Point Two

RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS

No matter how self-sufficient or dependent on others the NATIVE may be, he remains fundamentally the social creature. He does not and cannot live to himself alone. He is both his brother's keeper and the beneficiary of every bounty from his kinsmen of blood or accident, whether this be pleasing to him or not. Astrologically the INDICATION of his capacity for intimate relationships, or for the necessary sharing of experience with his fellows, is provided by the moon. In the horoscope the LESSER LIGHT reveals his FEELING or emotional reaction as a simple and continuing manifestation of his instinct to remain a part of things. Except as he is inhibited in some definite fashion he always will welcome every possible contact with the rest of his kind, and the manner in which he does this is charted in his NATIVITY at the point established by this particular one of the PLANETARY SIGNIFICATORS.

The moon in the natal map of Prince Charles has exceptional strength and importance, and this has been summarized in the comparison of its position with the sun's. Because it is the CUTTING PLANET in a LOCOMOTIVE horoscope it distributes the insatiably personal drive of that TEMPERAMENT, and does so with the intensity noted in the over-all perspective. Because it always DELINEATES the relations with others in general it becomes the INDICATOR of the public, and here in its HIGH FOCUS and ELEVATED [320] position it shows the outreach for success and power in what in the conventional case could be an undiscriminating and unreasonable ambition. In the upsurge of FEELING any means to an end might prove quite acceptable. What is more likely in this instance is the service to the ideal suggested in the interpretation of the GREATER LIGHT. The moon's presence in the grand trine reveals a fundamental need to further the personal equilibrium of the being by finding or cultivating some momentum or drift in human affairs, in which to establish an emotional rapport. The OPPOSITION with Mercury brings out the extent to which the intense sort of act and reaction emphasized in the chart might lead to a rationalization of intemperance and self-indulgence, as well as to the more probable development of a highly effective imagination. The strength of the NATIVITY on the side of the self's purpose under its TRIGGER would tend to defeat any weakness of such a sort. The lack of major ASPECT between the LUMINARIES indicates an unusual capacity for the mobilization of the physiological and psychological resources according to the dictates of the deeper or broader stimulation of the spirit, since no particular mode of physical self-expenditure is necessary to the well-being, and in consequence the life shapes itself the more easily to its significant pointing.

For a practical or everyday understanding of relationship with others in the case of the prince it can be said in the sixteen-point analysis that his moon lies in the HOUSE of HONOR, the SIGN of INTEGRATION and a degree symbolized by a clear mountain stream. In the reduction of the horoscopic formula to a statement that is both accurate insight and simple explanation, in the framework [321] of the over-all perspective, the astrologer may observe that in matters of FEELING or emotional make-up the NATIVE'S rapport tends to be with (1) whatever in CIRCUMSTANCES will advance him in human respect, (2) whatever in FUNCTION will help him live and express himself in a piece, and (3) whatever in the passing or recurrent focus of the moment will welcome the psychological naïveté represented by the water in the symbol. This can be summarized by saying that his every instinct is unhesitatingly towards the decent, and a simple generosity in sharing every possible refreshment of spirit.

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