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| Written by Misty-Eve | |
| Saturday, 23 August 2008 | |
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE MAGIC OF THE VIRGIN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Greeks, who understood so much, and the Romans, who used it all so well, had a great regard for the Month of Virgo. Both understood the Celestial Virgin to represent the Goddess Demeter and Persephone, the mother and daughter combination that are the female deities of the ancient wisdom. It was at Eleusis, just outside Athens that the Greeks celebrated the Mysteries of the Goddess who disappeared into the Underworld every winter and returned to bear forth in Spring. Her symbol was a stalk of wheat, representing the fecundity of the Mother Goddess. Virgo occurs in harvest time and the ancients honored the Goddess above all others for they recognized the importance of the Earth's bounty for its essential value in preserving life. Many people today tend to attribute this to the supermarket instead of the blessed Mother Earth. Mother Earth’s Command: "Thou shalt groom the breast of the Goddess as a garden of Wisdom for all Mankind". As we study Wisdom we are encouraged to till the Mother Earth that we might have our own knowing of the fruit that She brings forth for us. Her injunction comes down to us across the ages: "Thou shalt groom the breast of the Goddess as a garden of Wisdom for all Humankind". If acted upon, this gives us an opportunity to see and know through our own experience the fecundity of the Virgin, Hertha, Mother of Pan, and wife of the Sun. As we till the Earth, we find this Wisdom for ourselves and in the Month of the Virgin the harvest thereof ripens and fills our hands with Her bounty. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Divine Influence: “I ANALYZE” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This influence teaches us to "Analyze" our life and thought patterns. What a stirring discovery: how to take things apart and size up their working parts. The nature, portion, function and relationship of all of the parts yield their secrets to analysis. It must be this urge which manifests itself in the child who suddenly finds a desire to take apart his father's watch; and the results of that endeavor are only too well known. When we begin to make a spiritual analysis, we take apart our perceptions of the world and analyze the parts. Thus, at least to some degree, we come to know what makes it "tick". Virgo people have this natural analytical ability and while sometimes it gets them called "picky-picky", they know that no way else will they understand the thing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KEY to Understanding Virgo: SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Key to understanding Virgo is Service, and serve they do, but in their service they also love to everything apart and examine the parts. During the month of Virgo we all feel the influence of the Gods to serve – to understand the wisdom in performing work for others. We can do well to watch a Virgonian for a while, if we know one, and let their behavior show us how to serve one another. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RULER of VIRGO: MERCURY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The sign is ruled by none less than Mercury himself, and Virgo is tied to Hermes, child of the Gods, and Teacher of the ancient Wisdom. Hermes, giver of the Arts of Wisdom, teacher of humankind, Master of the Mind, Father of Medicine, The Great Communicator. All these attributes rule the people born within the influence of Virgo. Mercury’s Command: "Look! God's Truth Is Everywhere." Wisdom crieth aloud in the streets. All of nature around us, everything we find is shot through with the Wisdom of creation and it is only for us to look, and listen, and thus from all that is will we know and that is Wisdom. As we observe the Wisdom which surrounds us we can also, if we will, hear his command, which is: "Discriminate and Analyze" – character strengths of the Virgo once again, for this tells us that if we take apart and analyze what we see and hear and feel, the anatomy of Wisdom will reveal itself to us, and thus knowing - Wisdom will be ours. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For more on the lessons of Virgo see: http://druidcraft.us/astrology.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARE YOU SERVING? "You may be good, but what are you good for? You’ve got to be good for something. You’ve got to be about some project, some task that requires you to be humble and obedient to the universal principles of service." ~ Stephen R. Covey "We had to learn ourselves, and furthermore we had to teach the despairing men, that it did not matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life but instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life, daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and medication, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for the individual." ~ Victor Frankl , Holocost survivor "If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room." ~ Anita Roddick © Reproductions Permitted http://www.higherawareness.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SERVICE: QUOTES Of The DAY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” ~ Albert Einstein “I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” ~ Albert Schweitzer “A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.” ~ Albert Schweitzer “If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day.” ~ Alex Noble "To serve you, is to serve me. If what I am serving you is good, then we both have a sweet taste". ~ Sumana Galli ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TODAY'S POSITIVE THOUGHT Give love and you will find happiness and joy. Today's Positive Affirmation I am filled with love. This day and every day I share my love with everyone I meet. Today's Positive Visualization I take a slow and even breath and imagine myself filled with love. In my mind's eye I see myself sharing my love with everyone I meet. I imagine myself going through my day experiencing an abundance of love flowing through my heart. I see the positive responses from other people that my love attracts. I imagine myself experiencing the happiness and joy that comes from connecting to others through love. I combine these images with the feelings of joy and let them go, knowing that they will create the good things I am visualizing and thinking. © Reproductions Permitted http://www.free-positive-thought.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For more on the lessons of VIRGO see: http://druidcraft.us/astrology.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE? To learn more about the teachings of the DRUIDIC CRAFT OF THE WISE visit the “Courses” page on the website: http://druidcraft.us/ You are a blessed being! Misty-Eve* Druidic Craft of the Wise The American Rite http://druidcraft.us "If I have been of Service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day." ~ by Alex Noble ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A WORD TO THE WISE A Daily Newsletter of Astrological Reflections from The Druid Perspective ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Share A WORD TO THE WISE with those you care about. Reproductions are permitted with the use of the following tag line: (C) Reproductions Permitted: http://awordtothewise.info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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