Post by Djedi Maaur on Feb 6, 2008 6:22:36 GMT -5
Written by Anne Ortelee
New Moon Solar Eclipse
February 6, 2008
17:44 Aquarius Sun and Moon
10:44 pm EST
7:44 pm PST
The February New Moon is an eclipse! Eclipses happen when the Sun and the Moon join within 10 degrees of the transiting Lunar Nodes. Eclipses are known through out history to mark the beginnings and ends of cycles, movements, governments and leaders. Follow the degree of the nodes, 27-28 and the lunation, 17-18, of the fixed signs to see the areas impacted in your own chart.
It is interesting to note that the eclipse takes place at the same exact clock time as Pluto entered into Capricorn for the first time since 1762. All over the world, Pluto entered into Capricorn last week for the first time in our lives while this week the eclipse takes place at the same exact time in a 24 hour day. I think the Universe wants us to notice! On the east coast of the USA, the clock time for both the Pluto ingress and the Solar eclipse was 10:44. That time adds up to a 9, marking an karmic ending of sorts. Notice what time the New Moon Eclipse and Pluto Ingress took place in your neck of the woods to see what the time tells you about the energy. Further, break the numbers apart between hours and seconds, so for the east coast of the USA, the 10 is the 10th house or Capricorn’s domain while 44 adds up to 8, which is Pluto’s domain.Works for me!
Of course, because the two cosmic events were at the same clock time, the charts between the Pluto Ingress in Capricorn as well as the New Moon Eclipse are nearly identical regarding the planets zodiacal placement and the house alignments. Separated by only 12 days, a Jupiter number, we notice a very subtle shift of the very large stellium in Aquarius, Chiron, Mercury, Moon, Sun, Neptune, Vesta, and North Node moving into the 4th house of security and home from the 5th house of creativity and children. The balance of the planets, Saturn, Mars, Pluto, Jupiter, and Venus stay in the same houses they were found in during the Pluto Ingress chart.
The eclipse, as the first new moon lunar event after the Pluto ingress into Capricorn marks, describes and illuminates what we can expect the first part of Pluto’s journey into Capricorn to be about. Pluto starts his journey in Capricorn, but will back up into Sagittarius for a wrap up of the last degrees in late spring, over the summer and into early fall. Pluto doesn’t firmly commit to Capricorn until fall arrives. BUT we will see during and through this first pass of the Pluto Ingress and New Moon eclipse lunation a very clear message from the cosmos of what we are supposed to focus on here on earth.
There are SIGNIFICANT differences between the Pluto ingress and the eclipse chart. Since the Pluto ingress, both Mercury and Mars have stationed, shifted direction and started to move in new directions. Mercury in Aquarius is the ruler of the now forward moving Mars in Gemini. Mars in Gemini is still out of bounds (way out in fact) as he slowly starts to pick up steam. He’s moving SO SLOWLY but he IS moving forward again. With Mars going so slowly, it is like a slow, energy of trying to move a very full, full bookcase ~ slow inertia but once you get it moving, it will slide along the floor, rather rapidly, if a bit creakily. Mercury in Aquarius is moving backwards now. He’s been lurking in Neptune’s gassy inspiration and fog of hope. He’s going back into it. Normally Mercury in Aquarius is brilliant. He’s still brilliant but he’s also high on Neptune’s illusions so he’s not seeing things clearly at all. PLUS Mercury is driving the car of both Saturn in Virgo and Mars in Gemini while under the influence of Neptune so to speak so you need to watch him carefully. He’s not in complete command of his faculties. As Saturn rules Pluto, Venus and Jupiter, Mercury also has influence over them, and probably NOT a good influence. Or at least not a clear influence.
Look carefully at the period of time between Pluto’s entry into Capricorn and the New Moon, between January 25th to February 6th. That was an exceptionally turbulent set of planetary activity when our communication and our action planets were both stopped in the sky. Our planet guides are going over that section of time as well as the events with a giant bright pink highlighter! Make note of all events, big and small, that took place ~ keep a quick 12 day diary ~ record what and who you talked to about what and who as well as what you heard and saw. The heavens are laying out the next major part of your life. Also note the white parts ~ the parts that didn’t get highlighted. They are important too! The solution to the highlighted situations can lie in the unhighlighted parts.
