Everyone knows how creative the Scots are. They’re always sculpting, painting, singing songs, and writing plays. They invented television, the telephone, and deep-fried Mars bars. 😁
~ David Baillie (1977 — ) Scottish writer and artist best known for creating the Red Thorn comic series
Dear friend and neighbour and fellow traveller;
In astrology, the creative process is a multi-planetary dance that involves a path drawn from the Sun’s authenticity where the creative power is first sparked and given to Jupiter (creative power), then carried to Mars (will) and expressed through Venus (manifestation).
PART II: Jupiter’s Role
Jupiter’s role in the creative process is where most women struggle (for men it’s typically Venus). This is not a hard and fast rule, but one I have often seen through the years. For a woman, Jupiter represents the husband so any struggle in the creative process will likely show up in finding the right man for her and any struggle in finding such a man will be seen in her struggle to create the life she wants. (This is why I always recommend embracing your true nature life first – finding a mate is a consequence of living authentically).
We would be hard-pressed to find an act of creating more fundamental and significant than creating a life. Jupiter rules the second chakra, the chakra related to procreation and from this potential arises the possibility for an infinite number of possibilities.
God’s intention for you is encapsulated in the qualities of the Sun. Jupiter transfers this intention to the will, Mars. Mars represents the human capacity to move and act, to triumph over obstacles and to ensure victory through one-pointed determination and focus. However, if Jupiter is afflicted, the message gets diluted or modified. It can lead to suffering and even destruction.
In essence, Jupiter is the grace bestowing power of God. Your Jupiter is what you call good luck and good fortune. In reality, when your life unfolds effortlessly and miracles seem to follow you, your Jupiter is in alignment with your higher Self. This is an important point to understand, for if you also realise your life becomes a mess when you allow your Jupiter to become disconnected from your higher intention, you can bring yourself back in alignment.
How does our Jupiter become afflicted?
Jupiter is inwardly focused. In a sense, it has nothing directly to do with what happens on the outside. The reason good things do happen is because when we are aligned with our highest intention (Jupiter), it naturally spills over into the outer expression of our lives.
In the company of enlightened masters, what seem like miracles are simply the result of living free from the enslavement of thoughts. In such a state, a master, or guru, responds to whatever is happening with complete freedom. For such a one, there is no backstory, no agenda, no ‘have to’ or ‘should’.
Have you experienced such a state? I am sure you have. Indeed, the spiritual process by definition gradually shifts our perspective from I am someone to I am. Have you ever awakened one morning and in that in-between state, you had no past — no name, no family, no job, no-thing? You just are? If you are able to get past the initial shock and reflex to be someone, it’s a rather pleasant state to experience. No cares, no worries — just freedom. The whole Universe beckons.
Sadhguru often asks us to be responsible and explains that this does not mean we are shouldering everyone’s burdens; rather, in every moment of our existence, being ABLE to RESPOND is our inner state. We simply do what is needed when it is needed and what is needed is not determined through thinking, but by being.
During my early university days, I had a summer job in an auto parts store in a small town in Texas where I lived. One slow summer day, a salesman in his 40s came into the store to speak to the owner who had stepped out. He spent the wait telling me a little about his life. He was dressed in a suit and tie and seemed like the kind of fellow who was very content to live a very average life. In school, he probably made good grades, never got into trouble, and got along with everyone because he never took sides. His body looked to be like a ball of white dough and I imagine he never did more than mow the front yard — and probably with an electric mower.
As it turned out, my boss was not coming back that day, so the salesman got up to leave and stuck out his hand to say goodbye. At the time, I was 19 years old and captain of a canoe team headed to the Nationals. Being immersed in the world of athletes, I instinctively took his hand in a “bro grip” like you see athletes do on the telly. It was not my intention, of course, but his eyes lit up like alien spaceships and his face became as bright as the sun. In that small gesture, most assuredly one he had never been offered in his entire life, I validated his existence. In that one unrehearsed moment, he felt appreciated and loved. Likely a lifetime of being ‘tolerated’ in school, perhaps bullied, were washed away in that wonderfully spontaneous handshake.
I never forgot this moment and I share it here even after decades have passed. I always thank this fellow for what he offered me. It was I who felt blessed. Through his unfiltered reaction, I saw how when we embrace life without pretence, even the smallest gesture can open a human heart.
And this makes all the difference.
🤗
Warm thoughts and many blessings,
David 🙏🏻
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