Aspects between the planets that
shape the Self
27.1
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Planets that shape the Self and other Self-supporting factors
As we saw before (21.1), the crystallization of the Self is reflected in the qualities of the Sun, the Moon, Saturn and Uranus. These planet principles have either a rotating quality or a border function (19.1). Consequently, they play a role in the process of separation and individuation.
We saw that:
a. The Sun represents the true, authentic I-sayer.
b. Saturn represents the separate, fixed, self-collected and single-pointed Self;
c. Uranus represents the Self as transgressor and disruptor of the personal, primal connection;
d. The Moon represents the Self’s own image creation; she summarizes all Self-related factors. Both the outer and inner planets are also involved in this, as a group.
e. The Ruler of the Ascendant.
f. These factors can be either reinforced or weakened by their placement in House and/or Sign; particularly the Fixed Cross plays a role in the rotation function.
g. The overall web of aspects in the horoscope will determine whether a specific Self-shaping factor plays a crucial or a more secondary role in the context of the whole.
h. Another possibility is the situation where the rotating Self doesn’t get going at all. In that case, perhaps we can find substitute figures in the horoscope. Even though they will not have any rotating power, and will therefore not lead to individuation, still their structure may offer a core for our interpretation to revolve around.
We will make use of these elements in order to set up, based on the horoscope, an image of the field that is cast out by the Self around itself. Here I would like to call to mind the statement of my teacher Jan Bakker quoted earlier, in which he succinctly articulates the underlying ground for this:
On the subject of the field for development:
“(…) for something to develop itself, it needs a field where it is able to do so. The entity wanting to develop itself must project itself into that field and take form there, in order to be able to receive its own reflections. Through this process, consciousness can come to self-awareness.”
Converging and dispersing
In order to realize itself, the Self projects itself into its own energetic field. In that field, it presents an image, a Moon, of itself, and subsequently identifies itself with it. For the creation of this image, it can follow two distinct basic patterns.
The first pattern arises from the Self’s projection into the environment, the circumference. In this case, the Self operates in a dispersing manner, casting itself out to the environment. Subsequently, it identifies with the mirror image that the environment will reflect back to it. This Self-view is therefore dependent on the environment.
In the second pattern, the Self identifies with its own energetic field, from which it attempts to control and shape its environment according to its needs. In this case, the Self does not cast itself outwards, but collects itself, strengthening its solidity. With this converging focus, it stands in the center of its own field in a self-determining way. It identifies with the forces irradiating from its own personality. This Self-view is self-determined.
The position of the Moon in either a negative or positive Sign and/or House is one of the factors that determine which of these two basic patterns will be followed.
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