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<blockquote data-quote="JUPITERASC" data-source="post: 1165595" data-attributes="member: 6273"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Navy"><strong>'…..man did not see pictures in the night skies</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> <span style="color: Navy"><strong>and then </strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Navy"><strong>circumscribe the constellations </strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> <span style="color: Navy"><strong>according to artistic vision.</strong></span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> <span style="color: Navy"><strong>Instead </strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Navy"><strong>man noted that people born when certain groupings of stars were rising</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Navy"><strong>or setting</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Navy"><strong>or directly overhead</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Navy"><strong>exhibited certain characteristics in common <img src="https://www.astrologyweekly.com/forum/styles/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":smile:" title="Smile :smile:" data-shortname=":smile:" /></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Navy"><strong>These characteristics seemed animalistic, </strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Navy"><strong>bird like, </strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Navy"><strong>aquatic</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Navy"><strong>heroic </strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> <span style="color: Navy"><strong>or </strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Navy"><strong>ultra humanistic. </strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Navy"><strong>Once this correlation was made, </strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Navy"><strong>the symbolic mind of man </strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Navy"><strong>assigned SHAPE to groupings of stars </strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Navy"><strong>for easy reference.</strong></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Navy"><strong>Some shapes were earthly, human </strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Navy"><strong>some creative fantasies </strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Navy"><strong>but each shape or constellation</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Navy"><strong>represented symbolically</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Navy"><strong>THE OBSERVED EFFECTS OF THAT GROUP OF STARS</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> <span style="color: Navy"><strong>when manifested in the life of a person...' </strong></span></span></span><u><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Robert Huntz Granite</span></span></strong></span></span></span></em></u></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">specifically</span></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">A WEIGHING SCALE</span></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> utilised by humans </span></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">requiring human assessment </span></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>Libra holds the meaning of balance </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>as related to society</strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"><strong> and its human laws.</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>In Babylonian astrology, Libra was called ZIB-BA AN-NA, or <em>Zibanu</em></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>which means ‘...the scales...’ aka the ‘...balance of heaven...’</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>but they also called it the Claws of the Scorpion. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>When the sun rose in Libra at the autumn equinox,</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong> it was referred to as the ‘...weighing place...’ <img src="https://www.astrologyweekly.com/forum/styles/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":smile:" title="Smile :smile:" data-shortname=":smile:" /></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>because</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong> the scales belonged to the sun god Utu, or Shamash.</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>Utu ruled over justice and truth, and was associated with law and order - harmonious living in society. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>As the sun, he represented the power of light to reveal the truth</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong> by shining into the darkness. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>He was often depicted holding a serrated saw </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>that he used to cut through mountains. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>It may also have been a symbol of retributive justice</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>and <a href="http://www.skyscript.co.uk/white7.html" target="_blank">Gavin White explains</a>:</strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"><strong>“…the sun god’s saw and scales can still be recognised</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>in the modern figure of ‘...justice...’ that stands above the British law courts. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>She is blindfolded to symbolise her impartiality</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong> and holds the sword of punishment in one hand </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>and the scales of judgement in the other.”</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>Ancient Egyptians recognised Libra as a constellation in its own right </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>but the sign was still connected to the Scorpionic realm of the dead</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong> in their mythology. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>Egyptian religion and society was based on maat</strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"><strong> or cosmic order, which had to be balanced against isfet, or chaos.</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>Maat covered all areas, from the physical world and politics</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong> to personal conduct and ethics. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>Egyptian society was modelled on the cosmic harmony reflected in the stars</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong> and the regular patterns of life, such as the flooding of the Nile. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>It was the pharaoh’s job to maintain the balance between heaven and earth</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong> but everybody was expected to live according to the laws of maat.</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>After death, Anubis led the soul into the Hall of Two Truths in the underworld </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>to be judged. The heart was weighed against the feather of Maat on a pair of scales. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>If the heart was light and equal to the feather</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong> the soul would continue on to meet Osiris. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>But if the heart was heavy, the soul would be fed to Ammit</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong> a goddess whose name means ‘...devourer...’ or ‘...soul eater...’ </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>– a mix of lion, hippopotamus, and crocodile.</strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>Maat was the goddess and personification of truth and justice.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong> She regulated the stars and the seasons, and stood for </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>balance, harmony, morality and law <img src="https://www.astrologyweekly.com/forum/styles/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":smile:" title="Smile :smile:" data-shortname=":smile:" /> </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>Daily life was lived in accordance with her ethical codes </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>in order to maintain cosmic and social harmony. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>The concept of maat is similar to the Taoist principle of the Tao</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong> aka the Way of Heaven</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong> as well as dharma in Buddhism and Hinduism.</strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
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