SELF-EXPLORATION

How you shine your light on the world,

Your energy and self-expression,

Your sense of purpose, your urge to create,

Your individual, lasting impression,

 

Your essential values, the way

You try to relate to everyone,

How you cope, and how you see life--

That's all symbolized by your SUN.

 

The image that you have of yourself,

Your subconscious predispositions,

How you fulfill emotional needs,

How you respond to certain conditions,

 

Your sense of belonging, how you like

The feelings of being inside your cocoon,

Your longing for security…

That's all symbolized by your MOON.

 

Communication, your conscious mind,

Your logic, your reason, and how you think,

How you establish connections with others

With whom you want to remain in sync,

 

The manner in which you express your perceptions,

Your intellectual give and take

Are symbolized by your MERCURY,

Which loves learning for its own sake.

 

Your need to establish relationships,

Your sharing, your giving and your receiving,

Your values, your tastes, your urge for pleasure,

Your knowledge that harmony's worth achieving,

 

Your sense of collaboration, your need

For comfort with all that it emphasizes,

Your strong desire to protect those you love--

That's what your VENUS symbolizes.

 

What about your will-power,

Your strong initiative and drive,

Your self-assertion, your energy,

The power that makes you feel alive,

 

Your sense of individualism,

Your urge to reach beyond the stars,

Your action, impatience, and petulance, too?

That's all symbolized by your MARS.

 

When you want to expand your horizons,

When limitations would be a horror,

When you have an urgent need

To improve yourself and be an explorer,

 

When connecting with something else

That's greater than you can make your day,

When you are hopeful and optimistic,

Your JUPITER is having a say.

 

Is there a need for social approval,

For discipline and organization?

Are you a little fearful of change

And seek to establish a solid foundation?

 

Do rules and boundaries give you peace?

Do you find virtue in follow-through?

Can you be a bit rigid at times?

If so, then SATURN is working through you.

 

Perhaps you're feeling slightly eccentric,

A bit detached, in need of a change.

Maybe you're being a non-conformist,

And others find you a little bit strange.

 

Are you feeling rebellious and willful

And wanting to break with the status quo?

Are you impulsive, intense, or restless?

Then your URANUS has you in tow.

 

If you're a dreamer who's somewhat elusive,

Compassionate, and idealistic,

Who wants to be free from your ego-self

And tap into a life that's artistic,

 

And if you have the urge to assist

Those who suffer from exclusion,

Let your NEPTUNE energy flow.

Just watch out for escapist delusion.

 

Perhaps you want to penetrate

The psychological depths of being

And also feel a transformation

Of consciousness--a new way of seeing;

 

Maybe you want to analyze life,

Let go of the old, question taboos,

Explore compulsions, and try to transmute them

Into new form. Then PLUTO's your muse.

 

By tapping into the energies

That flow through us and make us whole,

We can grow from our self-knowledge

And self-exploration--a wonderful goal.

 

-by Bob B (2-23-22)