a cauldron with
shavings of lye soap.” She is going to
clean it all up. As clothes are the
outer covering of the body, they symbolize the first house – identity. Our clothing expresses our identity, in that
we wear clothing with which we identify.
She is cleaning the dirt out of our identity, purifying how we label
ourselves. She is attempting to renew
our identity, and when she accomplishes this then there can be joy and happiness discovered inwardly, even in the midst of outer desolation, as shown by the fulfillment
degree for Virgo 4, which is Capricorn 13, “Singing and dancing in a desert
oasis.”
The
Pleiadian Symbol for Virgo 4 is “Children dancing with a shadow.” There is something innocent and naïve about
the way in which this degree points out these dark things, and if they can stay
in this childlike innocence they will be protected.
They need to not allow the negative responses of others to shake their
faith in their own truth and perceptions.
Also, if they take a more light and less heavy-handed approach to their
communicating, this can make what they have to say less threatening. I am reminded of an old Sufi saying: “Think twice before trying to wake someone up
– they may need their sleep.”
Which brings up the Azoth Symbol for this degree, which is, “A
message waiting to be received.” Just
because someone seems to not be taking in what you have to say doesn’t mean
that they won’t eventually consider what you’re saying and see the truth of
it. So often when one initially hears
something they may find it hard to accept it, and may take some time thinking
about it before they come to realize its value.
This
degree is about cleaning out the 12th house. I see people’s reaction to the 12th
house as being along a spectrum, one end of which loves to delve into what’s hidden
there and then allow their consciousness to grow into an understanding of it, while
at the other end of the spectrum there are those people who want to deny,
conceal and repress the contents of the12th house because they feel it will
only cause trouble and worsen situations if they attempt to look into such
things.
Or, put in simpler terms, some
people approach the 12th house with the belief that delving into it
can and will further the evolution of their consciousness, whereas others lack a
belief in the possibility of evolution, which results in a dedication to keeping
12th house energies contained by using repression and control tactics to confine
them. The spirit of Virgo 4 aligns with
the former approach, the way of evolution, but of course, since we live in a society
which mostly still does not believe in the possibility of enlightenment and the
evolution of consciousness, Virgo 4 people
are likely to have a hard time of it if they’re overly intent on fitting in socially and
being accepted.
A
wonderful technique that can be used to clarify how degree symbol energies are functioning
in a chart is to look at the degree that the ruler of the degree’s sign is in.
In this case, since Mercury rules Virgo, you will want to consider the degree of
Mercury in the chart, for that will color and modify how the original degree,
Virgo 4, is operating.
I’m looking at a chart that has
Saturn in Virgo 4. As Saturn signifies
difficulties, it is easy to see that the person whose chart this is, is going
to find that all the issues I’m talking about here are core life challenges,
and will be challenges they work through slowly and gradually throughout their life. This individual’s Mercury is in Cancer 12, “A
surgeon carefully beginning the dissection of a corpse,” signifying deeply
exploring what went wrong in order to clear a space for improvements in the
future. It clears protocols that are no
longer needed so that all of us can move on to better, more clear and effective
ways of thinking and accomplishing tasks.
It is also interesting that Mercury
and Saturn in this chart are in a Septile aspect which is 32 minutes off of exactitude,
showing that now and then they are intuitively compelled to dwell on certain
things for some reason that they can discover as long as they follow that
impulse – even if at the time they may not know why they are doing so. But once again I want to say that because of the
Virgo 4 Saturn signifying the uncovering of things that might not be accepted
by others, this deep thinking and careful reasoning could fall on deaf ears,
and it’s very important that the individual not react negatively to this, that
they do not allow such rejection to plunge them into negative thinking or let
it reinforce negative beliefs.
Saturn in this chart also makes a
novile aspect (40 degrees) to the Sun, with a 12 minute orb. Noviles are qualities we are working on
developing in this lifetime, and as Saturn is the most spiritual of the planets
(According to Vedic astrology), the novile between the Sun and Saturn can
signify the spiritualization (Saturn) of the ego (Sun). Another way of saying this is that in this
lifetime this person is working to overcome a lack of self-confidence, and to
recognize life’s deepest most profound purpose.