The eclipse is part of the 10 North series. According to Bernadette Brady’s book, The Eagle and the Lark, the cycle began on April 25, 944 and ends May 27, 2188. “There is a strong emphasis on communication and at the same time, frustrating or inhibiting events may come into the person’s life via news, paperwork or a young person. The person may feel tired and drained. Therefore it is a good time to take things quietly and work through the difficulties one at a time.” It is a NORTH node eclipse meaning things ARRIVE in your life or appear to invite you to move forward into your life as the Sun and the Moon form their monthly union near to the north node of life’s direction, calling and purpose. The eclipse is partially visible from Australia and falls over the Antarctic suggesting changes in those parts of the world. As you can see, the eclipse cycle started many years ago, in 944 and is almost finished. It has marched from the North Pole towards the South Pole over the last 1,064 years bringing communication enlightenment as well as changes to the vision of who we are.
So how do you apply the energy of the eclipse to your life? I’ve been talking to numerous clients about casting out to the universe for their dreams on the upcoming eclipse. Take the time to meditate on what you’d like to manifest in your life. Give yourself and the universe a concrete, cardinal, and solid earthy list of what you would like to have come into your life. As always, be careful and clear about what you wish for. Working with eclipse energies tend to make things happen even faster than usual! Sit yourself down with the heavens and include representatives of the elements, air, fire, water and earth. Ask, out loud, and include the caveat of your desires being in service to and alignment with or towards your higher or greater good. Ask for things on your Jupiter/ Pluto list. (Remember, Jupiter is still out there hammering away with his Capricorn hammer!) The chart completely supports “ask energy” as Mercury retrogrades back toward the Sun, Moon and Neptune and sparks a new beginning as he does it. I DO caution you to add to the “ask energy” the disclaimer ~ “as long as it is for my higher good!” During energies like these we tend to WANT stuff that might not be the best thing for our being or our soul. And then when the stuff we ask for arrives in the service of an eclipse (karmic shifts) it tends to have that “stick with us” kind of cosmic glue that nodes create. I call it that giant sucking sound. So ask, but ask wisely.
The other thing to remember is the eclipse has Mercury retrograde enmeshed in the middle of a muddle. It is a puddle of hard to work with, harder to see through and dark as night (it is a NEW moon not a full moon) energies. Mercury has Chiron to his left, Neptune to his right, and the Sun and Moon sitting on his head. Even exalted, fabulous Mercury in Aquarius will have trouble keeping things straight with this energy and that many planets talking to him. And Mercury IS going backwards! So he’s not in that great of shape. So pause. Pause. Pause! Especially pause before taking action. What ever you THINK you heard, double check that you heard what you heard. Ask three or four friends if THEY heard the same thing you heard. Lots of potential for misunderstandings and mistakes and miscommunications on this baby! Mercury in Aquarius often, always, positively, completely, thinks HE IS RIGHT ~ and 99.999999% of the time HE IS RIGHT! But not now. Not now. Mercury is SO PRONE to misunderstandings, missed signals, bollixed up interpretations right now but he still thinks he is right. Can you see the potential for major mix-ups? Caution. Caution. Caution. No taking action unless you are completely, completely, completely clear.
The Mercury placements remind me of that very bad joke that Catholics tell. A monk was interested in studying the original scriptures. So he studied the ancient languages for years. He received permission to comb back through the Vatican texts, scrolls and tablets, tracing the history of the scriptures to their original source documents. He worked on his project for years and years. He was old and gray, close to the end of is life. All of a sudden, the other monks in the abbey hear him banging his head on the table, pounding his fist and crying out “No, no, it can’t be!” They run into the library to see what is wrong. He cries out, “It was a translation error ~ it was supposed to be CELEBRATE not Celibate!”
If you hear something under this eclipse DO pay attention but recognize it could be a complete misinterpretation on your part OR on the part of the person telling you the story of what they heard. Don’t take action and go off half crazed. Encourage them to listen and wait and see. Pause. Think if what you heard even makes sense! Breathe.
Sualocin, the fixed stars, is joined to Mercury, Sun and Moon. Sualocin is a practical joke played by an Italian astronomer on the rest of us. The name first appeared in a catalog published in 1814 without explanation. Sualocin is Nicolaus spelled backwards ~ he was the assistant to the head of the Palermo Astronomical Observatory name. Sualocin is a multiple star in the constellation of the dolphin or Delphinus. Sualocin/ Nicolaus is a great example of the reversal energy active and working during the eclipse.
