Parte II - Triplicidad de aire: Libra

The second sign of the air triplicity

is Libra. Based on that basic structure

we always start by, we'd say

that Libra seems to hesitate.

I say ‘seems’ because, the reality is that

Libra doesn't hesitate. Libras are quite

clear about what they want.

Libra's problem is that they don't

allow themselves that. This is why

they experience doubt and oscillation,

finding themselves in a kind of

perpetual crossroads.

This can eventually block them,

leading to inaction, as they remain

stuck in what they already have.

As we'll see, this is linked to the reluctance

to allow oneself to display who one is,

measured against an ideal of perfection

regarding what one ought to be.

And we will see how, from that ideal

of ​​perfection, Libra convince themselves

of things like they don't want to harm

or affect others, or the like.

In truth, when Libras are

expressing themselves from the limitation

they are not worried about

connecting or sharing with others.

They don't care about others.

What matters to them is aligning with

their own ideals of ​​perfection, balance,

harmony and beauty they have

about themselves. Hence,

they are not their true selves,

rather what they believe

they have to be to attain this balance,

this idealised perfection.

Well, faced with this limitation that

constrains them, their virtue is firmness.

Libra, to me, has to do with

standing in our own right.

Being aligned with our heartbeat, with

what we feel deep within.

Regardless of whether or not it aligns

with a concept of "having to be"

or "needing to be" something.

Libra is part of the incarnation quatern.

Finds its opposition in Aries,

therefore, any placement in Libra

must be integrated with the oscillation in

Aries. Otherwise you’d be working

with an incomplete Libra,

fragmentarily, as Gemini would do

by the way.

Right? They tend to fragmentation.

We need to look systemically

at the quaternary structure

because it integrates all the

constituent substances, the four

elements or foundations of everything.

Aries is Libra’s opposition,

and Cancer and Capricorn are

the unconscious dualities.

Let's see if we can feel this, briefly,

let's close our eyes for a moment.

Here's a description that I do

of the typology range I've just explained

that leads us from limitation to virtue.

Feel yourself in this.

Observe yourselves in Libra’s limitation.

Observe your moral self-repression,

notice how you idealise what you

supposedly have to be, in harmony

from a mandate of perfection.

Observe to what extent you hinder

what calls you and whispers inside you.

How that self-imposed ought to be

doesn’t let you unfold what you are.

Look how, by doing that, you probably

avoid feeling bad about your behaviour,

while attempting to comply with something

or someone to whom, deep down,

you feel submissive to.

Seeking harmony at any cost.

So, we start telling ourselves

phrases like these ones.

When you tell yourself, for example

"I won't do that, I'm sure it'll hurt him”.

As if we could harm someone,

when, it's really them, who

inflict damage upon themselves

when our actions diverge from who

they require us to be for them.

We never cause harm by being.

In reality, others have made us theirs,

expecting that our behaviour will satisfy

their decision about what we have to be.

When making us their possession.

Or we say to each other:

“Forgive me, I didn't think it was going to

affect you like this”.

Or “don't worry, I'll do it as you say”.

Or, when we say to ourselves:

“I can't do that, that's immoral,

I better not do anything”.

Well...

let's start from here

and observe Libra,

which also has potential.

As was also the case with Gemini,

Libra is active, sociable, extroverted.

Rather than analytical, Libra is practical.

And, as I have said, it has the potential

to achieve balance, encounters

and complementary relationships.

Potential to generate dialogue,

harmony, peace, cordiality, sensitivity.

But from the limiting structures

that we are going to analyse, we’ll

be able to see how all this ends up

in distortion, leading to self-aggression.

As you can see, first I mention:

-Feeling of being at a crossroads-

Within the limitation, Libras live

at a crossroads, as if teared between

two options, oscillating, in a permanent

state of division permanently

taking them to choice,

they live stuck in a constant polarity.

They constantly change their mind,

successively oscillating

between “this is right, this is wrong”.

This stems from Libra’s illusion,

according to their ideal of ​​perfection,

that there is only one right answer.

Unlike what we saw in Taurus

-this must also be highlighted-

that feeling of crossroads that

sometimes leads Libras to a blockage,

is not linked with previous experiences,

but rather with a moral mandate

of being good people.

