posted November 09, 2019 01:25 AM
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Originally posted by Librapurr:
Aries23Degrees, I like this interpretation of Lilith. However, women you mentioned despite of their power had bad taste in men. Madonna, princess Diane, who knows what kind of dark secrets marriage of the Queen keeps.
Indeed. They truly did.
And perhaps that's also the point? These men serve as "totems" for an existing system or catalysts necessary to unleash the Lilith within?Some people(men included) actually "seek out" (maybe unconsciously) these interactions on a soul level.
The 7th is never about other people- even as it stubbornly "appears" to be. It is about projection. About the based belief that others "out there" influence /instigate or motivate the kind of reactions YOU have.
If a woman(for instance) has no Lilith in 7th, they may not resist the man/society telling them to "submit". Infact(if Saturn happens to be in the 7th) they may see it as the "duty" of a woman to yield etc.Not the imposed "restrictions" at all.But the role they "should" fulfill.
Someone with Lilith in 7th in the same situation however, will instinctively recognize these patterns of control and call them out-because of being instinctively uncomfortable with the demands.
So no matter how "meek" or "mild" they are as a personality, they will resist or find ways to break away from the perceived(7th) shackles on their liberty- even if it means divorce.
These two scenarios illustrate that reality is not "reality" in the absolute sense of the word. We each project or experience it in a way subject to the soul's agenda ie. depending on the energy we have in the 7th.
I could guess for instance that if a woman has Mars/ Lilith both in the 7th, there is a strong possibility that men in her life i.e father, husband, patriarchal society may(in worst case scenarios) try to or even succeed at killing her.
They may do this through trying to break her spirit either through physical bodily harm or mental abuse (this especially when both Lilith and Mars are in Aries or Scorpio).So they are projections for her to awaken the warrior and fighter she doesn't know she is(7th is the shadow side of us also).
When Venus/Moon are in 7th in Cancer/Taurus for instance, the "controlling" men of this woman's life may be seen as loving,comforting or providing "security" for her etc.
She never thinks to question what she is being "protected" against?Nor the reasons why only men can provide this so-called "love" or "comfort"? She (even when she suspects foul play) is likely to be more acquescing than outright rebellious.
***I use women in my examples because they illustrate most viscerally the energy of Lilith in 7th.And that is because of an existing and prevalent patriarchal societal structure.
Much like Moon/Sun/Venus/Mars in Aries women imo personify the instinctive and warrior-like energy of Mars more so than men with the same positions.
And that's because with men, most things are given to them by virtue of being born in a privileged sex. So this is by no means a sexist point of view of Lilith -as if to suggest that Lilith is only a "woman's" issue etc.
I was quite alarmed at how many astrological sites often resrricted it as being "just for women". And it was only after reading other unique POV that I realised that its not.
As Lilith represents the refusal to be subjugated to anyone or live a life of restrictions on one's own personal freedoms.
But Lilith is dark and is not a matyr with noble intentions to free the enslaved outside of the self either(unless aspects and sign suggest otherwise).
And so it can also act as the proverbial "supressor" and be the "hoarder" of power through subjugating others.
As I said, the Queen has Lilith in 7th.And she has done NOTHING for women's liberation or rights at all. She is hardly ever involved in all that. She just cares about being Queen.
Margaret Thatcher had Lilith in Leo trine Venus in Sag(ruler of her 7th). She was definitely the one who wore the pants in her marriage.She wasn't going to be a passive woman there.
And her footing in the political landscape of Britain- through attaining the highest position available as Prime Minister etc. meant she wasn't going to be bowing down to anyone outside the public(save for the Queen) either.
Did she advance the rights of women or empathize with them? Not really. Most feminists consider her very "anti- feminism" at best.
So its not about being " woman". Its being free to rule yourself( and perhaps enjoy ruling over others too).So long as you don't have to kneel to anyone, you are good.