The Seven Sins

Your personal transformation horoscope

Is it possible to talk about Sin in the 21st century? We no longer relate easily to a list of religious offences and dictates that first emerged in the medieval world. But is sin necessarily something that reflects a religious worldview? Or could 'sin' be a fundamental psychological dynamic that has deep meaning in terms of our inner compulsions, our struggles with our own destructive tendencies, and our efforts to contribute something creative to life?

The idea of the seven Cardinal Sins has roots older than the religious world-view with which it is associated. It belongs to the mythic story of the soul's journey from its heavenly origin to its life on earth. Sins in this ancient context are a form of resistance to life itself, and reflect those psychological dynamics within us that hinder the creative unfolding of the life-force, with destructive consequences.

The seven Cardinal Sins are based on the seven fundamental human qualities which, symbolised by the seven personal planets – Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn – are central to astrology. Each of these qualities carries both a light and a dark side within itself. Dealing with this polarity consciously can make life rich and fulfilling, but if it remains unconscious, it can also lead to hardship and unhappiness.

In this profound, psychologically based analysis of personality, Liz Greene examines the birth chart in the light of the age-old concept of the seven Cardinal Sins. She shows in what form each of them can manifest in your personal life, what creative potentials each of them may hinder or thwart, and how this apparently destructive dynamic can eventually be transformed into a constructive, life-enhancing expression of the personality.

"The Seven Sins" discusses the creative as well as destructive potentials of each Sin as shown by your natal chart:

• Envy - Finding an inner authenticity that provides deep self-esteem throughout life
• Gluttony - Discovering a powerful inner aspiration that opens new dimensions of awareness
• Wrath - Transforming rage and resentment into courage and self-affirmation
• Pride - Experiencing love of the inner Self
• Lust - Realising a profound inner experience of beauty and joy
• Deceit - Developing the worldly wisdom that allows a grounded as well as ethical adaptation to life
• Sloth - Transmuting apathy and depression into serenity and acceptance of life's cyclical nature

With this horoscope, the author and Jungian analyst Liz Greene, one of the outstanding astrologers of our time, has written a work in which her deep knowledge about the unfolding of the personality and its healing processes can be found.

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