Dynamics of the Unconscious: Seminars in Psychological Astrology Volume 2 (Seminars in Psychological Astrology, Vol 2) by Greene Liz & Sasportas Howard

Author:Greene, Liz & Sasportas, Howard [Greene, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781609253868
Publisher: Red Wheel Weiser
Published: 1988-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

JUPITER TO THE RESCUE

Rhea, Saturn's wife, is distraught. (Wouldn't you be if your husband kept eating the children you produced?) But she comes up with a plan. When pregnant with Zeus (Jupiter), she plots to trick Saturn in order to save the child. She goes into hiding, gives birth to Jupiter in a cave, and then offers Saturn a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes to swallow in place of the child. With the help of his grandmother Gaea, and Amaltheia, an amazing goat cum wet nurse whose horns overflow with nourishing milk, Jupiter enjoys an almost idyllic childhood and soon grows old enough to challenge his father. The goddess Metis (Wisdom) gives Saturn a draught to drink which makes him disgorge Neptune and Pluto in what could only be described as one enormous belch, and together with Jupiter, the three of them eventually overthrow Saturn. With the old tyrant banished, Jupiter takes charge, assigning rulership of the oceans to Neptune, the domain of the underworld to Pluto, and (carrying on the tradition of his grandfather Uranus) establishes himself as the supreme Ruler of the Heavens.

The point I am stressing is that Jupiter is the one who is responsible not only for avenging Saturn's castration of Uranus, but also for the release of Neptune and Pluto. In other words, the [Jupiterian principle supports the progressive urges of Uranus and also makes it possible for the forces of Neptune and Pluto to overcome the restraints and restrictions of Saturn. Translated into plain English, what does this mean?

We know from any astrological textbook that the Jupiter principle corresponds with the urge for expansion and growth. Jupiter is the planet associated with broadened vision and expanded horizons. Saturn wants to maintain the status quo and preserve the existing sense of self. But, in the end, it is the ego's own desire to expand, grow and broaden its horizons (as represented by the Jupiter principle) which compels the ego to change and open up, eventually allowing for the breaking down of its rigid boundaries. That part of us which is Saturnian wants to preserve the tight boundaries of our ego and the sense of our separateness from what we think is not-us. But that part of us which is Jupiterian urges us to grow and expand, eventually making it possible for Uranus, Neptune and Pluto to break down and transcend the existing borders of the ego and put us in touch with the higher, all-inclusive Self we have been talking about.

Let me spell this out step-by-step with you once more. You start out in life in a more or less egoless state in the womb, where you have no clear sense of being a separate “I” (the pre-personal stage). Then you are born and begin the process of defining yourself and building your separate-self sense. You develop the sense of a me-in-here or ego-identity, along with the Saturnian urge to preserve your own discrete I-ness (the personal stage). However, there is a problem. While one

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