In Libra, when we express ourselves

from our authenticity,

if that is not align with our morals,

we feel bad people, it feels wrong.

We feel in transgression of

family mandates, religious norms,

societal standards or legal norms.

Right?

We could say that Libras live from

their morals rather than their ethics.

Ethics and morals are different.

‘Morals’ refer to the norm within

a specific time. For instance, our laws

and government regulations are morals.

Aren't they?

They are like conventions imposed on us.

So, in the face of that,

whether it’s legal matters, but also

religious patterns, family mandates

or any other kind

of standard to which we subject

and submit ourselves, in the face

of that is what we feel, which

frequently doesn't align with it.

In the context of Libra's limitations,

we relinquish the clear call we feel.

That’s why I said at the beginning

that it is not true that Libras

don't know what they want.

It is said that Libras hesitate.

They don't doubt what they feel

or want, but rather their right to do it.

That is what must be dissolved in Libra,

the notion that I don't have the right to

be what I am.

But, in order to do that we need

to face the external voices telling us

who we should be.

And, as we well know, this is not

easy to do. But it is Libra’s

virtuous expression. To be

what we are, beyond any ideal

or ‘ought to be’.

To be faithful to ourselves. To feel

entitled to be, aligned with our

inner compass.

Also related to Libra...

as a second indication of limitation

and, in that line, linked to the above

there's: -Inconstancy, instability-

Libra’s energy tends to oscillate.

But they do this because, as they

oscillate and feel at a crossroads,

as we've just seen

as they entertain themselves with

narratives about their doubts,

about not wanting to create conflict,

disharmony, imbalance, etc.,

what they are really doing is

steering clear from being coherent

to what they feel,

ignoring their heartbeat. This is

Libra’s challenge to unfold their potential.

For that reason, I insist, we need

to dissolve the deeply entrenched idea

that has penetrated so deeply

that there’s ‘a right way’.

That some things are ‘right’ or 'wrong'.

How can we do that?

How can we believe that

our views are the right ones,

and everything different to that is wrong?

That one way of living is

right and another one is wrong?

How can we come to have an

homogenising outlook, to the extent

where it seems that all beings have to

perceive and feel the same?

To be summoned, called, urged

or cited to the same thing?

To have the same understanding

and experience in the same way?

When I worked in the Constitutional Court

I was in a good financial position, right?

So, when I decided that I wanted to

do this for a living, there were people

who told me that I was crazy.

For instance, my own mother.

Maybe some of you have heard this before.

She’d tell me: “But, how are you going

to quit the Constitutional Court?”

And I’d reply: “the one who is working

at the Constitutional Court is not

who I am, but who I was. So, there’s

no purpose for me being there anymore”.

And she’d go: “but that provides you with

security, stability, prestige, etc.”.

And then I’d say: “If you like it so much

you should go to Constitutional Court”.

Why do I have to make decisions and live

against my heart that is telling me

to do something else

since I feel how that beckons me?

Right? So we need to break those

patterns. And, we can easily agree on this

but if we get into more

slippery territories, we might start

to disagree.

On the idea we often have of faithfulness

in our relationships, in our connections.

Loyalty to people in our lives.

That's a misunderstanding of loyalty.

We tend to impose patterns

and standards, that stem from our

understanding of the world.

So...

Embracing Libra means realising that

I have the right not to be

in compliance of a pattern

moreover, comprehending that

others operate under diverse ideas,

which don’t necessarily have to

align with mine.

This is crucial. But, while Libras

distract themselves with

not allowing their own expresion,

due to their oscillation and instability.

So, Libras, for instance,

not only change position

regarding what is right or wrong, they

also change conversations, go through

sudden mood swings -from joy to sadness,

from apathy to hyperactivity- or

through different emotional states, constantly.

All this damage their credibility,

others don’t take them seriously.

Why would them, when they don’t

express themselves wholeheartedly?

They also wish to experience everything,

not being able to choose, to leave

something out. They convince

themselves that they can have it all

-at least in their minds-, and they think

that, if they make a decision, if they

finally overcome the crossroads,

there will be no turning point

and they will lose something.

So, behind those narratives

what they do is puting off a decision.

Being in the decision means facing the

tension between our inner hunch and

the pattern we are subjected to.

