thorhammer
Thanks for bumping, Rodney. I saw this last year when it first got posted and was intruiged, but had other things to focus on. Now that I'm at a loose end I might get into the sucker!
\m/ Kat
\m/ Kat
OK. Going back to the beginning of this all we find the original three labels for the three levels of the Seven Stations: State, Church and Free Will. I see myself as someone who follows the rules (State) but at the same time doesn't mind being out there all by my lonesome (Free Will) and doesn't pay any attention at all to religion (Church). So I pulled out my birth chart and corresponded the houses in which the planets appear to the levels of the Seven Stations.dangerdork said:Row One people follow the lead of the King, the Emperor - they follow the State; and Row Two people likewise are motivated by the Church (The Hierophant). So the Path of The Citizen vs. the Path of the Congregant. Then what about Row 3? The key is in the second column. A "Row 1 person" is driven by the Emperor (State), a Row 2 person by the Church (Hierophant), so a row 3 person is driven by... The Lovers? YES! For what do the Lovers represent but Choice... FREE WILL! Row 3 is the Path of the Individualist.
I'm somewhat torn by this statement, especially now that I've looked at how both my natal chart and the rulership of my signs falls into the layout of the Seven Stations.dangerdork said:So more and more, I'm seeing the Three Paths not necessarily as three alternative routes for three types of people, but as the development of different aspects of the SAME person. Your intellectual development, social development and spiritual development, for instance. Or the Rebel / Soldier / Priest as different aspects of your personality.
dangerdork said:If people are using Arrien Soul Cards to find significators and then placing themselves on one of the paths here, then I'm curious to hear how that works out.