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I can now look back on past relationships
                                                                and events and understand the

                                                                evolutionary meaning in the words of this
                                                                poem. The Gods as the ancients called

                                                                the planets are the archetypes which are
                                                                alive inside of us. Instead of thinking the
                                                                planets are doing something to us which

                                                                is a misrepresentation of the psychological
                                                                discipline of Astrology, the planets describe

                                                                who we potentially are as part of one
                                                                unified organism that is unfolding — the
                                                                Cosmos. This was first described as man,

                                                                the microcosm is a miniature reflection
                                                                of the greater macrocosm by Paracelsus,

                                                                physician and alchemist (1493-1541).

                                                                None of us expresses all of the potentials

                                                                in our birth chart and paradoxically it is
                                                                all there as the blue print of our psyche

                                                                from the first moment of birth. Knowing
                                                                ourselves is both a life-long challenging
                                                                responsibility and also ultimately a joyful

                                                                experience.


                                                                The relationships that we attract into
                                                                our lives, for better or worse become
                                                                instrumental to our self-awareness and

                                                                self-actualization — becoming whole —
                                                                what Carl Jung called individuation.


                                                                This poem says give all to love — lovers,
                                                                friends, family, our creativity, our

                                                                resources, our purpose in life, a muse who
                                                                inspires us, etc. All of this fully embraced

                                                                will involve us in the experience of our own
                                                                expressions of love. The word Eros means
                                                                to create, to connect, to relate. Eros is the



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