Sun and Moon in Life

Overview

Moon represents the mind of mankind and his wants which compel him to live in a society where the Sun represents the means by which such a society is ordered and controlled. This distinction makes the...

Sun and Moon in Life

Moon represents the mind of mankind and his wants which compel him to live in a society where the Sun represents the means by which such a society is ordered and controlled. This distinction makes the Moon a natural benefic while the Sun becomes a natural malefic. This distinction is

best portrayed in the words of Thomas Paine (1776, reflecting on the state of America and particularly on the unfair and unjust ways of King George III)

<em>“SOME writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher.”</em>

<em>Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer. Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise. For were the impulses of conscience clear, uniform, and irresistibly obeyed, man would need no other lawgiver; but that not being the case, he finds it necessary to surrender up a part of his property to furnish means for the protection of the rest; and this he is induced to do by the same prudence which in every other case advises him out of two evils to choose the least. Wherefore, security being the true design and end of government, it unanswerably follows that whatever form thereof appears most likely to ensure it to us, with the least expence and greatest benefit, is preferable to all others.”</em>

It is evident then that the Sun ends up as the real exploiter of Mankind and provides the alternative to anarchy (Saturn). It’s sorching rays are welcome so long as it fulfills the security (Mars) need of society (Moon). Keeping this in view, it is evident then that once a human birth has occured, its joys and success in life are decided by the Moon, it society that nourishes, guides and provides everything that he needs.

Then the greatest punishment for any man would be the prospect of being banished from his Society, an event indicated by the anarchy planet Saturn. Society is always the Motherland (Moon) while Government is the Fatherland (Sun). Jupiter endears a person to his motherland and society while Venus makes him sincere towards his Fatherland and duties. The nodes are always sitting at the border - neither within nor without. The one who makes best of both worlds is Mercury, the trader who is respected in society for all the good works, donations and is loved by the Government for the tax.