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sometimes even our animals can carry ourselves that they are this or that, and I
our shadow for us. can’t stand that.
My former business partner could not We get divorced. We trade one partner
stand one of her dogs. He was too slow, for another. We reject a life-long friend.
and it drove her crazy. So much so, she We shame our children and find faults
Every one would find herself with their lifestyle. We demonize and
of us counts being mean to devalue a race, a nationality, or a religion
towards healing him. She herself that we are perceiving in a negative light.
had the Moon
this split that in Taurus which In other words, we find a scapegoat in
the outer world, and we think we have
divides us. has the inherent now gotten rid of them when what we
characteristic are actually doing is running away from
of being very slow to do anything. OUR OWN dark side.
She finally had to get rid of the dog. It
was much later when she and I started When I say dark, I am not talking about
doing shadow work and studying “evil per se” - not that it can’t become
Astrology that she figured it out. He was evil - it can if it remains hidden too
reflecting a part of her own energy. This long. Usually our dark side is only what
is descriptive of how we each get rid of is hidden from us. My work is to help
whatever or whoever we are projecting individuals and their relationships with
out onto as it makes us extremely each other, as Jung believed, it was
uncomfortable to be in their presence. the ONLY way we would see change
And we will justify our actions saying to in the world. If telling everyone to be
good and shaming each other into this
or that religion or metaphysical ideal
worked, then we would have seen peace
in our world long ago. Instead, shadow
projection collectively is increasing, and
Jung believed that our only salvation was
to do our own inner work. Every one of
us counts towards healing this split that
divides us.
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