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by Victoria Schneider
Do you mean what you say and say what you mean? When you speak to someone, can they easily discern or "decode" your message? Are you clear about what you're trying to communicate?
There are many, many ways to communicate and it's not always with words. Music communicates. Art communicates. Dance communicates. Body language communicates.
How we have learned to perceive our world comes from our THIRD HOUSE, the "communication and cognitive learning portion” of our chart. We learn first from those around us: parent(s), grandparent(s), siblings, aunt(s) uncle(s) cousin(s); we learn from our neighbors, our friends and from the people in our communities. In the beginning of our lives, we learn about labels and definitions through the eyes, ears, voices and reasons of those closest to us. We are exposed to limited models of behavior and reasoning. And we are exposed intuitively to their energy fields. In other words, we're picking up THEIR VIBES about how THEY FEEL about life...without our really understanding WHY they feel the way they feel....WE just "know" if it feels good or doesn't feel good to us. But we, at our young age, don't really know why.
Those to whom we are born have an enormous influence on how we will communicate as we grow older. However, we absolutely cannot stop here. There are other factors that we must personally "own" that affect how and why we communicate the way we do and those factors show up in our natal charts.
Ultimately, those who raised us had a very large influence on our understanding of the phenomenal "naming of things" around us...but does it stop there? If, as we grow older, we find discrepancies and philosophical differences between what we were told and what we intuitively know to be true - (and remember....truth is relative), what do we do?
This all depends on how you were taught to: 1.) envision yourself and 2.) define the world around you.
IF you were raised with a lot of biased opinions about how life should be…biases and prejudices about other people and ways of life, if you were condemned or condoned for being “YOU”, all of that has conditioned the way you think. If you were raised in an open-minded, environmentally inclusive atmosphere, chances are you express yourself, or communicate in the same manner. If on the other hand, you were raised in diametric opposition to that, you may find yourself being more close-minded about moving forward in life. Some of us were raised somewhere in between and thus, we communicate openly on some issues and are less openly on others –perhaps even downright closed!
How can we rid ourselves of the distortions we’ve accumulated? Simple….it’s by really communicating with other people…by listening carefully (non-judgmentally) and comparing notes. Their opinions may be as different as your opinions but the operative word is “different”. It is exposure to the “differences” that actually MAKES a difference in us. We then must sift and discern (Virgo) what works for us. AND, what works for YOU, may not “work in the same way” for another….but THAT’S OK….The point is to find a way to speak and listen and BE that works for you in the most benevolent way for the HIGHEST GOOD OF ALL CONCERNED. The last five words of that sentence are the most important words.
We live in a very diverse world. We are moving into unprecedented times. We MUST evolve ourselves FORWARD, not backward. Communication amongst each other is VITAL. We must listen for what’s not being said and honor the other when we speak. It’s as simple and complex as that.
Depending on the positive or negative expression of the sign in one’s 3rd house, those who have the sign Aries in their third house may find themselves speaking out for the good of all concerned and saying things that most people wouldn’t dare say, but saying what NEEDS to be said. Or they could blurt out messages they regret. Those who have Libra in their third house may find themselves couching their communications in beautiful phraseology; pleasant and resonant to each ear that listens, OR they may sound a bit “wishy-washy” in an attempt to please those to whom they speak. Those with Sagittarius in their third house may communicate a very “high truth”, messages of Peace and Justice. Their messages may have a spiritual bent to them and call the listener to “higher ground”, OR they may have a “my way or the highway attitude”.
What’s in YOUR 3rd house? Do you long to express the REAL YOU? Do you KNOW who the real you IS? Communication is our birthright! How we choose to use it is up to us!
Copyright © October 2008. All Rights Reserved.
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