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The Twelfth House is where the angels of our creative inspiration and spirituality, and the demons of our shadow self reside. Tracy Marks, psychotherapist /astrologer, provides penetrating insights into the inner workings of both the hidden weaknesses and strengths of the Twelfth House, and provides practical and easy-to-use worksheets to support the process of recovering buried facets of ourselves.
Part I: The multi-faceted meanings of the Twelfth HousePart II: The meaning of individual Twelfth house planets and signs, their rulers and placementPart III: Psychodynamics of the Twelfth House -the emotional conflicts associated with it, and the process of integrating and liberating Twelfth House energiesPart IV: Self Transformation through Dreamwork and the dream experience using case studies related to the Twelfh HousePart V: The Collective Shadow, focusing on the Twelfth House of the United States.
This is an updated, expanded and revised addition of a book published in 1989, with over 30 pages of new material.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780892545865 |
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| Publisher: | Nicolas-Hays, Inc |
| Publication date: | 03/01/2010 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 272 |
| File size: | 3 MB |
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YOUR SECRET SELF
Illuminating the Mysteries of the Twelfth House
By Tracy Marks
NICOLAS-HAYS, INC.
Copyright © 2010 Tracy MarksAll rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-89254-161-4
CHAPTER 1
The Twelfth House: Your Hidden Wisdom
TWELFTH HOUSE INSPIRATIONS
When from our better selves we have too long Been parted by the hurrying world, and droop, Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, How gracious, how benign, is Solitude.
—William Wordsworth
The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings.
—Henri Frederic Amiel
A man who is unconscious of himself ... sees everything that he is not conscious of in himself coming to meet him from outside as projections upon his neighbor.
—Carl Jung
They say, best men are molded out of faults, And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad.
—Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
Good does not become better by being exaggerated, but worse, and a small evil becomes a big one through being disregarded and repressed.
—Carl Jung
So every bondman in his own hand bears The power to cancel his captivity.
—Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
Introduction
Have you noticed when the Sun ascends each day, that the first house of the horoscope through which it travels is the twelfth house? As it crosses the horizon, beginning its cycle through space and time toward the midheaven and around the wheel, it calls upon you to move first downward and backward into the past. The twelfth house is the reservoir of the past, of all that lies beneath the surface of consciousness—feelings, thoughts, images from early childhood, and further back still, from past lives. It is what we hide from ourselves and others, and what emerges within us, threatening and enriching us, in solitude.
The twelfth house is the storehouse within us in which both our inner demons and angels reside. In order to move upward and contact the angels—the sources of our creative inspiration, spirituality, and the highest expressions of love and service to humanity, we must first move downward. We must face the ghosts of the past, the failures, the humiliations, and the painful experiences which haunt us. We must encounter our unresolved problems, and all that we dislike within ourselves—our anger, greed, cruelty, extravagance, vanity, as well as all the qualities in ourselves which we like and value but nevertheless hesitate to acknowledge.
Later, we will explore together the process of confronting twelfth house energies, a very difficult but ultimately freeing process, full of dangers and joys. But first, we need to understand the numerous and related meanings of the twelfth house itself. Whether you are a beginning astrology student, still learning basic definitions of planets, signs, and houses, or an advanced student, deepening your under standing of the chart, you will most benefit from this book if you relate the material in it to the planets and the signs in your twelfth house.
Take a few moments now and recall your twelfth house. What sign appears on your twelfth house cusp?.... Is it the same or a different sign than the sign of your eleventh house or your ascendant and first house?.... What, if any, other signs are in your twelfth house?.... What planets rule your twelfth house signs, and where are these planets located in your chart?.... If you have no twelfth house planets, then you may not need to focus on your inner world as much as people with twelfth house planets do. But the planets which rule your twelfth house sign or signs will have a special significance in your life, because they will indicate how and where you channel your subtle and often unconscious twelfth house energy.
Look again at your twelfth house. What planets reside there?.... In what sign or signs?.... What other houses do they rule in your chart? The twelfth house meanings of each of these planets will influence the houses that these planets rule. If you have several twelfth house planets, your twelfth house energies may extend into many realms of your life.
If you have three or more planets in your twelfth house, (or two, if one of them is the Sun, Moon, or Neptune), then a large part of your consciousness is already in the twelfth house, digging through its garbage and its gold mines. If you have one or perhaps two planets there, you particularly need to come to terms with twelfth house energies. These planets may hinder or support the drives indicated by other planets in your chart.
Consider now all the aspects which your twelfth house planets or rulers make to other planets, signs, and houses.... How many planets, signs, and houses are involved with your twelfth house energies?.... These aspects to other houses are pathways of energy through which your twelfth house planets manifest themselves, seeking compensation and escape from conflict, as well as outward expression for their inner gifts.
