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What is the signifigance of the Moon in 61.4?
In Jungian psychology, the shadow or "shadow aspect" may refer to (1) an unconscious aspect of the personality which the conscious ego does not identify in itself. Because one tends to reject or remain ignorant of the least desirable aspects of one's personality, the shadow is largely negative, or (2) the entirety of the unconscious, i.e., everything of which a person is not fully conscious. There are, however, positive aspects which may also remain hidden in one's shadow (especially in people with low self-esteem).[1] Contrary to a Freudian definition of shadow, therefore, the Jungian shadow can include everything outside the light of consciousness, and may be positive or negative. "Everyone carries a shadow," Jung wrote, "and the less it is embodied in the individual's conscious life, the blacker and denser it is."[2] It may be (in part) one's link to more primitive animal instincts,[3] which are superseded during early childhood by the conscious mind.
Maybe she was your anima or your shadow, who is quite opposite of your conscious man, but manifesting outwardly so you could see her. That is not an uncommon way of experiencing 61.4, which is an upper yin line.
Iodine stings when applied to an open wound, but it also can cure or prevent infection. Recognizing ones own shadow has the same potential, which is why Jung used the idea in his therapy.
It's most important to understand that this shadow represents what we are completely unaware of in ourselves, and that this often takes a repulsive or frightful form.
Title: The Nightmare
Artist: Henry Fuseli
Jung also believed that "in spite of its function as a reservoir for human darkness—or perhaps because of this—the shadow is the seat of creativity."; so that for some, it may be, 'the dark side of his being, his sinister shadow...represents the true spirit of life as against the arid scholar.' Memories, Dreams and Reflections; Jung
Also, the Shadow is always represented by a figure or figures of the opposite sex.
Maybe you just need to let your hair down, break out of your linear corral, and run wild under the moonlight.
There's a horse here named Chakra, a large quarter horse, and the alpha of the pack. Yet, though incredibly strong, he's warmly social and even cuddly, more so than the mares. But one night he was taken out on a ride with the others, tethered but not saddled nor ridden. Once out into the open and into a very wide section of safe sandy desert wash, he was released. Once he realized his untethered freedom, he went wild: jumping, bucking, kicking, snorting, whinnying; truly reveling in his unencumbered condition, until he plum wore himself out, whereupon he welcomed the tether and was gently led back to his familiar home. Sometimes that's what our inner nature in truth desires, and only our domesticated manners stand in our own way. Those who turn up their noses at such revelry deny themselves the freedom to let their horse out of the barn.
Well, the only one we have control of is ourselves. When there's an aspect which we have no control over, our Shadow is a good place to look for resolution. If we do discover it, in dreams or in waking life, and manage to master it or at least gain some control of it, that indeed is progress, but it isn't the end of our Shadow, because there are always aspects of ourselves that are unknown to our conscious mind. But so long as we reaffirm the pain it inflicts upon us from the outside, the less likely we are to recognize its current manifestation within ourselves. We are not helpless victims unless we accept defeat. Otherwise there will always be a bad guy (or girl) to the story of our lives, always a villain. Not that there aren't bad people out there, but we don't need to be willing and passive victims. The best place to defeat them is within ourselves. Will refer to a Wilhelm quote here...it seems to me as if you are saying it is an external changeling entity over which one is helpless against, so why bother, let it do as it will.
As long as a man's inner nature remains stronger and richer than anything offered by external fortune, as long as he remains inwardly superior to fate, fortune will not desert him. - Wilhelm 11.3 - changes to 19, overseeing or self-control
Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).