pp.73-74 AN ASTROLOGICAL MANDALA, by Dane Rudhyar (1973)
PHASE 35 (TAURUS 05º): A WIDOW AT AN OPEN GRAVE.
KEYNOTE: The impermanence of all material and social bonds.
"All natural compounds decay," said the Buddha. The most beautiful and most enjoyed substance loses its potential energy though continuous actualization and the principle of integration and form is withdrawn, leaving the Void––"the open grave" that ends all attachments. The Void is the great challenge: What next? One must begin anew, and if possible at a "higher," i.e. more inclusive and universal, less egocentric, level.
This fifth conclusive stage of the sequence which deals with root elements and basic actions and responses may seem negative, yet it opens the door to self-renewal. Beyond the personal attachment rises the possibility of participating in a larger sphere of existence. This possibility rarely manifests itself except as one is ready to DISCARD THE PAST.
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