That’s why they oscillate

and refrain from action.

They avoid being and taking action

because they can’t stand the feeling of

not complying with

what they think they need to be.

That is why Edward Bach

when talking about these

oscillatory states for example,

said that Libra’s flower essence

-Scleranthus- was extremely useful

for tremors, feeling of vertigo, dizziness,

and imbalance. When we manifest

these symptoms, it’s often linked to this.

To the fact that we are not allowing

ourselves to be according to what we feel.

We are oscillating, teared,

experiencing imbalance

as there is an inner struggle between

the one who feels something

and one who goes against his feelings.

Also, -Avoidance of responsibility-.

Not in the same way as Geminis do.

It’s not from the need to get it right,

to be in the right thing,

but rather stems from a self-mandate

of not harming others, not losing anything,

or not generating disharmony.

They obstruct their actions based on that.

Another trait is that Libras have

a lot of mind control:

That is what I mean there by:

-Blocking the passage to intuition-.

Libras are mental.

They restrict themselves based on

their minds, their moral standards.

They are also emotionally detached.

They ground themselves in

what they have, rather than

truly bonding with others

-I mean in the limitation-.

That’s because they don't want to harm

neither to be harmed, therefore they

often don’t make decisions

within the territories of the emotional.

They stick to what they already have.

I also say: “Constraining moral patterns.

Meeting social expectations”.

I usually observe

in Libras some kind of sublimation.

It's not the only sign

in which I've noticed this, at all.

But, there's...

They thin down that which entices them

it's like...

I don't dare to be that so

I sublimate it.

As being that would require

a confrontation.

So, it might seem that Libras

don't deny themselves the right

to be that, but they deny themselves

the right to fully experience it.

They feel it but don't fully live it.

They sublimate it, fearing that

devoting to that would inevitably

lead to confrontation with the norm

that conditions them.

Same as we saw in Gemini

Libra has more uneven manifestations

depending on the level of consciousness

we are situated in.

What I’ve described so far is

Libra’s most primary expression,

represented by Schlerantus, speaking

in Flower remedies. But when we open

ourselves to a higher consciousness

a different expression emerges,

a different emotional or mental state,

that is represented by Honeysuckle.

In this state, Libra manifests itself

as an evolutionary structure,

presenting a discourse of evolution.

In a way, when we begin to

allow ourselves to be, standing in

our own right, and stop being subjected

or subdued to moral standards of perfection,

of "ought to be".

This is Libra’s primary limitation,

as I have explained earlier

what matters to Libra.

Which it’s essentially a relationship

with ourselves. No matter how much

we tell ourselves we do it

for others, it is a way of relating to

ourselves within social norms-.

When we overcome this and we begin

to feel that we have the right to

live in authenticity, our Libra’s

egoic structures that forced us

to deny our right

in order to conform to a norm

is perfected into the Honeysuckle

structure that has to do with evolution.

It is very subtle. It is a highly

refined egoic trap. Our ego

tells us: “okay, you have right to be

but you come from your past”.

In this way, the self-repression is

still present within this evolutionary logic.

This is why Honeysuckle clings to the past.

Bach’s descriptions of this state

are about not letting go of the past.

Why the ego doesn’t want us

to let go of our past?

Because, in order to truly stand in

our right, in our authentic being,

we need to detach from the notion

that we are our history.

If we live attached to our past

we cannot be in the present, with

the level of consciousness we have

now, apart from who we’ve been.

So, when we are not trapped in norms

the Ego remind us who we’ve been,

enticing us back into familiar patterns

and shaping our expression within

the frame of our history. The Ego wants

to seduce us with an argument like:

“you have the right to be, but

in consistency with your history.

Do not forget who you’ve been”.

So, keeping consistency with

your past is being conditioned by

the pattern that subjected you.

Thus, it is a way for the pattern

to continue influencing us.

This would be a more refined or

perfected narrative of Libra’s structure.

If you'd like, we can listen now

to Libra’s Root Pain.

Let’s close our eyes and let's feel

if this resonates with you.

[LIBRA'S ROOT PAIN RECITE]

That's what hurts Libra.

To be what it is, regardless

of a pretended balance, perfection,

righteousness and duty.

