15-03-2009, 11:23 AM
Magda Hassan Wrote:Quote:The group contributes financially to the University, announcing donations with letters signed only with seven astronomical symbols in the order: Earth, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, Neptune, Uranus, and Venus. Saturn is not included.I wonder why this is the case? Why this order and not Saturn? I can see that the names of the planets go alphabetically from the beginning to the end of the alphabet but why no Saturn?
The Moon is not included either. Traditionally, the seven heavenly bodies would be listed as: Earth, Moon, Venus, Mercury, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, with Saturn, Uranus and Pluto being attributed to to a different level altogether. The fact that in their list Neptune and Uranus replace the Moon and the Sun is very interesting.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14