Aphrodite -The archetype of Taurus and Libra
Venus in the birth chart
“Why do we think love is a magician? Because the whole power of magic consists in love. The work of magic is the attraction of one thing by another because of a certain affinity of nature.” -Marsilio Ficino
The Aphrodite archetype always stands out. There is always the unmistakable spark that is the touch of Aphrodite. In these times, when the idolization of Aphrodite—and the tragedy that ensues—are perhaps more widespread than ever, the crucial key is consciousness.”
-Arlene Diane Landau. The subjective or inner component of Aphrodite can be seen in an introverted or an extraverted way: Internally, it could mean the ability to relate to beauty. Externally, it would encompass the whole principle of Eros, the willingness to connect with and to be considerate of the other.
The Aphrodite principle provides us with the ability to make life-enhancing connections with others. The 3 Graces associated with Aphrodite include
Grace
Seductive desire
Charm
The power of the pleasure principle
There are many hazards in her realm.One should be in good relation with the Ares principle of aggression when encountering Aphrodite.
Aphrodite reveals what can happen to the imagery of the inner world if one pours enough energy into it and bathes it in Love’s light. Love as the ultimate life engendering/affirming principle.
She is sometimes hailed as the basic cosmogonic principle, the very source of life itself. In Greek “cosmos” means “order”.
The symbolism of Aphrodite overlaps with that of the Holy Ghost. They share the symbol of the dove” -Edward. R. Edinger
Jung adds further on the Aphrodite archetype in his book Liber Novus
Aphrodite is essentially psyche, or soul, expressed personally as anima and collectively as Anima Mundi, the Soul of the World.
With the archetype of the anima, we enter the realm of the gods, or rather, the realm that metaphysics has reserved for itself.
The world of the Gods is made manifest in spirituality and in sexuality. The celestial ones appear in spirituality, the earthly in sexuality. Spirituality and sexuality are not your qualities, not things you possess and encompass. Rather, they possess and encompass you, since they are powerful daimons, Manifestations of the Gods, and hence reach beyond you, existing in themselves.” Jung wrote that The anima develops in 3 stages:
The primitive anima - Chawwa, the earth. She is Eve, who represents the all-motherly and the receiving. The anima is still a purely sexual being, a kind of earth goddess in a nearly prehuman developmental form.
The next stage of the anima is Mary, who was also an extraordinary person. She was the lover of the Holy Spirit and so become the mother of God.
The highest developmental stage of the anima is Sophia.
She is one-half of the divine syzygy; conjunction and opposition of sun and moon. She is the most spiritual form of the universal mother.
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