The Astrology of Family Dynamics by Erin Sullivan

Author:Erin Sullivan [libgen.lc]
Format: epub
Publisher: Weiser Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

THE FOURTH HOUSE: THE ANCESTRAL FAMILY OF ORIGIN

Full circle, from the tomb of the womb to the womb of the tomb, we come: an ambiguous, enigmatical incursion into a world of solid matter that is soon to melt from us, like the substance of a dream. (Joseph Campbell)

In the strictest sense of the meaning, the fourth house of the horoscope does mean our home; however, in the global community, ‘home’ might not mean the fourth house in the chart. That is, we may not live in the land of our nativity. The old saw, “We are judged in the land of our nativity’, means that no matter where we go, there we are, fourth house and all. In fact, our fourth house is bigger than we think–it is tenanted by family members who have passed on before us and those who have not yet been born. It is the house of the ancestors and the progeny of our own lives.

The fourth house is the house of greatest personal mystery. Experiences occur there which never reach consciousness and clusters of planets around the IC can add to the mystery of it, rather than fully explain it.

Like the roots of a great, ancient tree, our own source of deep earthy nourishment and life-blood is underground, hidden and protected from the light of day. That roots continue to grow and seek new ground in accord with the sprouting of fresh branches and leaves implies that our ancestral linkage is itself enriched with each new addition to its chain–and with each conscious step forward, we excite the ancestors into new life. In the same mysterious way as the tree, our own lives grow and branch and our roots sink deeper and more resiliently with each day, adding to our lives an inestimable measure of enriched life.

Many cultures place great emphasis on the ancestral spirits. Their daily lives include their forebears in ways which might seem superstitious or sentimental to some. Yet a majority of cultures pay great homage to their ancient pasts, not out of fear and oppression by ghosts, but because they are aware that within each of them as individuals lie the souls of all the ancestors who went before. Through this mainline to the souls of family lineage the peoples of aboriginal cultures are strengthened and fortified emotionally, physically and spiritually. They are the spirits of the ancestors incarnate. Walking with the dead is taken for granted and great respect is paid to these foundations of lifeblood; they are religiously involved with their progenitors.

That is not to say that we of the Western civilization are not respectful of the ancestors–after all, we are more than proud of our great-grandfather who started his own company, for instance, or of grandmother who courageously left her homeland for a new country, thus starting a fresh line of settlers. We are indeed!

However, when we are considering aspects of an individual's nature and concentrating on his or her natal horoscope, we might run up against some mysterious blockage which we cannot ‘explain’.

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