Product DescriptionThe mysterious and misunderstood 12th house is the subject of this book. Called 'the house of self-undoing' by the old astrologers, this house has signified sorrow, misfortune, illness, imprisonment and secret enmity. It does, however, mean much more than that. Karen Hamaker-Zondag considers this house from the perspective of a Jungian psychologist, and shows the creative potential that can be tapped here if we choose to cooperate with it. The 12th house symbolizes the collective unconscious and non-rational ways of perception--such as working with dreams. The effect of planets in the 12th house and how to work with them, they way in which the house reveals parental/ancestral inheritance, the working of fate and unconscious processes are all discussed in detail. The book offers a clear and intriguing interpretation of this difficult to understand house and will be of value to students at all levels, particularly those who want to combine psychological theory with astrological symbolism.
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Rating: - The Hidden Power In This Case Was Pretty Well Hidden
This book wasn't quite what I thought it would be. I was expecting more of an in-depth analysis and explanation of the 12th House itself, but especially in relation to each of the planets and how its influence plays out in our chart.
While there were a few nuggets of wisdom scattered here and there, I came away with a sense of not having learned much more than I knew before I initially picked up the book.
Too, although this is supposed to be a book on astrology, in many ... Read More
Rating: - Hidden power of the 12th house
This is a book to interprete many aspects of the 12th house. With several examples, the author describes how unconscious world is related to the issues descended from generation to generation and hidden talents that have not been cultivated by the ancestors. Since todayfs world is hustling and bustling, we often neglect the unproductive world of the 12th house. But if we set up favorable conditions to give insights into understanding our hidden power, the 12th house can provide us with plenty of ... Read More