Second Objective

Charge the Life-Force

The doorways to the Second and Eighth houses are created by the line of the Power Axis.  Now that you have a physical body, and a visible persona, it must be charged with vitality and life force.  To properly charge the life force, requires an alternating current of energy.  To prime our batteries, we receive the gifts of Gaia’s bounty.  We receive food, which fuels the physical body, and we receive the resources needed for the Fifth House objective, which fuels the heart. To fully charge our batteries we must complete the circuit and create an alternating current, we must connect to the source energy of the Force.  This requires, giving-back.  Giving-back fuels the collective.  Fueling the collective fuels the Force.  Which in turn benefits the individual.  And thus, the circuit is completed, and the cycle, as long as perpetuated, remains for eternity.

Second House

The Second House is the realm of resources. The Way of the Goddess is to live in balance.  Within each material realm is provided all of the material requirements to sustain life and to partake in the creative process–the process that emulates divinity.  That is the natural order, the natural balance. Likewise, the material resources provided by your planet and all the material resources from the vastness of space beyond your planet, are not to be owned by individuals.  They are the planet’s, and the Goddess’ gift to their children.  Your planet’s land and resources are yours by divine birthright.  The food the planet gives is fuel to the physical body, the resources the planet gives, which allows you to partake in the creative process, is fuel to the energetic spark that animates your physical body.  Therefore, the resources the planet gives, fuels the heart.  It is quite literally, what keeps your heart beating.

The natural sign of the Second House is the stabilizing Earth sign of Taurus, the Builder.  The natural ruler of Taurus is the Guardian of Beauty, Venus.  As the Guardian of Beauty, Venus encourages us to create beauty with the resources the planet gives.  When we are surrounded in beauty, the emotion of joy is created and the Force is strengthened.  When we are surrounded in ugliness the emotion of despair is created and the Force is weakened.  Beauty is power.  The term beauty here does not apply to the physical body.  For all human bodies are equally beautiful because of their divinity.  “Beauty” here applies only to the ideals and objects of human creation.  Venus here quite literally powers the heart, the body, and the act of manifestation.  To deny yourself the resources you need to survive and thrive is a form of suicide.  To deny access of resources to others is to damage their life force.  It is a slow and cruel form of mass destruction.

Here, in this realm, the Power Axis has been severed. You no longer function as a tribe, and there is no true sharing of the Earth’s bounty.  The Earth’s gifts have been snatched up by those who are no longer cognizant of their connection with the Force, those who are self-serving.  In doing so, they steal from their Mother and they steal from humanity, selling the Earth to the highest bidder.  The current of the Power Axis has been replaced by a system of paper currency.  It is a false currency.  But as with all things, it is an evil that can be leveraged for good.  The people of this realm have never been fully charged and know not the rewards of true power.

Eighth House

Whereas the Second House represents receiving for individual survival, the Eighth House represents giving for the survival of the collective–the survival of the Force.  The Eighth House is the house of sharing. If we take from the planet freely with no regard for the “other”, it is a form of genocide because inevitably, the planet will be depleted.  The planet may be able to replenish herself eventually, but she will not be able to do so within the timespan of a human life cycle.  Once our own needs are met it is time to step up and assess the needs of the collective.  Where can we give, what can we share, what actions can we take to ensure that all people have equal access to resources?  Sharing fuels the Force.  This is the natural order of things.  When we are in a perpetual state of receiving and giving, there is no need for charity, there is no lack, and there is no suffering.  This is the greatest secret and the greatest truth of the ages.  To empower the collective is to empower ourselves.

The term “giving-back” is used here because there is much confusion about the concepts of giving, charity, and investments in your realm.  Giving is gifting a possession to another and not requiring anything in return.  This is rare in your world.  Some type of acknowledgment in the form of a “thank you” and some type of treatment such as respect and gratitude is expected.  Charity is the giving to someone “less fortunate”.  An investment is designed to benefit both parties.   However, both parties are solely vested in their own best interest. All of these are out of balance and in conflict with the Way. 

Giving is not truly a gift, it is an ego-based exchange.  The giver receives an ego boost in the form of recognition and respect.  To call it a gift is to ignore the complete dynamic, which is to live a lie.

Charity requires that there be a “less fortunate” to give to, which is an abomination to the Goddess.  And, this is also an ego-based exchange, because the giver most often receives recognition and respect for conducting the charity.  Charity does little to remove the dynamic of having a “less fortunate” population.  It doesn’t fix anything.  For the receiver, it is akin to a band-aid with salt on it.  For your society views the receiver as being emotionally indebted for eternity.  The receiver must be forever grateful and is fully expected to use the charity “wisely”, regardless that the charity does nothing to remove the root of their “less fortunate” state.

Investments are designed solely for the “accumulation of wealth” for the parties involved, and not designed to benefit the whole collective.

Giving-back is to use one’s possessions, to benefit the world, without any ego-based energetic exchange.  When we have received freely from the Earth’s bounty it is natural to give freely.  There is no sense of lack-no fear-no logical reason to not share.  There is no room for “not sharing” to enter into the equation.

This is the greatest truth.  This is the truth that has so long been buried, that the true concept of giving-back is but a flicker tucked away in the dark recesses of humanity’s mind.

The natural sign of the Eighth House is the stabilizing Water sign of Scorpio, the Transformer.  The natural ruler of Scorpio is Pluto, the Guardian of Truth & Power, for the two are interdependent. Pluto teaches that only through sharing do we obtain true power.  Venus teaches us that the balanced, equal distribution of resources begets power.

The Loop

Venus is a magnetic force.  Pluto is an electric force.  By actively sharing, the material possessions we need are naturally attracted to us. And thus is born a perpetual, natural cycle of giving and receiving.  To equally give and equally receive maintains the balance and flow of the Power Axis.

The Way⇴

The Key of Sacred Identity

From the Latin, idem, meaning “the same (as above)” is born the modern English word identity.  In claiming your identity, you claim your sameness with the Divine Union.  Identity is often interpreted as a distinguishing quality which sets us apart from the collective.  This is a half-truth.  Identity is also the part of us that is the “same as above”.  It is a distinct quality of the Divine Union that you desire (or have a sacred need) to express in the material realm.

The dark ones will do everything in their power to disconnect you from your sacred identity.  Claiming your sacred identity gives you a powerful energetic connection to the God and the Goddess.  When that connection is fragmented or severed, it not only drains your life force, it is also a drain on the Force.  There is no other reason for you to be in this realm.  Without your sacred identity, you will be lost and the Force will be weakened by your absence.

Courage is required to claim Sacred Identity.  And so it is that we have entrusted the first key to our most courageous warrior, Mars.

“Dharma, love.  It is time to go into the portal.  We need to find the invocations from Danu’s grimoire.  You must wake up now.”

Dharma looked over at the smoldering hearth.  Brigid’s flame was barely hanging on as an ember and the cottage was cold and damp.  Dharma would much prefer to stoke the fire and snuggle back under her warm blankets until sunrise.  She could hear the west wind howling.  While finding a portal sounded exciting, braving that wind while crossing the pitch black moor, took quite a bit of the thrill out of it.

“Can’t it wait ’til after breakfast.  The wind may settle after the sun breaks.”

“No,” Jaime’ gently replied.  “The veil is thinnest now.  If we wait we won’t be able to get through.”

Dharma yawned.  “Very well, I’m up.”  So this is what it is like to work with a familiar, Dharma thought to herself.  They get to boss you around and tell you what to do.

Of course, Jaime’ heard every thought, and with that one, gave Dharma a playful head-but to the rump, to get her moving.