According to Ptolemy, Delphinus is like Saturn and Mars while the bright stars Rotanev and Sualocin are Mercury/Jupiter according to Robson. It gives a simple appearance, cheerfulness, dissembling and duplicity, love of hunting, and sport in general but little happiness. Little happiness and love of hunting would not apply to Rotanev and Sualocin because they are not of Saturn/Mars nature. There is a fondness for pleasure, ecclesiastical matters and travel, but danger of suffering from ingratitude. It is a small but ancient constellation that is easily located in the night sky. The Dolphin Delphinus helped the sea god Poseidon win the heart of his wife, the mermaid Amphitrite. In another story Delphinus helped the musician Arion escape from sailors who attempted to throw him overboard and steal his belongings. The god Apollo was so moved by Arion's music, he sent the dolphin to carry him to the shore. The constellation can be found to the east of the bright star Altair in the constellation of Aquila, the eagle.
That said, the Sabian Image is profound for the other side of the eclipse energies. It very well might be true! What you heard could be a very profound and extremely deep reveal on the part of the person doing the speaking! The energy of the Sabian image is that of masking and unmasking. Have you ever been to a Halloween Party where the costumes are scary? How costumes shifts the energy and allow folks to be “different” than they are in “real life”. And yet, then they take off their mask and become who you knew them to be. There can be unmasking of deep and profound truths on this lunation. So watch for that energy too.
It is going to be a big eclipse! Remember, whatever happens, is for your greater good and moves you towards the next evolutionary step of your life. The choices you made while Pluto was in Sagittarius could have been very ungrounded or without thought to the consequences that are now flying at you and coming home to roost in the back yard of your reality and life. We are moving from mutable fire, spin a new story toward a bigger and better version of our reality Sagittarius into get real, practical, structured, responsible and be accountable, down to earth, take action and names Capricorn. It is a very large energetic shift for all of us as well as the world. The eclipse will show us how it is going to appear in our life. If you have been spinning a bit out of control, it is about to catch up with you. It is time for you to take responsibility for your actions. The time is now. Pluto is in Capricorn. Reality is here.
The Sabian image is A MAN BEING UNMASKED AT A MASQUERADE. Lynda Hill’s interpretation of it is:
Commentary: ‘A Man Being Unmasked at a Masquerade’ shows the inevitable outcome for anyone who is participating in a ‘Masquerade’. He can get away with wearing the ‘Mask’ for a period of time, but eventually circumstances will lead him to reveal himself sooner or later. This could happen voluntarily or involuntarily. He may decide that it’s time to reveal who he truly is in his own time, or he may be forced to lift the ‘Mask’ against his own wishes.
Oracle: Sometimes life uncovers ‘Masks’, intrigues, cover-ups and mysteries so that the truth may be revealed. Things may look better or worse in their true light. What is revealed may be beyond most people’s expectations with a very happy result. On the other hand, there can be real disappointment as one’s true identity, and even the way one looks, becomes unveiled. Secret motives may have a purpose, but they almost invariably become known in time and pretending to be something or someone that one isn’t can lead to painful realizations when the truth comes out. Lies or cover-ups being revealed can lead to big changes in relationships. You may find that this confronts you now. The first concern may be for the embarrassment and difficulties that can arise, but it’s probably too late to worry about that. With this Symbol, the truth will be revealed and exposed sooner or later. The question is: Are people being true to the truth themselves? Are things being covered up? If they are, sooner than later it will begin to come to light that things aren’t as they’ve seemed. Is it possible in this situation to forgive and forget? If needed, psychotherapy and other forms of healing can bring issues to the surface so they can be faced.
Keywords: Secret motives exposed. Having to face one’s self. Facing the truth about another. Coming to terms with judgments about one’s true worth. Owning up to who one truly is. Being able to see through characters and trickery. Wearing a ‘Mask’ that suits the situation. Insights into people. Dropping pretense. Stripping away cover-ups. Aliases.
The Caution: Detrimentally revealing yourself too quickly or too early. Being found out to be a fraud. Finding answers that aren’t welcome. Layers of deception discovered. Charades, pretense and ploys to manipulate. Lies. Assumed identities.
Alas, fortune does not change men; it unmasks them.
-Stephen T. Steve
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
-Socrates
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth. -Phaedrus
It is only the superficial qualities that last. Man’s deeper nature is soon found out.
-Oscar Wilde
People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.
-Euripides
One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?
-Groucho Marx
We are the mirrors of each other In a lifetime of suspicion Cleansed in a moment, a flash of recognition.
