The 12th House:
This House has perhaps an even more ominous reputation. Like the 6th, its cadent receives no light from the ascendant. Ancient astrologers called it the "House of the Bad Spirit". This house is famously & mysteriously referred to as the "House of Self-undoing".
This House has perhaps an even more ominous reputation. Like the 6th, its cadent receives no light from the ascendant. Ancient astrologers called it the "House of the Bad Spirit". This house is famously & mysteriously referred to as the "House of Self-undoing".
We can already tell that we are in interesting, if trepidatious, territory.
Traditional associations for this house include danger, enmity, exile, imprisonment, and the house of one's secrets and secret enemies. Modern significations include prisons, hospitals, seclusion,
Traditional associations for this house include danger, enmity, exile, imprisonment, and the house of one's secrets and secret enemies. Modern significations include prisons, hospitals, seclusion,
service and self-sacrifice, totality with the universe, and the collective unconscious. Two themes give us clues into a deeper meaning of the 12th House. The first is vulnerability. While the 6th House corresponds to the Sun's symbolic entry into the underworld each day at dusk,
at dawn the Sun is born anew as it passes through the 12th House. Dawn is usually linked with positive symbolism, but in this case the rising Sun represents a new birth, a vulnerable state of existence. Newborns are incredibly fragile and in need of constant care.
The 12th House's association with hospitals and seclusion can be linked to those times in life when we are either very young or very old and in need of care. As part of the cycle of our daily lives, dawn is the time when we must brush off the dreamworld of our sleeping,
leave the safety of home and meet the harsh realities of the world.
The second theme that can help us understand a deeper meaning of the 12th House is the concept of psychological shadow and the projection of unwanted aspects of the self. Many of the meanings and situations
The second theme that can help us understand a deeper meaning of the 12th House is the concept of psychological shadow and the projection of unwanted aspects of the self. Many of the meanings and situations
having to do with the 12th House are uncomfortable or socially taboo subjects - mental illness, addictions, confinement, helplessness, and defects real or imagined. The 12th House points to realm of untapped & unrecognised power & potency.
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