Do conjunctions predominate? If your twelfth house planets conjunct each other, but make few aspects to other dimensions of your chart, then you may need to retreat deeply within yourself, you may feel disconnected from your twelfth house energy, and you may experience a split between your inner and outer selves.... Do squares predominate? Then you will be drawing from but battling with your deeper energies; you may be forced repeatedly to confront and change your behavior.... . Do oppositions predominate? Then you are likely to gain understanding of yourself through projecting your deep-seated patterns onto others, and through viewing yourself through the mirrors of your personal relation ships.... . Do trines and sextiles predominate? These will aid you in discovering constructive outlets for your twelfth house energies. But your primary problem may be lack of motivation; you may not feel challenged enough to develop your psychological resources. Peace with yourself may be too easy.
In addition to the planets in your natal chart, consider also the planets by transit and progression which are passing through your twelfth house now.... Transiting outer planets and progressed planets may have been influencing your twelfth house for many years and operating within the recesses of your psyche like natal twelfth house planets. These planets too rule houses in your chart, and make aspects to other planets.
As you reflect upon planets in your twelfth house natally, planets ruling it, and planets temporarily passing through it, consider both their positive and negative manifestations. Saturn, for example, can indicate repression and oppression, limitation and restriction, fear, withdrawal, and deprivation. But Saturn in the twelfth house, operating in an inward manner, can help you fully commit yourself to inner development or to a path of service; it can mobilize the self-discipline required for solitary work. You have the potential to express both positive and negative meanings of your twelfth house planets, but you are not likely to be able to find their most constructive expressions until you have at least begun to confront, own, and work through the negative, destructive tendencies within you.
Your Twelfth House Profile
SIGNS IN YOUR 12TH HOUSE
Sign on the cusp __________
Second sign __________
Third sign (if interception) __________
The planetary ruler of the cusp, __________, is in the sign _______in the__________ house and makes these aspects:
aspect _______ to planet _______ orb _______
aspect _______ to planet _______ orb _______
aspect _______ to planet _______ orb _______
aspect _______ to planet _______ orb _______
Does a sign rule the 11th & 12th, or 12th & 1st? _________
PLANETS IN YOUR 12TH HOUSE
Which planets? ______
Planet #1, ______, is in the sign _______ and rules the _________ (and _________) house(s) of my chart. It makes the following aspects:
aspect _______ to planet _______ orb _______
aspect _______ to planet _______ orb _______
aspect _______ to planet _______ orb _______
aspect _______ to planet _______ orb _______
Is this planet in mutual reception, in its own sign, or in its own house? __________
Is it the focal planet of a pattern or aspect configuration? ________
Planet #2, _________, is in the sign ________and rules the _________ (and _________) house(s) of my chart. It makes the following aspects:
aspect _______ to planet _______ orb _______
aspect _______ to planet _______ orb _______
aspect _______ to planet _______ orb _______
aspect _______ to planet _______ orb _______
Your Twelfth House Profile
Is this planet in mutual reception, in its own sign, or in its own house? _______
Is it the focal planet of a pattern or aspect configuration? ________
Planet #3, _______, is in the sign _______and rules the _________ (and _________) house(s) of my chart. It makes the following aspects:
aspect _______ to planet _______ orb _______
aspect _______ to planet _______ orb _______
aspect _______ to planet _______ orb _______
aspect _______ to planet _______ orb _______
Is this planet in mutual reception, in its own sign, or in its own house? ________________
Is it the focal planet of a pattern or aspect configuration? ________
Diagram the planets involved in your 12th house. Include planets in and ruling the 12th house, and the planets that they aspect.
TRANSITS AND PROGRESSIONS
What outer planet transits or progressed planets are passing through your 12th house: What is their position in your natal chart (house position, house rulership, etc.)? ________
__________ ___________
The Inner Life
What then are the debilitating and life-enhancing meanings of the twelfth house? What does the twelfth house represent? First of all, it is the house of solitude. If you have several planets there, (especially the Sun, Moon, Venus, Jupiter, or Neptune), you probably crave time alone and enjoy remote environments where you can commune with your inner world. What emerges within you when you are alone? The Sun here indicates an inner warmth, vitality, a confidence in your inner resources; the Moon, emotional needs and sensitivities which demand your attention; Mercury, a frenzy of thoughts and worries, nervous mental energy which may motivate you to read or write; Venus, feelings of peace and love, and an appreciation of beauty which, you may channel into artistic pursuits; Mars, sexual desire, previously unacknowledged resentments, and a restlessness which goads you to keep busy; Jupiter, rich and expansive faith, and a questing for the; wisdom gained through exploring and expanding your inner horizons.
Saturn in the twelfth house indicates deep-seated loneliness, fear or guilt, despair or negativity which may be difficult to confront. But it also shows the ability to apply yourself with determination or concentration to some solitary task—perhaps to your work, which helps; you to bring order to the internal chaos. Uranus inclines you to express yourself in inventive, often unconventional ways when alone, seeking activities which allow for constant change and mental stimulation. Neptune suggests creative inspiration, transcendent experience, or fantasies and dreams which captivate you. Finally, Pluto in the twelfth house indicates so much intensity lurking beneath your calm surface that you feel driven with your total being to explore the depths of your psyche; or in contrast, you may feel driven to move outward, away from the threats of volcanic eruption, to focus single-mindedly on some activity which requires you to use all of your energies.
The twelfth house is the house of confinement as well as solitude, and may indicate either voluntary or involuntary confinement at some point in the life cycle. Many people with strong twelfth houses have chosen to live in ashrams or alone in some remote location. Others have been confined in prisons, hospitals, or mental institutions, often because they have misused their energies, or because they have become so out of touch with their minds, bodies and emotions that they were drawn into seclusion so that they might regain contact with themselves. Many people with twelfth house planets, wishing to serve humanity, feel called to work with the institutionalized and to vicariously experience their conflicts. Such confinement may be a choice which a soul makes in order to confront and integrate otherwise inaccessible facets of itself.
Apart from solitude and confinement, your twelfth house planets may suggest that you are oversensitive to public attention, and that you desire to operate behind the scenes, quietly expressing yourself and sustaining yourself without public acknowledgement. If you have Mars or Saturn here, you may in particular be threatened by competition and prefer to work on your own, or in an environment free from external pressures.
Often, the twelfth house desire to remain in the background results in indirect or evasive action. Mercury in the twelfth house may incline you to ramble in speech rather than directly express your thoughts; Mars, to assert yourself or express your anger in subtle, circuitous ways, such as by making wisecracks or by edging your way to the front of a line rather than overtly asserting yourself; Pluto may unconsciously motivate you to gain power in your relationships by using your penetrating psychological insight as a means to manipulate others.
Whatever planetary energies are located in or ruling your twelfth house, you are generally quite protective of them. Many planets here suggest that you are a private person; one or two indicate that you keep to yourself certain vulnerable facets of your experience (as indicated by the nature of these particular planets). Although you may talk about your personal life, you only directly reveal these twelfth house energies with the few people you most deeply trust. Because they indicate your Achilles heel, your points of maximum vulnerability, you are easily wounded by other people's unempathic reactions to these parts of yourself.
If your Moon is in your twelfth house, you are unwilling to disclose when you are hurt or need comfort or sympathy, or to let people directly see your feelings, perhaps because you fear being regarded as weak or childish. With Mercury or Jupiter here, you may feel threatened by the mental abilities, beliefs, or methods of communication of other people, and may hesitate to share what you are really thinking. Venus in the twelfth house may indicate that you are affectionate in private but unwilling to display affection openly; Mars, that you keep your anger to yourself, so as not to hurt other people or drive them away; Uranus, that you hide your idiosyncrasies or unconventional habits, interests or activities from the public eyes so as not to be considered abnormal or odd; Pluto, that you keep your deepest desires and passions to yourself, and are reticent about facing and expressing your real issues in regard to money, sex, or death.
(Continues...)
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Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: The Twelfth House: Your Hidden Wisdom
Introduction
Your Twelfth House Profile
The Inner Life
Displacement Patterns: Aspects
Relationships
Sensitivity, Service & Imagination
Spirituality and Transcendence
Becoming Whole
Twelfth House Keywords
Your Twelfth House Profile
Notes on Your Twelfth House Profile
And Then the Chart Spoke
Part Two: Twelfth House Planets & Signs
Introduction
Planetary Rulers of the Twelfth House: By House Placement
Sun (Leo) in the Twelfth House
Moon (Cancer) in the Twelfth House
Mercury (Gemini, Virgo) in the Twelfth House
Venus (Taurus, Libra) in the Twelfth House
Mars (Aries) in the Twelfth House
Jupiter (Sagittarius) in the Twelfth House
Saturn (Capricorn) in the Twelfth House
Uranus (Aquarius) in the Twelfth House
Neptune (Pisces) in the Twelfth House
Pluto (Scorpio) in the Twelfth House
For Further Understanding ... Read Myths
The Lunar Nodes in the Twelfth House
Part Three: The Psychodynamics of Twelfth House Conflicts
The Disowned Self
Family Dynamics
The House of Atreus: Family Curse or Conditioning?
The Inner Wound
Defense Mechanisms
On Repression
Inner Persecutors & Demons
The Dynamics of Shame
Maintaining the Family System
Guilt, Suffering, & Self-Defeating Behavior
On Fear & Anxiety
Part Four: The Process of Integration: Twelfth House Liberation
The Commitment to Wholeness
The Process of Change
Coping with Anxiety & Fear
Encountering Our Shadow Selves
Accepting Our Shadow Selves
Embracing Our True Selves
Part Five: Self Transformation Through Dreamwork
Why Do Dreamwork?
How to Recall Your Dreams
Hints for Dreamwork and Dream Interpretation
Dream Symbology
Frequent Dream Themes & Their Symbolic Meanings
The Dream Questionnaire
"The Water Giver Dream" Worksheet
Cosmic Dreams
The Dream Experience: Twelfth House Case Studies
A Twelfth House Dream Journey (March, 1988)
Trusting Inner Guidance
Dreams of Violation
Dreams of Incapacity & Capacity
The Inner Male
Dreams of Aggression
Beyond the Body: Dreams of Expansion
Encounter With the Shadow
Owning the Body: Increasing Capacity
Dialogue with Daphne
Letting It Out & Letting Go
Part Six: The Collective Shadow
The Collective Shadow
Nazi Germany
The United States
The Larger Collective
Bibliography
About the Author