Man in the Midst of Brightening Influences is the Sabian Symbol for the 28th degree of Libra. Here it is described using the 7 Words System - a way of understanding the complexity of human interactions that can be applied to all aspects of self-awareness and relationship, so that you quickly change your perspectives and get to a deep sense of what to do to improve things.
Have you sometimes reflected that your zodiac sign,
while it may say quite a lot, cannot really characterize you exactly? At least not with an astonishing significance that makes the whole of life seem very changed from then on. Well, perhaps you may want to have a look at these Sabian Symbols – they may cause you to change your thinking! The Sabian approach really is quite unique.
So you may want to find out what are these symbols? The Sabian Symbols are images – one for each point of the zodiac circle – that were clairvoyantly discovered by an exceptional person, Elsie Wheeler, and deciphered by a leading American astrologer, Dr Marc Edmund Jones. Each gives an ingenious clue about the principal significance of that point, which will probably release some very useful and thought-provoking points of view for you.
It works even if it’s not your particular degree – and yet a lot better if it is. It’s best to allow yourself time to do it slowly, like a meditation. Let each of the short paragraphs sink in slowly and try to feel what it means, as well as using the mind…or just sit with the images for a while and use your power of imagination to create some playful stories around it. (You will find your own Sabian Symbol by following the link below)
Having come to some new realizations about the essence of who you are, there is another stage you can adopt – to decide to be different. You can influence a lot more of your circumstances than you usually do when you engage fully with the deepest part of your unique identity, by taking on the qualities indicated by your Sabian symbol.
Also if you are clearer about who you are, then you become a lot more certain about what you want out of life. You can set your goals according to an overall vision of the bigger picture, and that itself leads to a much greater chance of success. It helps with focus so that you keep your attention fixed on the required outcome.
Reading your own Sabian Symbol is a bit like getting a brother or sister to speak honestly about you. They know you well, with all your dark bits and your light, and although they love you, they’ll tell you the hard truth! It can be difficult to hear, yet useful for those who are trying to become better people. It may be necessary to reread it a few times and think deeply about what is actually being said.
There is so much we could do with our lives! Opportunities are endless and very diverse, each day bringing little clues and teases to nudge us toward a little more unfolding of potential. Saying No to this and Yes to that surely requires us to trust our feelings and surrender to the inevitable – that, come what may, we all end up being who we are: nothing more, nothing less.
Wishful thinking, unadorned by accurate reflection on the facts of the matter, and absent of the will to achieve, leads to stultification of the self and is to be avoided.
To raise this impulse to its highest level at which it is useful, one simply has to accept the positive evidence that beneath all the sham, the world at large has an underlying fundamental friendliness.
This engenders, even in the cautious soul, a sense that the world itself is nurturing and encouraging place in which to act out ones ideas and fancies. It can be counted on; trust will be rewarded with success.
The pilgrimage, from darkness to light, requires us to press forward with unflagging courage, safe in the knowledge that the journey itself is its own reward – yet also aware that detachment from outcomes is actually what ensures a successful outcome.
When taken seriously on its own terms, life guarantees enduring rewards. Wishy-washy won’t work, and really we wouldn’t want it anyway. We get so much more from a life that is fair, in rewarding courage and clarity with a premium, since this measures and categorises individuals exactly according to our intuitively derived principles of justice.
With this cosmic law operating, we see that our moods and potentialities are fairly and accurately reflected by the scenes and scenarios of our circumstances. This is a deeply satisfying improvement on the alternative: something-for-nothing, and it is the ground upon which is built spiritual integrity.
Since all are subject to the same ruthlessly applied natural laws, what develops in the responsive soul – who sees all suffering as fair yet poignant – is the deepest level of compassionate wisdom and a feeling of spiritual fellowship with all beings.
