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The effect of Shani.

Shoud we fear it? Or embrace it?

The other day I read this line: Shani is the lord of dominance, distress, depression, disease, and disaster. The post below was triggered by that line.

I am not much into astrology, but have a mild curiosity on this topic and so read things and enjoy comparing what astrologers say with experiences that I have had, in my life.

Saturn or Shani is a planet feared by many. However I have a different perspective on Saturn and would like to share it here.

We are all spiritual beings, even if we don’t know it… we have taken birth to wade through the muck of conditioning and attachments, to break through the mask we hide behind, to get in touch with our true self; the self that is beautiful and created in the image of the divine.

The process of letting this mask drop is not easy, because we have to let go of all the things we believe we are… and like it or not, we judge ourselves more harshly than anyone else. We’d rather hide behind a mask than face ourselves.

This fear of facing ourselves keeps us bound. Over years the fears and the mask grow, entangling us in a web of lies and deception, moving us further and further away from our beautiful self.

Shani/Saturn in our first house serves to wake us up.  When we are comfortable with the way our life is progressing, we don’t go searching for the path to inner peace, as we are happy within our comfort zones, content with the outer world, hiding behind our masks.

The first house in astrology is about “you”, who you are. When Shani is in your first house it forces you to see who you are.

It’s not pleasant because it will bring out the worst we can be and none of us want to see that, we have worked so hard to create a beautiful mask and hide behind it… we are comfortable there, safe from our true self.

Shani is there to remove that mask. It will break down all the false sense of security, control, attachments and beliefs and force us to see through them.

That’s why it has a bad reputation.

However, in reality it is a positive destruction, a destruction that will reveal our true self so we can see how close to the divine we truly are. Shani is like Shiva, he destroys, but his destruction is not the end, it is a destruction that makes room for something new.

Accepting Shani’s presence in our first house as a blessing rather than a curse, knowing “this too shall pass and will only make me stronger”, makes our journey that much easier.

 

MaYa - Shani destroys the mask.

MaYa – Destroy the mask

I created this painting, called MaYa, of the beautiful mask we hide behind… the one that the Divine will destroy with the help of Shani in our first house.

Courage

Courage.

Courage means everything. Yet, it means nothing.

We fool ourselves into believing that we are brave. But in reality, we are afraid.

Afraid to let go. Afraid to take a step into the unknown.

Afraid to make a change. Afraid to accept it.

Afraid to accept another’s point of view, for fear of losing our own.

Afraid of tomorrow… and what it may bring.

Afraid that today might not work out the way we planned.

We base our judgement of today and tomorrow, on happenings in the past.

We are afraid to take a decision… at the same time, we are afraid of the consequences of not taking one.

We claim to be above pettiness, yet we fight inconsequential battles in our minds every day.

We claim that we have planned our futures. Still, we have no clue what tomorrow may bring.

So we wallow, suffer, and stay undecided.

We run from challenges. We avoid decisions. We avoid doing what needs to be done… because we are afraid.

We are cowards.

Yet we claim to be full of courage.

Courage

Courage. The coward within us

The truly brave know that taking a leap of faith is the only way… for every time a door closes, another one opens.

It is only when destiny and fate push us into a corner, that we realize the many options available to us.

But till we cross that bridge, we live in the illusion of comfort, pacifying ourselves with the motifs and totems of the known and familiar.

Have the courage to break free. Take the leap. Make the change.

Tomorrow will be new, tomorrow will be happy, tomorrow will be an adventure.

Don’t worry about whether you are deciding wisely.

For there is no such thing as a right decision, or a wrong decision.

 

To quote spiritual Guru Deepak Chopra,

“If you obsess over whether you are making the right decision, you are basically assuming that the universe will reward you for one thing and punish you for another.

The universe has no fixed agenda. Once you make any decision, it works around that decision. There is no right or wrong, only a series of possibilities that shift with each thought, feeling, and action that you experience.”


This article first appeared on http://digital-banjara.com Reproduced with permission.


 

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