Archetypal Exploration: Felina's 5th House- Prostitute

The Fifth House of Astrology is about creativity, children, romance, good fortune, and speculative ventures. Psyche is in Retrograde in my 5th house, pulling this energy inward...a Goddess within. My Prostitute archetype also resides in this house. Another one of the Survival archetypes that plays a crucial role in the soul's journey, all of us learn the Prostitute's lesson of integrity in various ways. This Fifth House area of life is where I learned to have faith in myself, the Goddess within, and the God that connects us all to Her. Caroline Myss, in her book 'Sacred Contracts', calls the Prostitute archetype our "Guardian of Faith." I recommend this book if you like to read...and if you're reading this, you probably do. Caroline Myss goes on to explain the healing challenge contained within the lesson of the fifth house is like 'entering the desert'. She compares it to "the Dark Night of the soul described by mystics...you are no longer receiving energy from the world you have left behind, but you also have not yet established a flow of energy from the next stage of your life. That period of aridity--the desert--can be exhausting and depressing as you symbolically thirst for God."

I walked this desert before, and I learned that lesson. It's a lesson of how much of yourself (body, mind, and soul) you are willing to give up for physical security. When Alyrica was born, I tried to stay with her father so her idea of family wouldn't be broken...even though our relationship was no longer good for any of us. I had to find faith in myself, after she was born, that I could create the family she needs. I became empowered again, and detached from the life that had once fearfully held me back from my own authority. In that lesson, I had the good fortune of finding that Michael was the man I'm meant to be with forever. And in that experience, I found God...connecting eternally to the Goddess within.

So for this Mercury Retrograde's Archetypal Exploration, I'm honoring the Prostitute archetype as well as Psyche and Eros. A strange combination, at first glance, but it is my life I'm dissecting here. I'm compelled to discover deeper meanings than what appears on the surface. In other words, look beyond what we know of prostitutes and discover the crisis of faith and loss of integrity that they represent. This archetype has become an ally in guiding me through the path of my own power, alerting me to the warning signs of compromising my values for breakable promises of physical security. With awareness, I hope you can see how this archetype can be an ally to your own life...coming out from the shadows to show you the meaning of faith, however it pertains to your own spiritual path.

Interesting, perhaps only to me, is that today Mercury Retrogrades through the degree where my 5th House begins. I didn't plan it, but my Psyche's own retrograde must have been working in synch with Mercury's retrograde transit. The sabian symbol for Leo 23 is 'A bareback rider'. So I guess I'm going to keep boldly riding on the path I've ridden, but never written, before.

Prostitute

by Felina Lune Kavi

Down the street where she sold herself,

she walks in scuffed-up heels...

balancing the new weight of change,

forgetting how she might look so strange,

discovering how she truly feels.

In daytime, this journey is a hardened desert;

the dark nights she knew have passed...

clicks along concrete the only sound,

echoing off hotels and offices all around.

Then a moment's peace at last.

Her baby kicks inside her womb,

announcing why she's here...

there's no more security in what she's done,

she steps forward into maturity for this little one.

It's time to get rid of fear.

Facing the trash can on this familiar corner,

she kicks off those tired shoes...

she throws them away with all of that pain,

away with that emptiness and all of that shame.

Her soul has been renewed.

The New Wings of Psyche

by Felina Lune Kavi

The creative key to the soul is in passwords:

you say 'harm none' and 'love always' with true meaning...

and harmonious expression explodes into Psyche,

her spiritual faith unfolds into wings,

and she ascends with Eros

in ecstasy of love eternal...creating bliss.

Eros in January

by Felina Lune Kavi

It's cold here tonight...
wrap me warm in your skin,
lock me up in your sight,
hold me close and breathe in...
and out.

Outside in the dark...
a new moon on the rise.
We are lost under stars
in the most beautiful sky.

Eros in January,
you touch the soul within me.
Eros in January,
fast as love flies through you and me.

Our hearts beat whole at last,
in the wake of our dreams.
I'm too in love to ask,
is this really what it seems...
to be?

Beyond what we believed
of what love ever meant,
this love is all we need
to know our soul's full intent.

Eros in January,
you touch the soul within me.
Eros in January,
fast as love flies through you and me.

