Sagittarius 23°: A group of immigrants as they fulfill the requirements of entrance into the new country.

18:02, 12/16/2014, Sagittarius 23°

pp. 223-224

AN ASTROLOGICAL MANDALA

A REFORMULATION OF THE SABIAN SYMBOLS

by Dane Rudhyar (1973)

PHASE 263 (SAGITTARIUS 23°):
A GROUP OF IMMIGRANTS AS THEY FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF ENTRANCE INTO THE NEW COUNTRY.

KEYNOTE: Consciously accepting the ways of a new stage of experience, in readiness for the opportunities it will present.

As we pass any threshold leading to a new realm of existence we have to meet certain requirements and the necessity to adjust to new ways of life—in action, thought and feeling. At times this may seem an ordeal, but it is inevitable. Everything that will follow depends largely on how we cross this threshold, and on the spirit in which we meet unfamiliar and perhaps shocking experiences.

At this third stage of the fifty-third five-fold sequence we face a combination of the two preceding symbols. We find ourselves in a period of TRANSITION. We have to imitate, yet retain our inner integrity.

Girlcapsule's Response:

The image to the side shows a watercolor rendering of Ganesha. This was a gift I received from a very dear friend today. Lord Ganesha is known to be the god of new beginnings and the remover of obstacles. This seems a suitable gift to receive on a day that is characterized, archetypally speaking, by the Sabian Symbol system as a period of TRANSITION.

The same friend who gave me this beautiful gift mentioned Jung's use of the concept of enantiodromia as being related to the concept of yin-yang. With the term enantiodromia Jung was pointing to the nature of equilibrium—that any extreme is inevitably opposed in favor of restoring balance. Enantiodromia points to the moment when something gets to its extreme and is transmogrified into its opposite, or it's "shadow opposite", per Jung.

Part of Carl Jung's personal experience at a very early age involved the impulse to keep a stick man. This idea captured me as well, and my stick family is growing.