Dear Friends;
Saint Patrick at first glance seems an odd choice to be associated with good luck. A quick review of his life and one might wonder if luck had not abandoned him at an early age. Born into an important Roman family living in Britain along the English Channel, Patrick was kidnapped at 16 and sold into slavery in Ireland. There he spent six years as a shepherd in isolation and hardship until he managed to escape. Luck still seemed to avoid him as he nearly starved, was forced into slavery again for a brief time then finally made it back to his family. Eventually he was compelled to go back to Ireland to spread the gospel of Christianity to the Celts while suffering being robbed and beaten, enslaved, and at one point bound in chains awaiting execution. 

It is said Saint Patrick used the shamrock, the three-leaf clover, as a means of explaining the Holy Trinity (Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit) to the Celts perhaps with the intention to circumvent the Druid symbolism of the shamrock for the three forms of Danu, the goddess of fertility and wisdom. Danu was embraced as a mother reflecting qualities of nurturing and responsibility; a maiden to reflect beauty and the potential for new life; and as an old lady to symbolise wisdom and guidance. The Druids also associated Danu with the moon cycle, so the Druids would pray to a different aspect of Danu depending on the current moon phase. In line with this, the Druids carried these shamrocks around as a token of good luck or fortune.

In Vedic astrology, Jupiter is the planet of good luck and good fortune. Yet, when you dive deeper, you discover that Jupiter is the good luck arising from a state of surrender to the divine which allows the seeming separation between ourself and God dissolve. This is not really ‘luck’, but a natural consequence of surrendering one’s will to the will of God.

I once heard my guru say “when you have grace, even your mistakes are perfect.” What may seem like a bad choice at the time, is later be revealed as the perfect thing to do when we are aligned with grace. We have all had situations where we look back and think, “If I had not done that, life would have diverged in a terrible way.” This is grace in action, albeit, unconsciously. When we align ourselves with our inner Jupiter, even unconsciously, the grace bestowing power of God, our life is lived as an expression of God’s Love. Of course, doing so consciously allows our actions to be of maximum result.

Jupiter, the grace bestowing power of God
Jupiter represents the all encompassing, undifferentiated Love of which we are all part. This love is unconditional and free from the prejudice of upbringing, education, and societal influences. Jupiter is our intention that no matter what we do, all life should benefit. So how is it we find ourselves no longer aligned with grace? How is it that we find ourselves once again in survival mode where we have imprisoned our sensibilities and good intentions in lockdown?

In astrology, our pain body is symbolised by Saturn. A healthy Saturn embraces pain as a means to consider better alternatives. When afflicted, however, Saturn symbolises attachment to pain, that self-defeating, twisted perception that seeks to feel alive through pain. In such individuals, Saturn has become so dominant that in order to feel alive, they will sabotage grace and good fortune. 

Saint Patrick never looked upon his years as a shepherd in isolation as a misfortune. He never pointed his finger at his cruel master. On the contrary, Saint Patrick looked upon these years as the period of life in which he drew close to God. It was during this time that he dedicated his life to his spiritual unfoldment. Though the pain of Saturn was a part of his life, it was his Jupiter’s aspect upon his Saturn that allowed him to embrace misfortune as a stepping stone to his greater Self. 

His Jupiter consciousness allowed him to surrender to a higher will and his surrender unlocked the storehouse of grace. Grace is ever-present and always available. By energising our Jupiter, the unconditional Love for all beings, for Life itself, we find that grace is not even sought; rather, grace finds us.

 🤗

David 🔆

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