Archetypally, Lilith is the first feminist. A
Sumerian, Hebrew, and Muslin Goddess, she is
referred to anciently as the hand of Inanna who
gathered males into the temple for sacred sexual
rites. She was the original wife of Adam, with
whom she claimed equality because they were
created together in the image of Elohim. A
Goddess of childbirth, she holds the rod and ring
of Sumerian royal authority, wears a stepped
crown and is guarded by the bird of wisdom and
the king of beasts. |
Nou, zei Susannah, Paulines
eerste voornaam is tenminste Lily. O ja? vroeg
Irene, terwijl ze in haar handen klapte. Hoezo,
is dat goed? vroeg Susannah Het is de beste naam,
zei Irene. De Lily of lelie is de bloem van
Lilith, de eerste moeder. De wilde vrouw die Adam
maar een saaie vent vond enervandoor ging om
elders avonturen te beleven. De vrouw die Eva
voorafging. Echt waar? vroeg Susannah Ja. De
lelie is eigenlijk een heel oud symbool voor de
yoni. De mensen dachten vroeger dat een vrouw
zichzelf kon bevruchten met alleen maar een lelie
en haar yoni. Je meent het! Ja, en toen de Godin
van de Nacht melk uit haar borsten kneep en de
Melkweg vormde, werden de druppels die op aarde
vielen calalelies. Dus Lily is een machtige naam.
Misschien is het wel Lily die Paul in bedwang
houdt.
Alice Walker, Bij de glimlacht van mijn vader,
blz. 220, 221 |
Lilith
- The Supressed Femininity
Lilith is not a planet but a
calculated so called 'sensitive' point. Its
position on the chart is determined by the
elliptical orbit of the Moon around the Earth.
First the points on the Moon's orbit furthest
from the Earth are connected by an axis. Lilith
is found at the point along this axis directly
across from the Earth at the same distance from
the center of the ellipse. Next to the Earth,
this point is the second focal point on the
Moon's orbit. Lilith's orbit takes 3232 days,
about 8.9 years.
To interpret its position in
the chart, it is important to know Lilith's
history. She was Adam's first wife and was thrown
out of Paradise because she refused to surrender
to him on the grounds of her sex. She then lived
with demons, with whom she bore innumerable
children at the Red Sea. The angels sent from God
eventually found her and demanded that she return
to Adam. Lilith refused. As punishment one
hundred of her children were killed each day.
Lilith went mad with grief and commenced killing
others. Her victims were women in childbed, small
children and men, who she first seduced and then
killed. Apart from that, she was also supposed to
have appeared as a serpent in Paradise and
offered Eve the apple from the tree of knowledge,
which led to their expulsion from Paradise.
Also an additional name for
Lilith offers insight into its meaning in the
horoscope: Lilith is also called the Black Moon
(and is illustrated as such) becoming the other,
unseen side of femininity. She is not only the
creator of life but also brings death, pain and
disaster. She played an important role in the
ancient Astrology of Babylon and Assyria, which
was rediscovered as women in the sixties and
seventies emancipated themselves, demanding the
rights to regulate their own sexual behavior,
birth control, abortion and demanded equal
treatment. It is not surprising that women were
attracted to Lilith nor that the literature on
Lilith-interpretations was written mainly by
women.
In light of modern psychology,
interpretations of Lilith's position tells us
about unfulfilled wishes, the suppressed
shadow-side of our personality, painful
experiences, privation and darkness. As with
Pluto, the processes triggered here should lead
to self-recognition and the acceptance of our
dark side. Good and bad shouldn't be
differentiated from each other, but human
existence should be seen as many-faceted.
In a man's horoscope, Lilith
can reveal what type of woman he fears most and
which type of woman can drive him to despair.
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