When we grasp this, open ourselves

and embrace the willingness to

channel that which calls us from within

we can work in territories like

the ones I’m going to mention.

In what I call the purposes for a

conscious transformation towards

a virtuous expression.

The understanding of the sense of polarity.

The understanding that polarity

doesn’t necessarily mean exclusion

of something. I could integrate

the opposites or I could swing from one

to another without falling into self-denial.

This is complementation. It’s an

oscillation, an astrological opposition.

How do we integrate that? Well,

we could find a middle ground

between the two opposites, or

we could visit each side avoiding a

polarisation that constraints

the expression of the whole. In this way

I can address factors that require

my attention, without having to

suppress what I feel I must experience.

Finding balance is a work

related to Libra's transformation.

"Comprehend the impossibility

of harming others'.

I’ve already explained this.

We never cause harm when we are.

If I am being, according to my

conscience and my inner heartbeat,

why do you say that I hurt you?

The problem is that you don't accept

who I am. You want me to be

someone else for you.

That’s on you, not me. Do therapy.

To comprehend the non-existence of

‘correct’ or ‘good’.

When the adjective doesn't nurture,

it kills.

Beyond the adjectives lie all the mandates

and demands that subjugate us.

What is ‘good '? What is ‘bad’?

What is ‘correct’ or ‘incorrect'?

Notice this when you explore the

triplicity. To what extent do you

repress yourselves, based on

an idea or judgement?

How often do we hinder our

natural and fluid expression based

on opinions?

What's ‘right’?

Why do I have to be like you?

Why should my feelings mirror yours?

Why must I shape my life after yours?

And why do we need to agree

on what a relationship is?

Why do I need to feel that

there’s only real connection

if we share the same projects?

We may not coincide,

that’s a different thing.

There may not be confluence

or capacity for complementarity

at a given moment. That is why

people break-up, why we leave

things or people behind.

But no one is wrong,

just being according to their

consciousness, to their prevailing

level of awareness. If we don’t dissolve

this automatic response, it will replace us.

As we said before. This ends up

replacing us by clouding our vision,

and clouding our expression.

"Coincide in a relationship

generating “separative agreements".

When we talk about Libra we need

to talk about this: Libras appear,

makes themselves present

-now I’m talking about a virtuous

expression, a transformation

of limitation into virtue-.

When Libras are trapped in the

need for moral perfection they avoid

conflict, imbalances, disharmonies.

So, in order to do this they are

absent, they yield, because

the only thing that matters is

to verify to themselves of

their correspondence to the norm.

Libra’s work involves understanding

that we can have complementary

relationships only if we affirm ourselves

in our personal power.

Only if we make ourselves present.

There can only be a meeting, a coincidence

if we are present in our right to be,

not in self-denial. That is why

I refer to it as ‘separative agreement’.

We will see that in Scorpio there’s

a fusion, a merging in contradiction,

a fusion with our opposite,

with what we reject, a fusion with

unseen aspects about ourselves,

a fusion with our projections onto others.

The task at hand is to sustain ourselves

in a loving vibration in that confusion.

It’d be something like: ‘I love what I reject ‘,

or ‘I sustain myself in love

beyond my own rejection’,

or ‘I understand that

what I reject in others resides within me’.

When there’s fusion, there’s

no room for separation.

So, for Scorpio,

in order to be able to merge with

it’s opposite, to coalesce in contradiction,

we have to make ourselves present

in the encounter, to stand strong

in that union.

If we are not willing to be present

in an encounter under the light

we will hardly be ready for a fusion

in the subconscious shadow territories.

So...

When Libras encounter others,

they aim for complementation

by affirming themselves. This creates

a confluence through self-affirmation.

This is linked to what we said before

about following our heartbeat and

standing in our right to express and be that.

‘Breathe through the crossroads,

holding the feeling of confusion’.

This is also Libra’s work towards virtue.

We often make decisions without clarity

because we are not able of holding

ourselves in confusion. To hold

ourselves in that crossroads

-not like Libras do within the limitation,

to deny one's right but-

to discover one's own direction.

That is a virtuous expression of Libra.

To see the crossroads not as an excuse,

a detour, or a distraction from being.

But, as something

we navigate at a given moment,

neither better nor worse than

the seeming clarity.