The Dragon’s Flight Into the Sagittarius-Gemini Axis

At the beginning of March, the Moon’s nodes shifted from our last lessons of the Capricorn/Cancer plane to the lessons of Sagittarius/Gemini (from March 3, 2011 until August 29^th, 2012). The Lunar nodes, in scientific terms, are the points where the orbit of the Moon crosses the ecliptic. The astrological implications of the lunar nodes are about karmic lessons, and the necessary balance between what we’ve already learned and no longer need to focus on (South Node in Gemini) and what we must learn now, however uncomfortable and uncharted the territory, for the growth of our souls (North Node in Sagittarius).

Each of us has our own natal nodes and lessons, which tend to answer the age-old questions, ‘Why am I here?’ and ‘What is my soul’s purpose?’ For example, I (and those around the same age as me) have the lessons of North Node in Cancer and South Node in Capricorn…our soul’s growth comes from spiritual nurturance and caretaking, learning the value of emotional fulfillment as we move away from our engrained urges to acquire fame, recognition, and materialistic pursuits.

But the positions the Nodes are in at the present moment affect the collective soul’s growth of our entire global community…so while we are each having our own soul’s intentions directing us one way, those lessons are also being influenced on a global scale by the current position of the Nodes.

And it’s that shift that I’m talking about now…the one we’re all feeling. Now that the South Node is in Gemini we’re being introduced to the lesson of over-thinking decisions and second-guessing ourselves. We’re currently so proficient in seeing other points-of-view that we’re losing sight of our own. The North Node in Sagittarius directs our paths toward trusting our own intuition and being open and honest about ourselves and what we want. Over-thinking becomes problematic during this time because we can never have enough information to satisfy our minds…and we are drawn like moths to a flame toward information accumulation. Our own intuitive knowing needs to be cultivated now instead of second-guessing its validity because it may not be based in what appears to be ‘factual’ information.

This axis can be very confusing, making it difficult to make decisions you truly trust. Visualizing outcomes rather than relying only on logical information is where we move past the old ways of thinking and come into our collective ability to trust our gut. One of the things you’ll see during this transit is a greater tendency to indulge in gossip, taking it as information rather than the waste of energy it truly is. Our media is already skilled in this, yet now is the time they will be faced with its negative implications as more and more people will trust their intuition and turn away from such superficial communication. This is the time we learn the lesson that beliefs create reality…and if we’re wasting our time on old ways of thinking and communicating, we’re only being distracted from seeing the bigger picture involved…and manifesting the best possible outcome.

There will be a lot of mental health issues coming to the forefront during this time, as well as nit-picking about communication. The media is becoming more aware of how our words matter and the rhetoric we choose can no longer be irresponsible.

To see in what areas of life this shift affects you personally, look to the houses in your natal chart where Sagittarius and Gemini begin. The last time the nodes were in this axis was between August 2^nd, 1992 and February 1^st, 1994. Try to remember what was going on in your life at that time to get a taste of what is to come now, after maturing since then. Astrology follows patterns, and recognizing those patterns can help you to work with the energies when they come around again.

Here are some ideas on how to make the best of this ingress: Explore. Travel. Go on an adventure. Learn about other cultures, religions, philosophies. Come up with your own opinions. Stop quoting others and speak with the truth from your heart, in your own words. Have faith. Broaden your mind and release limiting thought patterns. Resist gossip and other forms of superficial communication. Seek truth. Get creative. Look at the bigger picture. Trust your intuition. Set goals. Take time to quiet your mind and meditate. Embrace the spiritual realm and the wealth of wisdom it has in store for you. Think before you speak. Actively listen more. Increase the productivity of information exchange. Visualize. Get outside and seek answers in the natural world, relying less on technology. Expand your global vision. Adhere to ethics in every situation. Teach and inspire others. Explore your horizons. Connect to Sprit. Follow the path of passion. Be gregarious. Release yourself from what is not working in your life and find freedom within. Employ optimism. Be straightforward with your communication. Get out of your head and get physically involved. Find your footing in spiritual activism. And most importantly, trust yourself.

Love and Gratitude,

Felina Lune Kavi