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Sep. 18th, 2002
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Sep. 18th, 2002 11:04 pmLIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
According to the poet and scholar Robert Graves, the goddess Hecate "presides at seedtime and childbirth; she grants prosperity, victory, plentiful harvests to the farmer and rich catches to the fisherman." On the other hand, he notes, Hecate is the mistress of sorcery. She is the "goddess of ghosts and night-terrors, of phantoms and fearful monsters." How can a single deity embody such seemingly contradictory archetypes? Graves: She symbolizes "the unconscious in which beasts and monsters swarm. This is not the living hell of the psychotic, but a reservoir of energy to be brought under control, just as Chaos was brought to cosmic order under the influence of the spirit." In the coming weeks, Libra, Hecate will be your ally and guide.
I found myself nodding as I read this; it strikes a note of truth deep inside.
According to the poet and scholar Robert Graves, the goddess Hecate "presides at seedtime and childbirth; she grants prosperity, victory, plentiful harvests to the farmer and rich catches to the fisherman." On the other hand, he notes, Hecate is the mistress of sorcery. She is the "goddess of ghosts and night-terrors, of phantoms and fearful monsters." How can a single deity embody such seemingly contradictory archetypes? Graves: She symbolizes "the unconscious in which beasts and monsters swarm. This is not the living hell of the psychotic, but a reservoir of energy to be brought under control, just as Chaos was brought to cosmic order under the influence of the spirit." In the coming weeks, Libra, Hecate will be your ally and guide.
I found myself nodding as I read this; it strikes a note of truth deep inside.