-Neil Finn
Copyright © 2008 Anne Ortelee
www.anneortelee.com
New Moon Solar Eclipse
February 6, 2008
17:44 Aquarius Sun and Moon
10:44 pm EST
7:44 pm PST
The February New Moon is an eclipse! Eclipses happen when the Sun and the Moon join within 10 degrees of the transiting Lunar Nodes. Eclipses are known through out history to mark the beginnings and ends of cycles, movements, governments and leaders. Follow the degree of the nodes, 27-28 and the lunation, 17-18, of the fixed signs to see the areas impacted in your own chart.
It is interesting to note that the eclipse takes place at the same exact clock time as Pluto entered into Capricorn for the first time since 1762. All over the world, Pluto entered into Capricorn last week for the first time in our lives while this week the eclipse takes place at the same exact time in a 24 hour day. I think the Universe wants us to notice! On the east coast of the USA, the clock time for both the Pluto ingress and the Solar eclipse was 10:44. That time adds up to a 9, marking an karmic ending of sorts. Notice what time the New Moon Eclipse and Pluto Ingress took place in your neck of the woods to see what the time tells you about the energy. Further, break the numbers apart between hours and seconds, so for the east coast of the USA, the 10 is the 10th house or Capricorn’s domain while 44 adds up to 8, which is Pluto’s domain.Works for me!
Of course, because the two cosmic events were at the same clock time, the charts between the Pluto Ingress in Capricorn as well as the New Moon Eclipse are nearly identical regarding the planets zodiacal placement and the house alignments. Separated by only 12 days, a Jupiter number, we notice a very subtle shift of the very large stellium in Aquarius, Chiron, Mercury, Moon, Sun, Neptune, Vesta, and North Node moving into the 4th house of security and home from the 5th house of creativity and children. The balance of the planets, Saturn, Mars, Pluto, Jupiter, and Venus stay in the same houses they were found in during the Pluto Ingress chart.
The eclipse, as the first new moon lunar event after the Pluto ingress into Capricorn marks, describes and illuminates what we can expect the first part of Pluto’s journey into Capricorn to be about. Pluto starts his journey in Capricorn, but will back up into Sagittarius for a wrap up of the last degrees in late spring, over the summer and into early fall. Pluto doesn’t firmly commit to Capricorn until fall arrives. BUT we will see during and through this first pass of the Pluto Ingress and New Moon eclipse lunation a very clear message from the cosmos of what we are supposed to focus on here on earth.
There are SIGNIFICANT differences between the Pluto ingress and the eclipse chart. Since the Pluto ingress, both Mercury and Mars have stationed, shifted direction and started to move in new directions. Mercury in Aquarius is the ruler of the now forward moving Mars in Gemini. Mars in Gemini is still out of bounds (way out in fact) as he slowly starts to pick up steam. He’s moving SO SLOWLY but he IS moving forward again. With Mars going so slowly, it is like a slow, energy of trying to move a very full, full bookcase ~ slow inertia but once you get it moving, it will slide along the floor, rather rapidly, if a bit creakily. Mercury in Aquarius is moving backwards now. He’s been lurking in Neptune’s gassy inspiration and fog of hope. He’s going back into it. Normally Mercury in Aquarius is brilliant. He’s still brilliant but he’s also high on Neptune’s illusions so he’s not seeing things clearly at all. PLUS Mercury is driving the car of both Saturn in Virgo and Mars in Gemini while under the influence of Neptune so to speak so you need to watch him carefully. He’s not in complete command of his faculties. As Saturn rules Pluto, Venus and Jupiter, Mercury also has influence over them, and probably NOT a good influence. Or at least not a clear influence.
Look carefully at the period of time between Pluto’s entry into Capricorn and the New Moon, between January 25th to February 6th. That was an exceptionally turbulent set of planetary activity when our communication and our action planets were both stopped in the sky. Our planet guides are going over that section of time as well as the events with a giant bright pink highlighter! Make note of all events, big and small, that took place ~ keep a quick 12 day diary ~ record what and who you talked to about what and who as well as what you heard and saw. The heavens are laying out the next major part of your life. Also note the white parts ~ the parts that didn’t get highlighted. They are important too! The solution to the highlighted situations can lie in the unhighlighted parts.