Sometimes, we seem to be clear but

in truth we're not seeing things clearly.

Often, we hastily make decisions

just to move past the crossroads.

Consequently, such decisions are not

born out of clarity, rather from

evading the discomfort or confusion

that we prefer to avoid feeling.

There are times when we need to

endure confusion. Why do we think

badly of being confused? Of feeling

uncertainty? Why do we rush ourselves

to act resolutely when we feel confused?

When we feel disoriented about

what decisions to make?

Wouldn’t it be more

powerful to wait, to work, to commit

and get involved for

clarity to emerge?

Well, that is also Libra’s work.

And I add: ‘Be ready for

the shadow and the fusion’.

That is to say that in Libra we already

hear the call from Scorpio’s vibration,

which is the following zodiac sign.

When I show up, I stand strong

in this separative encounter. With

‘separative’ I mean that we affirm

ourselves in front of others, not denying

our right to be for the need of an encounter

according to a preconceived idea of

beauty and balance that force us to

manufacture encounters at all costs.

Not that. From being fully present,

when I stand in front of you in my power,

in self-affirmation, trying to complement

myself in the confluence with you

as a powerful strong being,

only then we can unveil all aspects

of our nature.

To unveil confusion,

urges, hidden drives… our ugly side.

When I studied Bach flower therapy

at the Andalusian school, one of

my colleagues from Malaga

introduced me to a music band.

I always quote their lyrics as he used to.

It’s a band from Malaga called “Tabletom”,

and they have a song called

“The ugly side”. The ugly side is the shadow,

what supposedly isn't luminous, right?

This song’s lyrics, in addition to say

that “it was God’s habit to deify Himself”

it also says: “God is not just the

ear of grain and the passing minute,

the unpredictable history and its abysses.

God is also the blows, the addictions,

and the ugly side of ourselves.”

The plentiful fusion of Light and Shadow

is born, firstly, out of presence,

of feeling the right to be

what we feel we are.

And that requires for us to break free

from mandates of being something.

For starters, ‘Being’ is a dynamic process.

We are not always the same, unless

we insist on repeating ourselves

in that which provides us safety.

Here is another example that

I usually use to depict Leo:

when my mother says that she’s

always being the same, right?

I think I mentioned this when we

studied the fire triplicity.

“I haven’t changed” she says.

I have not changed.

Well... We are always changing, we

don’t always want the same things.

So, it doesn't make any sense for us to

constrain ourselves into a framework

that restricts and inhibits us, does it?

Breaking the pattern means being able

to engage with everything that unfolds

in alignment with who we are becoming.

Also related to Libra’s protagonism.

From there, we embody firmness.

And now is clear why firmness

is Libra’s virtue, isn't it?

Being firm is not being obstinate

or stubborn.

It’s the right to be

who I feel I am,

to live in authenticity and freedom.

Exercise of will and powerful protagonism.

Libra has to do with the other,

where I meet the other, and in that

meeting we have to be powerful.

We can’t have real relationships...

Words fall short...

Relationships can only thrive when

formed between empowered individuals.

When I talk about the power

I am not referring to that

masculine idea of ​​power:

of strength, status or power battles. Right?

No. I’m talking about dignity.

Being who we are. Aligned to

our essence, to our core.

This is firmness. From there we can

be ready to embrace and live

that which calls us.

Not to feel fearful of leaving things behind.

We are dynamic.

Change is the only constant.

Let go of the idea that we lose

something when we move forward.

Materialise by dissolving the idea

of perfection that obstructs.

Dissolving the pattern.

Not to take responsibility when others

feel they are being hurt.

This is Libra’s main excuse to stay

in the limitation: “you have to be good”,

“this is right/wrong”, “this is immoral,

you’ll hurt others”. These are

self-aggressive messages intended to

constrain our expression, to force us

to conform to social standards.

It’s not something imposed on us,

it's self-imposed.

Because it provides us

with identity and safety.

We know who we are. However if we

are not fitting into a pre-made frame,

but rather framing ourselves our own

painting, we might feel frightened.

We are the Universe’s palette.

That is frightening, but it gives us free range

for our own creative expression.

Instead of subscribing to established

norms in order to feel “on the right track”.

And here are

the 4 exploration instruments.