Athena's Web Weekly Column Week of May 27th - Jun 2nd, 2005 We're Number Two |
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This week we take a look at Gemini, the archetype of duality. The Sun has now entered this third slice of the zodiac, a mutable air sign ruled by Mercury.
This notion of duality follows creation. After the one, there was two. This Geminian philosophy sets itself up in the many reflections which exist all around us, of life being divided into night and day, people into male and female, and of the Tao being split into yin and yang, etc. When one considers that all computer programming- all software no matter how elementary or complex- is based upon the binary system of yes and no, we begin to understand just how powerful this notion can be. Everything from Pong to missile guidance technology, from Photoshop to the iPod is based upon the dualistic system of on or off. In an effort to reflect heavenly 'will' here on Earth, the cultures of antiquity continually sought to follow their moment in time, their 'poloroid' of the heavenly motions, and then to honor that reflection of heaven here on Earth. If heaven, or if you prefer, if God wanted the notions of duality to be held in the highest regard, then it was the duty of the people of Earth to do so. As the king or chief was the heavenly representive here on Earth (being ordained by heaven has deep roots), so this representitive must reflect the divine will. It was for this reason that we see the Dogon of Africa celebrating and honoring duality and 'twins' (the perfect reflection of the 'One' looking at itself) in their creation myth. It is for this reason that the Pharoahs would marry their sister, or that Cronos married his sister, Rhea, or indeed, that Zeus married his sister, Hera, later to become the Jupiter and Juno of the Roman pantheon. Their roots extend back when the Spring time point was passing through the constellation Gemini.
The period of time from approximately six to eight thousand years ago was when the vernal equinox was moving through this constellation of the zodiac. At that time, creation (spring time) was born of duality. Duality was supreme. Number Two was Number One. |
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