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Q: What, by the way, do you think of Daya Yama (Merciful Death and Self-Control)?

I give you an assumed ad hoc birth chart, and then you think up what to say, OK? If living is a dying-out of anything, the birth chart tells of that, and which offensive traits may be used to foster life, which is some dying out [!]. These are old teachings. [LINK]


Q: No SURF books shows Death in samadhi with people supporting him. Maybe it's just me, but I always felt it to be slightly fake.

Hm indeed! That would depend on expectations that you have had concerning him, is my guess. I found:

  • He is fair, intelligent, objective.
  • He thinks in broad terms and is concerned with [what is beyond] his town . . . or planet. He is likely to become involved in community affairs, social organizations, and groups . . . He enjoys being part of a group endeavour.
  • His strong points include his concern for human welfare.
  • When he is with a group of friends, he thinks about the group as a whole rather than just about himself. This can cause problems.
  • He also has a strong sense of responsibility and is very conscientious in fulfilling his obligations.
  • He is friendly with people but sometimes he finds it difficult to form close relationships [he's monastic-looking].
  • If he is interested in something, he loves it . . . love seems to get deeper and richer and more satisfying for him with time.
  • He develops extremely large facilities for furthering research and development of new technologies. Increased cooperation and communication throughout the world assists his in this.
  • He is part of a . . . group of people that is highly intuitive, emotional, and sentimental.
  • He is of a curious and inquisitive bunch . . .
Living is slowly dying, and what we express from ourselves, may get lost thereby, in that slow dying-out. If so, by following your interests with glee and laughter, you seem to lose things from inside, unless other factors get into it. That could well be. Uha.
      So, living out certain vices might suggest letting go of those vices more or less, perhaps, in some socially accepted way or ways only. For example, those who are bent on killing might become officers and defend their countries honorably. And not without reason general Ike Eisenhover and many more ended up hating war, after winning one -
      Death is a tricky subject. There are hints about losing id in the list above. It implies that being a satisfying or sentimental friend could be a slow-working danger, believe it or not.


Aquarians: Get help from Librans

Librans - and many Librarians - are discerning and clever, regularly diplomatic and urbane, romantic and charming, easygoing and sociable, idealistic and peaceable - or perhaps, at times, indecisive and changeable, gullible and easily influenced, flirtatious and self-indulgent.
      One basic theory is that people with the dragon's tail in the constellation of Aquarius can draw strength from people and phenomena (happenings, etc) characterised by Libra guts, insights, and so on. A Libran - sometimes also a Librarian - could feel into it and tell you things like: We are:
  • The most desirable of zodiacal types
  • Good harvesters
  • Marked by a mellowness and sense of relaxation in the air
  • Of the most civilized
  • Often good looking
  • Of elegance, charm and good taste
  • Naturally kind, very gentle
  • Lovers of beauty, harmony (both in music and social living) and the pleasures that these bring
  • Of good critical faculty
  • Able to stand back and look impartially at matters
  • Far from tolerating argument from anyone who challenge our opinions
  • Once we have reached a conclusion, its truth seems self-evident to us
  • Among our faults: an impatience of criticism and a greed for approval
  • Our characters should on the whole be balanced, diplomatic and even-tempered
  • Sensitive to the needs of others
  • Having the gift, sometimes to an almost psychic extent, of understanding the emotional needs of (some of) our companions
  • Meeting companions with our own innate optimism - being the kind of humans of whom it is said, "They always makes you feel better for having been with them."
  • Very social human beings
  • Loathe cruelty, viciousness and vulgarity
  • May detest conflict
  • Eager to compromise, but it is not always feasible
  • Hold unity dear as an ideal - for our own circle and for society and so on
  • Our cast of mind is artistic rather than intellectual, though we are usually too moderate and well balanced to be avant garde (vanguard-like) in any artistic endeavour.
Who would not like to get helped by such cultivated persons? That could be those who see that those qualities help an Aquarian to manifest or express or externalise himself, and thus lose more of himself. Add "perhaps" yourself.


Many Librans may like to say:

  • We are able to view our own efforts as well as those of others; it gives our work integrity
  • We like the opposite sex to the extent of promiscuity sometimes indulge in romanticism
  • Our marriages stand a good chance of success because we are frequently the union
  • We are the continuing people and the most empathetic of all the zodiacal types
  • We feel very ready to tolerate the beloved's failings, for otherwise we would not know what to do
  • We are at large easygoing, and seldom angry
  • We two can shock everyone around
  • We are human calculators
  • Our love is a pleasure
  • We espouse well
  • We can see other points of view
  • We can succeed as administrators
  • We have an endearing sense of balance and laughs
  • We are fond of devising new cosmetics
  • Libran financiers sometimes make good speculators
  • Marked by naturalness and a deep and sense of sharing, conviviality, and gentleness, we dislike being slaves to fashion
  • We may see things below that really strike home
  • We sometimes get trapped in situations that have no depth and little value - if so we may try to bluff to our advantage.
  • Unable to please everyone, we have to learn to look before we leap.
  • Some of our delicate actions may frustrate less fortunate others.
  • We go for self-esteem by positive steps, very little redundance, and good shows - such things.
Some Librans become sex therapists. Others, like Brigitte Bardot and Yves Montand, as actresses and actors. Still others become presidents, like Dwight Eisenhower (USA), and education work as that of John Dewey's, is not impossible either.
      If you have got "obsessed" with the idea that success in the world is a danger, there is more to say about it. Integrity, or uprightness is good, and moderate success may not hurt and harm too badly. Besides it is possible to add to one's assets too, not just lose assets. It is in the art of living, and I won't tell how here. Peanuts:

Linus van Pelt: "You win some, you lose some, Charlie Brown."
      Charlie: "That would be nice."

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      Ak: Yogananda, Paramahansa. Man's Eternal Quest. Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1975.
      Ap: Mieder, Wolfgang (main editor), Stewart A. Kingsbury, and Kelsie E. Harder: A Dictionary of American Proverbs. (Paperback) New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
      Ay: Yogananda, Paramahansa. Autobiography of a Yogi. 1st ed. New York: Theosophical, 1946. Online. [oaks.nvg.org/pv6bk12.html]
      Ebu: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica 2006 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD. London: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2006.
      Op: Simpson, John, and Jennifer Speake. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
      Pa: Yogananda, Paramahansa. Autobiography of a Yogi. 11th ed. Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1971.
      Say: Yogananda, Paramahansa. Sayings of Yogananda. Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1958.
     
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