The eclipse is part of the 10 North series. According to Bernadette Brady’s book, The Eagle and the Lark, the cycle began on April 25, 944 and ends May 27, 2188. “There is a strong emphasis on communication and at the same time, frustrating or inhibiting events may come into the person’s life via news, paperwork or a young person. The person may feel tired and drained. Therefore it is a good time to take things quietly and work through the difficulties one at a time.” It is a NORTH node eclipse meaning things ARRIVE in your life or appear to invite you to move forward into your life as the Sun and the Moon form their monthly union near to the north node of life’s direction, calling and purpose. The eclipse is partially visible from Australia and falls over the Antarctic suggesting changes in those parts of the world. As you can see, the eclipse cycle started many years ago, in 944 and is almost finished. It has marched from the North Pole towards the South Pole over the last 1,064 years bringing communication enlightenment as well as changes to the vision of who we are.
So how do you apply the energy of the eclipse to your life? I’ve been talking to numerous clients about casting out to the universe for their dreams on the upcoming eclipse. Take the time to meditate on what you’d like to manifest in your life. Give yourself and the universe a concrete, cardinal, and solid earthy list of what you would like to have come into your life. As always, be careful and clear about what you wish for. Working with eclipse energies tend to make things happen even faster than usual! Sit yourself down with the heavens and include representatives of the elements, air, fire, water and earth. Ask, out loud, and include the caveat of your desires being in service to and alignment with or towards your higher or greater good. Ask for things on your Jupiter/ Pluto list. (Remember, Jupiter is still out there hammering away with his Capricorn hammer!) The chart completely supports “ask energy” as Mercury retrogrades back toward the Sun, Moon and Neptune and sparks a new beginning as he does it. I DO caution you to add to the “ask energy” the disclaimer ~ “as long as it is for my higher good!” During energies like these we tend to WANT stuff that might not be the best thing for our being or our soul. And then when the stuff we ask for arrives in the service of an eclipse (karmic shifts) it tends to have that “stick with us” kind of cosmic glue that nodes create. I call it that giant sucking sound. So ask, but ask wisely.
The other thing to remember is the eclipse has Mercury retrograde enmeshed in the middle of a muddle. It is a puddle of hard to work with, harder to see through and dark as night (it is a NEW moon not a full moon) energies. Mercury has Chiron to his left, Neptune to his right, and the Sun and Moon sitting on his head. Even exalted, fabulous Mercury in Aquarius will have trouble keeping things straight with this energy and that many planets talking to him. And Mercury IS going backwards! So he’s not in that great of shape. So pause. Pause. Pause! Especially pause before taking action. What ever you THINK you heard, double check that you heard what you heard. Ask three or four friends if THEY heard the same thing you heard. Lots of potential for misunderstandings and mistakes and miscommunications on this baby! Mercury in Aquarius often, always, positively, completely, thinks HE IS RIGHT ~ and 99.999999% of the time HE IS RIGHT! But not now. Not now. Mercury is SO PRONE to misunderstandings, missed signals, bollixed up interpretations right now but he still thinks he is right. Can you see the potential for major mix-ups? Caution. Caution. Caution. No taking action unless you are completely, completely, completely clear.
The Mercury placements remind me of that very bad joke that Catholics tell. A monk was interested in studying the original scriptures. So he studied the ancient languages for years. He received permission to comb back through the Vatican texts, scrolls and tablets, tracing the history of the scriptures to their original source documents. He worked on his project for years and years. He was old and gray, close to the end of is life. All of a sudden, the other monks in the abbey hear him banging his head on the table, pounding his fist and crying out “No, no, it can’t be!” They run into the library to see what is wrong. He cries out, “It was a translation error ~ it was supposed to be CELEBRATE not Celibate!”
If you hear something under this eclipse DO pay attention but recognize it could be a complete misinterpretation on your part OR on the part of the person telling you the story of what they heard. Don’t take action and go off half crazed. Encourage them to listen and wait and see. Pause. Think if what you heard even makes sense! Breathe.
Sualocin, the fixed stars, is joined to Mercury, Sun and Moon. Sualocin is a practical joke played by an Italian astronomer on the rest of us. The name first appeared in a catalog published in 1814 without explanation. Sualocin is Nicolaus spelled backwards ~ he was the assistant to the head of the Palermo Astronomical Observatory name. Sualocin is a multiple star in the constellation of the dolphin or Delphinus. Sualocin/ Nicolaus is a great example of the reversal energy active and working during the eclipse.
