Reincarnation
The
connection of reincarnation and karma in the horoscope.
There are reasons for studying our past
lives or rather our soul's evolution....it is a recollection which can expand
one's vision and perspective, giving at least a strong subjective proof of continuous
life, and it can take the sting of injustice out of the things that happen to
us. It can dilute the bitterness of difficult relationships when you can recall
something of a past life situation in which you dealt out of such treatment
to another which they are now returning in this life. The best attitude to
have is a strong faith that whether the details can be recalled or not, all
that comes to you is just and, rightly used, can become a stepping stone to
greater strength and opportunity. But, being human, it does help to be able
to fit past and present together.
For those who question the veracity of any, or most, past life recollections,
I can only insist that it is perfectly possible since the Inner Self remembers
all lives and, as we are aliving part of that Self, it is only a matter of opening
up the line of communication with that Self. Memory in the present is arbitrary;
certain things stand out in high relief while others, possibly more important,
drop away from consciousness, (many of these memories come through transits
and progressions to your natal chart). I can go through most charts and peer
into past lives recapturing certain episodes and relationships that have relevance
to the present life.
Ask yourself the following questions, when looking at your own chart, because
you are the only one who can tell what is happening in your inner world. After
looking at your chart what intuitive "hits" do you get about karma
you are trying to get through in this lifetime? Do you have a new perspective
about some of your relationships, to mother, father, husband, wife, children?
It is not often that we can find ancient records to verify a past life memory
such as Dr. Arthur Guirdham was able to do as reported in his fascinating book,
THE CATHARS AND REINCARNATION, or as Dr. Ian Stevenson has done in his TWENTY
CASES SUGGESTIVE OF REINCARNATION.
How does the natal chart show an astrologer about past lives and karma brought
over to be worked out in the present life? First, and remember this is the
most important, THE WHOLE CHART TELLS THE STORY...But there are special factors
that seem to have particular bearing on the past. Most astrologers who work
with past lives emphasize the 12th House, the Sign on ins cusp, its ruler, and
any planets posited therein. It seems to have a special significance relating
to the last important life: live births only are considered here. One of the
definitions of the 12th House is "the House of Self-undoing" which
is identical in meaning with negative karma. It is the House of "secret
enemies" and, as it rules our unconscious, it is easy to see why our own
unconscious is frequently brought over from our past lives.
Some astrologers believe that the sign on the 12th house cusp was the ascending
sign of the last significant life and if the chart is tilted so that the present
12th house becomes the 1st house and the present 1st house becomes the 2nd,
and so on and so forth until you have the general horoscope of the last life.
I use this model frequently and I am uncertain how much of what I get is pure
intuition and an empathy with the whole chart and how much of it is delineated
as above.
Many astrologers hold that we progress through the twelve signs in order as
ascendants and as Sun Signs. If you had Taurus on your Ascendant and your Sun
in virgo in this life according to that theory you would have had Aries on your
Ascendant and Sun in Leo in the last life and in your next life you will have
Gemini on the Ascendant and Libra as the Sun Sign.
None of these rules are hard and fast...some folks are so evolved that they
have spent many years out of body teaching on the upper levels..these people
can pick and chose charts to maximize their efforts on this plane of existence.
These charts are very difficult to read.
As one of your assignments this time, I would like for you to take your chart
and look at the 12th house and give me a brief summary of your immediate past
life....Please use your intuition regarding this.
The 12th house signifies the heaviest karma in the past. The Moon represents
a general reflection of what we have been in the past---an image assimilated
past experience and behavior patterns. The Moon symbolizes, especially according
to its Sign position, the particular mental and emotional karmic patterns which
either inhibit or help us. A popular theory is that the last planet that the
Moon conjuncted prior to birth is the one that affects the behavior the most
because the qualities of that planet can be used as the main tool in dealing
with the challenges of this life. The planet that the Moon conjuncts immediately
after birth--the one toward which the Moon is progressing shows the experiences
and people we need to meet and the nature of the lessons we are to learn in
this life. So the progressing Moon points toward the development of the new
tools, new experiences, and new people who will help us. Supposing the Sun
is the first planet the Moon will conjunct after birth. The Sun then represents
the types of people and experiences you are to work upon and with in this incarnation.
You will meet leaders, because you are to become a leader and through them
learn to deal with attention directed upon yourself.. You will learn to develop
self-assurance, leadership, optimism, and get rid of all self-negation. The
Moon's Nodes and the signs in which they are deposited can give added information
concerning the past as well as the future. The South Node shows what we bring
into this life with us from the past, and the North Node shows our destination,
what we are going to carry on with us.
Questions:
1. What houses in your personal chart have the most significant indicators
of past lives?
2. What are the rulers of your angles, and where are the ruling planets placed?
3.. What is the ruler of your 12th house and what planets inhabit this house,
combine this with the placement of the ruler, and what does that mean about
you?
4. What does your North Node tell you about your destiny?
5. What does your South Node tell you about your past addictions?
6. What planet did your moon last pass over before your birth?
7. What planet did your moon conjunct first after your birth?