From: lmpm@teal.csn.org (L. M. P. McPherson)
Subject: Re: Keywords for Signs
Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 07:02:33 GMT

In article <EIVERSON.92Dec12112530@mykene.nmsu.edu> eiverson@nmsu.edu (Eric Iverson) writes:
>In article <1992Dec8.133323.17969@u.washington.edu> astrolog@byron.u.washington.edu (Astrolog) writes:
>
>   >>Leo    the Dog.
>
>   The dog, barking so the world can hear, like Leo. Leos love
>   attention, and like the pack, like dogs. The dog can be loyal and big
>   hearted, or extremely obnoxious and vicious, like Leo.
>
>Leo's do *not* like the pack, unless of course they're leading it.
>Like their feline counterparts, they have a definite solitary side.
>Even in groups they are only happy if they are the sole center of
>attention.  

How right. Notice the use of the words "solitary" and "sole," both
containing the word Sol, the name of the Sun, Leo's ruler. Because
Leos lead, they are indeed solitary, in the sense of "it's lonely
at the top." Leadership is about making decisions on one's own and
accepting the consequences.

I attended a lecture in Santa Fe the other day delivered by 
Dr. Edith Wallace, a well-known Jungian psychologist (with
an interest in astrology -- she's a Piscean). She began the
lecture with a sort of incantation, which she had us repeat
three times: "As the Sun shines upon my heart, so may my
heart shine upon others." This struck me immediately as
an encapsulation of the Leo spirit. When the Leo sits back
in his chair and entertains us for hours with amusing stories,
we may feel that he is full of himself, but he is really
being generous -- spreading his own joy to others. How
can you be anything but cheery around a Leo? (Unless he's
bossing you around or explaining to you at great length
how you should live your life, i.e., exactly how he lives
his; after all, it's the *sole* way to be...)

Words derived from the names of planets (or their associated
gods) or zodiac animals can provide insights into the meanings 
of the signs they rule/symbolise. For example, luny (Cancer), fishy 
(pisces), bullish (Taurus -- except in its stock-market usage),
mercurial (Gemini), saturnine (Cappy), and jovial (Sag).

For those interested in chakrahs, the English language also
contains expressions that are in synchrony with chakrah-colour
pairings. To say someone is yellow means that he lacks courage,
associated with Leo, the Sun, and the solar plexus (which is
associated with the colour yellow). To be green with envy
means to have one's heart attached to what someone else has
(and green is the colour of the heart chakrah). When one
is blue, one often has a lump in one's throat (blue is the
colour of the throat chakrah). We also associate colours
with ideas, such as red with sexiness (e.g., in negligees),
in a way that reflects planet/chakrah and colour associations
(the genital chakrah is red, and red is the colour of the
planet Mars, which rules desire and passion; black negligees
are also considered sexy, and black is the colour of Pluto,
ruler of Scorpio -- the planet of sex as the transformer
and the provider of intense experience).

Communists are called "Reds"; are they really Martian? In my
experience, they are more militant than most political groups.
And communist countries have certainly been aggressive. 
The communist ideal seems Uranian, but communism in practice
often does have a Martian feel. And communist countries have
been partial to Martial law.


Maggie