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a snake and then a gazelle in order to hide him from the creatures.
Dumuzi finds that he cannot outrun his fate. The same is true of the
Black Moon‟s transits. If there is something that needs to be transformed
and healed within us, it will occur under these transits.
Spiritual Surrender
In the myth, Inanna takes all of the possessions that she thinks she needs,
but the most important are the 7 me - the Tablets of Spiritual Laws. This
part of the myth tells us that we already have everything that we need on
this journey– spiritual connection. The possessions that Inanna takes
with her are removed because they are material. Only Spiritual Laws
remain with us during a Black Moon transit. Physical and material
accomplishments and acquisitions are meaningless because this transit is a
process to uncover who we really are at our core. It is an internal activity.
The Spiritual Law that tells us that we are connected to something greater
than ourselves (which ultimately brings about the spiritual evolution of all
consciousness) is sometimes the only thing that helps people cope with
the most difficult transits of the Black Moon, such as the transits to the
Sun, Black Moon, and Chiron. The Spiritual Law of Surrender is the only
advice one can give during this transit. As Neti the Gatekeeper says, the
ways of the Underworld are perfect and cannot be questioned. We must
surrender and accept what is happening to us, knowing that the process will come to an
end and we will come out better than we were.
Initiation
The longer we work with the Black Moon, the easier it becomes to see
other people‟s shadows and how the transits of the Black Moon are
affecting them. We recognize how people are undergoing a face to face
meeting – an intitiation - with the shadow.
An often overlooked character in the myth is Ninshubar, Inanna‟s
handmaiden. We are told that Ninshubar is the former Queen of the
East. The East is the traditional direction of initiation. One of the roles
astrologers can play for others is the role of Ninshubar. Ninshubar holds
the knowledge of Inanna‟s journey and while she does not “save” Inanna,
she does initiate the resources Inanna needs for rebirth. People who have
worked with their own shadows and hold the knowledge of the Black
Moon can relate to others how the Black Moon‟s transits are trying to
transform them.
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