Gate 50:
The Cauldron
(The Gate of Values)
Gate 50:
The Cauldron.
The Gate Of Values.
Channel:
50/27 - Preservation.
A design of custodianship.
Harmonic Gate:
27 - Nourishment.
Center:
Spleen.
Circuit:
Defence.
Astrological Position:
"26° 22' 30 - 02° 00' 00"
Zodiac Symbol:
Aquarius.
Incarnation Cross:
The Right Angle Cross of Laws 3.
The body that the 6th gate 'builds' out of intimacy,
the 50th gate 'guards'and maintains.
This is the gate of Values.
It is the gate of Tribal Law.
It is the awareness possibility of the three Streams of the Splenic Awareness; Taste,
Intuition and Instinct.
It is the key gate in our well being process.
It is the heart of our personal immunity and our capacity to both assess and defend.
The expression of this capacity is through values.
It is our values that are the foundation of our defense.
The Defense Circuit is our sexual Circuit.
It is the core of the Tribal process.
Each intimacy that results in birth demands that the offspring of the union are nurtured into adulthood (27) and guided by values (50). It is this gate which establishes the rules of caring.
Coming out of our most ancient awareness, it is a fundamental ingredient of Human survival.
Each of the gates of the Splenic Center have an underlying fear,
here it is the fear of responcibility.
THE VALUE OF HISTORICAL CONTINUITY WHOSE TRADITIONAL VALUES SERVE AND ENRICH THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE.
Gate 50.1: The immigrant.
Humbleness of origin that benefits rather than restricts destiny.
Exaltation:
The desire to be effective and successful that builds on the most fundamental strengths while it refines its nature.
The awareness that the growth and refinement of values will benefit destiny.
Detriment:
A dissatisfaction with/or embarrassment with origins,
that makes an obsession of refinement.
A dissatisfaction with original values that demands refinement.
Gate 50.2: Determination.
Exaltation:
The strength of purpose that can enjoy overcoming adversity to achieve its goals.
The strength derived from maintaining one's values in the face of opposition or conditioning.
Detriment:
A discomfort with adversity that may lead to determined withdrawal.
A lack of strength, where values are threatened by opposition or conditioning.
Gate 50.3: Adaptability.
Exaltation:
The Moon exalted, that when unable to make it alone will naturally align itself with nurturing and protective forces.
The awareness that to maintain one's principles and values the support of others is necessary.
Detriment:
A resentment when its natural mental gifts are ignored and is forced to curry favour in order to survive.
Discomfort with the awareness that one cannot stand alone by one's principles.
Gate 50.4: Corruption.
The lack of enriching values.
Exaltation:
The malefic gift of turning inferior values into material success.
Given this difficult position,
Saturn's exaltation is,
that its actions are limited to selfishness and unsavouriness rather than criminality.
The capacity to maintain one's strength despite inferior values.
Detriment:
With such energy and no traditional values,
the worst can be expected.
The potential disregard of values that may lead to corruption or the breakdown of the defense system.
Gate 50.5: Consistency.
When continuity has brought success, it should not be tampered with.
Exaltation:
The disciplined and natural conservatism to avoid unnecessary change.
The conservative awareness that basic principles should not be abandoned casually.
Detriment:
A perverse reaction to rebel against the methodology of one's very success.
When effectively stimulated, the drive to rebel against basic principles.
Gate 50.6: Leadership.
Exaltation:
The gift in a position of power to maintain harmony even in severity.
The strength to maintain one's values with vigour and continue to have harmonic relationships with others.
Detriment:
An inherent moodiness, that in a position of power may at times alienate or offend and effect overall efficiency.
The strength to mainrtain one's values but at the expense of harmonic relationships.