The Shadow Dance—
Understanding Repetitive
Patterns in Relationships
“The psychological rule says that when an inner situation is not made conscious, it happens outside as fate. That is to say, when the individual remains undivided and does not become conscious of his inner opposite, the world must perforce act out the conflict and be torn into opposing halves.”
— DR. CARL GUSTAV JUNG
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A Life-long Process
No one does this overnight. Shadow work is a life-long retrieval process and it takes years of patient inner dialogue with oneself to understand and even admit to ourselves that Shadow work is even realistic and necessary. It’s not easy to do and takes time and energy. Not always, but most often it begins at midlife when we become determined to see the truth about ourselves after a series of painful relationships. As the Greeks inscribed at the temple of Delphi “Know thyself” and “Nothing in excess.” Two very wise statements.
It is impossible to truly learn about our whole Self and grow into more conscious human beings without this kind of internal self-honesty and as Robert Johnson says in the book Owning Your Own Shadow, it takes a great deal of courage.
http://www.shadowdance.com/shadow/theshadow.htmlPoints in the chart such as the descendant
and the IC also have a great deal to do with what falls into Shadow in the personality.
— Liz Greene, Ph.D.
Read Rebeca’s article on the 7th House
KEYWORDS for the 7th - Marriage House
(& Open Enemies)
So if you have:
http://www.shadowdance.com/shadow/theshadow.html
If others post theirs, I might post mine. :blush: