posted May 27, 2005 10:41 PM              

The Twelfth House Part of Fortune indicates that a person will achieve his or her greatest happiness and joy through attunement with his or her inner Self. In this way, one satisfies the desire to understand the unseen forces which move the universe. Our inner Self is in fact the same as the One Self which is the All of Creation. Out of this one reality, all individual realities proceed. The Twelfth House Part of Fortune gives an individual the opportunity of discovering the unity of these apparently separate realities, and the truth of existence of a Single Reality.

The Sixth House Part of Impersonal Consciousness gives one the opportunity of functioning in the 'everyday world', with its apparent finite limitations, while at the same time realising the overall unity of circumstances and events through the Twelfth House Part of Fortune. There is a need for one to see past these so-called limitations and avoid becoming identified with actions, roles, events or situations. These should be seen as necessary to the plane of the Impersonal Self.

The Sixth House IC gives a person the ability to see the parts of any situation, how they operate together, and what they achieve when they function as a whole. The Twelfth House Part of Fortune gives the ability to see all of this on a 'cosmic' or universal scale. That is to say, one sees the way in which apparently separate sets of circumstances and events relate to one another.

Thus, the negative attitudes of co-workers, for example, may be overcome through the realisation that negative conditions arise when one selfishly seeks to experience only positive conditions. In as much as all situations and experiences are neutral and impersonal, negative and positive do not exist, except as we see them as such. This understanding is the 'correct' operation of the Sixth / Twelfth House aixs. Here the Mercurial powers of observation, and the Neptunian powers of compassionate love and insight, join to transcend the usual experiences of life. Momentary events, feelings and ideas are thus seen as what they are - momentary and passing - and the experience of one's life becomes deep and wide, free from the apparent effects of external influences.

The benefits of the Part of Fortune placed here are not always obvious, however. Indeed, unless the individual truly allows himself to flow with events and emotions, and let them go without identifying with them, the subtle understanding of life and truth will be missed completely. The idea of service and compassion, as reflected by the Sixth and Twelfth Houses, is not really understood by most of us. Generally, we only see these within the limited experience of my service or my feeling of compassion. There is, however, an impersonal aspect of these two great principles which underlie the entire created world. Indeed, the Creator serves us at all times and has unbounded compassionate love for us. Few of us ever experience this; fewer still believe it is so.

Through the Twelfth House Part of Fortune and the Sixth House Part of Impersonal Consciousness, the will and vision of the Eleventh House Part of Fortune and the Fifth House IC are carreied to the world efficiently, and with great impersonal love. Here we see the culmination of all the preceeding house placements of the Part of Fortune and the IC. The cycle and the goal are made manifest and completed. The stage is set for the next cycle and a higher goal.

This individual has the great fortune of having the 'keys to the kingdom', if he is willing to use them. Silent periods of meditation and solitude do much to replenish strength and help one to remember the great truths of life and nature. It would be useful if these became a regular part of one's life.

This is a very special placement for the Part of Fortune, for it holds within it the promise of bringing the individual closer to God. Understanding life experiences in the outer world will ultimately lead to a realisation of the divine inner beauty of all life. As one begins to sense the essence of all, one becomes united with the source of inner strength. Then one flows in the stream of enlightenment, bathing in that inner light which is available to all.