According to Ptolemy, Delphinus is like Saturn and Mars while the bright stars Rotanev and Sualocin are Mercury/Jupiter according to Robson. It gives a simple appearance, cheerfulness, dissembling and duplicity, love of hunting, and sport in general but little happiness. Little happiness and love of hunting would not apply to Rotanev and Sualocin because they are not of Saturn/Mars nature. There is a fondness for pleasure, ecclesiastical matters and travel, but danger of suffering from ingratitude. It is a small but ancient constellation that is easily located in the night sky. The Dolphin Delphinus helped the sea god Poseidon win the heart of his wife, the mermaid Amphitrite. In another story Delphinus helped the musician Arion escape from sailors who attempted to throw him overboard and steal his belongings. The god Apollo was so moved by Arion's music, he sent the dolphin to carry him to the shore. The constellation can be found to the east of the bright star Altair in the constellation of Aquila, the eagle.
That said, the Sabian Image is profound for the other side of the eclipse energies. It very well might be true! What you heard could be a very profound and extremely deep reveal on the part of the person doing the speaking! The energy of the Sabian image is that of masking and unmasking. Have you ever been to a Halloween Party where the costumes are scary? How costumes shifts the energy and allow folks to be “different” than they are in “real life”. And yet, then they take off their mask and become who you knew them to be. There can be unmasking of deep and profound truths on this lunation. So watch for that energy too.
It is going to be a big eclipse! Remember, whatever happens, is for your greater good and moves you towards the next evolutionary step of your life. The choices you made while Pluto was in Sagittarius could have been very ungrounded or without thought to the consequences that are now flying at you and coming home to roost in the back yard of your reality and life. We are moving from mutable fire, spin a new story toward a bigger and better version of our reality Sagittarius into get real, practical, structured, responsible and be accountable, down to earth, take action and names Capricorn. It is a very large energetic shift for all of us as well as the world. The eclipse will show us how it is going to appear in our life. If you have been spinning a bit out of control, it is about to catch up with you. It is time for you to take responsibility for your actions. The time is now. Pluto is in Capricorn. Reality is here.
The Sabian image is A MAN BEING UNMASKED AT A MASQUERADE. Lynda Hill’s interpretation of it is:
Commentary: ‘A Man Being Unmasked at a Masquerade’ shows the inevitable outcome for anyone who is participating in a ‘Masquerade’. He can get away with wearing the ‘Mask’ for a period of time, but eventually circumstances will lead him to reveal himself sooner or later. This could happen voluntarily or involuntarily. He may decide that it’s time to reveal who he truly is in his own time, or he may be forced to lift the ‘Mask’ against his own wishes.
Oracle: Sometimes life uncovers ‘Masks’, intrigues, cover-ups and mysteries so that the truth may be revealed. Things may look better or worse in their true light. What is revealed may be beyond most people’s expectations with a very happy result. On the other hand, there can be real disappointment as one’s true identity, and even the way one looks, becomes unveiled. Secret motives may have a purpose, but they almost invariably become known in time and pretending to be something or someone that one isn’t can lead to painful realizations when the truth comes out. Lies or cover-ups being revealed can lead to big changes in relationships. You may find that this confronts you now. The first concern may be for the embarrassment and difficulties that can arise, but it’s probably too late to worry about that. With this Symbol, the truth will be revealed and exposed sooner or later. The question is: Are people being true to the truth themselves? Are things being covered up? If they are, sooner than later it will begin to come to light that things aren’t as they’ve seemed. Is it possible in this situation to forgive and forget? If needed, psychotherapy and other forms of healing can bring issues to the surface so they can be faced.
Keywords: Secret motives exposed. Having to face one’s self. Facing the truth about another. Coming to terms with judgments about one’s true worth. Owning up to who one truly is. Being able to see through characters and trickery. Wearing a ‘Mask’ that suits the situation. Insights into people. Dropping pretense. Stripping away cover-ups. Aliases.
The Caution: Detrimentally revealing yourself too quickly or too early. Being found out to be a fraud. Finding answers that aren’t welcome. Layers of deception discovered. Charades, pretense and ploys to manipulate. Lies. Assumed identities.
Alas, fortune does not change men; it unmasks them.
-Stephen T. Steve
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
-Socrates
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth. -Phaedrus
It is only the superficial qualities that last. Man’s deeper nature is soon found out.
-Oscar Wilde
People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.
-Euripides
One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?
-Groucho Marx
We are the mirrors of each other In a lifetime of suspicion Cleansed in a moment, a flash of recognition.
-Neil Finn
Copyright © 2008 Anne Ortelee
www.anneortelee.com